OP here. This is a follow-up to my original essay: "This is a web page."
Seriously though, I loved reading this. Thank you!
Have you seen http://tomstrucking.net yet? ;)
(By which I mean: it's a thing of beauty!)
Your page is a great read and they are as well, so thanks, had fun driving down history lane remembering all the various shenanigans MS went through to shove their browser down our throats.
.. which ended up being the whole point.