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I miss sites like this being a greater proportion of the internet. When everything else was just fields... and javascript was to be used as little as possible.
by cs02rm0 8y ago
I miss sites like this being a greater proportion of the internet.
When everything else was just fields... and javascript was to be used as little as possible.
- gpetukhov 8y agoAre you serious? This site looks horrible. And the only reason it's not a pain to navigate is because it has very little content. I definitely don't miss those days of the Web when UI designers were not invited yet.
- mankyd 8y ago> and javascript was to be used as little as possible. You seem to have forgotten about "dhtml". That damned ascii-analog-clock-that-follows-your-mouse still haunts my dreams.
- quirkot 8y agotrigger warning: mouse clocks http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/mouse_clock.html http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/scripts/mouse_clock.html
- jacobsenscott 8y agoAvast claims there's malware on that site, fwiw.
- beat 8y agoMouse clocks are malware, for sufficiently broad definitions.
- runarb 8y agoLooks like a false positive. Virustotal sees clean: https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/e1aefef6b413b1f232d72c7b37188a8369481c1290596b84e1ed5d112b04d125/analysis/ https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/e1aefef6b413b1f232d72c7b37... (except Dr.Web, but they appear to basically flag everything)
- joeyrobert 8y agoOne of my favourite things to do on Slashdot during its heyday was go through the comments and open all the "Homepage" links from user profiles. It was usually a treasure trove of personal websites in this style.
- Pigo 8y agoI've been on a rant lately about how much I miss the wild west days of the web, 33k connections and all. I used to visit a blog (it was basically a blog, but probably 5 years before I'd heard the word blog) written by a guy who was chronicling the government controlling his mind with electricity. It was endlessly fascinating, and I can't even find it now. I miss finding the unexpected. I don't blame javascript, I blame businesses for swallowing everything in an attempt to make money. I think I miss it because people mostly created pages out of passion or curiosity, and they hung out on IRC because they didn't care if everyone could see how poignant their comments were.
- krrrh 8y agoI think I remember the blog you’re talking about, and now I’m wishing I could find it too. Everyone knew about the Time Cube guy, but the guy whose brain was being controlled by government electricity, that took your links page to another level. I distinctly remember getting sucked into it and then having the realization that a percentage of the population were paranoid schizophrenics and that they could publish now. He helped me build some armor (and compassion) for the social media age.
- Pigo 8y agoMan, I'm really glad to have some confirmation that I'm not crazy and that page really existed. I recall spending hours reading his reports, it always sucked me in somehow. I think he was actually a good writer.
- paulddraper 8y ago> I miss finding the unexpected You could try Reddit
- Pigo 8y agoYes, we all use reddit. But it makes me sad that all the content is located in a handful of places. And all of that content is regulated by the reddit company. /b/ is much closer to what things used to be like, but since there was more places it was easier to avoid edgelords.
- robin_reala 8y agoI made the choice that, despite being a front-end developer, my personal site would have zero Javascript. Hasn’t stopped me putting up anything I’ve wanted to so far. Guess I should probably add a script-blocking CSP too, actually.
- wuliwong 8y agohttps://www.robinwhittleton.com https://www.robinwhittleton.com ? cool
- wuliwong 8y agoI re-did my homepage recently with this thought in mind. My previous one was the usual big hero section at the top, second section with three highlight cards, etc, etc. My goal is to show my personality and not use a CSS framework. Partially to express myself but also to learn and practice. I have some javascript but just use it for an easy to find easter egg. http://www.patrickjustinbradley.com http://www.patrickjustinbradley.com
- kybernetikos 8y agoSome of my other favourite low-bloat/retro websites (interesting overlap with internet legends): * Fabrice Bellard: https://bellard.org/ https://bellard.org/ * DJ Bernstein: http://cr.yp.to/ http://cr.yp.to/ * Tim Berners-Lee: https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ * Richard Stallman: https://stallman.org/ https://stallman.org/ * Programming in the 21st century: https://prog21.dadgum.com/ https://prog21.dadgum.com/ * idlewords: http://www.idlewords.com/ http://www.idlewords.com/
- okket 8y agoEven a commercial website that represents hundreds of billions of $ does not need to be bloated: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com http://www.berkshirehathaway.com
- kerouanton 8y agoAnother billions of $ managed on a stealth website: https://www.rentec.com/ https://www.rentec.com/ (Those behind Cambridge Analytica, btw)
- mooreds 8y agoLove that they provide their financials in machine readable format.
- astine 8y agoWhere? I just see a link to the Edgar filings which are mandatory for publicly traded companies in the US.
- vxNsr 8y ago> If you have any comments about our WEB page, you can write us at the address shown above. However, due to the limited number of personnel in our corporate office, we are unable to provide a direct response. Love it.
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- noufalibrahim 8y agoAnother of a my personal programming heroes has a page that's even simpler https://bellard.org/ https://bellard.org/