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2advanced.net 15-20 years ago
2Advanced v2 (2001): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkNkQoQY_8
2Advanced v4 (2003): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM_JNqFCvyo
For context on the time period, most people were on Windows 98 and IE6 was brand spanking new. This was truly mind blowing stuff.
https://www.lingscars.com/
How many hours are there in a day? (Not 24!) What is the shape of the earth? (Neither flat nor a sphere!) For 'answers' to these deep questions, see: https://timecube.2enp.com/
A private artistic project by Russian artist Oleg Paschenko. Very strange, creepy, interesting, and years ago, it was interactive (flash). Now it's just a walkthrough video that doesn't provide the same mystique. And it seems some of the creepier skeletal sections aren't shown. I think it might be a different version from the original.
Back when I first stumbled upon the site (90s), it was like a curiosity amplification engine for my young mind. What is it? Why would someone spend time on something like this? And why wouldn't they provide information about what it is or who they are? Am I using it right? Are there easter eggs I'm missing out on?
It was depressing, creepy, and intriguing. I wasn't able to find any writeup on it when I first found it (pre-google) and I was just so drawn in. I'd click in one place, and something weird would show up on the screen, then I'd click again and nothing would happen. I'd see random flashes of skeletal structures or a small child that appeared to be crying. And the sounds were just as disturbing as the visuals. I never forgot it.
Here's a writeup in eyemagazine https://eyemagazine.com/feature/article/conclave-obscurum
Here it is in the Web Design Museum https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/flash-websites/conclave-obsc...
I love https://www.luigicases.com - it's the web site for an Italian gentleman who makes leather cases and straps for Leica cameras. But the web design is straight out of the 90's, along with loads of extraneous text and even some family photos. And you can't actually buy anything via the website - you send the guy an email and a corresponding Paypal payment ( https://www.luigicases.com/a000-PURCHASE-info.htm ). Basi…
I love https://www.luigicases.com - it's the web site for an Italian gentleman who makes leather cases and straps for Leica cameras. But the web design is straight out of the 90's, along with loads of extraneous text and even some family photos. And you can't actually buy anything via the website - you send the guy an email and a corresponding Paypal payment ( https://www.luigicases.com/a000-PURCHASE-info.htm ). Basi…
If the goods are handmade then the bad UX serves as a rate-limiter to constrain demand to supply. I'm assuming the system works well for him as otherwise he'd switch to a better solution.
https://www.lingscars.com/
Not sure if it's just me or if it's not as bad as I remember it back in the day? Maybe my ad-blocker is interfering or Safari simply can't keep up with this level of madness?