So what did you do B.G.?
(This isn’t my term; I got it from the video I just posted about. But I’m going to try and spread it.)
I used:
Alta Vista Yahoo! maps Bellsouth Yellow Pages and my college email… then eventually my gehennom account (which I still have, but I just don’t use anymore).
There are a few technologies google provides that I didn’t have to worry about then, like an rss reader or video search.
tcpdump
lsof
git
find
tar