Started researching the site history in the questions thread, thought I'd move it here to continue the discussion.
Notable Dates
* 11/25/1999 - Oldest found file on the site (Taco Bell picture)
* 1/5/2001 - Oldest update contained in the archives
* 8/2/2001 - dee-nee.com registered
* 1/2/2002 - Start of the forums (http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=196.msg2655#msg2655)
Quote from: Briznock on 08/06/09, 12:03:32 PM
Gantry,
When was your first vision of Dee-Nee? What brought it on?
thx,
Briznock.
The oldest section of the Archive Page (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/archives/beforenov.shtml) had me restoring an "old version of the website" in 1/5/2001 and judging from the updates I already had the main RBI pages up. I do know that the site originally ran on RedHat 7.0 which was releasd on 9/25/2000 so that leads me to believe the site started around the winter of 2000
As for the decision to start the site, I wanted to learn HTML a little better for work and I figured starting a site on something I liked would make it easier. That was back in the day when I actually aspired to increase my skillset and learn stuff...
A strange thing is that the WHOIS record for dee-nee.com said the domain was created on 8/2/2001 (my bday) but the archives and redhat release dates say otherwise. I think I might have originally used the gantry.cfbinc.com URL for the site, jeez can anyone remember that far back?
Looking at the file dates, I did a lot of work on the site in June of 2000, must have ran this on a different server for awhile. Found a Taco Bell logo from November of 1999, I remember that originally being on the main page before I redirected to the RBI page.
So I must have originally started working on the site in November of 1999, Jesus Christ almost 10 years
Here is the site in May of 2001:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010519005836/http://gantry.cfbinc.com/
Doesn't look much different
did dee nee ever have a picture of an NES controller on one of the main pages or am I thinking of another site?
How far back does the dee-nee penis picture date to?
Quote from: Big Hath on 08/06/09, 02:06:40 PM
did dee nee ever have a picture of an NES controller on one of the main pages or am I thinking of another site?
Don't remember it but if I did it's on the wayback machine...
Quote from: CurtFlood on 08/06/09, 05:17:31 PM
How far back does the dee-nee penis picture date to?
Que?
First Lemon Party link?
First fest?
Quote from: Re-Peat on 08/07/09, 12:22:39 AM
First fest?
Columbus, 2005
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7660.0
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7654.0
Quote from: nightwulf on 08/07/09, 04:27:45 AM
Quote from: Re-Peat on 08/07/09, 12:22:39 AM
First fest?
Columbus, 2005
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7660.0
http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7654.0
Ah, memories.
Next fest?
Quote from: Barton on 08/07/09, 04:07:20 PM
Next fest?
Take it to the future of dee-nee.com thread.