Where are the Kibos of yesteryear?
The Internet used to be populated by interesting people doing clever things. Before the commercialization of the 'Net in the mid '90s, Usenet's denizens would express themselves loudly (in text, of course), sometimes getting involved in flame wars.
One of these characters was a guy named James Parry, also known as Kibo. He was known for several things, most notably the legend that he would respond anywhere that his name was used. He also created a fake religion called kibology. You can read more about him here. Kibo still maintains a web site.
Ecccentrics are fun and reading them was one of the real joys of the Net. Sure, most of them are floating around somewhere on web sites, but it's just not the same thing. For one, they're completely overwhelmed by the snake oil hucksters, pedophiles and FBI terrorist hunters. And that's just Ebay:)
I miss the craziness. It would be nice to see someone play a good joke.
Posted on February 09, 2006
