Goodbye Geocities

**singhr** · 26 October 2009, 12:12

Oh boll*x, they have been hosting a couple of my sites for years FOC. Is anyone else effectively offering free hosting these days?

**AtW** · 26 October 2009, 12:14

It was

when they launched and

now

**dang65** · 26 October 2009, 12:50

Originally posted by AtW View Post

It was

when they launched and

now

True, but still a bit part of web history. I remember my first amateur www efforts went on there, though I must admit I did move away very quickly.

**d000hg** · 26 October 2009, 17:07

Originally posted by singhr View Post

Oh boll*x, they have been hosting a couple of my sites for years FOC. Is anyone else effectively offering free hosting these days?

I think there must be millions of free hosting options, now diskspace and so forth is dirt-cheap. The chances are, your ISP might even offer it as part of the service.

**d000hg** · 26 October 2009, 17:07

Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

special commemmorative http://www.xkcd.com/

I went there and saw a post about nachos. Is this subtle humour or can you post a specific link?

**thunderlizard** · 26 October 2009, 17:28

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

**d000hg** · 26 October 2009, 18:01

Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

Lol, I thought it looked weird but you caught me after driving home from working all day.

**NickFitz** · 26 October 2009, 18:10

Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

No. The nachos isn't it. The Geocities commemmoration is the starry page background and iffy layout (i.e. absolutely everything except for the cartoon in fact).

I suppose it helps if you know what xkcd normally looks like...are you sure you're an IT contractor?

I do like the xkcd commemoration - reminds me of Bruce Lawson's Geocities 1996 CSS Zen Garden submission

**thunderlizard** · 26 October 2009, 18:21

Eek!

I've been putting too many ms in Commemoration! Don't tell my Latin teacher!

Goodbye Geocities