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The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

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Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#41

> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.

> no trying to hard sell anything Apparently not even the coffee mug now, which is bitterly disappointing.

True, although the official safety posters[0] still seem to be available: https://www.cafepress.com/e2hp.34051572

[0] https://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/pagesafety.html

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#42
Though these gates are not sinister enough, in my opinion, it would be a nice idea to make a game out of it with a plot around gate research. It could be fun...

Disclaimer: I am not nostalgic for the internet of the old days, especially the times when you had a few websites to access, mostly university sites, and you could memorize each and every IP address. I actually hate the fact that the major search engines (especially Bing and Google) try to deceive me with the URLs I don't need. During the times of Altavista and Yahoo, I had the regex pipeline to filter their searches; however, this tactic is now futile...

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> no trying to hard sell anything Apparently not even the coffee mug now, which is bitterly disappointing.

True, although the official safety posters[0] still seem to be available: https://www.cafepress.com/e2hp.34051572 [0] https://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/pagesafety.html

"Don't shout at the devil (not even with good news)."

This is just amazing, thank you (and OP) for the link!

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> no trying to hard sell anything Apparently not even the coffee mug now, which is bitterly disappointing.

True, although the official safety posters[0] still seem to be available: https://www.cafepress.com/e2hp.34051572 [0] https://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/pagesafety.html

Ahhh now I want one.

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#46

> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.

It still exists you’re just missing it

Right... But how does one find it.

Does one have to tilt their trolley at every pillar on every train platform. Or find a friendly worm type thing to show them hidden entrances?

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#47

How old is this site? I'm sure even in 2002 JPEG was a better option than GIF

I'm sure it's older than that, seeing it again has triggered a memory from I'm sure the late 90s.

According to the blog of the man who runs it, it was from 2002-2005: https://misterirvine.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/explain-entran...

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#48
post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It still exists you’re just missing it

Right... But how does one find it. Does one have to tilt their trolley at every pillar on every train platform. Or find a friendly worm type thing to show them hidden entrances?

The latter

Re: The Catalogue of UK Entrances to Hell (2002)

#49

> "© J H Irvine 2002" Yes. This is a taste of what the web was like before it became shit. And it's the way it should be again. Weird, quirky, fun, no ad-tech, no trying to hard sell anything. God, I miss this era.

I wonder if it would be possible to filter out the noise of the “modern web” by black listing big tech the same way we block ads. Might be an interesting project.
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