Muse Mull Ruminate Reflect
September 30, 2015 2:32 PM Subscribe
Pseudorandom ramblings from the Early Web, linked without the facility of Twine, and presented by some mysterious digital artist calling himself Martin Action. Later, about the time Geocities and First-generation sites were collapsing into bitrot oblivion, the Cauldron resurfaced on another domain, that of artist Paul Smedberg, with clues to the Cauldron's origins: "I made the first draft of this site before I had ever seen the internet, using a copy of Mosaic and a text editor on my home computer. What the site lacks in visual aesthetics, it makes up with sheer volume." Humble words from a clever Early Web denizen, but have you ever heard the Fanfare for the Uncommon Man?
(my first post from a loooong-time MeFi lurker. Happy September 2015! Martin Action's Cauldron was a place I found and wandered through in some of my first HTML forays, dazzled by the simplicity, the cleverness, the philosophical leanings, the trivia, and the mystery. It astonishes me to realize it was about two decades ago.) Dive right in!
(my first post from a loooong-time MeFi lurker. Happy September 2015! Martin Action's Cauldron was a place I found and wandered through in some of my first HTML forays, dazzled by the simplicity, the cleverness, the philosophical leanings, the trivia, and the mystery. It astonishes me to realize it was about two decades ago.) Dive right in!
This is marvelous. The ancient web is an endless (well, sort of limited, actually) source of amazement. Congrats on Post #1 and keep them coming.
posted by beagle at 3:48 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by beagle at 3:48 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Welcome! Good post.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 3:58 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Potomac Avenue at 3:58 PM on September 30, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ha! This totally reminds me of this grand idea I had for a hypertext fiction, only this is much more true to the form. Mine was too much narrative, I think. This? This is perfect!
I love the old web.
posted by symbioid at 4:13 PM on September 30, 2015
I love the old web.
posted by symbioid at 4:13 PM on September 30, 2015
this is beautiful. great post.
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 8:10 PM on September 30, 2015
posted by GospelofWesleyWillis at 8:10 PM on September 30, 2015
Absolutely wonderful. Also the closest thing possible to whatever the hell my aesthetic is, or what that even means anymore.
It's mesmerizing, in the best way.
posted by brecc at 9:48 PM on September 30, 2015
It's mesmerizing, in the best way.
posted by brecc at 9:48 PM on September 30, 2015
Ha ha! Paul is among my former employers, and a good egg. I'll direct him thisaway.
posted by mwhybark at 12:31 AM on October 1, 2015
posted by mwhybark at 12:31 AM on October 1, 2015
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