hans.gerwitz

Inspired by a mention of Eternal September, I spent some time today trying to place my memory of it on the ol’ mental timeline.

Last time I researched myself, Google found many of my Usenet posts from 1993. Today, though, it finds only a handful, with the earliest discov­erable message from November 1993 and a nostalgia-​​inducing attempt to help someone else find dial-​​up Internet access in St. Louis. Searching on unique strings (such as my 3^rd online moniker, “samhain nivhwvs”), though, fails to find posts that nonetheless still appear in the archives if refer­enced directly. My name, for example, never brings up my February 15, 1993 vote for sci.linear.

Curse you, Google! You may deny my content but you’ll never erase me!