I was ~8 years old when the search engine wars were going on. Even as close to the "pre-google" age as I was, I literally cannot conceive of existence without it nor fathom how difficult some (relatively basic) things must've been.
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Every single band had their own website, and email addresses. And every candy, pop or snack had to have a poorly made flash game or two.
Lifesavers had some good Flash and Shockwave games
This is not something I woke up today expecting to come across.
Talk about a very specific deep pull from a liminal space in space and time, kudos, sir!
People pulled map pages out of a phone book and marked them up to take with them if they needed to find a new location in town.
I know how to use those AMA.
Why ask, when I could consult the Dewey Decimal System?
Is the outlook decimal?
I never understood this, I was around before the days of the Internet but that doesn't change the fact that this made no sense, how is it easier to go rummage through cards to try and find what you are looking for than just walk through the hallway full of carefully organized books with large titles and pictures on the front?
A book might be listed under multiple subjects or authors but cannot be shelved in multiple places. You can use the card catalog to find such a book because it can be represented by a card under multiple subjects or authors.