i’m just thankful that the internet wayback machine doesn’t store images too. take a look at loquax, december 1998, loquax, november 1999 (“often copied, never bettered”. we were more upfront then. it’s refreshing. i like it.) and loquax, june 2000. i’m getting a data retrieval failure on my homepage, 1997 right now. that’s the furthest back example of my attempts at web “design” that i can (or can’t) find. i can’t find any of the precursors to loquax listed.

update: my 1997 homepage wasn’t the really hideous one but it did link to an archive of the an older version. you lose all the naffness without the graphics. a couple of hideous machine crashes mean that i no longer have the gifs. that’s the good thing about computers. you can lose all those horrible old things that you’re fond of but can’t stand without the physical wrench of taking them to oxfam. imagine if my spare room just crashed. i’d be sad to lose some of it. but energised by the empty space to fill with new and now things.