There were a plethora of tiny, local ISPs in the days of dial-up internet. Along with the big providers, many cities would have more than one. Some of those have …read more

I read Dave Luna's interesting hacker story Hacking the Compaq iPAQ IA-2 Internet Appliance. I learned many things from reading. But one fact which jumped out to me was a note about Microsoft's MSN Dial-Up service.

...I was surprised to learn that MSN dial-up is still available as of March 2026.

I do not recall ever having thought about MSN dial-up (we had AOL back in the 90s), but I too am…

There was no daily Pook-Emu Bee link post yesterday because it was Newsletter Leaf Journal day (see the links in Newsletter 270). But the next Newsletter is next Saturday. Below, I present the March 8 edition of Pook-Emu Bee.

Links from around the web

1. Revisiting Wilt’s Knee Injury Comeback (Harlan Schreiber. March 7, 2026.)

Inspired by Celtics star Jayson Tatum's relatively quick return…