Old Internet times that will probably never come back.
squigz 3 minutes ago [-]
> Old Internet times that will probably never come back.
I don't understand. How can you say this on a post about a site that is almost the exact same thing you're reminiscing about? Arguably way cooler - at least WebTiles isn't charging money for spots.
jsheard 5 hours ago [-]
I wonder how much of that would be left standing today if you blanked out all the dead/squatted links...
soulofmischief 3 hours ago [-]
I owned a nice little parcel, but my registrar had issues with a payment and the email got swallowed up and I didn't notice. Forgot to check up on it because I paid for several years up front at a time. Oh well :)
Proofread0592 3 hours ago [-]
The Alaska Mint is the only link I clicked that still worked
xp84 3 hours ago [-]
I'm immediately amazed at how many neat 'small web' sites, seemingly made with love by nice human people, have claimed tiles already. Browsing around the tiles that look interesting feels like peeking through a time portal at 2001, in the very best way.
In this way it really beats milliondollarhomepage since most of that was just ads for the moneymakers of the day.
kreelman 5 hours ago [-]
Pianoverse shows up in one of the tiles. Clicking on the piano keys in the tile produced tones!!
Pianoverse is here, https://pianoverse.net/
Old Internet times that will probably never come back.
I don't understand. How can you say this on a post about a site that is almost the exact same thing you're reminiscing about? Arguably way cooler - at least WebTiles isn't charging money for spots.
In this way it really beats milliondollarhomepage since most of that was just ads for the moneymakers of the day.
I also created an interactive tile based on my vanilla-tilt.js library for my app: https://webtiles.kicya.net/#625,3875
The "corners of the internet" have felt increasingly opaque and cobwebby in this age of maximal indexing and centralization.
Projects like this are a super cool way to recapture some of that old time magic.