It was 38 years ago today that the first internet message was sent. On October 29, 1969, the word “Lo” was sent from UCLA to Stanford via the network then called the ARPANET. They were trying to send the message “log in,” but the system crashed before they could send the “g.” UCLA did a big thing for the 35th anniversary in 2004. Naturally the Mudd has a book mentioning the ARPANET.
That same day across the continent, a work by Jon Hassell for four players with hand-held magnetic tape heads, Superball, was premiered in Ithaca, N.Y. They were so last century.