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RIP GeoCities
I can't say that I ever setup a Geocities page, but I've definitely visited plenty of them. For us "old timers" on the web, this is kinda sad. Ok, not really, but definitely nostalgia-inducing.
Yahoo! GeoCities (1995-2009) is finally put out of our misery
by Jay Hathaway
Oct 26th 2009 at 11:00AM
We've known for months that early-90's homepage service GeoCities was shutting down today, taking a big chunk of Internet history and a lot of hideous animated GIFs with it. That doesn't stop the web geeks at Download Squad from getting a little sentimental, though. To paraphrase Obi-Wan Kenobi: we felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. So, let's take a moment to remember GeoCities. The easy website-creation service opened in 1995, and many Internet users set up their first homepages within its quirky "neighborhoods".
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tap tap tap... Is this thing on?
It's been a while... Dusting this blog off and trying a new editor. Let's see what happens.
In the meantime, this seems pretty cool...