the story of ez4ne1

Very few of you actually know what ez4ne1 refers to. Some of you might want to forget. Regardless, here it comes, returning to haunt you for the rest of your days.

p.s. for those in the dark, ez4ne1 occurred when three brilliant young minds (yes, I am modestly including myself) joined to create a revolutionary website back in 2000, with the sole purpose of making them filthy rich. Unfortunately, it was ahead of its time. Here is a saved page:
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The Story Of ez4ne1.com

No one ever explains their reasons for creating a website, but we thought that by doing so we could give you, our visitor, a unique understanding of our whole philosophy. So here it is (insert drum roll here):

It was a balmy summer afternoon and we were doing what most upstanding young adults do during their vacation: figuring out ways to end world hunger, save the whales, promote world peace, the usual. However, after a couple of hours of brainstorming, we realized that organizing food drops into obscure African countries and pestering harpoon-bearing Japanese whale hunters in the Pacific, while heroic, would force us to miss too many episodes of Survivor. Moral ideals deflated, we headed inside to surf the Internet.

After an hour of blissful surfing, we realized how much fun we were having: listening to music, watching movies, emailing friends from around the world, playing online games, shopping… And then it struck us.

Our parents, having grown up in an Internet-less era where computers were the size of small apartments, had no idea how to use the Internet. Without the benefit of growing up around computers, our parents and their friends were missing out on something that would soon become such an integral part of everyday life.

We asked our parents and their friends if an Internet site devoted to helping them learn about the Internet would interest them. Their answer, a resounding, “yes, please help us!” gave us the incentive we needed to start our project.

The result is what you now see before you, a site that will help learn how to do everything you’ve ever wanted to do on the Internet. And have fun while doing it!

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Brilliant, huh!