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[-] dan@upvote.au 9 points 5 months ago

The Compiz cube was fun... I blogged about it nearly 20 years ago. https://d.sb/2006/09/laptop-linux-and-compiz

[-] tehbilly@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 months ago

Fun trip down memory lane. Also, bitchin' domain name!

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks!

I need to redesign my site one day. Simplify it. The current design is from 2008, using design features (like the striped backgrounds) that were popular back then.

[-] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah I remember using the Compiz cube on Ubuntu 8(?)

[-] Abnorc@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

Ohhh man I wasn’t ready for how nostalgic the screenshots would make me feel. My friend from school told me about Ubuntu and OSS for the first time, and he came over to my house so we could mess around with the live CD. That’s what Ubuntu looked like back then!

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Nice. Will check it out!

[-] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

How did you get a single letter domain? I thought all single letters were reserved by ICANN in 1993. Did you buy it before that happened?

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

ICANN doesn't run country code TLDs. I bought it through an aftermarket domain sale site (like Sedo).

I've actually got three of them. d.sb, d.sv and d.ls.

d.sb was around $4000 if I remember correctly.

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