THE WEB ARCHEOLOGIST

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EXCAVATING THE OLD INTERNET.

Remember when websites were a playground for creativity rather than a sales funnel? When you owned your little place on the web, instead of being locked into someone else's walled garden? Some of that magic got buried under the platforms. We're still digging it up - field notes from the handmade web, in hopes we can bring some of the good parts back.

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How the Wayback Machine (nearly) got me out of a jam

It was 11 PM on a Tuesday night when I broke the Golden Freelancer Rule: I decided I would check my email one last time before going to bed...

AUGUST 14, 2026
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You can now run Flash on mobile!

Years after Adobe killed the Flash Plugin, ending an era of endless creativity, it is now back, and it even works on mobile!

AUGUST 14, 2026
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How remnants of a site I made in 2001 led to an endless fascination

A while ago I remembered a website I made for a shipyard in 2001. In the days following, I couldn't shake the idea that there might still be remnants of that site around, so on a Friday night I started searching...

AUGUST 29, 2026