The link posted by "SportWagon" to http://archive.org/web/ is a good facility to keep tabs on. I have used it previously for tracing old websites and it can be very useful.
I am unsure how it works, but seems to a 'Live' version of website copying software, 'Live' with instant access as opposed to a 'Copy' stored on a computer.
GHOSTHUNTER.
MCCH finally called it quits?
-
GHOSTHUNTER
- Moderator
- Posts: 12249
- Joined: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:12 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
I wonder if Nigel Clark's old website can be found on the way back machine?
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
I just checked and it's mostly intact. Gone is the rarity commentary, but nearly all the photos are there!
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
-
GHOSTHUNTER
- Moderator
- Posts: 12249
- Joined: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:12 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
Joe, can I have an overview of Nigel's website, then I'll go and have a look for it, thank's.Tinman wrote:I just checked and it's mostly intact. Gone is the rarity commentary, but nearly all the photos are there!
Ghosty.
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
It might be time to start my "Bucket List."
-
GHOSTHUNTER
- Moderator
- Posts: 12249
- Joined: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:12 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
Thanks Joe, not much on there of any use for me at the moment... 
Ghosty.
Ghosty.
-
SportWagon
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:32 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
There seems to be a lot of the content of NigelClarke3 at http://web.archive.org/web/200910270039 ... elclarke3/
When my geocities pages went away, webring.{com,org} actually rescued them. But I think that's (logically enough) because they were actually part of a webring. And so it doesn't seem NigelClarke3 pages ended up there. (webring.{com,org} )
Some javascript pages of mine got broken in the transfer, and I repaired them with my personal copies. The pages are approaching 15 years since updates now, so...
I have various private copies, including on an ancient HP PDA. I "donate" to webring, keeping the URLs alive, but I haven't decided what I really want to do with them in future.
An appropriate search finds the old Vectis postings still there?
Plus... * * * * * * * * *
http://www.geocities.ws/nigelclarke3/Budgie.html
http://www.geocities.ws/nigelclarke3/
Looks like .ws was registered by an entity in California, to preserve "websites", I guess?
Yup, that's pretty much what http://www.website.ws/ says
My old geocities pages appear to there, too. I'm not sure if it's a different copy from the webring.{org,com} ones, or just a reference to them. I'll need to work out a way to tell some other day.
When my geocities pages went away, webring.{com,org} actually rescued them. But I think that's (logically enough) because they were actually part of a webring. And so it doesn't seem NigelClarke3 pages ended up there. (webring.{com,org} )
Some javascript pages of mine got broken in the transfer, and I repaired them with my personal copies. The pages are approaching 15 years since updates now, so...
I have various private copies, including on an ancient HP PDA. I "donate" to webring, keeping the URLs alive, but I haven't decided what I really want to do with them in future.
An appropriate search finds the old Vectis postings still there?
Plus... * * * * * * * * *
http://www.geocities.ws/nigelclarke3/Budgie.html
http://www.geocities.ws/nigelclarke3/
Looks like .ws was registered by an entity in California, to preserve "websites", I guess?
Yup, that's pretty much what http://www.website.ws/ says
My old geocities pages appear to there, too. I'm not sure if it's a different copy from the webring.{org,com} ones, or just a reference to them. I'll need to work out a way to tell some other day.
-
GHOSTHUNTER
- Moderator
- Posts: 12249
- Joined: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:12 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
Thank's SportWagon, just looked in on the Nigel Clarke link and a lot of good stuff with clickable thumbnails of some really fabulous models, worth many visits in my view.
GHOSTHUNTETR.
GHOSTHUNTETR.
-
SportWagon
- Posts: 23
- Joined: Wed Sep 18, 2013 5:32 pm
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
geocites.ws appeared to have some forums, but I sent an inquiry and received an automatic reply saying they'd been forced to shut them down because of SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! (and Vikings).
Oh yes. So I need to remember than when I have trouble logging into VBD. (As I did today for some reason. Does it use a separate password server (like it "should", to prevent mass theft of hashes) which occasionally gets in a snit so even if I type my password correctly I still can't login for while? (And then I get the picture thingy and "Oh no!".... But eventually I got it all right...
Oh yes. So I need to remember than when I have trouble logging into VBD. (As I did today for some reason. Does it use a separate password server (like it "should", to prevent mass theft of hashes) which occasionally gets in a snit so even if I type my password correctly I still can't login for while? (And then I get the picture thingy and "Oh no!".... But eventually I got it all right...
Re: MCCH finally called it quits?
yeah that all made perfect senseSportWagon wrote:geocites.ws appeared to have some forums, but I sent an inquiry and received an automatic reply saying they'd been forced to shut them down because of SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! (and Vikings).
Oh yes. So I need to remember than when I have trouble logging into VBD. (As I did today for some reason. Does it use a separate password server (like it "should", to prevent mass theft of hashes) which occasionally gets in a snit so even if I type my password correctly I still can't login for while? (And then I get the picture thingy and "Oh no!".... But eventually I got it all right...
reg