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01/18/2002 Entry: "Friday Five, 1/18"

Friday Five

1. What do you have your browser start page set to?
Blank. I hate waiting for things to load before I can get to what I want.

2. What are your favorite news sites?
I rarely read news online; most of the time I sit and listen to Public Radio while surfing, so I get news that way. When I do read news, it's at Slashdot or CNN.

3. Favorite search engine?
Always Google. I'm not happy about the fact that they've now indexed my site by my full name based on how other sites have linked to me, but otherwise, I love it.

4. When did you first get online?
I think it was in 1994, with a VM account through my university. You want an exercise in frustration, try online gaming when you have to scroll by page, not line. I later got an account on the Vax machine, which was beautiful. Most of my early "online" experience was with local BBS's, though. I posted under the names RedSonya and Shakata, and I met some of the most interesting people. I miss that time.

5. How do you plan to spend your weekend?
We might pick up a new hard drive; our multiple little drives keep failing intermittently and frightening us. We'll do more childproofing, too.