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<quoting=starbreaker postID=2301 threadID=147> I just pushed a new version of my website to https://starbreaker.org. It was originally staged at https://new.starbreaker.org but that's now a temporary alias.

@Eternity had given me some advice by email ...

<quoting=starbreaker postID=2279 threadID=147> I was a bit left in a superficial Queensryche way. I still find excuses to quote Operation: Mindcrime in online political arguments.

This bit from "Spreading the Disease" is still relevant, unfortunately ...

Ditto. But thankfully I was too drunk and stoned at the time to remember much of my late teens. :) <quoting=starbreaker ...

Totally. I'm referencing some of the ancillary interests held by master ...

<quoting=Eternity postID=2256 threadID=147> I completely agree that any user claiming to be underage on Agora should be banned. I believe its even in the terms of service / forum rules somewhere, it's just not enforced. But, personally, I take the stance ...

<quoting=Eternity postID=2240 threadID ...

I haven't either! I'll give it a whirl this week and report back. :)

It’s probably some kind of mid-life crisis, but I’ve been kicking around ...

<quoting=carbontwelve postID=1934 threadID=242> I recently stumbled upon http://www.tachyonstorm.net/choose/start.html, its a Text Adventure in your browser but built as a stateless interactive story where each room is a separarate html page.

It made ...

Before social media, even a niche within a niche seemed to attract enough users to keep a dedicated forum lively and worth checking. In fact, I remember hanging out on subforums that had their own exclusive sets of dedicated users.

Of course busy hobby ...

This is amazing.

https://www.polygon.com/a/final-fantasy-7

It's The Hunt In The Forest by Italian painter ...

<quoting=starbreaker postID=1874 threadID=59> I am. Wilson has a deft hand with the material and a lively wit. For example, her translation of the Odyssey begins with "Tell me about a complicated man." Odysseus was definitely that, but other writers ...

Hey, thanks for ...

@starbreaker

I've taken you up on your suggestion and am currently rereading Dune for the first time in twenty five years. Much enjoyment so far. This after P.D. James's Children of Men nearly ...

I'm the ...

https://www.scaruffi.com/

<quoting=d-von postID=1685 threadID=207> Nice read. I played FFVII as a 15 y/o, and while I do remember loving it, my recollections are very hazy. So it's been cool reacquainting myself through this thread.

Here's a recent post from The Digital Antiquarian ...

<quoting=NobodyFix postID=1818 threadID=231> I feel like the internet was always destined to become boring, samey gruel, and the smart phone was the catalyst. In the days before, you had to have a special machine in your home to use it, but once the internet ...

Then you've achieved that authentic 90s website vibe. Well done!

"it was bright, rich, personal, slow *and under ...

<quoting=Eternity postID=1800 threadID=231> Internet Usage

Boom, baby! Way before the deadline, lessssssgo.

It's mostly a response to this Agora Road thread: [Is leaving the internet the end goal?](https ...

Didn't The Wire have Steve Earle in it? He and the Pogues did a track ...

Since I'm off work and feeling a little bored, I might as well spam this thread some more.

The Monks. These guys are so crazy. They met while doing their military service at a base in Germany. Absolutely wild for their time and I reckon most definitely ...

Damn, I forgot the Undertones!

Jesus, they look 12.

The lead singer, incidentally, is now a clean water activist. I think.

<quoting=OppositeKeith postID=1794 threadID=118> damn, someone finally replied to this thread and this is how i found out Shane MacGowan died. that sucks man. i only know of him and his band due to Elvis costello producing one of their albums but thats ...