So, where exactly do old homepages go to die? Some end up in The WayBack Machine,
which is not such a bad place to be. Some end up in /dev/null, a place no one should ever go.
If you're me, they end up in a zip file, sitting on a CD until they are called back into service. Which is what this
section is all about. The monstrosities I created before kohlbeck.org.
I tried to make all the internal links work, and most of them do. Chances are external links don't work, since most
of the sites no longer exist. I did remove all mailto's and such, because those addresses don't work. Except for all
that, these pages are pretty much the way they were, way back in the mid-90's. Yay for the mid-90's.
The first place I ever set up a webpage was the Undergraduate Projects Lab. Their
mission: "to provide an environment for undergraduate students who wish to enhance their knowledge of computers through independent
personal projects". My mission: set up a webpage and try not to get kicked out of the UPL. I told them I was teaching
myself perl, something I still have not done.
Anyway, the thing I like the most about this page, aside from the snazzy background, is the line at the top that says
you should use Netscape 1.12 or better. Ahh, Netscape 1.12.
The UPL pages - Aaron's House of Style
While I was working at the Computer & Media Center, I happened
to get a job at Computer Aided Engineering. I was the only non-engineering student
that worked there, but I was familiar with CAE, having spent 2+ years as an engineer.
There were two major versions of the my homepage at CAE. When I first started there, I just moved the House of Style
over, but made the background black and added blinking to the logo. I did move over my first and second attempts at
photoshopping, Evolution of a Dork and my head on Everlast's body
from House of Pain. I could do so much better now.
The CAE pages - Aaron's House of Style
The CAE pages - Aaron's House of Style with some really dumb refreshes
The CAE pages - The old 'about me' page, which you can't really see anywhere
An abandoned concept played on the whole Aaron's House of Style. I made a house. But people were creeped out
by the 'window to my soul' section title, so it was dropped.
The abandoned house
After spending entirely too much time making a sliding door graphic, the Kwik-e-Mart of Love opened for business.
No one really cared. The only comment I got, and I got it quite regularly, was a question about why the shelves were
empty. To this day, I don't know.
The only addition to this page over the old House of Style is the rants section, which still makes me laugh. But for all the wrong reasons.
CAE - Aaron's Kwik-e-Mart of Love
So, I made an attempt at a Pathetica homepage, but Al Bonney did it first. He doesn't know I have
his web files from that time. Well, he might know if he reads this page.
Pathetica - The Original Official Homepage
Yes, I was lame. And probably still am.
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