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GeoCities was the spark that ignited my interest in programming. I can remember hacking together awful HTML, CSS and JavaScript for a Sonic the Hedgehog fan pag
by supernintendo 10y ago
GeoCities was the spark that ignited my interest in programming. I can remember hacking together awful HTML, CSS and JavaScript for a Sonic the Hedgehog fan page as early as middle school. Now the "home page" has been replaced by Facebook and Twitter. The culture of the Internet has changed and future generations are spared the need to even think about tables or color codes (unless they actively pursue web development).
And sure, there's undeniable value in convergence. But part of me will always miss those magical days of animated GIFs sliding across my CRT.
- pmtarantino 10y agoThat's my case too. I think somebody should study how fan pages made by 90s kids were the motivation for a generation of programmers.
- rangibaby 10y agoI carefully followed this page carefully to make a Dragonball fan page using MS frontpage. I also added "cool" touchs like comet cursors, midi music, and MP3 files with the extensions changed so Xoom wouldn't reject them. http://labrocca.com/htmlementary/ http://labrocca.com/htmlementary/
- voltagex_ 10y agohttps://neocities.org https://neocities.org
- kyledrake 10y agoI will confirm that's why I made it. Doesn't look like web sites are going to be replaced by a neural network anytime soon. Not sure if I prefer the Orwellianism of social networks to a Borg cube at this point.