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I don't know why this is #4 on the front page, guess HN is bored tonight? monkey.org is a sort of loose collection of University of Michigan and/or Ann Arbor folks. Many of the people in the users section were early contributors to OpenBSD or went on to found and work for various startups in the area, some of which you've probably heard of.

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As someone who has lived an hour away from Ann Arbor for his entire life, I find myself wandering over that way on a regular basis. As a teenager in the late 90’s and early 00’s the siren song of Pinball Pete’s, Middle Earth, Michigan/State Theaters, and Wizzywig (ESPECIALLY Wizzywig) were irresistible. I don’t remember how I came across monkey.org but I do remember there was a kind monkey who had scanned a great many of the menus from restaurants around town in a time when restaurants didn’t “Internet”. Ever since then I’d poke at monkey.org if I was really bored, and it’s been my go to test website.

So, thanks monkey.org :)

Used to work with a couple of guys closely involved with OpenBSD, both had monkey.org addresses. Both were Canadians.

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