electric.gay
Version 4.47 [en]-20011225 - Dream Navigator
Address
https://electric.gay/memory/dream/schema.html
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◦music player by: ibroughtyoumybullets.neocities.org

Credits

Tutorials

This webpack tutorial by Petrapixel.
This 11ty tutorial by Petrapixel.
The z-index orbiting tutorial by Coders Block.
Dannarchy's tutorial on using the Neocities API to add a last-updated and hit counter.
Sadgrl's guides to webmastery and help with flexboxes.
Alec Lownes' guide to creating a CRT effect using just CSS.
Melissa Middlepot's guides and information on creating a website. Site soon to go down, wishing her luck in life!

Resources

Dither Me This for a flexible, utilitarian dithering algorithm.
Gifcities, a very intensive but direct GIF search engine of archived Geocities sites.
Oocities, for archived Geocities sites with many more accessible resources than on archive.org.
Archive.org, for snapshots of older websites over the years.
Sadgrl's guides to webmastery and help with flexboxes.
Alec Lownes' guide to creating a CRT effect using just CSS.
Credit to NASA for pictures of the Moon, Titan, Venus and the Earth that I used to make the planet and orbiting moons.
Cinni's guides, resources, and fonts.
The Cameron's World project's browser Catscape that inspired my DreamNav. Warning: racist iconography.

Code

Jdan for the 98.css project, which offers open-source, accessible recreations of the Windows 98 UI.
Michael from ibroughtyoumybullets for the music player, which I've edited heavily to integrate into the DreamNav.
WebSonick for the CSS trick to make the stars twinkle and roll clouds over my background with CSS.

Effects

Thanks to Dither Me This for helping me create an authentic look, reduce size, and control the dithering algorithm used to do it.
Thanks to the webarchive for allowing me to embed videos, that's a crazy cool feature.
Thanks to Blinkie.cafe for helping me generate many of the blinkies on here.
TThanks to tenshikiisu for many of the tiled image backgrounds used on this site.

Inspiration

The DreamNav is inspired by Netscape.
Thank you to the Kubuntu team for the design of the terminals on this website .
Credit to Takanori Arisawa, the late composer of the Sailor Moon soundtrack.
Thank you to kyle drake for both archiving geocities and creating neocities. I came here through the restoration effort and it's been nothing but good times since! Thank you!

Press F1 for help

To drowse is human; to dream is divine.

