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<html> <title>The Chronospinnograph</title> <body bgcolor="#000000" text="#FFCC99" LINK="#FF6600" VLINK="#FF9966"> <h2>The SpinnWebe timeline</h2> <table width="100%" border=0> <tr><td width="15%"><td width="85%"> <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1993</b></font> <tr><td>Mar 28 <td>Greg sets up an FTP site using his Mac, at spider.navsses.navy.mil and <a href="http://evilurl.com/spurtdieJUGS ">asks people to send him neat stuff</a>. Kids, this is what people did for fun back then. We learn here that 'Spider' is a TMBG ref. <tr><td>Apr 5, May 16 <td>Greg makes some MST3K clips available on http://spider.navsses.navy.mil/, from ftp. There's also some TMBG stuff there, and a Bolo game. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1994</b></font> <tr><td>Jun 13 <td><A href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/stories/sign/">The Sign Prank</a>: Greg's first contest. He posts the text of a sign, asks for anagrams of it, and rearranges the letters into the winner's text. <tr><td>Jul 10 <td>The grand opening to the public of the Spider WWW site, at http://spider.navsses.navy.mil/. The page is long gone, but <a href="http://evilurl.com/jugsPOOPsmegma">here's Greg's announcement</a>. <tr><td>Oct 27 <td>The first Those Pesky Apostrophe's page is posted. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1995</b></font> <tr><td>Apr 10 <td>The Web Site Formerly Known As SpiderWeb <a href="http://evilurl.com/PECKERPEEpussy">reopens</a> as SpinnWebe, at http://hangar18.acns.nwu.edu/spinnwebe/. <tr><td>Late in year <td>DFC #1 appears (not Greg's first DFC, but the one we know and love). SpinnWebe is at thoughtport.com by now. Here's <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=4ant6h%244h0%40gold.interlog.com&output=gplain">the first Usenet reference I could find to it</a>. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1996</b></font> <tr><td>Jan 15 <td><a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=DL8xBs.17r%40iceonline.com&output=gplain">The DFC is plugged</a> in rec.arts.comics.strips. I'm pretty sure this is the posting where I learned about the DFC. <tr><td>Jun <td>Mark and Craig begin their long stint editing the DFC. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1997</b></font> <tr><td>Mar 18 <td>Spinn takes SpinnWebe off of ThoughtPort, beginning the Great Downtime. <tr><td>May 26 <td>SpinnWebe goes live at HockeyNet. <tr><td>Aug 23 <td>Earliest post Google can find in alt.fan.spinnwebe... spam. <tr><td>Dec 1 <td>First actual post to a.f.sw, by Dan Jones. It's a complaint that the editors aren't editing. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1998</b></font> <tr><td>Feb 05 <td><a href="http://evilurl.com/JISMpussyhell">Spinn's first post to a.f.sw.</a> <tr><td>Mar <td>Spinn gets one too many complaints about the site color, and <a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/stories/red/">changes it.</a> <tr><td>Oct <td>Secret Contest 1 appears in DFC #409, heralding the apparance of spinnoff.com. <tr><td>Nov 7 <td>First Chicago-area gtg, at that cafe in Evanston. Note: this gtg was actually <a href="http://evilurl.com/SPANKcockVOMIT"><b>hijacked from LadyJ!