Walking through Marylebone station today, it struck me that a visitor from just 20 years ago would be puzzled by the web address emblazoned on this train. What does it mean?
It just shows how commonplace the Internet is in our world. I've just Googled a taxi firm's number on my mobile. And I'll then see what's happening on Twitter. All a mystery for our visitor from 1989.
It reminds me of something my grandmother said to me when I was about 12. She explained how my grandfather (who died in 1942) said one day there would be radio with pictures. I suspected at the time that he had probably heard of the early experiments in television, which led to the BBC's tv service in 1936. But if he hadn't, he was a true visionary. I wonder what he'd think of the X Factor - or the web?
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