The night before always-on ADSL.
1990s Japan.
Fax-Modem frenzy at Midnight.
DOOM, Quake, Hexen, Heretic.
Dreams were in 256 colors.
MOD data by hackers worldwide.
Phone bills climbing to the ceiling.
It took 3 minutes to download 1MB data.
CD-ROM imports from overseas were salvation —
They are now sleeping quietly in my closet.
A medal of my younger days.
#90sInternet #FaxModem #RetroGaming #DOOM #Quake #Hexen #DigitalNostalgia #FediTech
IRC was the original Discord, and The Serial Port did a great job of explaining how revolutionary IRC really was. Would you join an IRC chat in today's age?
#IRC #chatrooms #chatting #90sinternet #90s #web1 #retrotechnolgy #retrotech
💿 You weren’t a real 90s kid unless your bedroom ceiling rained AOL CDs in the middle of the night.
Yes, that actually happened.
AOL dial-up is shutting down after 34 years.
Pour one out. 🥲
🎥 Full show:
https://www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesomecast-745-ford-bets-big-hello-kitty-bricks-in-and-gpt-5-takes-over-your-terminal
#AOL #DialUp #TechNostalgia #90sInternet #AwesomeCast @sorgatron @profpod
Do you like internet #ads? No?
What about #ads from the 90s and 2000s in #GIF format? Yes? The you're in luck, because this site has +800 of them for your personal enjoyment!
#RetroWeb #RetroComputing #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #90sInternet #90sWeb
Wordpress' editor is just total garbage, I've decided. Fiddly, obtuse and annoying.
I'm now looking at building a blog in 11ty and throwing it up on Neocities. 11ty's built around the fabulous Markdown, meaning it's the perfect use-case for my beloved Obsidian.
Neocities, eh? Maybe for kicks I'll search on Lycos for some cool Myspace pages and fire up Winamp for that authentic llama-whipping late-90's-internet feel.
AOL Radio circa 2008
#AOL #AmericaOnline #90sInternet #RetroTech #90sNostalgia #ThrowbackTech #TechHistory #YouveGotMail #AOLRadio #RetroComputing #MillennialMemories
Imagine Radio was one of the first personalized radio services that allowed users to build their own stations. It was purchased by Viacom in 1999 and incorporated into MTV’s website.
AOL for Mac circa 2007
#AOL #AmericaOnline #90sInternet #RetroTech #90sNostalgia #ThrowbackTech #TechHistory #YouveGotMail #90sKids #RetroComputing #MillennialMemories
In den Neunzigern war das Internet eine Welt der Freaks und Nerds. Wer sich nicht benahm, bekam von den alten Hasen ordentlich auf die Finger.
Nach den Newsservern und Mailinglisten kamen Foren und später die sozialen Netzwerke.
Wo wir heute stehen? Schau dich um!
Warum schalten wir dieses Internet nicht einfach mal für ein Jahr ab? Mein Gefühl sagt mir: Viele Probleme würden sich von selbst lösen.
#DigitalDetox #InternetKultur #90sInternet #SozialeNetzwerke #OnlineVerhalten #ResetButton
#GeoCities in 1995: Building a Home Page on the Internet | #Cybercultural
https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995/
#History #InternetHistory #Nostalgia #the90s #90sInternet #internet_of_the_90s #NeoCities #Blogs #Fun
AOL in 1995.
From the book “America Online’s Internet for Windows: Easy Graphical Access - The AOL Way” by Tom Lichty.
#AOL #AmericaOnline #90sInternet #RetroTech #90sNostalgia #ThrowbackTech #YouveGotMail #RetroComputing
Mahir produced one of the first viral websites. I remember this from the early days of the internet, and Borat is 100% a rip-off of Mahir. Who else is a Mahir fan? https://donkeyontheedge.com/mahir/ #Mahir #90sInternet #memes #EarlyInternet #90s
Looks like CNN finally took down their old O J Simpson trial page:
Seems they did it fairly recently too, the last wayback machine capture was in July this year: https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://edition.cnn.com/US/OJ/
#vintageweb #vintageinternet #90sweb #90sinternet #oldweb #oldinternet #90s #the90s #oldwebsites #web
I'm trying to find a screenshot of the loading screen for Netscape Navigator 2 (ideally for Windows). Does anyone know if it even had one? I can't seem to find it emulated anywhere.
Here's an example of what I'm talking about from Version 4. Am I searching for the right term? Loading screen?
Farewell, #ICQ. Today, June 26, we'll log off for the last time. 🌐✨ Your "uh-oh" defined an era of digital connection. From '96 to '24, you connected millions. Here's to the memories and the early days of online chat. #LastLogin #ICQGoodbye #90sInternet #TechLegacy #ChatRevolution
Who remembers web rings from the internet of the 90s? I miss them. It was a great way to find content related to whatever website one was looking at. Back in he days of Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. #internet #WebRing #90sInternet
Today's panel pick from 'Incredible Doom Vol. 2' our graphic novel series about teens getting their lives thrown into turmoil by the early internet. Get your edition signed and illustrated by yours truly at https://www.incredibledoom.com/buy-vol-2/.
#comics #indycomics #1990svintage #90sinternet
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My bookmarks in Firefox are an absolute mess. Spent an hour this morning going through them, sorting them into folders and deleting dead links (about 50%, I estimate).
Realised I don't really use them. Does anyone regularly access their browser bookmarks these days?