</b></a> <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 1999</b></font> <tr><td>Jan 18 <td>Dmlaenker first <a href="http://evilurl.com/suckCRAPsexfuck">moots the creation </a>of a #spinnwebe IRC channel. <tr><td>Jan 31 <td>My first time on #spinnwebe. Just so you know. <br>Regulars at this time: spinn, Raven, Zompist, Wabe, mdxi, LadyJ, Ben, Maime, sol-d. Sam shows up not long after. <tr><td>Feb 3 <td>Raven is admitted into the mighty ranks of DFC editors. <tr><td><Mar <td>Raven creates the Spinnwebe Home Companion <tr><td>~ Apr <td>SeanQ starts hanging out in #sw. <tr><td>Jul <td>Leth plops down into #sw. <tr><td>Sep 11-12 <td>First <b>Pan-Galactic Get-Together</b> <br>Attendees: Heather Garvey (Raven) Mark Rosenfelder (zompist, Horselover Fat) Greg Galcik (spinn) Rob Menke (wabewalker) Shawn Boyette (mdxi) Jessica Kent (LadyJ) Mark Steiger (hockeyfag) Ben McClellan (Mr. Ben) Todd Murray (Elkman) Brian Davidson (Not the Messiah) Bob Soron (Crazy Climber) <tr><td>Sep 17 <td>The sledgehammer comes down. <br>Agto first visits #sw. Bob starts hanging out there about this time. <tr><td>Sep 29 <td>furplay calls Greg a <a href="http://evilurl.com/PORNOHOLELIPS">"flacid, gullible little pantywaist"</a> <tr><td>Oct 16 <td>Greg, Raven, and Zompist are interviewed by Ben for his college radio program, We blow off Ben for lunch, instead contemplating creating a <a href="http://www.zompist.com/marsley1.html">fake Christian comic panel</a>... and an even better idea, below. <tr><td>Oct <td>The <a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/todd/">That's One Dysfunctional Dog</a> limited run. <tr><td>Oct 26 <td><a href="http://evilurl.com/spanksackHORNY">Famewolf is discovered</a>, and discovers us <tr><td>Nov 10 <td><a href="http://evilurl.com/jugsmuffstab">The Rob 'n Marge flamewar!</a> <tr><td>Dec?? <td>tieboy arrives. Not sure of the date, but it was not long before the SpinnMoo. <tr><td>~ Dec <td>mdxi creates the SpinnMoo. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 2000</b></font> <tr><td>Jan <td>Spinn is hired by <a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/stories/isourceline/is1.php">Internet Sourceline: The Internet's Sourceline</a>. <tr><td>Mar 3 <td>Not My Desk <a href="http://www.notmydesk.com/archives/news_archives.html">debuts</a>. <tr><td>Mar 4 <td>the Spinnwebe Home Companion moves to <a href="http://www.spinnoff.com/swhc/">its present home</a>. <tr><td>14 Mar <td>Greg quits his job and goes freelance. <tr><td>< Mar 18 <td>Second <b>Pan-Galactic Get-Together.</b> <tr><td>Apr 19 <td>Elkman sends a chat log to his printer, almost becoming the first #sw job casualty. <tr><td>May <td>Sam and Jessica start dating. <tr><td>May 31 <td><A HREF="http://evilurl.com/facialspurtpoop">The kiddie table flamewar</a>. LadyJ blows up, and Agto is there to defend poor Lots. <tr><td>Jul 27 <td>The Great TMR Rescue. spinn flies to Atlanta, picks up mdxi, and they drive 11 hours to Missouri to pick up TMR and take him back to mdxi's. <tr><td>Aug 8 <td>LadyJ does that rhyming shit and stalks out of the channel. <tr><td>Aug 14 <td><a href="http://www.notmydesk.com/my_desk/vision/vision.html">Vision of the Future</a> debuts at NMD. Bob emits a long steady spurt. <tr><td>Sep 11 <td><a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/stories/schumin/1.php">Ben Schumin week</a> at SpinnWebe. <tr><td>Oct 4 <td>Andy Ihnatko has <a href="http://www.cwob.com/yellowtext/yellowtext1000.html">dinner with Greg</a>. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 2001</b></font> <tr><td>Feb 17-18 <td>Third <b>Pan-Galactic Get-Together</b>. <br>This is the one that almost happened at Ben's parents' house. <tr><td>~ Feb <td>TMR and Sol add to the wave of channel hookups. This one lasts till approximately mid-2002. <tr><td>Aug? <td>Kyol temporarily breaks it off with the arthropod. <tr><td>~ Oct <td><a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/ch1-2.php#chapter_id_6">McYukkies</a>. <tr><td>Oct 26 <td>The Big Split. Raven, Bob, and Tie rag