We Recommend: Hopping on the Wayback Machine - to 1998

May 9th, 2006 | Posted by PostmanE

Ah yes, it was a more innocent time. The internet had boomed and busted, and available fonts numbered in the hundreds, not the thousands. Simpler days, indeed.

Yes, the year was 1998, Bill Clinton was mired in scandal, and most news Web sites were starting to figure out what pornographers had known for years - the internet is a cash cow.

Thanks to the Wayback Machine, you can visit some of your favorite sites circa 1998 and beyond. Want to see Google Beta? No, not Gmail Beta - the actual Google. You know, the multi-billion dollar software conglomerate that blows our minds all the time? It was ugly back then! (Also, it had an exclamation point then. Apparently today’s engine is far less enthusiastic.)

This is too much fun. Be sure to check out some old ESPN pages too. Gross.