(Cue Goat Boy braying, “Hey, remember the niiiiineties?”)

This entertaining short piece covers not just “@ Cafe,” an East Village internet cafe that launched in 1995, but also touches on the history of St. Mark’s Place, gun-toting Germans, “Mr. Zero,” T1 lines, CUSeeMe, clueless Bryant Gumbel, and more. Enjoy!

[YouTube] [Via Lauren Friedman]