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FIRST POST ON THE NEW BLOG
SO THIS IS IT.
ANOTHER WEBSITE.
ANOTHER DIGITAL TRASH HEAP THROWN ONTO THE EVER-GROWING PILE OF DEAD LINKS,
FORGOTTEN PASSWORDS, AND PHP FORUMS THAT HAVEN’T LOADED SINCE 2007.
PERFECT.
I WANTED SOMETHING THAT FELT LIKE THE OLD INTERNET.
TEXT FILES.
CRT GLARE.
BROKEN HTML.
WEBSITES MADE BY PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY HAD TOO MUCH CAFFEINE
AND ACCESS TO A COPY OF NOTEPAD.EXE.
NO ALGORITHM.
NO ENGAGEMENT FARMING.
NO CORPORATE PASTEL COLORS TRYING TO SELL ME A MATTRESS
OR A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO WATER.
JUST FILES.
I MISS WHEN WEBSITES LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE MADE THEM IN A GARAGE
AT 2AM WHILE LISTENING TO NINE INCH NAILS
ON A COMPUTER THAT SOUNDED LIKE A LEAF BLOWER.
NOW EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A BANK APP.
THIS SITE EXISTS MOSTLY BECAUSE I GOT TIRED OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
EVERY PLATFORM EVENTUALLY TURNS INTO A DIGITAL FOOD COURT.
SCROLL.
ADVERTISEMENT.
RAGE.
ADVERTISEMENT.
SOME GUY YELLING ABOUT CRYPTO.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE HUMAN RACE REALLY LOOKED AT THE ENTIRE INTERNET
AND DECIDED IT SHOULD FUNCTION LIKE A SLOT MACHINE.
INCREDIBLE WORK EVERYONE.
SO THIS PLACE IS DIFFERENT.
THIS IS A FILE ARCHIVE.
A DUMPING GROUND FOR PROJECTS, RANDOM THOUGHTS, OLD COMPUTERS,
CAMPING STORIES, DOG PHOTOS, BROKEN CODE,
HALF-FINISHED IDEAS, AND WHATEVER ELSE ENDS UP ON THE HARD DRIVE.
SOME POSTS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE USEFUL.
OTHERS WILL READ LIKE THE RAMBLINGS OF A MAN
WHO SPENT THREE HOURS DEBUGGING SOMETHING
THAT WAS CAUSED BY A MISSING COMMA.
WHICH, TO BE FAIR, IS BASICALLY MODERN COMPUTING.
ANYWAY.
WELCOME TO FOLT.IN.
IF YOU FOUND THIS SITE RANDOMLY,
CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU ARE NOW WANDERING THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S DIGITAL BASEMENT.
TRY NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING LABELED "EXPERIMENTAL."
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