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diff --git a/about/whereami.html b/about/whereami.html index 4630805..6188fd3 100644 --- a/about/whereami.html +++ b/about/whereami.html @@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history </center> <p>Since you are on this page, you're presumably lost. That's <em>ok</em>. I don't really get all this stuff either. Let's start with some easy stuff.</p> <p><em>You're on the Internet</em>. Known to some as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes">series of tubes</a>, but in reality much more complicated than it has to be. In basic sense, your computer called mine, and mine answered with directory full of pages.</p> -The way you get here is through a device you have at home called a router, which literally does what the name implies--it routes signals to where they need to go to make things go beep. In the 60s and 70s, routers tended to be people-based and would spend their time plugging cables into and out of ports so calls could connect. <img src="/static/human_router.jpg" /> +<p>The way you get here is through a device you have at home called a router, which literally does what the name implies--it routes signals to where they need to go to make things go beep. In the 60s and 70s, routers tended to be people-based and would spend their time plugging cables into and out of ports so calls could connect.</p> +<img src="/static/human_router.jpg" /> <center> <em>Image of a switchboard courtesy of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jersey_Telecom_switchboard_and_operator.jpg">Wikipedia contributors</a> </em> </center> |