{"id":18908,"date":"2013-12-04T03:30:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=18908"},"modified":"2013-12-04T03:30:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:30:26","slug":"old-abandoned-websites-that-still-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/04\/old-abandoned-websites-that-still-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Old, abandoned websites that still work"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here is <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/53792\/17-ancient-abandoned-websites-still-work\">a nice collection<\/a> of old websites that were abandoned, but still work. \u00a0Most of these were last updated in mid-90&#8217;s. \u00a0And, though I haven&#8217;t seen most of them back in the day, the overall atmosphere and common elements of those time bring a nostalgic tear to my eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18909\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/04\/old-abandoned-websites-that-still-work\/msie-is-evil\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?fit=620%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MSIE is evil\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?fit=620%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-18909\" alt=\"MSIE is evil\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil-500x271.png?resize=500%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?resize=500%2C271&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?resize=510%2C277&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/MSIE-is-evil.png?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Off the whole selection, my obvious favorite one is <a href=\"http:\/\/toastytech.com\/evil\/\">Internet Explorer is EVIL!<\/a> of course. \u00a0Back in 1998, 15 years ago, way before any of the modern Web 2.0 or whatever version we are running now, some people knew the truth and were not afraid to say it. \u00a0In the most expressing matter &#8211; including satanic stars, fires of Hell, and a face image of Bill Gates.<\/p>\n<p>Some things never change &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Here is a nice collection of old websites that were abandoned, but still work. \u00a0Most of these were last updated in mid-90&#8217;s. \u00a0And, though I haven&#8217;t seen most of them back in the day, the overall atmosphere and common elements of those time bring a nostalgic tear to my eye. 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