C:\> LOADING BRIAN_KINNEY.EXE...

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C:\> INITIALIZING IT_SUPERSTAR PROTOCOL...

STATUS: ONLINE

C:\> WELCOME TO BRIANKINNEY.COM

Macintosh SE/30

// GENERATION X PRESENTS

IT SUPERSTAR

Born in the era of dial-up, raised on Telnet and Kermit, forged in the fires of Y2K. Welcome to the digital domain of a xenial who still remembers when the internet made that beautiful noise.

Explore My World >_ IT Support

[ LOADING MEMORIES... ]

The Xenial Experience

We had the last analog childhood and the first digital adulthood.

1983
🖥️

First Computer

The Apple IIe arrives. Green phosphor glow becomes our nightlight. Oregon Trail claims its first victim to dysentery.

1989
📞

BBS Era

Tying up the phone line at 2400 baud. "GET OFF THE INTERNET, I NEED TO MAKE A CALL!" was a daily battle cry.

1994
🌐

World Wide Web

Netscape Navigator. GeoCities. "Under Construction" GIFs everywhere. We built our first homepage with pure HTML and a dream.

1997
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AIM & ICQ

"Uh-oh!" The ICQ notification that changed everything. Away messages were an art form. A/S/L?

1999
💾

Y2K Panic

While the world panicked, we were debugging COBOL. Turned out the real bug was in the firmware all along.

NOW
🚀

IT Superstar

From Kermit protocols to Kubernetes. The kid who fixed the school's computer now manages the infrastructure of tomorrow.

The Errors That Made Us

// memories.exe has encountered a nostalgic fault

⚠️ Windows ✕

💀

GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT

An error has occurred in your application. This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

If this is the first time you've seen this Stop error screen, restart your computer...

*** STOP: 0x000000D1 

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    | ! |
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    /   \
   / SAD \
  / MAC!! \
 /__________\

Sorry, a system error occurred.

ID = 02

kermit — 80×24

$ kermit

C-Kermit 9.0.302 OPEN SOURCE

Copyright (C) 1985, 2011

Type ? or HELP for help.

 

C-Kermit> set host briankinney.com

DNS Lookup... OK

Connecting to briankinney.com port 23...

Connection established.

 

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║ IT Superstar | World Traveler | Texan ║

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