I didn’t mean my initial comment to be overly negative, though, reading back through it I can see how it can be. I was born in 1995. I wasn’t aware of the internet until much beyond that time, so I greatly appreciate posts like this, despite being held back by modern standards and modern search engines.
I’m a designer at heart. I absolutely adore old internatage, the weirdness and frustration upon finding this post were within context. This all is so old to modern-day life that having to work through examining and processing it is a task within itself, and an enjoyable at that. Especially if anyone else is like me and only uses their phone during the weekends to read hackernews!
I got a lot of enjoyment going through the archive webpage links as they are on a phone, but come Monday, it’ll definitely be the first thing I peruse :)