Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
Sadly, yes. In fact the President and Vice President of my company give their AOL addresses out instead of the ones on our domain that we set up for them. We even just forward the @company.com ones to their AOL addresses and they still wont use them! :x They also both use the AOL desktop-client to access said AOL mail and to browse around websites as well.
Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
Yeah, that's how my pages were made. They've long since been erased from the internet. I had one in area51.
Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
Mine was geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/xxxx. Can't remember the numbers, but I do remember everyone being annoyed at how long my web address was.
Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
I remember when it wasn't automated! You had to go through the cities one by one until you found and empty one and set up there.
Sadly, yes. In fact the President and Vice President of my company give their AOL addresses out instead of the ones on our domain that we set up for them. We even just forward the @company.com ones to their AOL addresses and they still wont use them! :x They also both use the AOL desktop-client to access said AOL mail and to browse around websites as well.
It drives us all absolutely nuts around here.
I had to tell a couple of my executives that they were embarassing themselves and the company by using an AOL address after trying to politely to get them to use their company account for awhile. Eventually I had to make a comparison to wearing a leisure suit to meet new clients or something like that. It worked.
Man...weird coincidences like this always seem to happen. Last week I clicked on a link and it took me to a geocities site and I said to my husband "Man, they're still around? Wonder when they'll shut down."
Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
Haha, yeah. Mine was /SoHo/Square/3303. Or 3033. I can't remember, but neither exists now, so whatever. Dumbest fucking page ever. Shitty .gif drawings and blonde/cop jokes.
Sadly, yes. In fact the President and Vice President of my company give their AOL addresses out instead of the ones on our domain that we set up for them. We even just forward the @company.com ones to their AOL addresses and they still wont use them! :x They also both use the AOL desktop-client to access said AOL mail and to browse around websites as well.
It drives us all absolutely nuts around here.
I had to tell a couple of my executives that they were embarassing themselves and the company by using an AOL address after trying to politely to get them to use their company account for awhile. Eventually I had to make a comparison to wearing a leisure suit to meet new clients or something like that. It worked.
I know plenty of people who still use AOL just for email. They've had the accounts for so long (15+ years) and all of their clients & contracts know them by it. It only costs them something like $10-$15 a month. I don't feel this is an embarasement as most businessmen don't care that much about it. I know a few peole, my father for starters, that started using their AOL accounts for business because the companies weren't providing them with email at that time.
Sadly, yes. In fact the President and Vice President of my company give their AOL addresses out instead of the ones on our domain that we set up for them. We even just forward the @company.com ones to their AOL addresses and they still wont use them! :x They also both use the AOL desktop-client to access said AOL mail and to browse around websites as well.
It drives us all absolutely nuts around here.
I had to tell a couple of my executives that they were embarassing themselves and the company by using an AOL address after trying to politely to get them to use their company account for awhile. Eventually I had to make a comparison to wearing a leisure suit to meet new clients or something like that. It worked.
Man, what was up with the internet 10 years ago that compelled so many 10-15 year old kids to make shitty websites? Do they still do that today and we just don't talk about it as much? Or are Myspace and Facebook the new Geoshitties? This is why I only like Twitter.
Pretty much, yeah.
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Oh man, this is almost a little sad. Now where will I go to read blue floating text over a black background telling me the latest MK3 codes?
That's not entirely joking. A lot of what kept me interested in games was the codes and cheats and whatnot. I bought a few books from Blockbuster back around '95-'96 (and then proceeded to lose them to other people). So when I started to get on the internet semi-regularly (remember WOW!?), I would print out bunches of game codes, and a lot of that was divided up between Geocities pages, before Gamefaqs was really well-known.
There goes my dream of starting a Pamela Lee shrine on there...
I am pretty sure my page had a) a big ass counter, so I could... win? b) The first 10 seconds of "voodoo people" by prodigy looped in the backround c) possibly a horribly tiled background consisting of the "Hackers" movie poster. d) programs for aol shenanigans and probably genesis r o m s.
