History of the internet?!?!??!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 |

You're gonna wonder why i placed a nuclear bomb as the first picture of my blog entry today... HAHA! It's mostly because today i was introduced to the.. *DRUMROLLS!*

HISTORY OF THE INTERNET!!

To me, it's totally MINDBLOWING...almost to the effect of like a nuclear bomb! =O Words can't describe what i was thinking as i did not know there was more to the history of how internet was formed than first meets the eye.. Who would have thought that the history of internet even involved the Soviet Union sending up a satellite into space?!!? You can sort of imagine my surprise when i went to search on the internet and i chanced upon this slightly amusing clip on how the internet started! :D i think it gives quite a humorous perspective to the history! Watch it below!



On to some fun trivia that i learnt in class today:

Did you know how the first mouse for computers look like??

It looked like this!
Okay okay! Just kidding and pulling your leg! WAHAHA! :D it looked actually like this!!!!
Like WHOA, seriously!!! From what i discovered, it's created in 1986, by Apple Macintosh Plus. It's the most basic of mouse which is why it does not have different buttons to left click and right click. What a far cry from how i thought the first mouse would look! It looked more like a box if you ask me!! :P And years later in our current generation:
We see the EVOLUTION of the new mice that currently we all use! The awesome mighty mouse of the century! Indeed, we have improved in technology by leaps and bounds. :) It's amazing how technology has come so far..

2 comments:

jayne said...

The picture of the nuclear bomb made me think of how the internet could both be a danger and benefit like nuclear technology.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the old clunky CRT monitors too!

Technology has indeed come far. I've got this slinky little touchscreen remote from Logitech and it controls ALL of the gadgets in my home. TV, Foxtel (uh, cable box? PayTV?), DVD.. I'm pretty sure if I had my house rigged up properly it could cook for me too, heh!