:: First Look :: girafa.com

A blast from the past. Hey.

And I thought that watching "The Muppet Show" or "Thunderbird" reruns would make me feel like I'm looking into the past. Or looking at the stars, watching suns that were there millions of years ago.

No, the Internet has its time machines as well. This week they're called "girafa.com". A good friend of mine, a real journalist, you know the ones whose words are printed on paper, send me this press release for a site and service (even the phrase "site and service" sounds old) called girafa.com.

This thing, this service, pre-downloads thumbnailed visual sum-ups of web sites before you download them. Meaning? You do a web search, and the detailed information that the engine provides (link, text, highlighted keywords) are not good enough for you. With girafa.com you can also see a visual thumbnail of the site. Same goes for your favorites (I think).

Not that you can read anything on that thumbnail, but you can see if, for example, the colors of that page match the color scheme you like for you information. And as to your favorites, they are probably news sites, so you can be sure that CNN.com didn't change their layout over night.

Business plan? Meager. Feel? 1999. I mean, guys! Haven't you heard? It's over.

It's over.

Whatever "it" was.

Go to girafa.com just to experience the enthusiasm of early 1999 again, if only for a split second. The "management" part is especially funny.

Wadi Writer #2 (Blue)
WadiList@mail.com

Links:
http://www.girafa.com

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