[esseph]

I was probably 16 or 17 at the time when napster (himself) was hanging out on efnet/irc and working on the program that became Napster. It was wild to see that period play out like it did with a front row seat. That 98ish-2000 and early 2001 era felt like we were on the cusp of so many things with just cool computer technologies that were coming of age. And then 9/11 happened, and everybody's mood soured for quite awhile.