Join Me in Wishing Darcy a Very Happy Birthday
The year is 1997. Darcy is hanging around the early internet, running a place called Michigan^Tavern. It was a chat site disguised as a bar, run by the one and only Darcy. Seriously! This is back in the day of ICQ, PIRCH, and mIRC.
Before we had modern apps like Discord, WhatsApp, or Slack, real-time internet conversation was heavily dominated by IRC (Internet Relay Chat). To connect to it, you needed client software on your desktop—and PIRCH and mIRC were the main contenders.
Anyway, I don’t know how, but of all the gin joints in all the world, I happened upon Michigan^Tavern and went in for a drink (not really). Darcy greeted me. I was a know-it-all back then because I actually knew nothing. Darcy found me to be a challenge. But as aggravating and obnoxious as I was, we began chatting. I think I became her special recovery project.
She devoted a lot of time to teaching this “know-it-all” a lot of stuff I didn’t actually know—even though I pretended to until my ignorance became glaring. Still, she kept teaching me about the internet, computers, and even making websites. She shared so much of her knowledge with me that I eventually became smart enough to admit I didn’t know anything, but was always eager to learn. The more I learned, the less of a know-it-all I became.
One day, my son wanted me to build him a website. Apparently, my know-it-all attitude had convinced him that I actually could. I could not, but Darcy could. And she did! She built a website for my son, whom she didn’t even know. When my son saw it, he was incredibly impressed, and I had to admit that I had a great deal of help.
One day that same year, Darcy shared some scrolling, musical stationery with me and asked if I would help her figure out how to make it. We figured it out together, and the rest is history.
Darcy was in her 30s then, and I was in my 40s. We were a lot younger than we are now, but the internet was full of even younger people—so we were considered old even back then! Our families didn’t have a clue what the internet was or how Darcy and I could spend so much time on it. My hometown friends called me Captain Internet.
It’s hard to believe that was almost 30 years ago. Windows 95 was the operating system the world ran on. It used to break down every couple of weeks, and you’d have to reinstall it just to get it to work again. Guess who taught me everything I knew about Windows back then… Darcy.
Almost 30 years later, and we’re still working together. Still trying to help as many people as we can. We have gone through so many changes and conquered so many challenges, but because of our friends who’ve been with us since the stationery days, Cloudeight is still alive.
Darcy’s birthday is today (July 30th), and I want to wish her a very happy birthday. I hope you all will join me in wishing her the best. I know she, like me, considers every one of you our good friends!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARCY!
Happy Birthday Darcy!!! Mine was on the 27th. May you have many more!!
Happy Birthday Darcy! I have been with you two for the entire 30 years and enjoyed every moment. You are a youngster compared to me, as my birthday is Saturday the 1st, and I’ll be 74. Have a great day!!!!
Happy Birthday Darcy, from Canada! Stay well! Louise
Darcy, Happy Birthday….you and TC have helped me so often, I can’t thank you enough…well, except donate to the cause as often as I can. LOL I wish you a year of love and laughter, good health and happiness.
Happy Birthday Darcy. Thank you when you help me with a problem. I hope your day has been filled with love, surprises, laughter and adventure.
A very Happy Birthday to you! I’ll celebrate with you in spirit, especially since it’s my birthday too.
Friends and I are going to wineries to taste great Oregon wines. Actually, they will taste and I will drive.
Happy birthday Darcy.
Happy Birthday Darcy from a couple up north.
Happy Birthday Darcy and many more!!
All the very best, Darcy!
Judging by the number of times you get credit for writing in the Newsletters, I’d say you’re the silent partner and apparently the one who makes and keeps the money.
All good things over the coming year!
Cheers,
Terry 🍁
Happy Birthday Darcy
And many many more.
I loved reading how the two of you became
business partners…
Many Blessings to you Darcy.
Happy Birthday Darcy and a million more!!
Happy Birthday, Darcy! You have helped me so much over the years and while I don’t bug you guys as often as I used to, I am still above the daisies! Hope you have a great day!
Gail
Happy Happy Birthday Darcy!
Sandra
Happy Birthday Darcy.
Trust that you had a great day.
On Wednesday 5th August it is my Birthday.(87) I have been around since you first started Cloud Eight
What a great journey it has been with the massive changes in the world of communication via the Internet.
Trust that you and TC. will continue to help many,many people over the next ???years with your knowkege and expertise.
Best Wishes from Down Under
Norm
Happy Birthday Darcy!! Wishing you all the best, and many more years to come!
Been a Cloudy since ’98.
Happy Birthday Darcy. Been following the two of you and getting assistance for many years now. I like to brag that a lot of good people were born in July (I humbly include me at 76 on the 20th. The two of you make a great and interesting tech team. Wishing you continued success and good health.
