I wasn't familiar with Freshmeat but you just unlocked a part of my memory mentioning everything2... I spent a lot of time of that site in 2001-2002 (probably earlier as well as a lurker, but that's the years when I wrote things), I really loved it and was also very useful for me to practice English writing at a time when my English skills were still rather limited (I remember writing my texts painfully slowly, and looking words up...).
I've just checked and felt a warm feeling in my heart seeing that the website is still up, and not only that, but I can even login into my account that hadn't been used since 2002 or so (didn't remember my username, but the account is tied to an email account that I've had since around 1997 (!) so it was easy to recover).
I might write again from time to time...
Thanks for mentioning it!
PS: How can one have such fond memories of something locked in the brain stored somewhere, and only remember them when someone mentions it? I wonder how many nice memories from that time are still lost somewhere in my head.
I've just checked and felt a warm feeling in my heart seeing that the website is still up, and not only that, but I can even login into my account that hadn't been used since 2002 or so (didn't remember my username, but the account is tied to an email account that I've had since around 1997 (!) so it was easy to recover).
I might write again from time to time...
Thanks for mentioning it!
PS: How can one have such fond memories of something locked in the brain stored somewhere, and only remember them when someone mentions it? I wonder how many nice memories from that time are still lost somewhere in my head.