In case you didn’t see xkcd today, it is, in fact, the last day of GeoCities.
I agree with the Ohm – lots of great broken image links, website awards banners, and even a hit counter stuck at a ridiculously low number. But what are they missing? Animated gif flames.
They did enough frames to make me sick to my stomach, though.
We’re not just limiting nostalgia to bad web design today: I haven’t been home to watch the Nintendo Channel on the Wii yet, but I guess Nintendo is releasing a 3D version of Excitebike with online multiplayer. Also, rumor has it that Activision is working on another GoldenEye game.
That’s good, because right now the biggest game my students are obsessed with right now (besides some game called “Call of Duty”) is some game where you play as a giant shark.
Thank you, Ohm, for bringing to our attention this painfully honest commercial:
Before you get too offended, check out how Rhett and Link (the guys who made the commercial) are helping out other local businesses.
Semi-related posts:
The end of…
http://www.geocities.com/brianmania/
I think I am going to cry.
Wow, that is tragic.
It also reminds me what dorks we were in high school. Because, uh, we’re totally cooler now, right?
Oh, don’t worry.
Some of us librarians are more obsessive about archiving than others:
http://www.booyor.inlawfilms.com/bloggh/elrod-archives/
Proof that we’re totally cooler now.
I have the main pages saved to my computer. Throughout the week I’ll put more up (unless someone feels ambitious and wants to create more pages).
King Brian announced today via official text message that the Brianland archives will indeed be saved and transferred to a new host site. Thank you Jesus!!!
Very cool. When he gets the site set up, I’ll need to link there.