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  • Banner with purple background, two pixel-style coffees at each end of the text. Text: 'blinkie.cafe'.
  • Freaky UFO landing on the left with red flashing border and text. Text: 'girls just wanna (dial up noises)'.
  • A black and pink banner with a retro PC tower and monitor icon. Text: 'not mobile-friendly - yet!'.
  • Transparent background with a rainbow flashing border and text overlaid. Text: 'You deserve to be happy'.
  • Green-blue background with animated alligator trotting along and green text reading, 'alligators survived the ice age - you can survive this!'.
  • White background with shooting star graphic, rainbow colour-changing border and text which reads, 'getting old is no excuse to be a piece of shit'.
  • Black background, iridescent-shimmering animated border, flame icons, and text, which reads 'I'm a survivor'.
  • Transparent with gold sparkles and text - glamorous. Text reads, '(james hetfield voice) i'm baby'.
  • Pixel person wide-eyed on all fours, looking gormless; pink border, white background and black text. Text: 'barking'.
  • Light to dark purple gradient, purple text. Text: 'sometimes broken-hearted'.
  • Blue background, forget-me-not flowers on either end and a butterfly. Text between the flowers reads 'we are all connected'.
  • An animated GIF of a kitten blinking blearily is on the right side of the banner. Text (mispelled for cute effect): 'got crumb in the bed again'.
  • The demiwoman flag overlaid with black text and border, accompanied with a scary-cute black cat icon. Text: 'demiwoman'.
  • An animated sea pattern overlaid with a fluttering pirate flag. Text: 'rutracker.org'.
  • A pink banner with two angel wings beating at either end of the text. Text: 'steal! steal! steal!'
  • Dark green banner with flower icons at either end. Text: 'I love flower'.
  • A blue banner with a pixel-art snail leaning in from the left. Text (misspelled for effect in image): 'you got games on your phone?'
  • A blue banner of the character Kirby swimming in scuba gear. Text: 'hhhhh'.
  • Banner with blue background with white stars and a dancing rainbow star on the end with a smiley face. Text reads, 'reject reality accept pup'.
  • Two capsule pills dance at each end of the image. Text: 'Medicated!!!'
  • A banner of twinkling stars and moon on a black background. Text: 'minecraft time'.
  • The intersectional pride flag overlaid with white text with an alien symbol next to it. Text: 'nb lesbian'.
  • Classic yellow smiley on the left, underscored by black flashing scrawl on orange background. Text, in caps: 'No fash apologia'.
  • Banner with orange background, dark orange text, ginger kitten on left looking tired. Text: 'i dont even think abuot shit'.
  • Banner, black background with rainbow flashing text, border and confetti overlay. Text: 'piracy isn't stealing and even if it was... so??'
  • Blue and white banner with bobbing pixel-art gif of a whale to left. Text: 'Seapup waterbaby vs the world'.
  • White background, photo of a sock monkey to left. Text, in goofy font: 'I love sock monkeys!'
  • Banner with blue and orange background, inky-goopy borders. A small squid pixel graphic to left in orange. Text reads, 'This user likes Splatoon 1!'
  • Banner with starry black white and blue sky background. White pixel-style text reads 'stargazer'.
  • Banner with white and brown cow pixel art graphic to the left. Text reads, 'steady pace'.
  • Banner with black background with thin all-caps white/green text. Text: 'I'm wacky and tacky!'
  • Blue banner with a pixel art whale. Text: 'Have you been chasing your own white whale?'
  • Gif with pink and orange background that reads 'writer, artist, dreamy'.
  • Banner with photo of a group of emperor penguins, flashing black and white border.
  • Banner with lilac background, black text, white and lilac border. Text: 'Bitch piss' in all caps, in a swirly serif font.
  • Banner with image styled like Windows XP top bar. Text, in caps: 'Drink water God fuck'.
  • Banner with black background, white text with a flashing monochrome border. Animated image of two computers is on right, reminiscent of LAN connection graphics. Text: 'be sensitive and connect'.
  • Banner with black background, red text, red and green border. A green line on an electrocardiogram is flat until end of image, where a heartbeat registers. Text: '...is that a juice box?'.
  • Banner with white background, pink text, pink and white flashing border. Pink computer graphic on right, with a pink cat sitting on the mouse. Pink cup of coffee with a heart on it sits to the left of computer.
  • Banner with lesbian flag as background. The flag is trans-inclusive. There are 2 little dinosaur icons at each end, looks like a bronchiosaurus.
  • Banner with hot-pink and white sparkle background, white text with black text shadow. Text: 'You can change.'
  • Banner with blue-purple background, dark purple text, with monochrome flashing border. Text: 'mean people suck'. Graphic to left is a doll-like face, pale skin with dark round eyes, aquamarine hair in Oekaki-style waves with black floral outlines.
  • Banner with light pink background, light lilac text and border. Two light pink flowers on either side bookend cursive text. Text: 'hip chick'.
  • Banner with black background, light blue and white flashing text with a light blue and purple dotted flashing border. Text: 'I gaze at stars'. Lovely blue and white stars twinkle to right.
  • Banner with in tones of pink and red throughout. Text: 'Oink!' A graphic of a round pig sits to right, also in pastel pink.
  • Banner with light blue and lilac background, dark blue-purple text, flashing white and dark purple border. Small 5-point white stars with dark outlines smatter the image, with a small yellow crescent moon to left. Text: 'Hello Starshine'.
  • Banner with grey background, rainbow text, and a red and white flashing border. Text: 'Artist'. There are splatters of rainbow paint, a happy cat-face next to a painter's palette and musical notes dancing to right.'
  • Banner, lilac and white background and border, plus moon and stars. Text: 'peace and quiet'.'
  • Banner with a line of pixel duck graphics in the image, alternating between all colours of the rainbow in sequence!
  • Banner with pink-white gradient background, dark pink text, and dark pink and white flashing border. Text: 'luckypatchers.com'.
  • Banner styled like a classic black and green terminal. Text: 'mobilism.org/app'. It's to download a special android app store, to obtain patched versions of apps... if you so chose.
  • A rolling rainbow background is stylishly overlaid with gothic-pixel text in black. Text: 'qbittorrent.org'.