Lauchie McMullin, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
Hi Darcy, I hope your having a great birthday. You deserve a day of relaxation with family and friends or a quiet day just enjoying the end of summer. Thank you so much for all the help you and TC have given us all over the years.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY Darcy. Wishing you the best.
Wishing you another happy year around the sun. Been with you guys since ‘98. Been wonderful internet years. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Darcy I wish you the best
Here’s wishing you a VERY SPECIAL DAY!
One filled with lots of Joy, Fun, Laughter and Love.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Here’s wishing you a VERY SPECIAL DAY!
One filled with lots of Joy, Fun, Laughter and Love.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Happy Birthday Darcy!! I have no idea where we would all be if it wasn’t for you (and, TC)
I discovered you guys in 1998 in Florida, I took you with me four more moves back to Michigan! Thank you so much for all you do for us crazy people out here in cyberspace!
Happy Birthday Darcy, Hope all your dreams and wishes come true! ❤️
Wishing you a VERY SPECIAL DAY! One filled with lots of Joy, Fun, Laughter and Love. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Darcy, I pray that you are enjoying a very Happy Birthday. Thanks for all you do for all of us fans of yours (including the new ones). 🙂
Happy Birthday Darcy! Having you and TC help all of us with our computer problems and questions has been such a blessing! All the best to you and many more birthdays! I’m 78 and stumbled upon you both many years ago…Thank you, thank you, thank you both!
Many Happy Birthday Wishes to you Darcy! I was new to the computing world when I discovered your website. I learned how to maneuver the computer with your information. I am so grateful. Now, however, as I age things I learned from your site are starting to be gray in my memory. I think I need to renew Emisoft but I forgot. I will correct that.
Many wishes for continued success with your helpful website.
Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎁🎊🎈🎂
Happy Birthday, Darcy! I’ll never forget everything you and TC did for all of us.
Darcy, hope you had a wonderful day. Happy, happy birthday!
Wishing you an evening filled with love, laughter, and all the little things that make you happiest. May this year bring you endless blessings and beautiful memories. Happy Birthday, Darcy!
Wishing you Darcy a vey special day and many more to come. Thank you for all you do to keep us out of trouble. Jennifer
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARCY 🎉🎉.
I hope you have an amazing day.
Best wishes from Down Under
Hope you have an amazing day.Happy Birthday
You and I share this wonderful day, Darcy, but even TC would have to admit that I’ve got many years on you! Best wishes from Victoria BC Canada
Earl
Happiest of birthdays, Darcy! After reading TC’s story, I realize you two are pioneers!
THANK YOU for all you and TC have done and do to help all of us plug along on the computers that still perplex me.
I hope you are doing something super fun and special to celebrate.
Cheers to you!!
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this story, TC!!!
I’ve been with you guys, probably from close to the beginning, including using your musical stationery.
Thanks for all you both do to help me – I am in awe.
Happy Birthday Darcy! I hope there will be many more with each one getting better with time!
We are all glad you came into our lives
Happy Birthday Darcie! Thank you for all of your hard work!!
Happiest of birthdays, Darcy—and many more ahead.
I hope you have a very special weekend celebrating. You & TC are the best!
Cheers to you!!
Happy Birthday Darcy.
I turned 66 on the 4th of July.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Thanks to you both for all the info and learning you pass to us!
Happy Birthday Darcy, Wishing you many more May God bless you even more on your special day.
I hope your dog and you were able to celebrate in style.
Thanks for all your help over the years and I miss your stationary.
Rose and Dave and critters.
Happy birthday from Australia Darcy!!
You’ve been my computer gurus since the stationery days and you’ve helped me out many times over those years.
Thank you
Happy Birthday Darcy!! Many More!
Happy Birthday dear Darcy.
Wishing you good health and amendment happiness.
Thank you for always looking after us.
Belated, but none-the-less sincere – i hope you had a wonderful day. RP
Sorry that was meant to be Abundant Happiness.
Blessings
brenda
Happy birthday, Darcy! Sorry I’m a little late getting here tonight, but I wish you a wonderful birthday. I hope the year ahead brings you lots of love, happiness, and good health. 🎂🍰💐🎉🎈🎁🍾🥂
Happiest of birthdays to you Darcy. I’ll also be celebrating a birthday soon, on Aug. 7th.
JoAnn in Atlanta, GA
Many Happy Returns from the UK! Hope you did something special and memorable on your special 2026 day!
Great big “Happy Birthday” Darcy from Lucy, Downunder 😊🎈🥳
Have an amazing Birthday Darcy, Hugs …
Happy Birthday, Darcy, a little late, but no less sincere. I hope it was a great day!
