I was attending University in the mid 90s, where I had an account on the University mainframe, and access to a service called Gopher. Al Gore and his "Information Superhighway" showed up a couple of years later.
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For me, it was a game called Brick Breaker or something like that. It was a flash game that you can still find on and play using Y8 Browser. I'll see if I can find and link it here.
Looking for cheats, or downloading trackmania car mods I can't remember what came first.
Searching for random stuff on Yahoo with my friend when I was in 5th grade.
Someone tried to get me to check out meatspin. Insisting it was a wonderful recipe site. I politely declined as I am a vegetarian.
Ha, using the internet to get pictures of Pokemon too. :D
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