  • Banner with gold glitter background, black gothic pixel-style text with a white text border. Text: 'solidtorrents.to'.
  • Banner with ashy-purple background, with light pink text and light pink and white flashing border. White sparkles are animated in the image. Text: 'rarbg.tw'
  • Banner; box looks like the window bar from Windows XP. Text points to the exit button and reads: 'only homosexuals will perceive the red X.'
  • Banner, black background with flashing red, orange and white text, border and a gif of a fireball being launched. Text: 'Land back!!!'
  • Banner with black background and text, with flashing pink and white text border and box border. Text: 'white silence is violence'.
  • Banner with light green background, dark green text and border. Text: 'i've come a long way' in floral font with hearts dotting the Is. A green sapling sits in a brown pot to right.
  • Banner with rainbow rolling background, black text shadow with transparent text creating an inset effect. Text: 'protect LGBTQ+ kids'.
  • Banner with striped light to dark purple background, with a flashing purple and white border, and black sans-serif text. Text: 'HUH?!?'
  • A gif with blue background, white text and a flashing border. Text: 'why are we here?'
  • A gif with off-white background, serif text in dark grey, and a brown border. Two small pixel-style moles stare at each other from either end. Text: 'You dig?'.
  • Banner with a greyscale cloudy-tile background flashing in back, rainbow text shadow and transparent text creating an inset effect. Text: 'be antiracist!'
  • Banner with a greyscale cloudy-tile background flashing in back. Cursor, cat and coffee icons cycle across the image, flashing in rainbow colours.
  • A pink red and white banner with a Hello Kitty icon to the left. Text: 'No good cops'.
  • Banner with white beige background, dark brown text, dark brown, beige and white flashing border. Two identical cat icons sit to right and left of image, perhaps Calico. They look little and cute. Text: 'No borders just cat'.
  • A gif with beige and green-palette, with two roses. Text: 'body positive'.
  • A glitchy rainbow effect gif underscored by two ominous black cat icons in the middle. They're creepy, but charming.
  • A pink-red gif, with animated revolving hearts in pink and red at each end. Text: 'polyamorous'.
  • Two early-style Sonic icons sit at either end on a blue banner. White text is in capitals, and reads: Gotta go fast. The word fast flashes yellow for emphasis.
  • Pink text with an aliased blue outline sits on a trans flag background. Text: Trans lesbians are epic!.
  • Soft and round blue text on a black background in caps, reads: Genderweird.
  • Abrasive, flashing blue text on a grey background, in block capitals. Text: Fake Gamer.
  • A fairy-tale, hyper-realistic detailed banner which shows two glowing white unicorns at a waterfall, beside green pastures.
  • Two lesbian flag-patterned hearts buttress text in similar colouring on a black background. Text: Gay is Good.
  • A silhouette rides a surfboard, looking very cool, over a blue background. Cool, scrawled black Text: Web Surfer.
  • Two street lamps light up in a bright yellow glow on a dim blue night, then a starry sky appears; then text reveals itself with a light yellow glow reading: I love night.
  • Pixel art renditions of the Star Fleet logo and the Enterprise D on a black background. Text: Star Trek.
  • Blue banner, with roses and butterflies at each end. In the centre is handwriting, kind of Lizzie McGuire or Bang on the Door style, which reads: Net Friends.
  • A detailed pixel scene of a waterfall, a rainbow, and a picturesque tree speckled with vines and parrots. It's like a fairytale.
  • Black and yellow banner. A squashed smiley face in early 2000s web style, with shades on, next to text that reads: Be cool.
  • Rolling rainbow text and background which together are hard to read, with hearts at each end. Text: full of love.
  • Black background, party poppers let loose confetti on rainbow text that reads: install ublock origin.
  • A small computer icon on a pink banner with purple text. Text: I love computer crafts.
  • A flashing red text on black background, reminiscent of a motel or convenience store sign. Text in caps: Open 24 hours.
  • A static rainbow banner with black text that reads in caps: I'm gay.
  • It's a glitchy banner.The corruption makes colours flash, with noisy patterns and odd colours, like a broken monitor or printer.
  • Two small, chubby bees bookend the phrase 'all you can' on a white banner. If you say it out loud, it's a little joke.
  • Dancing red text on a dark grey background, in caps, reads: Rats! Rats! Rats!.
  • Noisy blue and white background with white, chunky text that reads: Stormy Weather.
  • White banner, rainbow text and trim. Text: When in doubt, take a nap!.
  • The ribena logo sits with abrasive alarm-clock style text in red, on a purple background. Hard to read. Text in caps: 'Gimme Ribena Now'.
  • Yellow banner, with a cute, round bee. The dotted trail denoting its journey across the banner is animated with a travelling highlight.
  • Black background, pink trim and a gently flashing pink scrawl that reads: I am still angry!!
  • White banner with black, orange and yellow trim. Goku and kid Gohan pixel illustrations surround the Dragonball Z logo.
  • Fluffy and dreamy blue banner with black trim and text. Text: sheep don't bounce.
  • Abrasive black, red and yellow banner, flashing red and yellow text. Text: 'Mother Fucker'.
  • Cute, round, pastel unicorn illustration on purple background. Text: I heart unicorns.
  • Goofy comic sans overlays the Pepsi colours beside the Pepsi logo. Text: Pepsi Grl.
  • Two frogs face one another on a green banner. Text: Ribbit! I love frogs.
  • Abhorrent flashing rainbow banner with thin black text. Text, all caps: 'Freak show'.
  • Pink and white stripes, like Bagpuss, overlay the text: Bagpuss Freak.
  • Blue banner, two round penguins embracing. Text: 'Penguin Love'.
  • Green background, lush rose entwined border with cursive text. Text: Once Upon a Time...

Whats new?

  • made the site accessible on mobile. let me know if there's any issues with viewing the site!

To do

Dirty work

  • fix scrollbar appearance
  • add reduced motion options

Content

  • link RINI's sheet music
  • collect additional bounties for:
    • alvin777
    • SMP
    • NIFTY members

Features

  • create post system using 11ty
  • customise music player playlist
  • highlight the music player on load
  • create auto updating RSS sheet
  • add and embed status.cafe

This site was last updated on .
@ - Cartoon Network Midnight Run - 6.12.2001