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vga256just found a treasure trove of extremely obscure BBS history stashed away on IAthank you hard-working book scanners for preserving this rarity. if you're familiar with BBSing in the 90s, you'll remember just how fast the vast majority of boards disappeared in 1995. it went from multinode 24/7 bbses to disconnected phone numbers in just a few monthsthis book accounts for the very small number of BBSes that made the transition from telco-only to "telBBS" or telnettable/web-accessible boards3/4 of the book is a carefully curated list of 500 boards with screenshots of their homepages and bbs login/title screens. most importantly, the URLs of these boards is preserved so we have a chance to look them up on WBM some day.<a href="https://archive.org/details/internetbbss00rich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/internetbbss00rich</a><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webHistory</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smallweb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Jake in the desertToday I ran across <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ricmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ricmac</a> and his new, truly expansive piece on the history of (the admittedly centralized) GeoCities and its origins. I had a GeoCities site myself in the 90s (that is sadly lost to time now), and I didn't know all this wild history Richard dug up for this. A must-read if you're into the whole 90s early web thing: <a href="https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cybercultural.com/p/geocities-1995</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/GeoCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoCities</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTML</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90s</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/90sWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90sWeb</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1990s</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SmallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallWeb</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BHI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BHI</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BeverlyHillsInternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BeverlyHillsInternet</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a>

Stefan BohacekI probably already mentioned it, but <a href="https://www.deadweb.club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.deadweb.club</a> is a pretty interesting project that aims to connect people interested in exploring "defunct social media platforms, abandoned 3D worlds, and forgotten blogs".Their newsletter hasn't been very active, but they just announced a new member joining the team, so definitely worth (re-)subscribing.<a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/WebArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebArchaeology</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/DeadWebClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeadWebClub</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/TheWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheWeb</a>

Fabien Gandon📢 Call for Papers: Exploring the History of the Web, from Inception to Present @TheWebConf 2025 @TheOfficialACM📃 2-4 pages paper submission 12/12/2024👉 <a href="https://www2025.thewebconf.org/history-of-the-web" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www2025.thewebconf.org/history-of-the-web</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/TheWebConf25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheWebConf25</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/www" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#www</a> cc @w3c @CERN @Inria @timberners_lee @oshaniws

Jake in the desertTwenty years ago today on November 9, 2004, Firefox 1.0 was released. Here's an archived article from BBC News in 2002 announcing it. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171220113953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3993959.stm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20171220113953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3993959.stm</a>Wild couple of decades. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a>

vga256i've noticed in recent years that the laudable return to personal homepages has generally brought with it a very specific re-imagining of 1990s web design - usually lo-fi 1994 html-only and neon cyberpunkish affairs with loud animated gifs. lost in that specific imaginary are 1996-1997 corporate designs that brought a slightly more conservative aesthetic that nonetheless remained playful.if you played Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb, Dinotopia, or Faery Tale Adventure 2 you would remember The Dreamers Guild. this is their corporate site still live and maintained by joe pearce and brad schenck.<a href="https://inherittheearth.net/dgi/indexnf.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inherittheearth.net/dgi/indexnf.htm</a><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webHistory</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/worldwideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldwideWeb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webPreservation</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/gameHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gameHistory</a>

Chris ChapmanI 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? <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080220004416/http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/feeds.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080220004416/http://gtmcknight.com/buttons/feeds.php</a><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/antipixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antipixel</a>

\๏/egDid you know? 🎙️🦤 The second web browser in history, and apparently the first one designed to be multiplatform, was coded by Nicola Pellow – a crucial step in making the web accessible to a wider audience at the time, and having a lasting impact on the development of the WWW <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/nowebwithoutwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nowebwithoutwomen</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/powercoders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powercoders</a> <a href="https://nowebwithoutwomen.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nowebwithoutwomen.com/</a>

Brian SwetlandHappy 31st Anniversary of the First Public Release of NCSA X/Mosaic (v0.5).Sadly, I could not find an actual screenshot of v0.5, so this one of v1.2 from wikipedia will have to do.I worked on X/Mosaic (v2.6+) at NCSA SDG as a "student programmer" back in '95-'96, after the Netscape Exodus but while Mosaic was still under active development. It was a good learning experience and a way to earn $10/hr in an on-campus job as a Computer Engineering undergrad.<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/XMosaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMosaic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mosaic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mosaic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NCSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NCSA</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a>

Ross of OttawaIt'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. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/recipes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recipes</a>

Laura E. Hall1) The world’s first internet cafe opened in London, England in 1994. Nearly 30 years later, Rest of World visits the few that remain and explores the history of web connectivity in Uganda, Nepal, Nigeria, Argentina, Mexico, and Hong Kong<a href="https://restofworld.org/2023/internet-cafes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://restofworld.org/2023/internet-cafes/</a><a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/CyberCafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CyberCafe</a> <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a>

Timo TijhofExcellent archeological analysis by Miriam Suzanne <a href="https://front-end.social/@mia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mia</a>:> 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?<a href="https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2022/07/04/body-margin-8px/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2022/07/04/body-margin-8px/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webdev</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#css</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/w3c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#w3c</a>

Avery Dame-GriffGiven 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: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BApiBHo63Muxa567gcb0IewNHZPQT4UIJ26vzOKR1Hw/edit?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BApiBHo63Muxa567gcb0IewNHZPQT4UIJ26vzOKR1Hw/edit?usp=drivesdk</a>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.(<a href="https://aoir.social/@admin1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@admin1</a>, would you consider boosting this?)<a href="https://aoir.social/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>

Jeremiah LeeI 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.<a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/InternetHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetHistory</a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/WebHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebHistory</a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a><a href="https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/the-webs-inventor-regrets-one-small-thing/</a>

Starshine 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌜I've been on here for years and never actually did an <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post. Better late than never? I'm a <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neurodivergent</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#British</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> Woman with <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Dyspraxia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dyspraxia</a>, <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dyslexia</a> and <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dyscalculia</a>. I'm a recovering <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> / <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computing</a> hobbyist (trying to give it up, don't encourage me).I'm into <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a>, <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewing</a>/ <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/textiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textiles</a> (very much a newbie though), <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/crafts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crafts</a>, <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>, <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> / <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> and <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/slowmovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slowmovement</a>. I was atheist but I'm trying to get into <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/paganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paganism</a> (<a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/celticpaganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#celticpaganism</a> / <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/celticreconstructionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#celticreconstructionism</a> specifically) and am planning to learn <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/welsh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welsh</a>.I'm a fan of <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/doctorwho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doctorwho</a> and I've just started getting into <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#startrek</a>. I'm very interested in <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> and the <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/indieweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indieweb</a>. 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.<a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/reintroduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reintroduction</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/dyspraxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dyspraxic</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/transwoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transwoman</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/mtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mtf</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/transfem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transfem</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introductions</a>

Riko :veripawed3: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 <a href="https://meow.social/tags/webdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webdesign</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ep308goxQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ep308goxQ</a>)

Avery Dame-GriffRe-<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>: I'm currently a lecturer in WGS at Gonzaga Uni. I study <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/webhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webhistory</a>, specifically how <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> folks used early digital communications. I founded and curate the Queer Digital History Project (queerdigital.com), which preserves info on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> spaces online pre-2010. I also have a book coming out in Aug 2023: The Two Revolutions: A History of the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> Internet (<a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479818310/the-two-revolutions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nyupress.org/9781479818310/the-two-revolutions/</a>).So mostly, I share old tech stuff that amuses me.

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