It's not so surprising given that his initial idea for the Web was proposed in 1989.

Given that he created the original proposal to create web technology in 1990 it's hardly surprising.

The fact that this shit is just 20 years old is precisely what shocks me, at times.

I totally agree. I recently read Steve Wozniak's autobiography and Richard Stallman's biography and came to the same realization. It is pretty amazing that a lot of these people responsible for where we are with computers and the internet are all still alive and are potentially people you can actually have conversations with.

Indeed, the fact that I've been using it since late '92 shocks me even more!

Well, internet has numbed my ability to be shocked any more.

I was born around the time the web was invented. However, linux was also born when I was also born.

We're in good company.