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Geocities-izer - Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996

117 points by jaybol 17y ago

coderdude 17y ago
Can't help but laugh at the Homestead ad served by Google. Very relevant indeed.
jaybol 17y ago
I'm a big fan of the old school Hacker News http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=8&url=news.ycombinator.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...
- jgg 17y ago
  I clicked one of the flashy things, and I think I voted something up. I'm not sure though.
- mortenjorck 17y ago
  I prefer the spinning floppies, horned Bill Gates, and Alanis: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&url=http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1300254 http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3... I think I just signed HN's guestbook.
laprise 17y ago
This is insane !
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Qz 17y ago
What's funny is the ads on boingboing don't really look out of place.
rudle 17y ago
The computer motif (complete with Bill Gates as the Devil) is particularly apropos for my school's website. http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=9&url=uwaterloo.ca http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...
- icegreentea 17y ago
  another waterlooer! really like how the engineering page turned out.
dmoney 17y ago
Google '96: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=7&url=google.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...
- pyre 17y ago
  The funny part is that the 'spinning' hit counter is probably not spinning fast enough to match reality.
hackermom 17y ago
I'd like to correct the title: Make any webpage look like it was made in Frontpage. Yeah.
- samratjp 17y ago
  I wonder how many younger HN'ers even really know what Frontpage is these days.
  - cmelbye 17y ago
    I'm in High School and I remember creating websites using FrontPage (and notepad of course). We even used FrontPage in elementary school, so I think most younger HN'ers might remember what it is.
rauljara 17y ago
I had forgotten how oddly compelling that creepy dancing baby was. I hate it, but I can't help staring at it.
papersmith 17y ago
Or by a 25 year-old on myspace today.
rwhitman 17y ago
Amazing! I've honestly been looking for a tool like this for years
jballanc 17y ago
Hmm...doesn't seem to do anything: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=9&url=drudgereport.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...
matrixownsyou 17y ago
especially liked the "Campaign against frames" badge :)
benatkin 17y ago
apple.com: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=4&url=apple.com/ http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...
- akadien 17y ago
  That was the first one I tried, too.
  - Retric 17y ago
    LOL, It even used an evil bill gates img: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/images/Bill_Gates.gif http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/images/Bill_Gates.gif
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madmanslitany 17y ago
Am I already, at the tender age of 25, on enough in years that yesterday's bad taste stirs feelings of nostalgia today in my web weary heart?
- jarek 17y ago
  I'm 22 and nostalgia was involved. So, yes.
  - thinkzig 17y ago
    I'm 35 and nostalgia was involved. So... I think I'm going to go be depressed somewhere now. :)
    - jaybol 17y ago
      I'm a 29 year old sucker for nostalgia.
      - astine 17y ago
        23, and I'm nostalgic for the time when simply not plastering animated GIFs all over your website was enough to separate you from the pack.
- kmak 17y ago
  I was holding it okay until "Wonderwall" started playing.
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samratjp 17y ago
Recursion is fun: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=6&url=http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...
- jaybol 17y ago
  I was expecting more neon green and marquee banners leading my ISP to transition to 56k dialup followed by my exploding laptop
brianwillis 17y ago
Works particularly well for Daring Fireball. It's like looking at the website of Gruber's tasteless, comic-sans using, evil twin.
hroman 17y ago
OMG, this makes me want to cry.
froo 17y ago
Not enough black backgrounds, red bold text OR animated flames :(
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trafficlight 17y ago
How did the 88x31 buttons ever come to be? Those things were all the rage, especially on designer's sites. Where did the size originate?
GHFigs 17y ago
Needs more blue ribbon.
korch 17y ago
This is my new favorite web page, it's genius! What goes around, comes around. I can't wait until 2015 when some comedian creates the web-2.0-izer to what has become of hackernews.
pmiller2 17y ago
There is one thing this site seems to be missing: an "under construction" icon, preferably in the form of an animated GIF. :P Because of this omission, I can only give it 4/5 stars, just for reminding me of the days when something like http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565920637 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565920637 was what passed for a way to find stuff on the internet.

