The end of an era, RIP Geocities

For those of you that were still watching cartoons while some of us found the internet back in the 90's, there was a great idea that came about.  It was the mid 90's and the internet was really just starting to gain momentum. Web pages were all rage since very few knew how to make them and even fewer had the resources to host them or have them hosted.  Hosting companies were a new thing as well.  Everything was new and alien.

Out of all of the came a hosting company called Geocities.  It was one of several that would host your site for free.  They also charged a small fee to shorten the URL to your site, a bit more web space and some extra web tools.  I, like millions of other fledgling internet users flocked to Geocities and started learning how to code in HTML

Those days are long gone now and I've also just gotten word that Yahoo!, who purchased Geocities some years ago, is shutting the project down and scrubbing all the site contained within.  I have to admit, I was actually saddened a bit by the news. Then I had to wonder if my old site was still there.  Sure enough, I punched in http://www.geocities.com/~calimus  and there it was.  A archived leftover from somewhere between 1996-1997.  That was the last time I can remember doing anything with the Geocities site.  The code that was there was made even well before then.

So for now, you can still get to the site.  I've made sure to save a copy of it for myself.  I'll add that to my digital scrapbook.  It's been a long time Geocities, and I hate to see you go even though I haven't visited for at least 12 years.  You were a big part of my life where I honed some of my earliest skills.  So long old friend.