What a different place the internet was in 1999

So I was looking for the best possible way to remove hissing noise from a song I recorded, and I came across this discussion board from 1999. All of my questions were answered. This type of discussion is rarely seen on today's internet. Folks, this is what the web used to be like: http://orf5.com/tape_hiss_nr.html
-Ben

New York's bats are dying

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/45088.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/02/100216-bats-white-nose-fungus-tennessee/

The Best Summary of Today's Mainstream Music that I've read

from today's NY Times...by Simon Reynolds
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/music/new-pop-music-sounds-like-its-predecessors.html

hard work ahead

finished stringing my mandolin harp and now can get to work on my magnum opus.