on the tards. <tt><br><SoiledGreen> leave. <br><SoiledGreen> now. </tt> <br>Da Dodge takes the young'uns under his tiny wing <tr><td><= Oct 29 <td>Dodge puts up his parody site. THAT'S IT! Greg takes SpinnWebe down (for <A href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/ch1-1.php#chapter_id_1">a few days</a>). <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 2002</b></font> <tr><td>Jan 7 <td>Ben deletes his first LiveJournal. <tr><td>Feb 1 <td>Ben rolls out his new and improved El Jay, <img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">rockcandy76 <tr><td>Feb 4 <td>Lots and Kemlo are <a href="http://evilurl.com/SCREWSHITTYSTAB">fired from #spinnwebe</a>. <tr><td>Mar 22 <td><img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">spinnoff created on LJ. <tr><td>Mar 30 <td>The <a href="http://www.spinnoff.com/bb/">SpinnWebe/Not My Desk bulletin board</a> opens for business. <tr><td>Apr <td>Sam finally get wise and breaks it off with Jessica <tr><td>May <td>Shrove Tuesday (Observed) appears for <a href="http://www.brunching.com/baddvd.html">the first time at Brunching</a>. <tr><td>May 6 <td>Hockeyfag sends TMR tickets to come visit and have various orifices probed, but TMR chickens out. <tr><td>May 28 <td>Ben pulls up stakes, or rather has them pulled up for him, and moves to Evansville. <tr><td>May 30 <td>Secret Contest Three begins at SpinnWebe, baffling thousands. This is of course the beginning of amusing.org. <tr><td>~ Jul <td>Craig finally figures out how to type "m-i-r-c" on his work PC and get on #sw. <tr><td>Jul 25 <td><img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">vballchick2 debuts on LJ <tr><td>Dec <td><a href="http://www.notmydesk.com/seespotrun.html">Last (snif) update</a> to Not My Desk. God punishes him by taking away his job and apartment. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 2003</b></font> <tr><td>Apr 8 <td>Julia defriendicates Ben because he makes her feel unpretty. <tr><td>Mar <td><a href="http://www.brunching.com">The Brunching Shuttlecocks</a> hang it up. <tr><td>Mar 16 <td><a href="http://www.spinnwebe.com/a1/">A1-AAA Ameri-Captions</a> acquires IADL. <tr><td>Apr <td><a href="http://www.shrovetuesdayobserved.com">Shrove Tuesday (Observed)</a> gets its own site. <tr><td>~Jun <td>Agtobot is bolted together and animated by unholy forces. <tr><td>Jun 20 <td>Ben gets suspicious of <img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">vballchick2 and defriends her, but reinstates her a few days later. <tr><td>Jun 11-15 <td>Ben takes a trip to Vancouver hoping to get to know <img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">jackieblue better. Unfortunately for him, she gets to know <i>him</i> and bails on him. <tr><td>Jul 1-11 <td>Ben takes a job selling vacuum cleaners. It does not go well. <a href="http://evilurl.com/hornymonkeyorgy">Ben's version here</a>. <tr><td>Aug 11 <td>Ben kicks <img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">vballchick2 off his pals list for good. <tr><td>Aug 13 <td><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/spinnoff/14114.html">Spinnoffs' mea culpa</a> on <img src="http://www.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="17"ALIGN="MIDDLE" border="0" alt="~">vballchick2. <tr><td>Sep 26 <td><a href="http://www.looterati.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1">First post</a> on Looterati. <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> 2004</b></font> <tr bgcolor="#882222"><td colspan="2"><font size="5"><b> Undated suggestions</b></font> <tr><td><td>The #tribrunchma invasion <tr><td><td>Beccalist </table> </body> </html>