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#42,001Nov 2024

Decade of Decay: What Happened to Early Web Infrastructure?

An in-depth look at why so many foundational web directories, BBS gateways, and early hosting platforms vanished between 1999 and 2005, and what we've managed to salvage.

Preservation 12 min read HTML + PDF
#41,998Oct 2024

GeoCities Resurrection: Phase III Complete

We've successfully migrated over 14,000 additional neighborhoods to our emulation layer. Now featuring full visitor counter functionality and guestbook backups.

Web History 8 min read Interactive
#41,985Sep 2024

Recovering Lost MIDI Backgrounds

How we're deobfuscating corrupted .mid files from personal homepages and restoring authentic 90s audio experiences without compromising modern accessibility standards.

Tech & Tools 15 min read Code Samples
#41,972Aug 2024

The Academic Web: University Pages Pre-2000

A curated collection of early .edu and .ac.uk publications, course catalogs, and departmental research portals that predate modern LMS platforms.

Research 10 min read Dataset Link
#41,961Jul 2024

Web Rings & Link Exchanges: Mapping the Social Graph

Visualizing how early web communities formed decentralized networks through mutual linking, and why this model eventually collapsed under SEO pressure.

Web History 14 min read Infographics
#41,950Jun 2024

Flash to Forever: SWF Emulation Pipeline

Technical deep dive into our new Ruffle-based rendering service that allows safe, sandboxed playback of 380,000+ archived Flash animations and games.

Tech & Tools 18 min read API Docs

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