Under Construction

September 14, 2006 12:14 PM

Remnants from the Birth of the Web. With technologies like PHP, AJAX, RUBY and Flash9 all the rage today, it helps to realize just how far we've come. Google "WELCOME TO MY WEBPAGE" and see what the Internet wants you to forget. {via digg}
posted by four panels (21 comments total)

The sole reason that the average home page looks better than that these days is the easy availability of canned blog software.
posted by George_Spiggott at 12:17 PM on September 14, 2006

Sorry, this GeoCities site is currently unavailable.
Yup. I'd like to forget that.
posted by Floydd at 12:18 PM on September 14, 2006

How quaint, sorta like the 1950s.
posted by PHINC at 12:20 PM on September 14, 2006

I loathe Yahoo! Geocities.

Now original geocities, that was pure unadulterated awesome.
posted by Matt Oneiros at 12:20 PM on September 14, 2006

Andrew Mack: An Odyssey Into Awesomeness. Welcome to my webpage. Face it, if you’ve come here, you are one of the select few who have achieved a level of sweetness so unmatched, it should be trademarked.
posted by brain_drain at 12:22 PM on September 14, 2006

A Google image search for "Under Construction" will also deliver hours and hours of unwanted nostalgia.
posted by Iridic at 12:24 PM on September 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

I actually find it sort of cute, this level of sweetness so unmatched, it should be trademarked.
posted by rocketman at 12:25 PM on September 14, 2006

curses! foiled again!
posted by rocketman at 12:25 PM on September 14, 2006

my boss asked me tuesday "what do you use for web development? frontpage? dreamweaver?"

"notepad", sez i with a smile.

he gave me a quizzical look and changed the subject.

i don't think i'm going to be considered for the IT support position.
posted by quonsar at 12:26 PM on September 14, 2006

C'mon Quonsar, I bet you churn your own butter too. Umm. Wait. No need to answer that.

I can't figure out if Andrew "Awesomeness" Mack is serious or not. At any rate, LOL.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 12:30 PM on September 14, 2006

Great post!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:31 PM on September 14, 2006

quonsar churns his own butter.
In his pants.
posted by Floydd at 12:37 PM on September 14, 2006

Can't someone build a new GeoCities? It's just like MySpace really, only not quite as unbearably shit.
posted by reklaw at 12:37 PM on September 14, 2006

Oh, and it's great that the third result down is all about cats -- written in first-person, no less. I miss the old-skool interweb.
posted by reklaw at 12:39 PM on September 14, 2006

mmm, nostalgicious. but does anyone remember...how fresh this guy was?
posted by snofoam at 12:39 PM on September 14, 2006

Metafilter: if you’ve come here, you are one of the select few who have achieved a level of sweetness so unmatched, it should be trademarked.

/obligatory
posted by Kwine at 12:39 PM on September 14, 2006

MetaFilter: "churning" its own "butter" since 1999.
posted by scrump at 12:40 PM on September 14, 2006

quonsar churns his own butter.
In his pants

Gives a whole new spin to "creaming your jeans".

A phrase of which I just discovered that it can be Googled to check its usage, an act which I proceeded to commit and shortly thereafter regret.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 12:40 PM on September 14, 2006

Hi, my name is Sassy.
posted by brownpau at 12:54 PM on September 14, 2006

You won't be getting the job, quonsar, but not because you use notepad.
posted by crunchland at 12:58 PM on September 14, 2006

It takes only a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone,
a day to love someone.
But it takes a lifetime to get over someone.
...and only 90 days for the restraining order to expire.
posted by Floydd at 1:00 PM on September 14, 2006