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-====== History of NGO/NPO TurnovFree.net ======
+====== TurnovFree.net ======
-FIXME Work in progress FIXME
-As gathering e-mails for past 9 years is going to take some time,
-this is going to take some time. As well as covering 9 years of
-constant struggle and unrest.
-Target here is to summarize 9 years of TurnovFree.net. Well,
-actually it is 2-3 years prior official existence of
-TurnovFree.net and 6 years after.
-I'm up for some long run here.
-===== The Beginning =====
-Hmm ... the beginning, let me see, let me think a bit.
-==== The roots ====
-TurnovFree.net had its roots in our LAN parties when we were
-still at Primary school. We've used to spend weekends by endless
-playing of computer games in my room. My class mates brought
-computers, we've hooked them up(at the time by magic, what else;
-coax cables at first, UTPs some time later on)
-and played till exhaustion.
-Twice a year, or so, we had a bigger LAN party, not at my parents
-place though. We've used other place or Boy Scout's clubhouse on
-the "island"(note: next to power station, Konsky trh 201, Turnov).
-It was a beautiful place and we were using it for playing computer
-games. Silly us.
-Could you believe we've played through the new years eve as well?
-No? Oh yes, we did.
-So many memories. The cold during the winter and myself in sleeping
-bags nicknamed "rakoncajaky" after Josef Rakoncaj. I had two of them
-and still they fell short to fend of cold. I remember as well we were
-there that morning when my mother called me to tell me my grandfather
-got hit by drunken driver. Well, that's a hard reality for you.
-==== Humlnet ====
-As we were growing up, it became more difficult for us to get together.
-We still had big LAN parties, but weekends weren't what they've used to
-be. Some of us got comfy and this led to some cabling.
-At the time(2000-2004), I was attending Secondary school in Dvur Kralove
-nad Labem with people from Trutnov. No, not Turnov, Trutnov. But don't
-worry, even Russians got it wrong during occupation. Anyway, where was I?
-Ah, people from Trutnov. And they told me about Humlnet.
-Humlnet was presented to me as network between neighbors in blocks of
-flats with access to internet. I don't remember what connection they've
-had at the time, but anything else was better than time limited dial-up.
-Right, you got gracious 10 hours per month for free. Wow. The speed of
-kpbs. Wow. Extra pricy and already old ISDN which not too many people
-could or would afford.
-I was really impressed. I was really possessed by this idea,
-by this vision. Vision of building community network and getting unlimited
-and cheap internet connection. Not free, but cheap. Cheaper than my modem.
-==== Cables ====
-I knew nothing, I mean really nothing. I haven't done one RJ-45 connector
-in my life, yet here we are crossing the parking lot with UTP cable bound
-to fence wire. Thousand of things could go wrong, yet we did it right.
-Except it took me couple times to get the connector right, the other side
-was done by my, then, teacher at school.
-This was in October 2002, I think.
-Network expanded couple months later. I remember it was in winter and
-most likely prior to Christmas 2002, so we could play over the Christmas.
-Connected were Tomas Laurin and Petr Malik. I'm not sure if somebody else
-got connected as well.
-===== The first internet connection =====
-===== An apple? =====
-===== The trouble =====
-===== The peak =====
-===== Hitting bottom =====
-===== Afloat again =====
-===== At the bottom, again =====
-===== Everything that has a beginning has an end =====
+I've pulled previous content after some consideration. I have no will on my own to think about the //good ol' days//.
+If you are interested in, want to know something particular, or whatever, feel free to send me an e-mail.