I don't know why the 88x31 site button has had such a resurgence, but I think I've seen more of them on the fediverse in the last few days than I saw in the whole of 1997.

Can we bring back the 80x15 format next, please? https://web.archive.org/web/20080220004416/http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/feeds.php

It's funny, when the web and personal computers first got started, recipes were often cited as the 'killer app' hauled out whenever an enthusiast wanted to explain why regular people would want a machine in their home, or why they'd use the 'net.

Now some 30yrs later, it seems like recipe sites are the harbingers of everything wrong with the web. So many of them are now mostly SEO-laden link-farms, and ad-revenue trash.

Excellent archeological analysis by Miriam Suzanne @mia:

> All browsers add an 8px margin on the body element – it’s part of the W3C-recommended default stylesheet [..]
> But why 8px? Where does that come from?

https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2022/07/04/body-margin-8px/

Given the recent news about YouTube account deletion, I've started a public spreadsheet to collect links to tech/internet-related videos to download and save: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BApiBHo63Muxa567gcb0IewNHZPQT4UIJ26vzOKR1Hw/edit?usp=drivesdk

There's so much important historical ephemera - ads, edutainment, training videos, etc - that was never formally saved but can be found on YT.

My current plan is to slowly collect download videos and upload them to the Internet Archive.

(@admin1, would you consider boosting this?)

I randomly was curious today why the slash slash was added after the colon in HTTP and what it meant. Most other protocols just start their stuff after the colon.

Apparently Tim Berners-Lee later thought of // as a design mistake and said it does not signify anything.

#InternetHistory #WebHistory #RetroComputing

https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/

I've been on here for years and never actually did an #introduction post. Better late than never?
I'm a #neurodivergent #British #Trans Woman with #Dyspraxia, #Dyslexia and #Dyscalculia. I'm a recovering #tech / #computing hobbyist (trying to give it up, don't encourage me).

I'm into #art, #sewing/ #textiles (very much a newbie though), #crafts, #music, #writing / #fiction and #slowmovement.
I was atheist but I'm trying to get into #paganism (#celticpaganism / #celticreconstructionism specifically) and am planning to learn #welsh.

I'm a fan of #doctorwho and I've just started getting into #startrek.

I'm very interested in #webhistory and the #indieweb.
I've had follow requests on (and will likely indefinitely) since the Twitter exodus but feel free to request a follow, I'll accept if you seem like an ok person. Don't be offended if I don't though.

Some videos I watched last week:

[edit, dec 04 2023, removed due to revelations about James Somerton by hbomberguy]

Why Japanese websites look distinctly different from the rest of the world – by Answer in Progress #webdesign #webhistory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ep308goxQ)