117 points by jaybol 17y ago

Can't help but laugh at the Homestead ad served by Google. Very relevant indeed.

I'm a big fan of the old school Hacker News http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=8&url=news.ycombinator.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...

jgg 17y ago
I clicked one of the flashy things, and I think I voted something up. I'm not sure though.
mortenjorck 17y ago
I prefer the spinning floppies, horned Bill Gates, and Alanis: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&url=http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1300254 http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3... I think I just signed HN's guestbook.

laprise 17y ago

This is insane !

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Qz 17y ago

What's funny is the ads on boingboing don't really look out of place.

rudle 17y ago

The computer motif (complete with Bill Gates as the Devil) is particularly apropos for my school's website. http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=9&url=uwaterloo.ca http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...

icegreentea 17y ago
another waterlooer! really like how the engineering page turned out.

dmoney 17y ago

Google '96: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=7&url=google.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...

pyre 17y ago
The funny part is that the 'spinning' hit counter is probably not spinning fast enough to match reality.

hackermom 17y ago

I'd like to correct the title: Make any webpage look like it was made in Frontpage. Yeah.

samratjp 17y ago
I wonder how many younger HN'ers even really know what Frontpage is these days.
- cmelbye 17y ago
  I'm in High School and I remember creating websites using FrontPage (and notepad of course). We even used FrontPage in elementary school, so I think most younger HN'ers might remember what it is.

rauljara 17y ago

I had forgotten how oddly compelling that creepy dancing baby was. I hate it, but I can't help staring at it.

papersmith 17y ago

Or by a 25 year-old on myspace today.

rwhitman 17y ago

Amazing! I've honestly been looking for a tool like this for years

jballanc 17y ago

Hmm...doesn't seem to do anything: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=9&url=drudgereport.com http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...

matrixownsyou 17y ago

especially liked the "Campaign against frames" badge :)

benatkin 17y ago

apple.com: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&music=4&url=apple.com/ http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=2&#3...

akadien 17y ago
That was the first one I tried, too.
- Retric 17y ago
  LOL, It even used an evil bill gates img: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/images/Bill_Gates.gif http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/images/Bill_Gates.gif

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madmanslitany 17y ago

Am I already, at the tender age of 25, on enough in years that yesterday's bad taste stirs feelings of nostalgia today in my web weary heart?

jarek 17y ago
I'm 22 and nostalgia was involved. So, yes.
- thinkzig 17y ago
  I'm 35 and nostalgia was involved. So... I think I'm going to go be depressed somewhere now. :)
  - jaybol 17y ago
    I'm a 29 year old sucker for nostalgia.
    - astine 17y ago
      23, and I'm nostalgic for the time when simply not plastering animated GIFs all over your website was enough to separate you from the pack.
kmak 17y ago
I was holding it okay until "Wonderwall" started playing.

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samratjp 17y ago

Recursion is fun: http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&music=6&url=http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/index.php http://wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/content.php?theme=3&#3...

jaybol 17y ago
I was expecting more neon green and marquee banners leading my ISP to transition to 56k dialup followed by my exploding laptop

brianwillis 17y ago

Works particularly well for Daring Fireball. It's like looking at the website of Gruber's tasteless, comic-sans using, evil twin.

hroman 17y ago

OMG, this makes me want to cry.

froo 17y ago

Not enough black backgrounds, red bold text OR animated flames :(

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trafficlight 17y ago

How did the 88x31 buttons ever come to be? Those things were all the rage, especially on designer's sites. Where did the size originate?

GHFigs 17y ago

Needs more blue ribbon.

korch 17y ago

This is my new favorite web page, it's genius! What goes around, comes around. I can't wait until 2015 when some comedian creates the web-2.0-izer to what has become of hackernews.

pmiller2 17y ago

There is one thing this site seems to be missing: an "under construction" icon, preferably in the form of an animated GIF. :P Because of this omission, I can only give it 4/5 stars, just for reminding me of the days when something like http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565920637 http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781565920637 was what passed for a way to find stuff on the internet.