^poll
was just thinking that
― administratieve blunder (unregistered), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, it's a horse inside a car. Click to enlarge.
― I'd rather climb into the saddle of my Ford Mustang and sink spurs (stevie), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
heh-heh!
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.metaphoriclabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/suckcom.jpg
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://home.bway.net/slutboy/home2.html
― Kim, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Does anyone remember the "Wonderwall", a wall with a lot of band website links?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link
"to-day is gonna be the day that they link it right back to you"
― a murder rap to keep ya dancin, with a crime record like Keith Chegwin (snoball), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
http://replay.waybackmachine.org/19971108163436/http://www.beat.co.uk/beat/wonderwall.html
This is what it was like (the backing wall has gone tho)
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 13:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://paulkatcher.com/archives/000219.shtml
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that's right stet. Eat your heart out. ZMODEM BABY
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
JUSTIN'S LINKS TO THE UNDERGROUND
I remember crying my eyes out with laughter at this, back in the day.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010605230406/www.thespark.com/science/stinkyfeet/day1.html
― Madchen, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link
that were good that
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
holy cow, www.niftyness.com is still online.
http://www.niftyness.com/graphics/mrjohn.jpg
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Trumpet winsock scripts!
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
one of my favorite insane places (non-political) on the webbernet is still alive!
http://taxi1010.com/
― goole, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I just got ahold of a copy of the Details "music issue" from '96. It has a big article on "The Internet's Greatest Hits-A music lover's guide to the best sites and sounds on the World Wide Web" and is just dripping w/this stuff.
The lead for the "Music Shopping" section (which singeled out CD Now*, CD Europe, Music Boulevard, CDWorld & BMG Music Service):
Shopping online is convenient, but nothing like walking into your local megastore. Most online "shops" are simply text lists of artists and albums, with an occasional album cover on display. Without the stimulating sensory experience of walking through an actual record store, browsing isn't as likely to inspire that I've-gotta-have-it reaction. However, if you know exactly what you want beforehand, these services are great places to come and get it.
*Which they claim was the best, using for an example buying a double-lp jazz album for $25.97 with next-day delivery for an extra $5.48 and yr encrypted AmEx #.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
totally miss geocities
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i remember my earliest internet travelling and coming across Stile Project, and being like OMG INTERNET JUST HAS EVERYTHING
― F-Unit (Ste), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
My first online music-discovery sight was IUMA: Internet Underground Music Archive. ISTR finding out about a lot of cool bands at the time, but I couldn't tell you now who they were. There was also Garageband.com, where musicians and bands could put up music and critique each other; used to spend a lot of time on there.
― Du Musst Calamari Werden (Phil D.), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Dude, wow. There is bucketloads of crazy on that site.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
i know it is the best
― goole, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
woooooooooow
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
This is nearly like plunging the depths of ulillillia city.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
gimme your balls FOOL
― some velveeta morning (electricsound), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
my favourite early internet find
http://www.alcyone.com/oo/
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
still the 5th result for Yinka Dare: http://www.angelfire.com/stars/yinka/
― methanietanner, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.almostamazing.com/flash/hyaku.swf
― Pleasant Plains, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I remember loving this back in the early 90s:
http://www.realchange.org/quayle.htm
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.realchange.org/tallskl2.jpg
― unusually tight body for a comedian (Matt P), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
― plax (ico), Wednesday, March 2, 2011 3:29 PM
This is a decade-plus favorite of mine, too!@
― wizards of wonder are the keepers of knowledge (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Congratulations to Trayce for really giving me a blast of nostalgia. Haven't thought about Trumpet Winsock for God knows how long and I never really knew what it meant. I think it was something I clicked on in WIndows 3.1 when there were problems with the internet connection. Beyond that, fuck knows, but what a phrase. Trumpet Winsock!
― Alba, Wednesday, 2 March 2011 23:42 (thirteen years ago) link
And it had a little windsock as an icon. I think they were based in Tasmania.
― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
My modem was always crummy so I was constantly writing dialler scripts to make it re-dial, handshake repeatedly, etc. I completely forget how to do all that shit now.
Guy behind Trumpet Winsock basically made no money out of it, because ISPs worldwide gave away the pay-for version without paying him. Now nerds are donating money to him, just because http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2282875
― stet, Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
caught an old episode of Buffy the other day. Here is a joek I hope to use soon:"I met him online.""On line for what?"
― elephant rob, Friday, October 1, 2010 1:09 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i was literally just watching a buffy episode from season 7 (ie the last season) where willow explains what google is to xander
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.superbad.com
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
that's ca 1997
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 3 March 2011 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Space Potatoes The Internet Oracle (still going after 15+ years)The Cleveland Freenet...and the other Freenets
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 4 March 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.tiedyes.com/thetofuolympics1996.html
http://www.tiedyes.com/tofuimages/tofuwtorchline.gif
― wizards of wonder are the keepers of knowledge (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 March 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol at nerds making it completely baffling how to actually donate until someone intervenes halfway down.
― Alba, Friday, 4 March 2011 09:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Art!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/06/06/f-digital-archeology-exhibit.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Those iMacs are 13 years old?!
― Madchen, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Of a sooner kind of nostalgia -- Web Sheriff, still around! Fronted by Ricky Gervais! Oh wait...
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-web-sheriff-20110609,0,2614591.story
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
I have wondered when "digital archaeology" was going to become a common term. I guess that time is arriving.
― Kim, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, the grad students in sociology etc. need to write their thesis papers on something...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
I like the internet archive - it IS nostalgic!
― Latham Green, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
http://laughingsquid.com/mtv-news-takes-a-look-at-the-internet-in-1995/
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 July 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
~cyber journalist~
― mh, Friday, 29 July 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Remember when Adam Curry was some sort of Cybergod because he hosted a chatroom on his own website?
― ≝ (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 29 July 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link