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Yup. I was there, using the web, back then. I used Altavista dozens of times a day. It wasn't very good. I never thought of it. I never thought of the Million
by lproven 2mo ago
Yup. I was there, using the web, back then. I used Altavista dozens of times a day. It wasn't very good.
I never thought of it.
I never thought of the Million Dollar Homepage, either.
It's still there! https://milliondollarhomepage.com/ https://milliondollarhomepage.com/
I remember the first ever HTML CV (résumé) being published.
I am Slashdot user #6030. I used it for ages before I created a user account.
I was already paying for my own personal email address in 1991 when timbl revealed the WWW to the world. I thought it was a gimmick. It'd never catch on. We already had Gopher and Archie and Veronica.
deep sigh
- mmargenot 2mo agoIn recent news this page that's been somewhat viral recently seems an interesting successor to the million dollar homepage: https://outbid.lol/ https://outbid.lol/ A little nihilistic, but I find it charming.
- basilikum 2mo agoMilliondollarhomepage is a little strange and irritating, you're just buying pixels after all. But it is interesting and has a certain conflicting charm to it. Outbid is just sad. People pay money to get on a slop board?
- mmargenot 2mo agobasically, yeah. wild flash in the pan, but i think it's cute in that it's signaling reduced down to the absolute bare bones.