CROESO / WELCOME!

You are viewing a digital time capsule from 2001!

I recently recovered a load of data from a harddrive I've had since I was in secondary school. Amongst the digital detritus was this pearl: a site I created in around the year 2000 using a book my father had bought me: HTML: The Complete Reference (2nd Ed.) by Thomas Powell.

I eagerly applied every single function I came across, and the result is what you see here – Everything but this popup is original, from the HTML to the spelling mistakes.

The website that provided the visitor counter is long since gone, so that's been replicated with Javascript, and I couldn't recover a few images, so I've left them broken.

Really, that just adds to the authenticity!

If you're interested in how things turned out ~25 years later, there's a link at the top of the page to the annotated version :)


WELCOME TO MY WEBSITE - CROESO I FY WEBSITE I


Y BLOG CYNTAF YN Y GYMRAEG AR Y WE!!!


25-YEAR ANNIVERSARY UPDATE!

About me

Hello! Thanks for visiting my website. My name is Chris (Owain). I am from Ynysddu in South Wales, but due to my father's job, I currently live in Gloucestershire, just across the border. I'm a prefect in year 11 of Whitecross Comp, and when I've done my GCSEs, I'm going to go to collage to study languages. I can speak Welsh and French, and I'm learning Japanese too.

After school, I work in a chip shop to earn some money (£3.20 per hour...), read books (I especially like sci-fi at the moment), and hang out with friends in the woods.

Ynglŷn â fi

Helo! Diolch am ymweld â fy website. Fy enw i yw Chris (Owain). Rydw i'n dod o Ynysddu yng Ngymru, ond achos y swydd fy nhad, dw i'n byw yn Sir Gaerloyw ar hyn o bryd. Prefect yn flwyddyn 11 yn yr Ysgol Whitecross ydw i, a pan fyddaf i wedi cwblháu fy GCSEs, dw i'n mynd i'r coleg i astudio ieithoedd. Dw i'n siarad Cymraeg a Ffrangeg, ac dw i'n dysgu Siapaneeg hefyd.

Ar ôl ysgol, dw i'n gweithio mewn siop sglod i ennill arian (£3.20 yr awr...), darllen llyfrau (dw i'n hoffi sci-fi ar hyn o bryd), a chymdeithasu â ffrindiau yn y coed.

Things I'm interested in:

Languages I really like languages and they are my best subject in school. I am predicted to get an A* or A in English and French at GCSE which will be enough to get me into college. I want to go to college in Wales.

ComputersI like computers and last year I finally saved enough money to buy myself a PC.

Specs:

  • Intel Pentium III
  • 128MB RAM
  • 20GB storage
  • Creative Sound Blaster Live sound card
  • CD Burner!

It cost me £899 from Dixons on Westgate Street in Gloucester. I want to get better at programming, but our school doesn't have a good ITC class.

Writing I love writing short stories and I'm trying to write longer ones, but they turn out very boring!

Here are some stories in ENGLISH

Rats I have two rats:

  • Basil is a hooded rat and is two years old. He is good at some tricks like bringing me he ball and throwing bits of paper into the bin. He's very old and likes sleeping these days.
  • Jason is a black rat and is 5 months. Jason is lazy and refuses to learn any tricks :D

Pethau sydd o ddiddordeb i mi:

Iaithoedd Dw i'n hoffi iawn ieithoedd a nhw yw fy hoff bwnc yn yr ysgol. Mae rhagfynegiad y byddaf yn cael A* neu A mewn Saesneg a Ffrangeg yn yr GCSEs, a bydd hynny'n ddigon i fy fynd i'r coleg. Dw i am fynd i goleg yng Nghymru.

Computers Dw i'n hoffi computers a'r llynedd, cynilais i ddigon o arian i brynu PC i mi fy hun, o'r diwedd.

Specs:

  • Intel Pentium III
  • 128MB RAM
  • 10GB storage
  • Creative Sound Blaster Live sound card
  • CD Burner!

Costiodd £899 i mi o Dixons ar Westgate Street yn Nghaerloyw. Dw i eisiau gwella ar programming, ond does dim dosbarth TG da yn ein hysgol ni.

Ysgrifennu Dw i'n caru ysgrifennu straeon byrion a dw i'n ceisio ysgrifennu rhai hirach, ond maen nhw'n diflas iawn!

Dyma rhai straeon YN GYMRAEG

Llygoden fawr Mae dau llygoden fawr da fi:

  • Mae Basil yn 'hooded rat' ac mae'n ddwy oed. Mae'n dda am ychydig o driciau fel dod â'r bêl i mi a thaflu darnau o bapur i'r bin. Mae'n hen iawn ac mae'n hoffi cysgu y dyddiau hyn.
  • Mae Jason yn llygoden ddu ac mae'n 5 mis oed. Mae Jason yn ddiog ac yn gwrthod dysgu unrhyw driciau :D

Piano I started learning piano when I was about 8, so too late to be any good! I still have lessons once a week.

Piano Dechreuais ddysgu'r piano pan oeddwn i tua 8 oed, felly'n rhy hwyr i fod yn dda! Dw i'n cael gwersi unwaith yr wythnos o hyd.

(This video is massive, so it will take a while to load and probably isn't worth it!)

ATC I am a senior cadet with the rank of corporal at 614 (Lydney) squadron. I'm hoping to take the staff cadet examination next year. I earned the ATC marksmanship badge last year on the L98-A1 rifle. I currently have 577 flying minutes logged and hope to get at least 100 more by the end of the year.

ATC Cadet hŷn gyda rheng corpral yn sgwadron 614 (Lydney) ydw i. Dw i'n gobeithio sefyll arholiad 'staff cadet' y flwyddyn nesaf. Enillais i'r bathodyn saethu manwl ATC y llynedd ar y reiffl L98-A1. Ar hyn o bryd, mae 577 munud o hedfan wedi'u cofnodi i mi ac dw i'n gobeithio cael o leiaf 100 arall erbyn diwedd y flwyddyn.


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