For the past five years, I’ve been infatuated with the Internet.

To anyone who would listen, I’d rhapsodize about all of the Internet’s nifty “gee whiz” qualities: how, from my living room, without paying a dime (except for my Internet service provider), I could go online and download statutes after the library had long closed, snag a court decision hot off the press, or uncover juicy tidbits of information on opposing parties to use to impeach them at trial.