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There was something magical about landing on some random page and being presented with a massive flash loading screen that lasts longer than a minute or a java
by neom 2y ago
There was something magical about landing on some random page and being presented with a massive flash loading screen that lasts longer than a minute or a java applet. Find a random link on irc and end up on some black website with an exotic loader was better than Christmas morning for me. The web is so exactly as one would expect now, and it's incredibly boring. Sure, java applets, flash, dhtml, tables and frames were a hodgepodge toolbox, but at least the web was interesting to explore... I feel grateful to have gotten to be a teenager through the 90s actively involved in building web stuff. Not sure if it's just nostalgia and everyone feels this way about their teenage years but the never ending exploration into tech, computers, the web, was enthralling...palm pilots, modems, ram, mp3, irc, wow... even thinking about it today gets me excited for that time.
- delaugust 2y agoI love it when I end up on a website that is clearly 100% bespoke and weird.
- sevensor 2y agoIt’s the closing of the frontier. Pioneers opened up new territory, but now it’s mundane. Bankers, grocers, and town councils have all moved in. Streets have been laid out, fence wire strung, and the railroad has decided how you’ll get from place to place. They’re building a courthouse and a jail downtown. The pioneers’ kids are settled in houses; they don’t know how to dress a deer or pick a spot to sleep rough. The frontier that seemed infinite has come to an end.