Keep the Internet Weird
summary
A personal-sites origin story claims early-2000s HTML/CSS/JS learning happens through GeoCities and AngelFire page-building, Web Rings and Gray Matter blogs, hand-sliced table layouts, absolute-positioned divs, 8‑pixel fonts and grunge brushes; hands-on copying from DynamicDrive DHTML snippets and XDCC bots teaches tricks. A turning point around 2007–08 is the gamification of knowledge where points-and-reputation change motivations. Modern toolchain examples—jQuery, CSS Grid, Flexbox, 3JS, p5—get compared and community efforts like WeAllJS and CodeNewbie aim to restore generous sharing.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Start
- 0:39Rachel White
- 14:07Slices & Tables
- 14:48position: absolute
- 15:19Today Is Better!
- 17:06Cursor Effects
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