This is what the Internet looked like in 2004. I love this site for both it’s stated purpose, and the nostalgia of the design. Click it if you dare.
Who is still paying the hosting fees for this?
Mark and Sarah King are the web admins and claim to have been designated to stay behind on the away mission to continue to spread their message. Although there’s still some contention around them from ex members that left before they all put on the white suits, laced up their Nikes, and drank the kool aid.
I vaguely remember a documentary where they were interviewed but can’t recall many specifics. There was also a sub reddit that (supposed) ex-members used to post in and many of them had a bone to pick with Mark and Sarah King about some of their claims.
I guess when you’re all in on crazy… I got nothing to finish that with.
Ding ding, here comes the shit mobile
I would rather die in a fire than be rescued by this hairy piece of shit
Its honestly the best comment on the internet
It always looked like you would catch at least one Trojan per download, but it’s the real deal if you are looking for cracked game.exes or at least it was back in the day.
Holy shit, ancient memory recovered!
Thanks for the memory. I like how there is now a series of pre stripped strippers dancing on the right edge of the screen.
I just opened the page without adblocking – that brings back even more memories. And yes, the desktop strippers are still a thing, and now they dance on the entire website, not only in an add-window!
My ad blocking is on the router and it didn’t block the strippers.
I love the energy from this site.
When I started learning webdev this was all too close to home.
It’s where I got my cool sigs! Also, it looks pretty much identical to how I remember it. I only found out it was still running a month or two ago.
What was this made with? I’ve seen a few old sites like this
I have no idea. Given its age, probably either hand coded or using a template / theme. It has a little bit of information about its creation at the bottom of the front page.
I’ve seen a few sites like this
Home stat runner dot net! It’s dot commmmmm!
http://www.douglas-self.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm
Most of Douglas Self is a time capsule to when the site was setup but the loco loco section has many of the most wild experimental locomotives you’ve never seen! Many are early iterations as nobody had yet figured out the meta for building a relatively efficient and successful steam locomotive but there’s also diesel and electric designs as well buried in there, as well as late steam ideas that tried to outcompete diesels
Like seriously, what the heck is up with these? (And yes, all had at least one example built!)
thx my neurotypical ass did NOT spend an hour on this.
It’s not flash anymore and you have to start the music yourself but it’s pretty literally the exact thing it was in like 2000.
Folks this is what the web looked like in 1995 (with popup wackamole on about 50% of every site
But this simple website is damn near perfect for it’s purpose
I have a few niche sites. Many of them are dying slowly because, well us denizens are dying one by one. And there is very few that will replace us. The times have changed. Few care about old steam engines anymore. And 3D printing has supplanted machining metal in home work shops. And 3D CAD has replaced the drafting board.
[https://www.modelenginemaker.com/] is an example were us old machinists design and build model steam engines just because.
I only took up manual machining this year, there are a few of us young ones, but not heaps.
That’s great! You are going to learn a lot about problem solving and how to think! What machine(s) do you have? I swapped out all the big industrial sized machines for a pair of benchtop sized lathe and mill. I decided when I retired that I wasn’t going to ever machine anything that needed a piece of metal that I couldn’t pickup and hold in my hand.
Those are fine machines for the home shop! They should provide plenty of rigidity and accuracy for many years. And the prices aren’t bad either. My machines are now smaller, I have a basic change gear lathe, 8x12 (203x305) lathe and a 7x21 (178x530) mill. I made a conscious decision to not work on anything I couldn’t pickup and hold in one hand. ;)
I’ve been known to make a model steam engine or two at times. I’ve even designed a couple of simple steam engines from scratch. But I haven’t made one in a while. (I really should make one this winter) I’ve gotten more interested in doing more 3D printing, (I used to do a lot of design and prototyping as a toolmaker). I also occasionally make the odd part for antique farm machinery for old farmers that collect old tractors. I have repaired a lot of old bearing housings for them and even made some oddball bolts and nuts that you can’t buy anymore. And on rare occasions, people bring me a shaft that needs a keyway repaired.
No thanks I’m already logged in.
Super niche, but water-data.com
It lists current and historical water levels, inflow and outflow data for all of the reservoirs in the upper Colorado River basin. It’s all html tables and graphs.
I’v been watching it for at least 20 years and I don’t think it has ever changed.
20 years with no change? Damn, I thought the Colorado River flowed faster than that. I’ve been lied to!
🤣 yeah no format change. Got me.
The data changes every day. And it’s been getting more and more depressing.
Is there anything with a positive trend or hopeful outlook lately? My entire 42 years seems like everything is “oh, this used to be better, but it’s getting worse now”
The violent crime rate is significantly lower than it was in the 1980s. So there’s that.
Fair. That is one good thing.
Stack Overflow which is almost 20 years old, and Experts Exchange.
Experts Exchange is still one of my favorite early URL blunders.
expertsexchange.com got inquiries they were not expecting.
Another fun one was The Pen Is Mightier.
penismightier.com didn’t always attract writers.
You’re sitting on a gold mine, Trebek!
