Puckdropper
Knowing you'll be left out of Google
Wed Jul 05, 2023 4:53pm

and buried kills a lot of writing spirit. Everyone dreams of success in some form or another, it's rare that a site like NEMB survives with just two active people and another few that pop up every year or so. Hi Retna and Joe. I doubt you'll stumble on to Puckdropper's Place anywhere, even though it still exists. I haven't done anything with it in years.

I set up a Facebook Page for my 3D Printing business, I felt that added more legitimacy than hosting it myself (and it gave me the structures I needed, but honestly it's just a blog.)

Do you have any of it on old hard drives anywhere? I have some random stuff on a backup CD from an old system, but I couldn't tell you what it is... Some old Windows 3.1 era downloads, some old code, that sort of stuff. Most of it's been moved to my NAS anyway.

  • So much good/bad stuff from back then. - Erik_, Wed Jul 05 2023 2:28am
    I miss the days of people actually creating their own website/homepage. Just using QB as an example, there were so many random sites that had maybe a handful of programs someone wrote that aren't hosted anywhere else that have now been lost to the sands of time. We have archive.org but most of the time... more
    • Knowing you'll be left out of Google- Puckdropper, Wed Jul 05 2023 4:53pm
      • I didn't even think of that... - Erik_, Thu Jul 13 2023 9:05pm
        You're absolutely right. Back in the day, there was a decent chance to get new people finding your site via links or search engines. Now everything is condensed into Facebook, Reddit, discord, etc there's no chance really except for the few people who go out of their way to look. I know back when I... more
        • I'm now running an Ad on Facebook - Puckdropper, Sat Aug 05 2023 4:22am
          Trying to get more interested eyeballs on one of my models. We'll see if we get anything other than someone impersonating Facebook (uh "Meta") saying my page had been reported 7 times. (Funny, I reported the post to actual Facebook and they've left it up. I'm sure they would have taken it down by... more
          • A new retro web ring is a neat idea. - Erik_, Sun Aug 06 2023 1:27pm
            This Retro Website Web Ring site owned by $site_name . Want to join the Retro Website Web Ring ? [ Previous 5 Sites | Skip Previous | Previous | Next | Skip Next | Next 5 Sites | Random Site | List Sites ] That would sort of be fun to throw together.... more
            • Looks pretty easy, even for my rusty skills. - Puckdropper, Mon Aug 07 2023 3:58pm
              All you need is a database or CSV file with websites. When they click the link, you move them on. A preview would be nice. Maybe not the picture preview common on most sites, but just the title of the next page. "Next: Pete's QB Site" "Previous: Nukem Enterprises" I'm paying them... They're... more
        • Remember the excitement of finding a cool new website? - Puckdropper, Mon Jul 17 2023 3:32pm
          Someone would come across NEMB and be like "Wow, this guy's got a lot of stuff! Maybe I should call in sick?" Social media could be great, but my Facebook is 1 non-ad post, 2 ad posts, and then a bunch of nonsense while random things from days ago or randomly selected (but useless) posts from a few... more
          • Yeah it was great when you found something cool - Erik_, Sat Jul 22 2023 3:24pm
            Then spending the time checking out all the pages and usually saving the link somewhere to visit later again. Too bad a lot of times you end up finding a page and it was like 'wow I can't wait for this QB game to be released!' and then you see it hasn't been updated in a few years. Or worse, you find... more
            • I can't remember the last really cool site - Puckdropper, Mon Jul 24 2023 6:52pm
              I found. Well, it was probably priuschat.com Great for when you need information on the car, lots of discussion and minimal assorted junk. They saved me a few hundred dollars and weeks of down time by telling me which capacitors I needed to replace instead of having to take the car to the dealer for... more
              • I'm worried old.reddit.com will go away soon. - Erik_, Wed Jul 26 2023 11:32pm
                They had the old flip phone mobile version of the site up and running up until they made the much hated API changes and silently killed it. It was pretty crap and I'm sure almost no one used it but it does seem to be completely dead now and redirects to the main site. Archive link as recent as 03/23:... more
                • That's my worry too, but I do still see a lot of momentum - Puckdropper, Fri Jul 28 2023 5:03pm
                  on the old site. Is there a way to monetize things without ads or stupid gimmicks? Webapps do seem to be all the rage. I found one the other day that's a complete CAM program. (Takes a drawing and converts it to gcode.) Kiri:Moto. It was part of an open source package, so if I did really like... more
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