How did you find The Cellar??? - Page 2

glatt · 04-19-2004, 12:30 PM

I came here to see Image Of The Day. Don't remember if it was Fark or BoingBoing that pointed me to IOD.

I quit Fark over a year ago. Too addictive, and too stupid. BoingBoing is still good, but the Cellar has better comments/discussion than any on-line community I've seen.

BrianR · 04-19-2004, 01:27 PM

I've been around in one incarnation or another since the dialup days (version III IIRC)

One day I was talking to an old friend and was informed that the Cellar had gone online and here I am!

Brian

SteveDallas · 04-19-2004, 01:33 PM

I was also a BBS user from back in the early to mid-90s. I found the current incarnation after I was futzing around with the Internet Archive wayback machine, and I put in cellar.org and here we are.

lumberjim · 04-19-2004, 01:58 PM

I wanted to see what a "BBS" actually was. I had never bothered looking at them when they were around ( are they still?) and searched "bbs celalr" to see if i could find anything.

does anyone remember this?

Quote:

Subject: Satanism articles - _Phila. City Paper_
Date: 18 Jan 93 21:01:48 GMT
Sender: bbs@cellar.org (The Cellar BBS)
Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system
Lines: 645

Satanism article - Part 1 of 1

Brian Siano
4404 Walnut Street 3F
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Internet Email: revpk@cellar.org

SteveDallas · 04-19-2004, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim
I wanted to see what a "BBS" actually was. I had never bothered looking at them when they were around ( are they still?) and searched "bbs celalr" to see if i could find anything.

But what posessed you to use "cellar" (or "celalr"??) as search term?

Are they still around? I personally don't know of any. (Unlike The Cellar, a lot of the small ones died when there was a disk crash and the sysop had no backups, or the sysop's parents made him move out and get a job, etc. etc. And several of the big ones that survived became ISPs or were slurped up by ISPs.) But given the affection of some people for older technology, I'd be suprised if there weren't a few BBSes of some kind floating around out there.

lumberjim · 04-19-2004, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SteveDallas

But what posessed you to use "cellar" (or "celalr"??) as search term?

satan?

no, actually the assumption( context of your reply makes me think it was incorrect) that it was also called the cellar when it was a bbs.

Beestie · 04-19-2004, 03:26 PM

My parole officer told me about it and makes me come here.

elSicomoro · 04-19-2004, 07:33 PM

Brian Siano...used to see him on the ng's a lot...

SteveDallas · 04-19-2004, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lumberjim

satan?

no, actually the assumption( context of your reply makes me think it was incorrect) that it was also called the cellar when it was a bbs.

Oh, never mind... I thought you meant that's how you found the site in the first place.

zippyt · 04-19-2004, 11:07 PM

IOTD , i found my self on the same board more than once , looked around liked what i saw , lurked for a couple of weeks then i found a discussion that i wanted to jump into and signed up . The cellar is a daily read now .

wolf · 04-20-2004, 05:47 PM

member since the before-time (dialup days).

And yes, I remember Brian Siano. (never met, often read)

dar512 · 04-21-2004, 11:35 AM

Through the Image of the Day. That was a couple of years ago, I think. My memory is notoriously bad (Think absent-minded professor type) so I don't remember what put me on to the IOTD.

Last year I started looking around the rest of the site and decided to stop lurking and join.

smoothmoniker · 04-21-2004, 12:17 PM

i found the cellar bland, redundant, oft-repeating, and tasteless.

-sm

Elspode · 04-21-2004, 12:21 PM

Those are some of the same reasons I liked it, too.

Tomas Rueda · 04-21-2004, 06:41 PM

I tripped on this site as I was lookng at the picture of the day. (It was Good Friday, 04, and the picture was over the phillipine crucifixions.)

04-19-2004, 01:27 PM	#17
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	I've been around in one incarnation or another since the dialup days (version III IIRC) One day I was talking to an old friend and was informed that the Cellar had gone online and here I am! Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

04-19-2004, 03:26 PM	#22
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	My parole officer told me about it and makes me come here. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

04-19-2004, 11:07 PM	#25
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	IOTD , i found my self on the same board more than once , looked around liked what i saw , lurked for a couple of weeks then i found a discussion that i wanted to jump into and signed up . The cellar is a daily read now . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-20-2004, 05:47 PM	#26
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	member since the before-time (dialup days). And yes, I remember Brian Siano. (never met, often read) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-21-2004, 12:21 PM	#29
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Those are some of the same reasons I liked it, too. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-19-2004, 12:30 PM	#16
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I came here to see Image Of The Day. Don't remember if it was Fark or BoingBoing that pointed me to IOD. I quit Fark over a year ago. Too addictive, and too stupid. BoingBoing is still good, but the Cellar has better comments/discussion than any on-line community I've seen.

04-19-2004, 01:33 PM	#18
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I was also a BBS user from back in the early to mid-90s. I found the current incarnation after I was futzing around with the Internet Archive wayback machine, and I put in cellar.org and here we are.

04-19-2004, 07:33 PM	#23
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Brian Siano...used to see him on the ng's a lot...

04-21-2004, 11:35 AM	#27
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Through the Image of the Day. That was a couple of years ago, I think. My memory is notoriously bad (Think absent-minded professor type) so I don't remember what put me on to the IOTD. Last year I started looking around the rest of the site and decided to stop lurking and join.

04-21-2004, 12:17 PM	#28
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	i found the cellar bland, redundant, oft-repeating, and tasteless. -sm

04-21-2004, 06:41 PM	#30
Tomas Rueda Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Beaumont Tx 77701 Posts: 229	I tripped on this site as I was lookng at the picture of the day. (It was Good Friday, 04, and the picture was over the phillipine crucifixions.) __________________ Tom@s _____Rueda

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