I purchased my first domain in 1996 and had the opportunity to travel back courtesy of the Internet @archive.org I think I owe the past an apology. - ThreadSky

rdg.bsky.social • 175 days ago

I purchased my first domain in 1996 and had the opportunity to travel back courtesy of the Internet @archive.org

I think I owe the past an apology.

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octopedal.bsky.social•175 days ago

No apologies, the 90s internet was still full of promise and hope and individual expression, and look what it became. I think we all owe the past an explanation.

jaennaet.fi•173 days ago

That was so well put.

Gods I'm going to sound like a crotchety old nerd (which, to be fair, I am!), but ye olde internet felt so _hopeful_. Now it's just a depression machine.

I've unironically started to believe that in the long run the internet has been a net negative for humanity.

jepoy.net•175 days ago

OMG! I also used a yellow pad as the background for one of my "online diaries" back in 1998 when I was in high school. Yep, we're old. XD

whatarenext.bsky.social•175 days ago

You could probably make a small fortune explaining dilbert.

albertpell.bsky.social•175 days ago

🧐

carrielynnland.bsky.social•175 days ago

Loving this 🙌🏻

petrusmmrrh.bsky.social•175 days ago

eagain.bsky.social•175 days ago

Love the background... the logo, not so much

alestalo.bsky.social•175 days ago

Perfect 90s web page. Deserves an award!

gsekse.bsky.social•175 days ago

I get the legal pad idea... But that yellow...

kennydsuperstar.bsky.social•175 days ago

I bought my name domain in 97 and still own it.

hayesplays.bsky.social•175 days ago

Those were the days. I started our website in 1996, but Wayback only starts with us in '99, 25 years ago to the day! https://web.archive.org/web/19991128101432/http://burryman.com/

kerricoombs.bsky.social•175 days ago

My word. That's eye catching stuff.

kdombrowski.bsky.social•175 days ago

Onto the I-way! ❤️

mcclean.ie•175 days ago

This is awesome

pixelsmithy.bsky.social•175 days ago

Fortunately for we old-timers, the Statute of Limitations prevents our prosecution, if not our embarrassment. 😅

jamiedcville.bsky.social•175 days ago

That's butt ugly and I love it.

duncanthewriter.bsky.social•175 days ago

Back when the internet felt like the wild west 🤠

pistakkio.bsky.social•174 days ago

I also purchased my first paid space and I created my first website about cinema. 1996 I was reviewed by the Mosaic Internet Selection https://web.archive.org/web/19990218101934/http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/archives/0496/23.html. The same year I published a website dedicated to German regisseur Wim Wenders. Everything is still online thanks to @archive.org

dotbatman.com•175 days ago

Standing on the shoulders of giants could include you. The things we did - to get things done.

brucec.bsky.social•175 days ago

Hand coded on notepad? Those were the days.

pp.si•174 days ago

Sometimes I feel like metuzalem 🙃.

We started at the end of '96 with: https://web.archive.org/web/19970414231837/http://www.icsi.si:80/

I just remember how much we struggled with IE and Netscape 😎.

Good old times hehe.

jonnybutter.bsky.social•175 days ago

So adorable and fun. Convincing, intelligent, normal.

strangetree.emilydare.net•175 days ago

I miss those halcyon days when the internet worked.

myaac.at•174 days ago

They really don’t build them like they used to ….the lost art of website design that had a real impact !(particularly if you had photosensitive epilepsy)