Category: Essays
Longform writing about a variety of topics. Very opinionated.
Please Don’t Use Geocities.ws
- Posted by mariteaux on April 26th, 2020 filed in Strong Opinions
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A strong word of caution against free hosts and one in particular. No, it’s not Neocities this time, amazingly.
Tags: Web Design,
How Did MP3.com Play MP3s?
- Posted by mariteaux on April 4th, 2020 filed in Sperging
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Through their archived help documents, we can answer this question.
Tags: Ancient Technology, MP3.com,
Buzz Buzz
- Posted by mariteaux on February 18th, 2020 filed in Sperging
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I am apparently better than 199 out of every 200 coders, despite not coding.
Tags: Coding,
A Follow-Up to MP3.com
- Posted by mariteaux on February 2nd, 2020 filed in Sperging
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Some things I left out of the original post and checking in on some old users.
Tags: MP3.com, My Music Collection,
The Tragedy of MP3.com
- Posted by mariteaux on January 15th, 2020 filed in Sperging
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A fallen behemoth that’s left not a trace–unless you know where to look.
Tags: MP3.com, My Music Collection,
Letting the 2010s Sleep
- Posted by mariteaux on December 31st, 2019 filed in Sperging
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A slightly less maudlin retrospective, I promise. I figure it’s worth looking back on this decade and writing out my hopes for the next at least a little before we’re into it.
Tags: Natural One,
Teenage Emotions
- Posted by mariteaux on December 21st, 2019 filed in Sperging
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I’m hoping if I write some of it down, I can move past it.
Tags: Natural One,
Studies
- Posted by mariteaux on December 11th, 2019 filed in Strong Opinions
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Don’t believe everything you hear. Science is great, but human error is greater. (And please stop trying to sound smart on Discord servers of all things…)
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Lovey-Dovey
- Posted by mariteaux on December 5th, 2019 filed in Strong Opinions
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I’m not especially convinced sexual liberation was a good thing, and here’s why.
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mariversary: Thinking About Neocities
- Posted by mariteaux on April 1st, 2019 filed in Sperging
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A small little reflective essay I wrote one year after I made my Neocities account. Originally featured on my site in raw HTML, but I think it fits better here.
Tags: Natural One,