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0 pointsCockbrand4y ago0 comments

Haha, PointCast was one of the earliest "next big thing" apps I installed on my Mac in the Dot-com era. I never really found it useful apart from the always available implementation of SameGame.

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joezydeco4y ago

Man, but didn't it feel like the future? All this information in real time being shown on-screen! What's the weather? What is Ciena's stock price right now?

Never mind those ads that keep showing up, that's just a minor inconvenience, right?

And yeah, I need to keep my modem on all the time and tie up my voice line but maybe someday we'll get that T1 installed in the office.

CockbrandOP4y ago

It sure did feel like the future, like a lot of things in the dot com era. Exciting times!

twiddling4y ago

PointCast was what I what load up with new content for long flights. Catch up my news.

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