Never seen Rory Storm before. Somehow I expected him to look more like Mal Evans that this, rather startling figure who looks like he's stepped out of the Blitz club in 1980. Photo by Astrid Kirchherr, which helps, I guess.
https://i.imgur.com/JgCa8qW.jpeg
― Alba, Thursday, 9 December 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
you know what I miss, those little custom link buttons that everyone made. used to be people would connect via forums and they'd exchange buttons and put 'em on the "links" section of their webpage. they were all so ugly but I miss 'em
― frogbs, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 05:09 (two years ago) link
i stumbled on something that still had its "web ring" materials in place recently, it was like opening up a buried ruin and breathing air trapped centuries ago.
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 13:30 (two years ago) link
I miss (permanently) under construction pages with the little digging stick figure. Maybe 24 years later he’s still digging.
― Johnny Mathis der Maler (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
Wiby - Search Engine for the Classic Web
The Wiby search engine is building a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet.
― Kim Kimberly, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
Oh, how lovely. Except the phallic lighthouse, maybe.
― Alba, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:41 (two years ago) link
hypnospace outlaw is a great little detective game rooted in that 'webring' era of internet- pretty clever conceit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4Jul496QE
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
it's also really *funny*. recommended
http://www.cwgsy.net/community/tosy/images/rabbit2.gif
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 05:40 (two years ago) link
well damn
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 05:41 (two years ago) link
Here is a collection of more than 700 88x31 web buttons from the 1990's and 2000's
(Just randomly found this when clicking "surprise me" at the Wiby site linked above.)
― visiting, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 07:46 (two years ago) link
https://anlucas.neocities.org/petrape.gif
― kinder, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Wiby and button page are both great finds!
― The creator of Ultra Games, for Nintendo (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 19:04 (two years ago) link
Yeah that "surprise me" button is endlessly entertaining.
― Kim Kimberly, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/LkM5Fu6.jpeg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 16 February 2022 23:59 (two years ago) link
Love to see an internet nostalgia site that’s still being regularly updated, complete with guest book and all. All you Beatles and solo Beatles needs:https://jpgr.co.uk/beatroot.html
― Alba, Monday, 7 March 2022 22:30 (two years ago) link
Great find, reminds me of SugarMegs: http://sugarmegs.org
― blatherskite, Tuesday, 8 March 2022 14:48 (two years ago) link
Rediscovering the Small Web
― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 13 March 2022 05:29 (two years ago) link
logging on to the nbc supernet pic.twitter.com/Vl3HNYzOz8— no (@n0wak) April 8, 2022
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 8 April 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/09/way-back-in-1989-usa-today-launched-an-online-sports-service-i-found-it-at-goodwill/
― Alba, Sunday, 2 October 2022 20:07 (one year ago) link
Wow
― Misirlou Sunset (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 October 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link