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Tuesday 12 November, 2024
Tuesday 12 November, 2024
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11 vintage websites as you used to see them
REMEMBER THE EARLY days of the Web? When it seemed like a brave new world, and a great way to cheat on your homework?
Here’s how your favourite bookmarks looked to you then (when your sister wasn’t on the phone keeping you off the internet).
Which sites have we missed? Let us know in the comments…
1. RTÉ, 1999
2. Google, 1998
3. IOL, 2000
4. Facebook, 2004
landonhowell.com
5. Eircom.net, 1999
6. The Late Late Show, 1997
7. Amazon, 1995
moroch.com
8. Daft.ie, 1999
9. eBay, 1999
10. Bank of Ireland, 2000
11. Hotmail, 1997
All images via the Wayback Machine except where noted.
And here’s the sound it made as you logged on:
YouTube/willterminus
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