Happy Birthday, World Wide Web!
Today marks the 15 birthday of the world wide web, better known to you and I as the internet. While we may be under the impression that Al Gore invented the internet, the internet was actually invented by a particle physics lab in Europe known as Cern. On April 30th, 1993 Cern released it’s intellectual property rights over the internet and also ensured that no one else could claim them either. Not even Al Gore.
If you’re any kind of techy geek, you know that people have been using computer-to-computer connections since the 1970’s. You had to be really smart in order to figure out how to make these connections happen. Thank goodness that Cern unleashed the internet!
Check out the BBC articles on the birthday of the internet and a more history of the internet.
The ‘birthday of the internet’ article contends that the internet is still in its infancy. Are you kidding me? The best (or worst) is yet to come? That is totally awesome! I think the internet is pretty dang great right now and it does seem to be getter better all the time. Think of the possibilities for making money online!
If you’re a reader, you may recognize Cern from Dan Brown’s novel ‘Angels and Demons’. If you haven’t read it, you should. It is a very good book. I’m not really a fan of Dan’s conspiracy theories, but he is a fantastic author.
Happy Birthday, Internet!
