When I rebuilt my old dial-up ISP’s website, everyone wanted to know what it was actually like to run the servers. So I built a browser game: you’re the night-shift admin at a 1998 Internet provider, and there are nine things broken. Fix them, or take the whole town offline.
In 2003 I opened a little print shop, Ashwood, Inc., in Menasha, in the same corner building where PowerNet had been. Long gone now, so I rebuilt the whole site from the Internet Archive: photos, sales letters, shop dog and all. Come look around.
Almost thirty years ago I started a dial-up ISP with my dad, Tim. The domains went dark years ago, so I rebuilt the whole PowerNet Online site from the Internet Archive. Come explore it.
A personal thank-you to the Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine, which helped me rebuild the PowerNet Online site from almost thirty years ago, and a gentle word about supporting it.
Squirrel Publishing was my very first business, a one-teenager desktop-publishing shop I ran in Neenah, Wisconsin around 1994 to 1996, years before PowerNet Online. Here are the original business card and flyer.
Edited on 5/3/2017 to add additional information. This afternoon (4/19/2017) I got a notification that I can now manage a group with my page. Of note: I’ve only had this option enabled for one of multiple pages I am an admin for. I’ve not yet explored what this means for the page — I’m assuming…
Update (October 2026) Buffer’s Pablo tool isn’t around anymore, and the old link now goes to a different Buffer page. The photos are still mine and still free to use, and credit is still appreciated. You may use these images to “Design engaging images for your social media posts” with Pablo from Bufferapp. I only…
The Cash ‘Stache: Money Clip & Mustache My cousin and several friends have started an exciting new business venture. The project is called The Cash ‘Stache: Money Clip & Mustache. They describe the product as: “The Cash ‘Stache is a one of a kind magnetic money clip. It is made of genuine leather and can hold…
Update (October 2026) These are the 2013 sizes, and they’re all out of date now. Google+ shut down in 2019, Twitter is now X, and every network has changed its image sizes more than once since. Check each site’s current help pages before you design anything. Social Media Dimensions Quick Reference The following is…
Written 10/11/2012 5:00p.m. cst I heard that facebook was trying out a “Promote” option on personal posts for a small fee back several months ago (on personal accounts, not fan pages). At that time it was $5, but was not being offered in the US. This previous week on October, 3rd 2012, facebook guru; Mari…
NEW: Listed to this Blog Post online; Now available as a PodCast file which you can listen to here or download: Download MP3 Podcast here: https://jamiedolan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/article-reading.mp3 The new Facebook time line is going to be live for all users within the next week. For some users, this is a fun new way to express themselves…
If you are willing/able to participate in a research project right now, we have some data sets that need counting. Total time is estimated to be 1-2 hours. Please email kc@synalia.com to be included and receive a data set. This will be in 2 minute sets of video for breath counting. Regards, Kayce Norfolk, VA…