Just a Smidge

Just a Smidge

The Day the Internet Died

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Marc Schmatjen
Oct 07, 2010
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It happened at 3:14pm on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010. It was a day like any other day. Millions of people across the country were at work. A vast majority of them were bored, because it was 3:14pm on a Wednesday. One of the most bored, Bob Singleton, sat at his computer in his six by six standard office-gray cubicle. He was a mid-level manager of the i…

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