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I had a good friend in middle school who introduced me to an AOL Prog called Icy Hot. I was so intrigued that I did some research and learned about Visual Basic

by matt1 17y ago

I had a good friend in middle school who introduced me to an AOL Prog called Icy Hot. I was so intrigued that I did some research and learned about Visual Basic. I found code for some other progs, printed it out, and went line by line through it until I understood roughly what was going on. I made my own, then made a second better one and haven't stopped. Biggest piece of advice: code then read, not the other way around. FYI the AOL work culminated in AOL-Files.com, which was the premier AOL hacking site circa 2000/2001. Check it out: http://www.mattmazur.com/archive/aol-files.html http://www.mattmazur.com/archive/aol-files.html

chasingsparks 17y ago
I ran the Digital Underground on Hypermart. Oh, AOL.
kirse 17y ago
To be honest, my Dad gets the nod for buying me a VB book that included VB5 back in 5th grade (1997). But, I'll have to say that you (with that AOL-Files.com site) and this guy named "Oogle" inspired me with the "hacker" curiosity by about 6th grade. In this case it was all black-hat though =) Oogle released the VB source to his "proggie" and I did the exact same thing... I went through the code learning how everything worked and started VB programming on my own... faders, punters, etc, oh the good times. =) What was the name of your prog? I am so happy to know that the peson who ran AOL-files is an HN member! That site was a goldmine.
- matt1 17y ago
  I've mentioned AOL-Files a few times on here but no one responded that they knew it, which surprised me, because a large portion of the community was around 15 at he time, which would make them the prime age right now for founding a startup. Thanks for the note; shoot me an email sometime. P.S. For a bit of fader/punter nostalgia, check out these screenshots from my first prog circa 1998: http://www.mattmazur.com/2009/05/revolution/ http://www.mattmazur.com/2009/05/revolution/

by matt1 17y ago

chasingsparks 17y ago

I ran the Digital Underground on Hypermart. Oh, AOL.

kirse 17y ago

To be honest, my Dad gets the nod for buying me a VB book that included VB5 back in 5th grade (1997). But, I'll have to say that you (with that AOL-Files.com site) and this guy named "Oogle" inspired me with the "hacker" curiosity by about 6th grade. In this case it was all black-hat though =) Oogle released the VB source to his "proggie" and I did the exact same thing... I went through the code learning how everything worked and started VB programming on my own... faders, punters, etc, oh the good times. =) What was the name of your prog? I am so happy to know that the peson who ran AOL-files is an HN member! That site was a goldmine.

matt1 17y ago
I've mentioned AOL-Files a few times on here but no one responded that they knew it, which surprised me, because a large portion of the community was around 15 at he time, which would make them the prime age right now for founding a startup. Thanks for the note; shoot me an email sometime. P.S. For a bit of fader/punter nostalgia, check out these screenshots from my first prog circa 1998: http://www.mattmazur.com/2009/05/revolution/ http://www.mattmazur.com/2009/05/revolution/