Roughman.net [new] ◉

Examining the legacy of such a site involves confronting the fragility of the early web. If Roughman.net is defunct today—its domain perhaps parked by a registrar or returning a 404 error—it represents a significant loss. Unlike physical media, digital spaces vanish without physical decay. Geocities died in 2009, taking millions of pages with it. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine might have captured a few snapshots, but those are static screenshots, unable to replicate the interactive thrill of a working guestbook or a live MIDI player.

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