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Archive Yarns

Curated threads of early web history. Each "yarn" weaves together interconnected pages, subdomains, and related resources from the 1990–1999 era into navigable, contextual collections.

1995-1997 GeoCities Personal

Neon Diaries & Under Construction

A curated thread of personal homepages featuring classic "under construction" GIFs, visitor counters, guestbooks, and MIDI autoplay loops.

14,203 pages 94% restored
1997-1999 Corporate E-Commerce

Dot-Com Dreams & WebStore 1.0

Early commercial portals, frame-based layouts, Java applets, and the first wave of online retail interfaces before the 2000 crash.

8,412 pages 78% restored
1994-1998 Community WebRings

WebRing Networks & Niche Hubs

Interlinked community collections centered around hobbies, fandoms, and local interest groups navigated via classic WebRing footers.

21,055 pages 89% restored
1990-1995 Academic Research

University Gates & Early PDFs

Foundations of academic publishing on the web: department directories, early research papers, and primitive institutional portals.

6,890 pages 97% restored
1996-2000 Media Portals

Alt.Usenet & Digital Zines

Text-heavy newsletters, ASCII art galleries, and early digital zine distributions that bridged BBS culture and the open web.

11,340 pages 82% restored
1998-1999 Tech Tools

Netscape vs IE & Early SDKs

Documentation, browser compatibility tables, and early JavaScript/CSS experiments that defined the first web standards war.

4,750 pages 91% restored