I am pretty sure my page had a) a big ass counter, so I could... win? b) The first 10 seconds of "voodoo people" by prodigy looped in the backround c) possibly a horribly tiled background consisting of the "Hackers" movie poster. d) programs for aol shenanigans and probably genesis r o m s.
Wish I had a shirt like this I could wear for these occasions and to confuse people.
So I finally decided to back up my site and was worried I would have enough space with 2gb free on my spare drive. So I check the size of the site in file manager and it's only 8MBs, with a 15MB limit.
Man...weird coincidences like this always seem to happen. Last week I clicked on a link and it took me to a geocities site and I said to my husband "Man, they're still around? Wonder when they'll shut down."
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Yup, internet is older than me.
Eh, we all have something we are ashamed of. Just be glad its about to go away.
How can you say that? the porn was much worse back then.
alt.binaries... I don't even remember the rest.
Newsgroups FTW!
I will pour a 40 out for you.
Edit: Do you guys remember the early days of Geocities? Before it was geocities.com/username, it used to be stuff like geocities.com/station/area51/xxxx with xxxx represting between 1000-9999. When you signed up, you got to pick your grouping (station in this case), your sub group (area51 in this case) and then you could pick an open number. It was pretty representative of the early internet.
It drives us all absolutely nuts around here.
Yeah, that's how my pages were made. They've long since been erased from the internet. I had one in area51.
Mine was geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/xxxx. Can't remember the numbers, but I do remember everyone being annoyed at how long my web address was.
I remember when it wasn't automated! You had to go through the cities one by one until you found and empty one and set up there.
I had to tell a couple of my executives that they were embarassing themselves and the company by using an AOL address after trying to politely to get them to use their company account for awhile. Eventually I had to make a comparison to wearing a leisure suit to meet new clients or something like that. It worked.
Guess I know now.
Haha, yeah. Mine was /SoHo/Square/3303. Or 3033. I can't remember, but neither exists now, so whatever. Dumbest fucking page ever. Shitty .gif drawings and blonde/cop jokes.
I know plenty of people who still use AOL just for email. They've had the accounts for so long (15+ years) and all of their clients & contracts know them by it. It only costs them something like $10-$15 a month. I don't feel this is an embarasement as most businessmen don't care that much about it. I know a few peole, my father for starters, that started using their AOL accounts for business because the companies weren't providing them with email at that time.
gmail however still remains hip and trendy.
It is, and I use it, but if I had a business I'd have an e-mail address that ends in my own domain name and not someone else's.
Pretty much, yeah.
No one told you? the binaries are gone now too. Most ISP's don't offer free newsgroup access anymore, which- is a shame but eh. I don't miss it.
That's not entirely joking. A lot of what kept me interested in games was the codes and cheats and whatnot. I bought a few books from Blockbuster back around '95-'96 (and then proceeded to lose them to other people). So when I started to get on the internet semi-regularly (remember WOW!?), I would print out bunches of game codes, and a lot of that was divided up between Geocities pages, before Gamefaqs was really well-known.
There goes my dream of starting a Pamela Lee shrine on there...
Don't forget to sign my guestbook!
"HEY This is me, I stopped by your page!"
I am pretty sure my page had a) a big ass counter, so I could... win? b) The first 10 seconds of "voodoo people" by prodigy looped in the backround c) possibly a horribly tiled background consisting of the "Hackers" movie poster. d) programs for aol shenanigans and probably genesis r o m s.
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No, those parts of the internet are the only things keeping us from being covered in /b/.
And that stuff's worse than piss-turned ammonia.
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SEE, SEE?
So I finally decided to back up my site and was worried I would have enough space with 2gb free on my spare drive. So I check the size of the site in file manager and it's only 8MBs, with a 15MB limit.
GOODBYE GEOCITIES!
hahahaahahaha oh god that is so great
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