After the 1999 web company folded in 2001, the owner repurposed the domain around the animal—and kept sections of the previous site attached. Wildlife facts, old GIFs, Shakespeare, and Poser models share one URL. A failed startup became a hobby archive because the webmaster stayed.
Original site: http://www.badger.org/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-badger-org-survived-the-dot-com-crash-and-became-an-actual-badger-site/
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Original site: http://www.badger.org/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-badger-org-survived-the-dot-com-crash-and-became-an-actual-badger-site/
#ancientweb #dotcomhistory #wildlife #personalweb
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Categories: Ancient Web & Internet History [c23]