Goodbye Geocities

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Sysman replied

26 October 2009, 18:41
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

Wow that takes me back - complete with men digging, "site under construction" and a stray NBSP.
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thunderlizard replied

26 October 2009, 18:21
Eek!
I've been putting too many ms in Commemoration! Don't tell my Latin teacher!
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NickFitz replied

26 October 2009, 18:10
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

I do like the xkcd commemoration - reminds me of Bruce Lawson's Geocities 1996 CSS Zen Garden submission
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d000hg replied

26 October 2009, 18:01
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

Lol, I thought it looked weird but you caught me after driving home from working all day.
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thunderlizard replied

26 October 2009, 17:28
No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

Last edited by thunderlizard; 26 October 2009, 17:29. Reason: forgot a word
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d000hg replied

26 October 2009, 17:07
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

special commemmorative http://www.xkcd.com/

I went there and saw a post about nachos. Is this subtle humour or can you post a specific link?
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d000hg replied

26 October 2009, 17:07
Originally posted by singhr View Post

Oh boll*x, they have been hosting a couple of my sites for years FOC. Is anyone else effectively offering free hosting these days?

I think there must be millions of free hosting options, now diskspace and so forth is dirt-cheap. The chances are, your ISP might even offer it as part of the service.
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dang65 replied

26 October 2009, 12:50
Originally posted by AtW View Post

It was when they launched and now

True, but still a bit part of web history. I remember my first amateur www efforts went on there, though I must admit I did move away very quickly.
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AtW replied

26 October 2009, 12:14
It was when they launched and now
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singhr replied

26 October 2009, 12:12
Oh boll*x, they have been hosting a couple of my sites for years FOC. Is anyone else effectively offering free hosting these days?
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thunderlizard started a topic Goodbye Geocities

26 October 2009, 12:07
Goodbye Geocities

Geocities closes today!
news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8325749.stm
and special commemmorative http://www.xkcd.com/

A sad day for cat pictures and cowboy poetry.
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