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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)

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Post by chalst »

ckastner wrote: post #15

I love this. Texts appear both coherent yet utterly random: > Satan's heat-image can sometimes be seen here and it has recently been proven that all of the earth's insects were born just inside the metal door.

Many do, but some go beyond coherence and tell a story. E.g.,

https://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/page285.html

says

> The Cult of Reversible Death wrote of a moonlight-appointment with God (which the devil failed to attend due to prior commitments) claiming that it was to have taken place here at Puggnac. There is no evidence to prove their claim but the local steelworks still shows the event on their coat of arms. Puggnac has superbly delicate ductwork and a hydraulics system which was designed and built in Yorkshire.

Radom as hell, though, fitting the theme.

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

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Post by pftburger »

yard2010 wrote: post #25
nathell wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That web still exists. Even though it has been eclipsed by the siloized monstrous goos, those independent, quirky, greenfield sites are still very much alive.

Much like saying ancient Rome still exist, you just can see it through all the gentrification

You really really don’t want to have lived in Ancient Rome. Same applies for most nostalgia

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

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© 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 found a bookmarklet (on HN) that will take you to a random "old internet" webpage: https://wiby.me/surprise/

Just pressed it, it sent me to https://holyjoe.net/, a personal website of a reverend from 1995, last updated in 2020 based on its 'poetry' page.

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

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Post by martinpw »

wkjagt wrote: post #49
PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© 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.

Wasn't there a site that showed search results but skipped the top N results, so you ended up seeing a lot more interesting smaller sites? Can't remember details and a quick search (hah) didn't find it. Pretty sure it was linked on HN a year or two ago...

Edit - I think this was it, but looks like it needs an account: https://millionshort.com/

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

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Post by 123pie123 »

DrBazza wrote: post #54
gerjomarty wrote: post #17

This reminded me of the Hidden London tours, which allow guided access to staff-only disused and abandoned parts of the London Underground. There's a real excitement in taking a peek behind one of these dusty, abandoned-looking doors you walk past every day.

Those sort of tours are often listed on https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/

very interesting, thanks - I've been looking for something like this

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

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Post by 15457345234 »

martinpw wrote: post #94
wkjagt wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Wasn't there a site that showed search results but skipped the top N results, so you ended up seeing a lot more interesting smaller sites? Can't remember details and a quick search (hah) didn't find it. Pretty sure it was linked on HN a year or two ago... Edit - I think this was it, but looks like it needs an account: https://millionshort.com/

> so you ended up seeing a lot more interesting smaller sites?

A lot of smaller sites just aren't indexed any more, it's a common complaint you read here...

"Smaller site, we don't use adwords, we're getting crawled 500x/day which is 40% of our bandwidth, still not indexed after 6 months"

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

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Post by matsemann »

mikhailfranco wrote: post #82

Not Heaven and Hell, but... Blisland, Cornwall, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blisland Helland, Cornwall, England https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helland About 3.2 km (2 miles) apart as the crow flies: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/33809465#map=13/50.5278/-... Or 5.3km driving: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm... The main route into Cornwall is the A30, and you see the signs to…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_Norway

the image is quite funny. On the train station it says "Hell, Gods - Expedition". (but which in Norwegian actually means "goods handling")

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

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Post by flpm »

wkjagt wrote: post #49
PaulRobinson wrote: post #10

> "© 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.

If a search engine were to penalize ads, I bet a lot of those old sites would surface. The old web was an "amateur" web, people created sites to share content they were excited about, not to monetize it (or to allow a platform to monetize it). If search engines also make most of their money from advertising, they have a big conflict of interest. We need an open source search engine owned by a non-profit organization following the model of Signal.

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

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Post by mikhailfranco »

blippage wrote: post #56

If that's too scary for you, you could always look at "Pylon of the Month" https://www.pylonofthemonth.org/ The website was set up by an Englishman, of course, because that's what us British do best: quirky and underwhelming. I heard a fund manager in the energy sector the other day who said that PotM was the thing that fascinated listeners most. Spoiler alert: January's pylon is from Cadiz in Spain, has its own Wiki…

And also this gem:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout_Appreciation_Societ...

which got its meme explosion from a calendar of 12 roundabouts, here is the latest 2024 edition:

https://dullkev.com/product/roundabouts-of-the-world-2024-ca...

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