like a time machine
Apr. 20th, 2026 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pizzasprinklesIt's crazy how much this looks like the old site.
It's like a time machine to 2003. I posted a lot in college and some afterward but not very dedicated after that. In high school, I was on a different diary site. I haven't had a public/online journal for at least something like 15 years.
It's weird talking to myself. I think this could be fun to try again. Or maybe I'll give up immediately.
I miss pre-social-media internet. Or maybe just pre everything-is-monetized internet. Instagram was fun when it was all puppy pics and pizza. But now you get stuck in a recommended loop. I don't care about those randos, I want to see my friends and what they're doing.
Insert obligatory Man-Yells-At-Cloud from the Simpsons meme.
Maybe I'm just old and cranky. That seems appropriate now that I'm in my 40s. Clearly kids today are doing the internet wrong. It's not that I have boring responsibilities and am in pointless meetings for most of my existence. It's clearly the internet's fault.
Today's my 500 reading streak in Fable. Gamification really works on me. I love a streak.
I'm reading Yesteryear and I can't figure out if I hate the book, hate the protagonist, or hate the influencers that inspired the satire. Clearly I must finish it and find out.
Last night we watched When Harry Met Sally on dvd. I've begun one of my silly quests. I'm collecting all the romcoms that aren't on streaming. Though this recently came to streaming. My speciality is romcoms that no one would say is their favorite movie but are a perfectly lovely way to spend an afternoon. Must Love Dogs is a perfect example.
While I was typing that, I got a chrome prompt for Gemini to help me with my tasks. I don't want AI to help me with my stupid blog. I am perfectly capable of wasting time online ruminating without any robotic help. Except spellcheck. I need that because let's face it, there are some words I may never get correct on the first three tries.
It's like a time machine to 2003. I posted a lot in college and some afterward but not very dedicated after that. In high school, I was on a different diary site. I haven't had a public/online journal for at least something like 15 years.
It's weird talking to myself. I think this could be fun to try again. Or maybe I'll give up immediately.
I miss pre-social-media internet. Or maybe just pre everything-is-monetized internet. Instagram was fun when it was all puppy pics and pizza. But now you get stuck in a recommended loop. I don't care about those randos, I want to see my friends and what they're doing.
Insert obligatory Man-Yells-At-Cloud from the Simpsons meme.
Maybe I'm just old and cranky. That seems appropriate now that I'm in my 40s. Clearly kids today are doing the internet wrong. It's not that I have boring responsibilities and am in pointless meetings for most of my existence. It's clearly the internet's fault.
Today's my 500 reading streak in Fable. Gamification really works on me. I love a streak.
I'm reading Yesteryear and I can't figure out if I hate the book, hate the protagonist, or hate the influencers that inspired the satire. Clearly I must finish it and find out.
Last night we watched When Harry Met Sally on dvd. I've begun one of my silly quests. I'm collecting all the romcoms that aren't on streaming. Though this recently came to streaming. My speciality is romcoms that no one would say is their favorite movie but are a perfectly lovely way to spend an afternoon. Must Love Dogs is a perfect example.
While I was typing that, I got a chrome prompt for Gemini to help me with my tasks. I don't want AI to help me with my stupid blog. I am perfectly capable of wasting time online ruminating without any robotic help. Except spellcheck. I need that because let's face it, there are some words I may never get correct on the first three tries.
Welcome!
Date: 2026-04-21 04:15 am (UTC)It is that. Plenty of people like that. To find more, search terms like "small web," "old web," and "indie web" may help.
>>I think this could be fun to try again. <<
The Follow Friday Master Post has lists of active communities by topic where you can look for some based on your interests, including some of the Most Useful Communities. Many bloggers use recurring posts to pin down their key interests and maintain activity, which is also a good source of inspiration if you aren't sure what you want to post yet.
The next big event will be Three Weeks for Dreamwidth (April 25-May 15) when participants aim to make a post per day visible only on Dreamwidth.
>>I miss pre-social-media internet. Or maybe just pre everything-is-monetized internet.<<
I miss that too. But more, I miss when search engines actually worked well.
>> I don't care about those randos, I want to see my friends and what they're doing.<<
Dreamwidth lets you subscribe to blogs and communities. Your reading page shows you only those things, plus one or two DW-official news comms that are autosubscribed.
>>I don't want AI to help me with my stupid blog. I am perfectly capable of wasting time online ruminating without any robotic help. <<
*laugh* Well said.
>>Except spellcheck. I need that because let's face it, there are some words I may never get correct on the first three tries.<<
The difference is that spellcheck 1) can be fact-checked for accuracy and 2) works as an adjunct to human proofreading, not a replacement for it. I use it too. It catches things I don't. But I also catch things it doesn't. The combination is better than either alone.