Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

#1

Post by rpeden » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:11 PM UTC

Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s
boglin.iwarp.com

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by rpeden » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:50 PM UTC

Well, I certainly didn't expect this to make the front page.

I just wish the guestbook still worked. :)

I hadn't looked at the site in years and was actually surprised to find it still running. It's been on the same free hosting site for about 20 years.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by Meekro » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:50 PM UTC

I think many of us have something like this in our archives, but we lack your courage to show it! =)

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by d0m » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

I wish I had an archive of it.. My first ever website when I was a kid was a dragon ball page with a bunch of .gif ;-)

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by swampthinker » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

What a great time capsule, brings back old memories from Geocities and Angelfire websites.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by noonespecial » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:52 PM UTC

rpeden wrote: post #2

Well, I certainly didn't expect this to make the front page. I just wish the guestbook still worked. :) I hadn't looked at the site in years and was actually surprised to find it still running. It's been on the same free hosting site for about 20 years.

I tried to sign it! You should consider reviving it.

Write it in perl.

And lets us know its working again with a blink tag.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by djhworld » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:52 PM UTC

swampthinker wrote: post #5

What a great time capsule, brings back old memories from Geocities and Angelfire websites.

On the links page he links to his friends websites, one of them is a (now obviously gone) geocities page.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by dlbucci » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:52 PM UTC

Oh my. My first site was also a little embarrassing, but this was 2011/2012, so it wasn't quite so flashy :) http://www.foodthechildren.com/default.php

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by gcatalfamo » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:52 PM UTC

It’s awesomely cringy, as it should be, well done! I wish I still had mine!

Re: Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s

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Post by freefal » Fri, Mar 02, 2018, 8:55 PM UTC

noonespecial wrote: post #6

rpeden wrote: post #2

Well, I certainly didn't expect this to make the front page. I just wish the guestbook still worked. :) I hadn't looked at the site in years and was actually surprised to find it still running. It's been on the same free hosting site for about 20 years.

I tried to sign it! You should consider reviving it. Write it in perl. And lets us know its working again with a blink tag.

Updated!