Patrick Michaud dressed a dangerous 1994 toaster mishap in the sober headings of a research paper: abstract, materials, observations, recommendations. The page even preserves contemporary reader mail and the author’s reported access counts. The joke is the deadpan documentation—not a stunt to repeat; the experiment involved a real fire risk.
Original site: https://www.pmichaud.com/toast/
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Original site: https://www.pmichaud.com/toast/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-a-1994-pop-tart-report-took-breakfast-satire-seriously/
#ancientweb #internethumor #foodhistory #webhistory
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