Linked by David Adams on Tue 27th Oct 2009 19:33 UTC
The Blogosphere has been abuzz over the past few days, with remembrances of the halcyon days of the internet viewed through the lens of atrociously-designed GeoCities sites. If you missed the xkcd GeoCities tribute, you'll have to be content with a screenshot, as it was a limited-time engagement. (Update: a mirror) The Archive Team is working on saving as much of GeoCities as possible for future generations. The internet is ephemeral, and, like ancient civilizations, it seems we're constantly building our new cities on the ashes of our old cities, but, this being the internet, in a much faster cycle. Like anthropologists who get excited about pot shards or shriveled woven sandals found in a cliff dwelling, a lot of internet old-timers like me get pretty nostalgic about how the internet used to be, and think it's worth preserving, or at least commemorating.
Permalink for comment 391502
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Member since:
2005-11-13
There are things I miss about the internet's days of old, but Geoshitties is definitely NOT one of them. If you get nostalgic about the horrible web pages that were on that site, just go look at some of the horrible profiles on Myspace, and you will see that not much has changed.
As long as HTML (and by extension, Flash) exists, people will find a way to do craptastic things with it.
Edited 2009-10-27 22:22 UTC