But why were we down on Geocities? Or people hand-coding? I regret this exchange in 2023
Me: I know you donât like, look at my twitter or whatever, but did you see this
Adam: holy shit that is geocities as fuck. I think thatâs indicative of something. itâs not that geocities cites are terrible by nature, itâs that people canât design for shit. and since geocities had no templates, like tumblr does, it was just abundant
Me: Yes. When people donât use templates, tragedy strikes.
Why do some tumblrs look like theyâre geocities pages from 1998? (note from 2023 Rachel - because they were rad)
Gateway 2000 Colorbook
Today I was remembering my very first laptop; a Gateway 2000 Colorbook that my father cast off and gave to me. I used it from about 1999 - 2004. All I remember about it is that it had a 512MB hard drive, a floppy disk drive, and Spider Solitaire, so it mustâve been running Windows â98. I mostly used it for word processing (and solitaire), and using it made me feel like a real writer (which I am not and have never been). I began many a terrible novella on that computer. I even used it to take notes during my first year of undergrad, although by then it was obviously past its prime. I bet it would still boot if I tried (/if I knew where it was).Â
My very _first _computer was a TI-99/4A, which I mostly used to play TI Invaders and Sneggit, and frankly I wish I could go back in time and not throw it away.
Having a meltdown over how cute these are. via Breakfast Buddies on Laughing Squid
This T-Shirt is like a Coffee version of our Cafe au Ladies project. (via laughingsquid)
Note from 2022 Rachel: Okay what this is about is that I read an old post from a guy who ate only potatoes for two weeks and lost weight (this isnât the post, but similar) so I tried it and lost absolutely nothing except my taste for potatoes.
Had to go to the washroom, paused my tv. This is what it paused on. Gordon, you da best. #fuckyeahgordonramsay
kolbisneat: âI figured this is probably what the Mystery Inc. gang does in their down time.â
By Kora:
Guys, I have such ladywood for the perpetually sullen Lana Del Rey, her face is unicorn barf and sprinkles I canât get enough.
I have a documented girlcrush on del rey, but I may actually be in love with this stunning âdoodleâ.
John Aravosis quotes a very apologetic spokesperson from ABC Denver, where a stafferâs search for a picture of Paula Broadwellâs All In ended in failure: âWhen the 7NEWS reporter went on the Internet to get an image of the book cover, the reporter mistakenly grabbed a Photoshopped image that said, âAll Up In My Snatch.ââ (via All Up In My Snatch - Boing Boing)
