Greetings

[DougsShack]

Greetings! My name is Doug and I've been using the Information Super Highway (laser sounds intensify!) in one form or another since 1996. After learning basic HTML, I created personal websites on all the happening spots: Geocities, Angelfire, and Tripod. I feel that those were the best days of the internet, before the corporate take over.

I am a toddler wrangler and diaper technician - though they're not that old anymore, a fan of all things tech, self-taught computer programmer, an amateur photographer, fanatic about sports, a gamer, and an ally. And, I am an advocate of the Personal Web (Web 1.0).

I am loving this idea of returning to the old ways! I can't even remember the last time I was on a forum.

[OneMillionFurries]

Greetings, Doug! I took a quick peek at your website and am absolutely loving it! There's so much personality and I love all the graphics you made for it.

It's cool to have someone who has been surfing the WWW since its early days here. I find the demographic for this forum tends to skew on the young-adult side, so your first-hand experience is greatly appreciated! Won't you tell us a bedtime story about the old internet? (kidding! XD)

[DougsShack]

Won't you tell us a bedtime story about the old internet? (kidding! XD)

It was slow, colorful, and noisy. 😂 It truly was the wild west. Before the vile sorcery of search engine optimization.

It was like exploring a large house with a lot of nooks and places to hide.

We didn't know what we had until we lost it. Now most websites have about as much character as a cubical farm.

[Kalka]

Hello and welcome to the Melonland Forum !

"Information Super Highway"... Dang I feel really old now. I hope you'll enjoy our company, this forum has a bit of everything for everyone. What was your first goal when browsing internet ? Flash games ? Chatting ? Learning ?