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Last updated 99-11-06
I first ventured out on the Internet in the summer of 1996. I had tried it once in 1995 in a convention centre but didn't really understand what it was all about. Browsing through the Teletext pages of Swedish TV3 (3text), I found out they had an Internet service for anyone with a telephone, so I had to check it out. And got hooked pretty soon. Believe it or not, I only had a cellular phone at the time, so the phone bills got very high. But it was worth every öre. Click on this button to find out more about the old 3text on-line: I made some good friends via e-mail and the RFSL-chat which helped me a lot with my own feelings and finding out who I really am. 3text had, of course, only a text browser (special version of Lynx) but I was hungry for more and found out that I could surf at the Liseberg amusement park and at the Internet Café @ttityd here in Gothenburg. In September '96 the city library got connected with 12 terminals, and suddenly I could surf for free! Having seen all the colourful
and creative pages on the net, naturally I wanted to get one myself. And
so I did - from the public library! With no prior knowledge of html encoding,
but with the help of my friend Henry
in Stockholm and by copying from other pages.
Ah yes, and why the name Eastgarden? Well, that's how my last name translates into English, and I do like to see things grow in front of me. ;-) |