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Back in the late 90s I stood up a webserver in my office that returned fake banner ads for 404's. I used the in-house DNS server to vector "*.doubleclick.net" o
by EvanAnderson 5mo ago
Back in the late 90s I stood up a webserver in my office that returned fake banner ads for 404's. I used the in-house DNS server to vector "*.doubleclick.net" over to it.
We'd get amusing banner ads for things like cocaine-based nasal spray, renting pigs, and other vaguely off-color things in place of real ads. It was very, very amusing. I didn't tell anybody I was doing it and got some real laughs when people submitted helldesk tickets asking about the ads.
It got the axe when a technician printed some Mapquest directions that included off-color ads and left them laying around at a Customer site.
Aside: The fake ads came from a website called "Bannertown", (if memory serves). I believe it's long-since defunct. I'd love to find the ads today. They were very amusing.
- arm32 5mo agoHey Evan, get ready: https://web.archive.org/web/20001019032519/http://www.chickenhead.com/bannertown/1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20001019032519/http://www.chicke...
- EvanAnderson 5mo agoThat's the ones! Great find. I remember "Bannertown" but "chickenhead.com" slipped my mind. As soon as I saw your URL it came flooding back. Thanks!
- arm32 5mo agoIt was a huge nostalgia bomb for me too, nearly knocked me off my seat. Thanks for reminding me of it.
- arm32 5mo agoCocaine nasal spray: https://web.archive.org/web/20001019042034im_/http://chickenhead.com/bannertown/images/coca.gif https://web.archive.org/web/20001019042034im_/http://chicken...