It was twenty years ago today…

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No — not that. My blogging vintage 2003!

Found — a whole stack of my old entries!

14 JAN 2008

I mentioned the Way Back machine in the last entry. Now I find that an even earlier manifestation of my blogging habit is represented there: the dreaded wuninglun.diary-x.com, with 29 entries from 2001 to early 2005, a small sampling.

For example:

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May 2003

June 2003

Notes

Ninglun is merely Mandarin for Neil. It also means “peaceful discussion”.

Diary-Xa rather sad tale.

Diary-X (commonly abbreviated dx) was an online journaling service which allowed users to create and maintain a journal or diary. It was launched in 2000, and between half and three-quarters of its users were 14–19 years old. Basic use was free, though for a small fee users could email their entries. The creator and webmaster was Stephen Deken. In early 2006, the server’s hard drive failed, and since there was no backup, the entire website and all users’ diaries were lost irretrievably.

— Except for a few entries caught on the Wayback Machine…