Mink Machine turns 20 years old

20 years ago, I wrote the first lines of HTML code on this site. It was written in Emacs on a Solaris workstation and viewed in Mosaic, since this was before Netscape and Internet Explorer were even released.

The World Wide Web in itself turned 25 this year, as Tim Berners-Lee sent a proposal to his boss at CERN on March 10, 1989. During this past quarter-century, I’ve seen the web transform the world in many ways. It’s been a fascinating ride and I’m in awe to be living in these times.

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I’ve written over 400 entries as well as writing over 300 movie reviews at Dubbeldissarklubben. Even though blogging has gone into a decline over the last years, both on a global scale as well as my own writing, it’s been a great ride. Here’s looking at you, site.