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Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by higgins » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:03 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #30

higgins wrote: post #16

Here’s another (newer) one inspired by the great: https://24HourHomepage.com

So, why does each second have a photo/link instead of most of them being empty other than for 925 of them? Good luck with the get $373,680 [1] richer scheme.. Edit: aha, uploading and overwriting someone's content is free, to have an overwrite-lock one has to pay for it... Well I guess you were expecting a gold rush, but with so little uptake people seem to be thinking "why worry, chances are my link won't get overri…

It's free to publish to any second that wasn't published permanently. Buying a token lets you publish to a second permanently

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by higgins » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:16 PM UTC

tiborsaas wrote: post #27

higgins wrote: post #16

Here’s another (newer) one inspired by the great: https://24HourHomepage.com

It was quite trippy to watch the slideshow with a 120BPM house track :)

that sounds fun...link?

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by samsquire » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

irtefa wrote: post #2

I love this kind of internet archaeology. It's crazy to think how many sites like this have just been sitting untouched for years. What else is out there?

There's a nostalgia about the old web, where things were uplifting, good and positive.

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by altdataseller » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:54 PM UTC

hoofhearted wrote: post #14

How many people here didn’t realize that the dude who created the million dollar homepage went on to create the Calm app many years later? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Tew

I only realized it when I curiously went to billiondollarhomepage.com and it got redirected to calm.com

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by praisewhitey » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:55 PM UTC

matthieucan wrote: post #5

irtefa wrote: post #2

I love this kind of internet archaeology. It's crazy to think how many sites like this have just been sitting untouched for years. What else is out there?

My favourite is http://perdu.com , from 1998. I've been using it with ping when testing internet connectivity for years

Mine is https://something.com/

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by weinzierl » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 3:56 PM UTC

I had the same idea and ended up with 75pixels.com, but never did anything with it. Not really surprising that it is similar given that probably many domains there had "pixel" in it and probably we both tried to get an innocuous one.

EDIT: Or was it 75pixels.net? I seem to own both.

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by xyst » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 5:40 PM UTC

The original internet billboard. I remember trying to replicate this when I was a kid on some static web host (geocities?)

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by mhb » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

irtefa wrote: post #2

I love this kind of internet archaeology. It's crazy to think how many sites like this have just been sitting untouched for years. What else is out there?

https://zombo.com/

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by isk517 » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 5:56 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #38

irtefa wrote: post #2

I love this kind of internet archaeology. It's crazy to think how many sites like this have just been sitting untouched for years. What else is out there?

https://zombo.com/

It's impressive (or possibly sad) how well the joke has held up.

Re: My Little MillionDollarHomepage Garden

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Post by greyKnight » Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 6:47 PM UTC

irtefa wrote: post #2

I love this kind of internet archaeology. It's crazy to think how many sites like this have just been sitting untouched for years. What else is out there?

Take a look at the page source. Unfortunately they stopped updating their Twitter (X) in 2013. https://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/