The progenitor of today’s modern memes.
The clip that started it all, back in 2004: https://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com/
It always looked like you would catch at least one Trojan per download, but it’s the real deal if you are looking for cracked game.exes or at least it was back in the day.
Holy shit, ancient memory recovered!
Thanks for the memory. I like how there is now a series of pre stripped strippers dancing on the right edge of the screen.
I just opened the page without adblocking – that brings back even more memories. And yes, the desktop strippers are still a thing, and now they dance on the entire website, not only in an add-window!
My ad blocking is on the router and it didn’t block the strippers.
Home stat runner dot net! It’s dot commmmmm!
It’s not flash anymore and you have to start the music yourself but it’s pretty literally the exact thing it was in like 2000.
I have a few niche sites. Many of them are dying slowly because, well us denizens are dying one by one. And there is very few that will replace us. The times have changed. Few care about old steam engines anymore. And 3D printing has supplanted machining metal in home work shops. And 3D CAD has replaced the drafting board.
[https://www.modelenginemaker.com/] is an example were us old machinists design and build model steam engines just because.
I only took up manual machining this year, there are a few of us young ones, but not heaps.
That’s great! You are going to learn a lot about problem solving and how to think! What machine(s) do you have? I swapped out all the big industrial sized machines for a pair of benchtop sized lathe and mill. I decided when I retired that I wasn’t going to ever machine anything that needed a piece of metal that I couldn’t pickup and hold in my hand.
Those are fine machines for the home shop! They should provide plenty of rigidity and accuracy for many years. And the prices aren’t bad either. My machines are now smaller, I have a basic change gear lathe, 8x12 (203x305) lathe and a 7x21 (178x530) mill. I made a conscious decision to not work on anything I couldn’t pickup and hold in one hand. ;)
I’ve been known to make a model steam engine or two at times. I’ve even designed a couple of simple steam engines from scratch. But I haven’t made one in a while. (I really should make one this winter) I’ve gotten more interested in doing more 3D printing, (I used to do a lot of design and prototyping as a toolmaker). I also occasionally make the odd part for antique farm machinery for old farmers that collect old tractors. I have repaired a lot of old bearing housings for them and even made some oddball bolts and nuts that you can’t buy anymore. And on rare occasions, people bring me a shaft that needs a keyway repaired.
Super niche, but water-data.com
It lists current and historical water levels, inflow and outflow data for all of the reservoirs in the upper Colorado River basin. It’s all html tables and graphs.
I’v been watching it for at least 20 years and I don’t think it has ever changed.
20 years with no change? Damn, I thought the Colorado River flowed faster than that. I’ve been lied to!
🤣 yeah no format change. Got me.
The data changes every day. And it’s been getting more and more depressing.
Is there anything with a positive trend or hopeful outlook lately? My entire 42 years seems like everything is “oh, this used to be better, but it’s getting worse now”
The violent crime rate is significantly lower than it was in the 1980s. So there’s that.
Fair. That is one good thing.
Not sure how long its been around, but you can learn about the dangers of Dihydrogen Monoxide here:
The esthetics are +20 years old. While dihydrogen monoxide has been a staple in my dad humor repertoire, this site is a banger.
BTW, the post was downvoted. My guess is that it was one of the dyhidrogen oxide cartels.
Miniclip . Com …? 😅
So I’m going to toot my own horn here lmao but personally? Mine lol. Sure, technically doesn’t precisely fit the bill for 20 years, given it’s changed domains, content and the such while I was ironing out my interests in life and future expectations.
But I’ve had variations of the site for different projects, purposes, employment needs, and more recently the whole starting my own organization thing lol. All in all however, I’d compare it to those 3 generation soups that are a big selling point in family shops throughout the Asiatic, sure nothing of the original exists per se, but the spirit is there.
I do have such a soft spot for the old ascii and plaintext site design, I’ve never really left the scheme since I first learned html. To me, the more basic a site has made it’s web design the more likely I am to trust it. Something about corporate web design just never sits right with me.
Are you gonna post it?
I was going to say https://apatheticagnostic.org/ but some unapathetic asshole updated it.
https://epguides.com/ is what I’ve been using for about that long to get a list of episodes that are available for various shows.
A site that started as a forum for one particular class in one old (pre-dates WoW) MMO.
The population dipped a little when Facebook took off then nosedived again 6+ years later when reddit started getting super popular, but there are still a handful and change of us around with old friends dropping in to visit here and there.
Dunno about 20, but Geizhals.de
The Spoiler website for cheats and walkthroughs and hasn’t been updated for decades. Still running good. If you are looking for help on a major PC release for MS-DOS and 90s windows they probably have you covered.
Not sure how old this website is, but judging by the design, it looks older than me.
It’s has transcriptions of all my favourite TV series!
