mirrorbird(22:15:37)
lol oh i found the GIF (!) that i drew with ^Kit^ on the ancient collaborative whiteboard -- https://ibb.co
mirrorbird(22:13:33)
(and if you have any interest in theglobe book -- it's a good 90s dotcom story even if you don't remember that specific site -- it is called A Very Public Offering)
mirrorbird(22:12:04)
we thought the web was a connecting thing. but not really any more, it's really shrunk into commercial media. you hardly see a personal home page any more at all.
mirrorbird(22:11:39)
(philippines) -- his older sister was a friend of mine on whatver blog/diary system. 25 years ago. and the site is still up. but of course every interactive element like guestbooks, webrings -- are dead. bit sad.
mirrorbird(22:10:57)
incidentally i remembered this kid earlier -- https://angel-luijoe.net -- this is the ancient page memorialising a boy who unfortunately died in a swimming pool accident,
mirrorbird(22:10:00)
if he had pulled out 20 seconds earlier he would be the world's richest guy today, etc. etc. stock market is bollocks
mirrorbird(22:09:41)
theglobe.com guy wrote a book, quite a good read about the dotcom madness. i think they broke records with their stock market opening