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Ah yes, 2005! I was but two years old, but I have vivid memories of scrolling through the plethora of life hacks to help hack my beautiful baby lifestyle. I specifically recall reading list number seven, “Fifty Essential Topics on Economics,” because I remember being particularly concerned with my economic status circa 2005 (being a baby is expensive!) I find it interesting going back to this article now and reading the different hacks listed, and reflecting on just how much our world has evolved, specifically in technology. There is a whole article linked just on how to download “Google Video,” which I’m not sure even exists anymore. The opening sentence of this article alone is a little jarring to my now 2023 self, “The phrase Life Hacks has been used for nearly two years now,” which is a little interesting considering it's now a commonly used phrase almost 20 years later.
Omg just got back from seeing the new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, I can't wait for the next one to come out!!!!!!!!111 Full review available on my Myspace page
“Very interesting article (with fun site design). Worth a read,” made me laugh out loud. I miss the early stages of the internet in 2005, especially the “fun site design”. Giving “How to Stop Worrying” a read was entertaining, especially when the author recommends jotting down unpleasant thoughts on a “worry sheet” to worry about later. This article is such a beautiful time capsule about lack of mental health awareness. Fascinating to consider how the language at the time seems so laughably obsolete to us now: “Google Maps is one of the web technologies that take the web to the next level,” is quite a sentence in retrospect. The Google Video article is fun to look back on, too - this is just as YouTube was invented in 2005, which would start really taking off in 2006. I think our generation has been in a good position - we grew up WITH the internet, as opposed to it ruling our lives from day one. Now if you excuse me I need to go back to playing Roller Coaster Tycoon before the new Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode airs.
You can tell the date of the article from its waxing poetic about Firefox extensions. I thought the sleeping cycle thing was pretty interesting; today I feel like there’s so much information about sleep and so many people arguing over the best way to do it: sleeping on your back, propped up on pillows, and sleeping on your stomach are apparently all bad; apparently this discourse of when is the best time to sleep was already a thing in 2005. I was also surprised by how many features were described in the Google maps article that I was unaware of. Some of them are still a thing and I’ve just never needed to use them. The procrastination article is nothing new; I feel like everyone says the same things about procrastination and why it happens, without really giving tips on how to solve it. Reading this article was like a little time capsule to before I was conscious of the world. 10/10.
Ah yes, 2005! I was but two years old, but I have vivid memories of scrolling through the plethora of life hacks to help hack my beautiful baby lifestyle. I specifically recall reading list number seven, “Fifty Essential Topics on Economics,” because I remember being particularly concerned with my economic status circa 2005 (being a baby is expensive!) I find it interesting going back to this article now and reading the different hacks listed, and reflecting on just how much our world has evolved, specifically in technology. There is a whole article linked just on how to download “Google Video,” which I’m not sure even exists anymore. The opening sentence of this article alone is a little jarring to my now 2023 self, “The phrase Life Hacks has been used for nearly two years now,” which is a little interesting considering it's now a commonly used phrase almost 20 years later.
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ReplyDeleteOmg just got back from seeing the new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie, I can't wait for the next one to come out!!!!!!!!111 Full review available on my Myspace page
“Very interesting article (with fun site design). Worth a read,” made me laugh out loud. I miss the early stages of the internet in 2005, especially the “fun site design”. Giving “How to Stop Worrying” a read was entertaining, especially when the author recommends jotting down unpleasant thoughts on a “worry sheet” to worry about later. This article is such a beautiful time capsule about lack of mental health awareness. Fascinating to consider how the language at the time seems so laughably obsolete to us now: “Google Maps is one of the web technologies that take the web to the next level,” is quite a sentence in retrospect. The Google Video article is fun to look back on, too - this is just as YouTube was invented in 2005, which would start really taking off in 2006. I think our generation has been in a good position - we grew up WITH the internet, as opposed to it ruling our lives from day one. Now if you excuse me I need to go back to playing Roller Coaster Tycoon before the new Suite Life of Zack and Cody episode airs.
You can tell the date of the article from its waxing poetic about Firefox extensions. I thought the sleeping cycle thing was pretty interesting; today I feel like there’s so much information about sleep and so many people arguing over the best way to do it: sleeping on your back, propped up on pillows, and sleeping on your stomach are apparently all bad; apparently this discourse of when is the best time to sleep was already a thing in 2005. I was also surprised by how many features were described in the Google maps article that I was unaware of. Some of them are still a thing and I’ve just never needed to use them. The procrastination article is nothing new; I feel like everyone says the same things about procrastination and why it happens, without really giving tips on how to solve it. Reading this article was like a little time capsule to before I was conscious of the world. 10/10.
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