I've had fun reading this past week's issue of Time Out New York, its tenth anniversary issue, with a whole bunch of "then and now" features.

Thinking back was fun because for me, 1995 was a year like no other year will ever be. Here are some highlights:

January 1, 1995: I start the new year with a promotion to the manager of customer support for Pipeline, the Internet online service where I worked.

February 9, 1995: Pipeline, with 10,000 customers, is purchased by PSINet for $10 million.

Late February, 1995: I take my first business trip, to PSINet headquarters in Herndon, and enjoy laughable Thai food for lunch.

March 31, 1995: I turn 23.

April 14, 1995: CBS News "48 Hours" does a segment on the Internet. For around 10 minutes of air time (2 hours in real life), I give Richard Schlesinger a tour of the Internet. The segment also includes a look at identity theft in a new movie called The Net, so viewers can have their pick of me or Sandra Bullock.

Early May 1995: PSINet goes public with the ticker symbol PSIX.

May 11, 1995: The Pipeline for Macintosh Web browser launches. It was designed and built by Dan's company, Arcus Incorporated.

June 1995: Margaret, who started and managed the campus computing support team at Yale, replaces me as Pipeline customer support manager. I move into project management and then into marketing. It is a win-win many times over.

Summer 1995: Weekly lunches with colleague Howard (at Au Bon Pain near City Hall) result in the creation of the Pipeline online guest program. Over the next year, celebrity guests would include George C. Wolfe (Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk), meteorologist Nick Gregory, columnist and author Jim Sleeper, TV news reporter Marcus Solis, GMHC Communications Director Daniel Wolfe, and the acid jazz outfit Groove Collective.

September 1995: Bruce Hornsby concert at Westbury Music Fair. It was incredible. He played Mozart and bebop at the same time in one extended jam version of a song.

October 1995: Euphoria about the Yankees' first postseason appearance since 1981 slips away when, after taking a 2 games to 0 lead against Seattle, they lose three straight and are eliminated. One of the main reasons: an incredible Mariners hitter named Tino Martinez. Don Mattingly retires one year short of the Yankees' first World Series championship since 1978.

Fall 1995: Pipeline reaches 50,000 customers. (It would reach 105,000 by May 1996.)

October 1995: Looking for something new and interesting, I buy my first Phish album, A Live One. After hearing "Slave to the Traffic Light," I'm convinced I'm on to something exciting.

November 1995: Fifth high school reunion. Dinner conversation consists of my friends, all of whom are Pipeline subscribers, asking me about their technical issues.

December 31, 1995: New Year's Eve with a couple of friends features A Live One, a Sega Genesis marathon and takeout Chinese.