OT: Cole's Coffee Shop: Let's talk internet in the 90s
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I absolutely had a html coded webpage on Geocities. With frames. I believe it was Pink Floyd themed.
And I say, right here and now, that all the current memes and gifs and whatnot have nothing on the joy of old flash animations like Frog Blender 2000, and JibJab, and Homestar Runner.
And I say, right here and now, that all the current memes and gifs and whatnot have nothing on the joy of old flash animations like Frog Blender 2000, and JibJab, and Homestar Runner.
Winger for Hire
Praise Beebo
I probably have some old AngelFire sites somewhere out there.
Also, my fondest memory was doing e-mail wrestling RPGs for like 4 years straight. It was really nerdy, but it really helped my creative writing skills.
Oh, and then there was the time in our high school computer lab where me and some friends synced all 3 dozen computers to play the Hampster Dance song as full volume.
And there was also checking ESPN's website daily to play 3Play.
Coding in BASIC in high school.
Trying to find people to play X-Wing v TIE Fighter with online.
Going into random AOL chat room and disrupting it with "//roll".
Just aimlessly wandering the web feeling like you were on your own in parts unknown.
StickDeath.com
The moment my friends and I realized we didn't have to score our fantasy baseball league by hand anymore.
Those were the days...
Also, my fondest memory was doing e-mail wrestling RPGs for like 4 years straight. It was really nerdy, but it really helped my creative writing skills.
Oh, and then there was the time in our high school computer lab where me and some friends synced all 3 dozen computers to play the Hampster Dance song as full volume.
And there was also checking ESPN's website daily to play 3Play.
Coding in BASIC in high school.
Trying to find people to play X-Wing v TIE Fighter with online.
Going into random AOL chat room and disrupting it with "//roll".
Just aimlessly wandering the web feeling like you were on your own in parts unknown.
StickDeath.com
The moment my friends and I realized we didn't have to score our fantasy baseball league by hand anymore.
Those were the days...
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ColePens
RIP Fugu Buffaloed & parabola
I mean i've gone to archive just to check out how websites looked again in the late 90s. It was awesome being a kid and playing games on mplayer or just online in general. I'll never forget when my mom's work got AOL. I thought it was insanely awesome. It took forever to load even one page.
Look at how much of a big deal it was to be able to burn a bunch of different music to a CD.
Ogrezilla
Nerf Herder
Stickdeath was my shit. I made a bunch of flash videos back then and had a website.
We actually made a skate/skit movie too. Probably half hour or 40 minutes long. Burned it on DVD's and sold that shit along with tshirts and skate decks. We had stickers on every damn thing in town. Had a legit hosted website of videos and a store, plus our buddy worked at a skate shop in the mall and sold it there when he was working. I think the thing I'm most looking forward to about losing weight is being able to wear that shirt again. That will be my victory moment.
We actually made a skate/skit movie too. Probably half hour or 40 minutes long. Burned it on DVD's and sold that shit along with tshirts and skate decks. We had stickers on every damn thing in town. Had a legit hosted website of videos and a store, plus our buddy worked at a skate shop in the mall and sold it there when he was working. I think the thing I'm most looking forward to about losing weight is being able to wear that shirt again. That will be my victory moment.
Gallatin
A Banksy of Goonism
Ah the 90's. I remember the pain and horror suffered by "old school" webheads as they were inundated by clueless annoying AOL Weenies. I remember my very 1st web session - visiting a site from Australia, and feeling like I was there, like the whole world was now right there and accessible!
I remember how scary and dangerous porn sites were, and how hard it was to find good free content that wouldn't screw you in some new, neferious way.
I remember falling into email groups comprised of the leading edge thinkers of our time on various subjects. Learning, thinking, building with the best - until I became one of those "experts". For example, I had world renowned researchers & authors visit the unique and awesome natural systems coral reef I had built - with their help and guidance.
I remember switching over to WebTV for a couple yrs after my computer died, and I didn't have the big dollars lying around to replace it immediately. And how much I enjoyed this cheap and unique access to the web.
I remember drinking in knowledge by the bucket full, about any subject that interested me. And then I discovered sports message boards. God they we're aweful, and slow, and sparsely populated back in the day.
I remember the moment someone's boyfriend introduced me to this new awesome search engine with a funky name called Google. Goodby Webcrawler & Yahoo!
Those were heady days gentlemen, thanx for the "Member Berries" Cole.
I remember how scary and dangerous porn sites were, and how hard it was to find good free content that wouldn't screw you in some new, neferious way.
I remember falling into email groups comprised of the leading edge thinkers of our time on various subjects. Learning, thinking, building with the best - until I became one of those "experts". For example, I had world renowned researchers & authors visit the unique and awesome natural systems coral reef I had built - with their help and guidance.
I remember switching over to WebTV for a couple yrs after my computer died, and I didn't have the big dollars lying around to replace it immediately. And how much I enjoyed this cheap and unique access to the web.
I remember drinking in knowledge by the bucket full, about any subject that interested me. And then I discovered sports message boards. God they we're aweful, and slow, and sparsely populated back in the day.
I remember the moment someone's boyfriend introduced me to this new awesome search engine with a funky name called Google. Goodby Webcrawler & Yahoo!
Those were heady days gentlemen, thanx for the "Member Berries" Cole.
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Scandale du Jour
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Big McLargehuge
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Which required this to get online:
Better yet, the dream of every me in 1995:
Winger for Hire
Praise Beebo
I begged my parents every day for months to get the Sega Channel after I played with it at my cousin's.
Sadly I never got it
Sadly I never got it
Tom Hanks
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Big McLargehuge
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I was looking at DJ's the other day, and one has a Geocities page. Currently. As his business page.
I remember I used to sign into AOL then go to the other room and make a bagel. Toast it, add butter or peanut butter, and then come back into the computer room just in time for login to finish.
I remember I used to sign into AOL then go to the other room and make a bagel. Toast it, add butter or peanut butter, and then come back into the computer room just in time for login to finish.
Allie Kitsune
...and the Brawla Brawla Sewitt
It never disconnected you in the UK, they would just get the engaged tone, forever.
Then, the telecommunications companies started to offer you a discounted second line to rob you of more cash, bastards.
Winger for Hire
Praise Beebo
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