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CUYAHOGA FALLS, Falls, Ohio — The phone call that made him famous came at 4 a.m. on Jan. 24, 2012. He was very much asleep.

Ring ring. Ring ring.

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Actually, it vibrated, and because this is a story about the age of the Internet and the way technology can change our lives, it’s important to get the sound right.

Vibrate vibrate. Vibrate vibrate.

Kyle Craven slept. In his bedroom in northeast Ohio, he was just a 22-year-old a few months away from college graduation, ready to take a job at his father’s construction company.

Vibrate vibrate. Vibrate vibrate.

The call went to voice mail.

“Dude,” his friend said, in the message Kyle would listen to the next morning, “I just made you Internet-famous.”

Two years and 11 months later, Kyle is in bed again, missing a call. This time, it’s from me.

As I have told many people, Kyle went to my high school. Or, as I explain it when I tell the story, Bad Luck Brian went to my high school.