GeoCities Renaissance: Mapping Neighborhoods Before the Shutdown
A comprehensive survey of 12,000 active GeoCities communities, documenting layout conventions, visitor counter trends, and the social architecture of early web neighborhoods.
Mosaic to Netscape: The Rendering Engine Evolution (1993–1995)
Technical deep-dive into how browser rendering shifted from basic HTML 2.0 to the proprietary extensions that defined mid-90s web design standards.
The Under Construction Icon: A Study in Digital Punctuation
Why spinning globes, construction signs, and "best viewed in 640x480" watermarks became the universal language of unfinished digital spaces.
Dot-Com Velocity: Tracking Homepage Redesigns (1997–1999)
Quantitative analysis of how frequently startup landing pages changed, and what that reveals about the pace of early e-commerce experimentation.
Auto-Play MIDI: Sonic Atmospheres of the 90s Web
Preserving the auditory layer of early websites. How background music shaped user experience and why modern browsers silenced it.
Table Layouts vs. CSS: The Great Formatting War
Documenting the transition from nested HTML tables to early CSS positioning, and how developers navigated browser incompatibilities.
Web Rings: The First Decentralized Social Networks
How theme-based link circles created early communities, fostered niche hobbies, and prefigured modern social graph architectures.
The First HTML: Parsing the CERN Information Portal
A line-by-line reconstruction of early academic web pages, highlighting the minimalist architecture that preceded commercialization.