EURYNOMOS INTERNET FINDINGS

A webring dedicated to "Hauntology" - the nostalgic longing for lost futures. Sites filled with scanned zines, obscure academic references, audio clips from forgotten educational films, and discussions of lost cultural moments. The aesthetic is deliberately retro-futuristic, with many sites using GeoCities-style design unironically.

Spent hours in the GeoCities archive. The amateur web design, the MIDI auto-play, the under construction GIFs, the visitor counters, the webrings. There's a melancholic beauty in these digital ghost towns. Saved some particularly amazing pages: a fan site for the band "Coil" with black background and purple text, a personal diary from 1997 with animated mailboxes, and a site about "dream interpretation" with tiled background of clouds.

A forum dedicated to obscure electronic music, last updated in 2008. Threads about Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, and lesser-known artists. The discussions are surprisingly technical and insightful. Found download links for rare tracks that still work (surprisingly). The design is classic phpBB with a dark theme and poorly compressed banner image.

A message board about obscure and cult movies. The last post was in 2006, but the archive is complete. Detailed discussions about David Lynch, David Cronenberg, and Japanese cyberpunk. Users sharing VHS rips via FTP links (most dead now). The board has that early internet feel - long, thoughtful posts, signature images, and a sense of real community.

An archive of web design tutorials from the 90s. How to make animated GIFs, how to add MIDI background music, how to create image maps, how to use frames, how to add a guestbook. The tutorials assume you're using Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer 4. There's something charming about the technical limitations and creative workarounds.

Early internet art experiments preserved by a digital museum. Shockwave animations, Java applets that generate abstract patterns, VRML worlds, net.art pieces that comment on the emerging web culture. The art feels naive by today's standards but also pure - artists experimenting with new technology without established conventions.