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May 03, 2007 / Thursday
Oh, This Is Funny
Remember my post about how I was pissed that all the vivlastname accounts were taken? I discovered tonight that I own vivlastname on AIM. Along with this discovery came a true understanding of LOL. Upon realizing what I didn't know I had all these years I sat on my couch and laughed... and laughed... and laughed.
How did I come to own vivlastname and not know it? Because after I failed to get a vivlastname account on Yahoo! and Hotmail I settled for one on the only remaining major site - Netscape. Netscape and AOL then merged, and with them, my account. Somehow, I never became aware of this.
Almost a decade later, on a Thursday night in May, I was sitting at home curating logins and passwords for transfer from my Palm to my BlackBerry. I came across an entry for a vivlastname Netscape e-mail address. I was about to delete it, but out of curiosity decided to see if the login still worked. I visited the Netscape Mail page and saw... AIM Mail?! The login still worked.
I fired up AIM and logged in there, too. WahoO!
I don't know which is better, this, or getting the dot. Either way, screw you, other Vivs!
Now if you'll excuse me I have some more laughing to do.
May 3, 2007 10:08 PM | Intarwebz
Comments
i'm picturing viv laughing one of those hk-cinema-evil-chinese-character laughs.
getting the dot was better for me because i was kicking myself for not jumping on that one quicker, especially since i use gmail a lot more now.
Posted by: i, andrea at May 4, 2007 04:35 PM
Yeah, the dot's more useful, but the AIM SN is classic! :-D
Posted by: Viv at May 4, 2007 04:43 PM