Tag: nostalgia
Things That Shaped Me: HeadBone Zone
Before Subeta, before I knew I wanted to build communities, there was HeadBone Zone, a browser-based kids site that taught me everything about what the internet could be.
Of Xennials and Wordle
My son's casual comment during our nightly Wordle ritual led to a surprising discovery: I am supposedly a 'Xennial'. This sent me down a path of reminiscence, thinking about the long, quiet afternoons of my childhood and boredom.
Christmas on Repeat
Despite often being terrible, we watch the same holiday movies every year. Why's that? Well, it's not often about the movies—it's about our memories.
Whispers in the Dark: Gleam Edition
I used Bluesky's Jetstream and gleam to resurrect and old project I made for twitter.
Bluesky
Post.news Rss Generator
Novel Check-in
Spare thoughts on the state of novelty and nostalgia from our in-house expert on both of those important (if oft-cast-aside) things.
Preserving the Web
jake.museum: an online collection of my web design and development work, from 2007 to the present day. But finding the source code was just the beginning. A lot has changed since 2007, and getting these old sites up and running again is not as simple as plopping the files on a server.
30 Years, 30 Songs
Ever since I read Bob Nystrom’s 40 Songs, I knew I wanted to write a list of my own. I’ve been procrastinating on it for a while, but “30 years” slips further away as I inch closer to 31, so it’s time to buckle down and do it.
What Happened to Cyberspace?
Command Line
Nearly 40 years ago, DOS reshaped computing on the IBM PC. These days, nostalgia for that era—and a dose of fresh creativity—is keeping its legacy alive.