2 chapters across the catalog
Adam Curry shares the history of founding MTV.com in 1993 using a Gopher server and his early email exchange with Marc Andreessen regarding the Mosaic browser. The discussion shifts to the future of finance under Trump, with Curry speculating that stablecoins like Tether could be used as a "money printing system" backed by U.S. Treasuries.
Vice President Mike Pence announced that FEMA has moved to "Level One" operational status following the enactment of the Stafford Act. The U.S.-Canada border has also been closed to non-essential travel by mutual consent between President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau. Adam Curry shares "lore" from the early 1990s regarding FEMA's "black boxes" and secure server racks in Northern Virginia.
