Goodbye Geocities

Ghoulish Delight · 10-26-2009, 09:35 AM

It's a mercy killing, really. But still, I will miss it and its awfulness. I can't imagine college life without webrings, Under Construction gifs and missing banner ad images.

For a bit of nostalgia, go to http://www.xkcd.com today.

Snowflake · 10-26-2009, 10:08 AM

http://www/geocities.com/~rudyfan was the host to my first site. The first iteration of the site was ugly as sin, and thankfully, does not survive on any internet archive. Then I hand coded the site, it was still full of HTML errors, but it was mine.

I was never a webring person, and avoided the ads by paying the nominal fees, it was a great way to start.

Snowflake · 10-26-2009, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowflake

http://www/geocities.com/~rudyfan was the host to my first site. The first iteration of the site was ugly as sin, and thankfully, does not survive on any internet archive. Then I hand coded the site, it was still full of HTML errors, but it was mine.

I was never a webring person, and avoided the ads by paying the nominal fees, it was a great way to start.

Oops, screwed up own url

It's still there, for the moment, what's left of it.

http://www.geocities.com/~rudyfan/

blueerica · 10-26-2009, 10:11 AM

Awww... Geocities...

BarTopDancer · 10-26-2009, 10:42 AM

RIP Geocities: A part of the original internet.

We shall never forget our roots.

Ghoulish Delight · 10-26-2009, 11:43 AM

Just the other day I had the realization that in many ways Digg has come to fill the niche once served by webrings (in a vastly superior form, of course).

CoasterMatt · 10-26-2009, 12:11 PM

Good riddance.

Andrew · 11-03-2009, 10:42 AM

Dammit, I missed the (presumably) one-day xkcd/Geocities makeover. Is it archived anywhere?

My favorite memory of Geocities--I never had a site there myself--was hand-coding and uploading Adrienne Krock's first "baby pool" page, to Geocities, from Innoventions.

BarTopDancer · 11-03-2009, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Andrew

Dammit, I missed the (presumably) one-day xkcd/Geocities makeover. Is it archived anywhere?

My favorite memory of Geocities--I never had a site there myself--was hand-coding and uploading Adrienne Krock's first "baby pool" page, to Geocities, from Innoventions.

Well if there was ever any question about your level of geekness there isn't anymore.

Andrew · 11-03-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Well if there was ever any question about your level of geekness there isn't anymore.

There was a question?

10-26-2009, 09:35 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Goodbye Geocities It's a mercy killing, really. But still, I will miss it and its awfulness. I can't imagine college life without webrings, Under Construction gifs and missing banner ad images. For a bit of nostalgia, go to http://www.xkcd.com today. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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10-26-2009, 10:08 AM	#2
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	http://www/geocities.com/~rudyfan was the host to my first site. The first iteration of the site was ugly as sin, and thankfully, does not survive on any internet archive. Then I hand coded the site, it was still full of HTML errors, but it was mine. I was never a webring person, and avoided the ads by paying the nominal fees, it was a great way to start.
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10-26-2009, 10:11 AM	#4
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Awww... Geocities... __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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10-26-2009, 10:42 AM	#5
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	RIP Geocities: A part of the original internet. We shall never forget our roots. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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10-26-2009, 11:43 AM	#6
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Just the other day I had the realization that in many ways Digg has come to fill the niche once served by webrings (in a vastly superior form, of course). __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Good riddance. __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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11-03-2009, 10:42 AM	#8
Andrew Making Good Girls Go Bad Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palo Alto, CA Posts: 734	Dammit, I missed the (presumably) one-day xkcd/Geocities makeover. Is it archived anywhere? My favorite memory of Geocities--I never had a site there myself--was hand-coding and uploading Adrienne Krock's first "baby pool" page, to Geocities, from Innoventions. __________________ -- Andrew Just Andrew. Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. (I am large, I contain multitudes.) -- Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself"
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