A very Happy Belated Birthday, Darcy
It has been a true pleasure hanging with you over the years.
I wish you the best of everything.
Sorry this birthday wish is a day late. Hope you had a very blessed day and fun with family and friends. I will remember your birthday next year, as my youngest daughter ‘s birthday was also yesterday. Thank you so much for all the years of helping me out. I don;t know what I would have done without the two of you. I have been with you for almost 30 years, Wouldn’t go anywhere else for help. You two are a lifesaver when it comes to fixing computers for people who don’t understand computers. Agin Happy Birthday and thank you.
Happy Birthday Darcy, thank you so much for hanging in there and accomplishing all you have over ther years. hope you had/have a wonderfully blessed day.
Happy Birthday Darcy. Have a great day. So glad I found your helpful Website. I have shared with family and friends all you do for computer help.
Diane Thomason
Happy Birthday Darcy. Thank you for the many years of working with us and giving us the much needed help and support. It would of made our lives much more difficult if you were not there to share with us you great knowledge.
Happy Birthday Darcy. Wishing you a wonderful day.
Happy Birthday Darcy. Enjoy your day.
a very happy and prosperous birthday darcy
Happy birthday! Have a great one!
Happy birthday! May it be your best one yet.
A very happy birthday, Darcy! Wishing you many birthday blessings!! You and TC have helped me for so very many, many years. Such a blessing you have been.
Wishing you a day full of joy!
🎈🎁🎂 Happy happy birthday, Darcy!!! 🎂🎁🎈
Happy, happy birthday, Darcy!! From a long-time subscriber in Canada. I think I found you in either ’95 or ’96. You and TC have taught me so much about the internet, its good and bad sides. I continue to learn from both of you with every newsletter, and question asked and replied to.
Absolutely have a wonderful celebration of another successful trip around the Sun completed. Thanks so much from Northern Ontario Canada for rescuing me when I got tricked into clicking on a link that was too real about a parcel I was expecting when vacationing in florida and you got us looked after.
Many good wishes for the year ahead!
Jim
Happy Birthday to you, Darcy! Being your subscriber since forever it seems. Your teaching has been wo awesome and sometimes need it. Have learned a lot from you, thank you.
Enjoy your day and embrace your special day with laughter, my friend.
🎈🎁 Happy birthday, Darcy!!! 🎂🥳
Happy Birthday Darcy!!!!
Happy Birthday, Darcy! And many more!!!!
happy birthday darcy!
Sending wishes for a Happy Birthday Darcy!
Judy in Georgia
Happy Birthday, Darcy! I hope your birthday was exciting and eventful and I wish you many more! I’m now 86 and have followed you and TC ever since the days of your beautiful stationary. I’ve gained an enormous amount of knowledge from your newsletters and if I run into a computer problem, the first I think of is you and TC. Thank you for the help you offer to all of us!
Happy Birthday, Darcy! I hope your birthday was exciting and I wish you many more! I’m now 86 and have followed you and TC ever since the days of your beautiful stationary. I’ve gained an enormous amount of knowledge from your newsletters and if I run into a computer problem, the first I think of is you and TC. Thank you for the help you offer to all of us!
Hi Darcy. Sorry I missed your birthday yesterday, but even so, all the best wishes are with you EVERY DAY, so what’s the difference between one day or another? You are deserving of every good wish anyone can think of giving you. Bless you, and enjoy good health and happiness!!!
Wishing you Darcy a most wonderful birthday with many more ahead TC needs you .😆
Happy Birthday Darcy, my birthday is July 31 so we are celebrating together. Thanks so much for you help with Emisoft.
Happy Birthday Darcy,
Enjoy your day to the fullest. Birthday Love and Hugs. Beverley
Happy Birthday, Darcy!
Happy Birthday to someone as patient as they are brilliant! Thank you for always making technology feel accessible and for reminding us that no question is ever a stupid question. Wishing you a fantastic year ahead filled with joy, good health, and happiness!
Happy Birthday Darcy!
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Darcy! Hope your day is extra special and that you receive many birthday blessings!! May you have many more birthdays to come as you have helped so many, including me!!!
A very happy birthday and God bless.
Happy Birthday, Darcy! You have done an incredible job helping people navigate the ever challenging (and at a faster pace) Technology world. Thank you for all you do, your dedication and patience is truly appreciated.
Darcy, You’ve gotta have had a fabulous Birthday With all these folks joining in to wish you wishes! But if you haven’t, perhaps one more will be the one more that transforms you into a younger Darcy.
