You can still visit the original netsperience 1.0 - a good example of what can be accomplished with DHTML and JavaScript - no php no mysql - just client-side programming.

What can I say about a web site where I developed personal projects for over 10 years?

I moved in sometime in 1996 - long before Yahoo! bought GeoCities. Back then, there was a charming interface that displayed virtual "neighborhoods" and you had to browse to locate a "vacant" address. I chose SiliconValley/Lakes/6131 - and the URL still works http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/6131/ - I give Yahoo! credit for preserving the original addresses! My Yahoo! address is http://www.geocities.com/rgoya/

I discovered the internet because my 6 year old daughter enjoyed finding Sailor Moon web sites at the public library.

I saved a web page about Lou Reed and brought it home to show my wife (she woke up during a blizzard one day and had to buy the entire Lou Reed/Velvet Underground catalog). Of course, it was just HTML code without a browser, let alone an internet connection.

I started to learn HTML - I read some books about web design aesthetics - then I started learning JavaScript to make the pages more interesting.

My computer was an IBM PS/2 - I think it had a 6MB hard drive and 16KB RAM - the os was Windows 3.1.1 (Windows for WorkGroups). I kept graphics programs etc on 1.44MB floppy discs and loaded them when I needed them.

I remember emailing GeoCities support about sending them uuencoded images by email, because the browser at the library didn't support image uploads (Netscape 1 or maybe 2). Luckily, the library upgraded in time for me to upload some images.

Here's one of my first web pages, and even then, I was interested in using meta http refresh to create a slideshow of 3 pages ending in my r?sum?. I have updated resume.htm, so the last page is my current r?sum?.

There are two reasons I have decided to continue the development of netsperience 2.x here. One is that I am doing more work with php/mysql, and can't do that at GeoCities. Also, I have filled up my allotted space of 15MB, so it's a good time to expand:


I'm paying less than $4.95 per month here, with all the amenities and a lot more than 25MB!

I have not paid a cent for web hosting at GeoCities in over ten years! That is amazing. Sure, there's ads, and I have had to adapt javascripts several times to minimize the intrusiveness of the ads - but hey, they pay the rent, right?