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The Web Was Always Awesome – Even in 1996

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 26 February 2009
It’s 1996. People still refer to the new medium by its full name—the World Wide Web—and although you sometimes find interesting stuff here, you’re constantly struck by how little there is to do. You rarely linger on the Web… Reading this article by Slate technology writer Farhad Manjoo, I’m thinking perhaps I’m just a few years older [...]
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Iowa Under Water: Familiar Ground is Flooded

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 15 June 2008
In the months before my freshman year at the University of Iowa, the Iowa River flooded its banks, closing one dorm for the entire first semester and leaving me with 2 roommates in a double dorm — some doubles were turned into quads, in fact. Fifteen years later, and the flooding is worse — just [...]
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