No? You’re still waiting, ugh! Well, I have been with you two since the early years of your site and I have to say “Thank You” for being there! You have answered so many questions about the internet until I haven’t spent the
two or three senior passes I bought You have a place in my heart, somewhere, it’s there, I just can’t remember where I put it. Oh darn….HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARSY!!
Happy Birthday Darcy from NZ. Been with for ages. Loved you Scrolling musical emails. Some of mine still work. Thank you for guiding us through the turmoil of Microsoft.
Cheers.
Dear Darcy
This is a couple of days late, but I have just received the newsletter. I would still like to wish you a VERY HAPPY YEAR TO COME. May you be blessed with good health, happiness and all the good things life can offer.
From the bottom of New Zealand to you in the North of America, my very best wishes.
Rona Crosbie
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Darcy! I wish the most you wish for is the least you receive. 😊
Barbara from Tennessee
Late Happy birthday, Darcy. I hope you had a fantastic day. I have been with you and TC since about 1999 when I got my first computer with Windows 98. Oh how scared I was to even press a key for fear of erasing everything on it. When I ran across your scrolling stationery, I was enthralled and I miss it very much to this day. Thank you for being there for all of us with your knowledge and patience.
Sharon from Illinois
Happy Birthday from the U.K.
Wishing you a Great Day and many happy returns.
Dear Miss Darcy,
Just like TC, I have learned so much throughout the years of subscribing to thundercloud.net & am so very grateful to have come to meet your acquaintance through the internet. I, also, was decades younger when we first “met”! In any case, I wish for you a truly Happy & blest Birthday! 🎉🎈🎂
Have a Very Happy Birthday Darcy and celebrate, celebrate, celebrate !!!
My first comment about a computer was “I’ll never have one of those D..n things in my house! Now I’m on it every day for hours and don’t know what I’d do without it, all because of Darcy and TC. Happy birthday, Darcy, I wish you many more, along with your , “know it all buddy”, TC. You two are the best.
Happiest of birthdays Darcy! May the Lord bless you with many more!
Dear Darcy,
The special birthday I wished that you would see is the happiest birthday that ever could be. I hope it was filled with joy all around you and dreams coming true. I’ve enjoyed your wonderful creations and help for nearly 26 years now. You and TC have brought so much joy to others!
Dear Darcy,
The kind of a birthday I hoped you would see
Was the happiest birthday that ever could be;
With joy all around you and dreams coming true,
That’s the special birthday I wished for YOU!
Sometimes when I am using AI I feel like i am communicating with a human I have never seen or met. The experience feels real and personal. I feel the same way about Darcy except I know she is human, real and deserving of all the best wishes. Having been a follower of Cloudeight almost since its inception anything I presently know about the internet, computers etc is because of Darcy and TC and for that I am grateful. Thanks and a very Happy B-Day Darcy.
Wishing you all the best for your birthday Darcy, hope you enjoyed your special day and there are many more to come….Hazel R. (Australia)
Rob & Monica
August 1
We wish you Happy Birthday and many moments of joy in the future, but most of all
the best of health . . . . . Rob and Monica (AUSTRALIA)
HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS BIRTHDAY DARCY.
Happy Birthday, Darcy!!! I hope you had a wonderful B-day
Happy Belated Birthday, Darcy! I too have been with you and TC almost from the start with your scrolling email. I can’t thank you enough for all that you do and have done to help me and so many others. I hope your birthday was wonderful and that the year ahead brings you much happiness and good health.
Happy Birthday Darcy, Love Gerry
Have the very happiest of birthdays Darcy. You have been such a help …not always used but knowing you are both there if needed has been a great comfort. Even though West Aust is a lloonngg way away it was or has never been a hassle or a hindrance….thankyou so much….and May there be many more years for both of us. Take care….love Enid.
Hi Darcy,
I’m sorry I’m so late sending you Best Wishes on your Birthday.
I hope your “special day” was as special for you, as you are to us.
If I listed all the things I learned from you and TC, all the times you both have helped me out, my vision would have become very blurry, and my “typing finger” would have been placed in “traction”.
Age wise, I think just about all of us are in the same boat, so I ask for your forgiveness in being so late with my best wishes for good health, wealth, and much happiness all year through.
May Heaven send you more blessings than there are stars in a clear night sky! Stay safe and be well! You and TC are “like family” to all of us.
With much caring and respect,
Another CloudEight fan for life,
Marty
Hamden, CT
Sorry for being late. Happy, Happy birthday, Darcy. I hope you had a wonderful birthday filled with much love, laughter, and fun. May you be blessed now and always. Thank you for all the help you have given through the years. God bless, and many, many more happy birthdays.