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The WAAAAY Back Time Machine

skaorsk8 by skaorsk8 · Aug 21, 2002 · News · 217 views

A long time ago, there was the internet. POOF! It was born. Just like that. And people made lots of pages, with mostly little pictures saying "Under Construction"- that looked something like this.



Now, things have gotten better on the Internet. There are Flash pages, stuff created with DHTML, XML, and all other kinds of cool thing. But what if you wanted to see what the web page you are looking at USED to look like? That's where this AWESOME site comes in. www.archive.org has EVERY web page with EVERY change EVER made SAVED!! They are all stored on a GIANT server in California at Berkeley University. With just a few clicks, we can see everything from the very first Yahoo page to the first Ezabel. (What? You want to see what it looked like? Well, it was mostly news stories posted by Ian...) (ok, you REALLY want to see what it looked like?)

http://web.archive.org/web/20010124173000/http://www.ezabel.com



Now, I know what you're thinking...WHO are those really scary people in the top right-hand corner? Well, apparently it was Ian with dark hair...I guess the blond comes from a bottle. And did you SEE that ridiculous poll? haha...good stuff.

So, you gotta check out other old pages. I had a look at my very first "Barnes and Noble Skank" page and let me tell you, it was TERRIBLE! (The final version was much better.)

Have a look! Check out what you can find...it's bound to be interesting.

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19 Comments

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

that's hilarious...i especially like the item: "10 reasons why i will never get married'...hahahaha...lol!!!

iwz iwz

the girl who wrote that is getting married this saturday! ahahah

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

you know, i thought it was a girl who wrote that; but, i was having fun imagining YOU having written that...:)

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Who would that be? Is she still an eZabeler? It just says "Posted by news"

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!! I remember Brandon looking like that!!! THAT IS SO FUNNY... IT TAKES ME BACK!!!!

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

WOW...now i know what i hav missed all these years...absolutely nothing!!!!!!!!!!!

sux2beme sux2bemeOG 2002

u can say THAT again

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Say, Ian, didn't you have a site pre-eZabel? I vaguely remember you having one years ago unless my memory is cloudy... it seemed like a preliminary version of this one...

deanh77 deanh77Founder

yeah, he put it up for April Fool's, IIRC.

deanh77 deanh77Founder

yep, he made eZabel.com point to it for April Fool's or something. haha.

iwz iwz

i had two. my original one is here. and i also had another one that was up for a while before eZabel, here.

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

Those are soooooooooo funny

ekulu ekuluOG 2002

your dad's hitler???

delliott101 delliott101OG 2002

No way... Ian's dad is really cool... so is his mom... the pics you see are what... eight years old at least????

malibu malibuOG 2001

the latter site has the best picture i have ever seen of your family. so funny.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

very cool story dan... i never knew you were so smart!!!

skaorsk8 skaorsk8OG 2002

Well, someone has to be the brains around here....somehow, I got elected.

bozo bozoFounder

I hit the link and got a restricted page.

rocksupastar rocksupastarFounder

thats because ur dumb!

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