Time travel!

[Kalos Kalyre]

I must be stuck in the past. I started the day hoping to do some research for my new AFD FAQ, to figure out which questions and answers from the old FAQ are still relevant. I found the old FAQ archived by the Wayback Machine. Then some stuff happened. Now I have about 100 tabs open, all showing different dragons' sites as they appeared in 2002. Flame Stryke's Geocities lair, Wyrm's documentation about the Dragon Code, "just a monkey" Scott's lab, something about a World Dragon Day that was going to happen in June... Somebody bring me back to the present!

https://web.archive.org/web/20030417005906/http://www.geocities.com/flame_stryke/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030216031515/http://www.dragoncode.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085010/http://4dw.net/moonfriend/index.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20020825051810/http://www.dragonneo.com/~tempest/wdd/

(I am just having so much fun exploring these old web sites. It's a real time waster!)

--
Kalos

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$~ F+~ R* Ac++ J+ S---! U- I---# V-- Q---! Tc++[c++] E+
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Overcome anger with freedom from anger. Overcome evil with good.
Overcome meanness with generosity, and overcome a liar with
truthfulness. 223

From the Dhammapada
</random quote>

[Kalos Kalyre]

On 2017-02-12 20:54, Kalos Kalyre wrote:
> I must be stuck in the past. I started the day hoping to do some research for my new AFD FAQ, to figure out which questions and answers from the old FAQ are still relevant. I found the old FAQ archived by the Wayback Machine. Then some stuff happened. Now I have about 100 tabs open, all showing different dragons' sites as they appeared in 2002. Flame Stryke's Geocities lair, Wyrm's documentation about the Dragon Code, "just a monkey" Scott's lab, something about a World Dragon Day that was going to happen in June... Somebody bring me back to the present!
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030417005906/http://www.geocities.com/flame_stryke/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030216031515/http://www.dragoncode.org/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085010/http://4dw.net/moonfriend/index.html
> https://web.archive.org/web/20020825051810/http://www.dragonneo.com/~tempest/wdd/
>
> (I am just having so much fun exploring these old web sites. It's a real time waster!)

Long ago, in a previous life, when I had a previous identity and a no-longer-in-existence web site, I remember adopting several of Malathar's cute little dragons:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020802024113/http://www.dragonneo.com/Malathar/adfmain.html

--
Kalos

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$~ F+~ R* Ac++ J+ S---! U- I---# V-- Q---! Tc++[c++] E+
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The streams (of craving) flow everywhere, and the creeper hoots up and
establishes itself, so when you see the creeper shooting up, cut away
its root with your understanding. 340

[Kalos Kalyre]

On Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:54:14 -0800, Kalos Kalyre wrote:

> I must be stuck in the past. I started the day hoping to do some
> research for my new AFD FAQ, to figure out which questions and answers
> from the old FAQ are still relevant. I found the old FAQ archived by the
> Wayback Machine. Then some stuff happened. Now I have about 100 tabs
> open, all showing different dragons' sites as they appeared in 2002.
> Flame Stryke's Geocities lair, Wyrm's documentation about the Dragon
> Code, "just a monkey" Scott's lab, something about a World Dragon Day
> that was going to happen in June... Somebody bring me back to the
> present!
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030417005906/http://www.geocities.com/
flame_stryke/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030216031515/http://www.dragoncode.org/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085010/http://4dw.net/moonfriend/
index.html
> https://web.archive.org/web/20020825051810/http://www.dragonneo.com/
~tempest/wdd/
>
> (I am just having so much fun exploring these old web sites. It's a real
> time waster!)

Now I find myself looking through old maps of The Dominance Of Dragons.

https://web.archive.org/web/20031227154008/http://www.polenth.demon.co.uk/
group/alfandra.html

As the landscape is ever shifting, the maps are a little out-of-date now
I'm sure.

*flies off in search of Chocolate Mountains*

--
Kalos

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Your fortune for today is:
In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the
enemy.
</random quote>

[Flame Stryke ShadowDark]

On 2017-02-12 09:54 PM, Kalos Kalyre wrote:
> I must be stuck in the past. I started the day hoping to do some research for my new AFD FAQ,
>to figure out which questions and answers from the old FAQ are still
relevant. I found the old
>FAQ archived by the Wayback Machine. Then some stuff happened. Now I
have about 100 tabs open,
>all showing different dragons' sites as they appeared in 2002. Flame
Stryke's Geocities lair,
>Wyrm's documentation about the Dragon Code, "just a monkey" Scott's
lab, something about a World
>Dragon Day that was going to happen in June... Somebody bring me back
to the present!
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030417005906/http://www.geocities.com/flame_stryke/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20030216031515/http://www.dragoncode.org/
> https://web.archive.org/web/20080908085010/http://4dw.net/moonfriend/index.html
> https://web.archive.org/web/20020825051810/http://www.dragonneo.com/~tempest/wdd/
>
> (I am just having so much fun exploring these old web sites. It's a real time waster!)

Ooh, I'm famous, I'm in the archive ^^

And I won't bring you to the present, there's not much here.....


Lord Flame Stryke

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Draco nigrum, oculi rubere, suppositus, magus.
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of Sparklies in its case from Hex, Wielder of the Lady Viri Signature
4x8 from Ysable, Eater of the Mint Cheesecake from Whisper, Mate to Lady
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Borrower of the Ebony Wood Fife from Luxatos, Accepter of the Small
Statue of a Green Dragon Covered in Ice Cream Toppings from Juniper,
Employer of a miniature Jester doll from SeaKing, Bearer of the Magic
Ever-Bill from SeaKing, Carrier of the gold piece from whisper: o,
Builder of Dragon Fyre Keep, First Dragon of Realism, Giver of the
Pickaxe of Icebreaking to Kalos, Winner of the *shiny* riddle award from
Pegasus, Wearer of the big *shiny* medal of posting-ness from Pegasus,
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