The original domain was http://hosted.simonbiggs.easynet.co.uk/ That address was given to me by Easynet in 1994 when I assisted them in setting up their CU-SeeMe server. I'd had a Demon domain from 1992 (http://www.babar.demon.co.uk/) but used it for experimenting (with a lot of technologies we have all forgotten) - I wouldn't call what I had there a site. I left Demon when they were bought by Thus.
The easynet is still at that location but some years ago I mirrored it to a domain I control myself at a root url I have had for many years and used to mask the actual url (that's littlepig). The original site went live in 1994 - can't remember when during that year. Great Wall was online in early test versions from early 1995, although it is dated 1996 (that was it's completion date - it took two years to make). Book of Shadows was the first piece I made live online. That would have been 1994. I started sticking the "at this site since xxxx" on in 1995 - like you have on a shop front. It's a bit twee - but seemed like a good idea at the time. Perhaps I should drop it if it going to be a sore point for some? I have seen this same email about the provenance of my website on some other list serves. This might be an ironic art provocation but it could be a concerted attack. Happens some times... I remember the flame-wars of old. There was a French artist (name?) who released a CD of flame war songs about a decade ago, with various artist's parodied in the lyrics. I was one of them. Infamy is better than nothing. In the end those things come to be viewed with affection. Best Simon Simon Biggs [email protected] [email protected] Skype: simonbiggsuk http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ Research Professor edinburgh college of art http://www.eca.ac.uk/ Creative Interdisciplinary Research in CoLlaborative Environments http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice http://www.elmcip.net/ Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts > From: "tom.corby" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 08:19:32 +0000 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Simon Biggs a revisionist of his own history? > > .co.uk has been around since the early 90s. > I had a demon.co.uk account from around 94'. > > Simon's littlepig domain has been around for yonks. > Perhaps it wasn't .org.uk but does it matter? > > On 12/11/2010 08:10, James Morris wrote: >> i'm guessing .co.uk has not been around as long? >> >> >> >> On 12 November 2010 07:44, tom.corby<[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm hoping this is some ironic gesture art project and not an attack on >>> Simon. >>> >>> I remember Simon using that domain going way back into the the 1990s so >>> quite likely has been live since 94'. >>> >>> hope that helps :) >>> >>> >>> On 12/11/2010 01:01, Simone Bigger wrote: >>>> >>>> is Simon Biggs a revisionist of his own history? >>>> >>>> The website http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ has the claim "at this site since >>>> 1994". >>>> Yet this domain appears to have been registered no earlier than May 2001 >>>> (see Nominet UK). >>>> >>>> If we go wayback >>>> http://web.archive.org/web/*sa_/http://littlepig.org.uk >>>> that date tallies. >>>> But, we also find in 2001 that claim was "since 1995". >>>> >>>> the plot thickens. wonder whats going on here then??????? is this just >>>> an elaborate cover for a shamefully poor website??? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC009201 _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
