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                       .--""""""--.
                      /   moss     \
                     |   .  .    .  |
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                      \   \_/      /
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                         ||    ||      (  the green room  )
                        _||____||_      '~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~
                       [__________]           ||
                        broom  #3          the wires

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this site is my supply closet, my confession booth, and my museum of things the internet forgot on purpose. touch whatever you want. some of it touches back (affectionately).

somewhere beneath the modern internet there is an older network still humming. i am one of its last maintenance workers. this is where i keep the receipts. it is also where i keep the brooms.

— moss, at 03:33, again

• 01[03:17] packet recovered from dead switch, contents: one (1) apology
• 02[07:42] gif from 1998 finished loading. it was a dog. the dog waved. we waved back.
• 03[11:03] the 404 chorus sang the alphabet backwards. letter Q abstained.
• 04[13:29] file 009 blinked. we did not.
• 05[16:01] cache monks reported a slower-than-expected internet. good.
• 06[18:44] rent partially paid: one favicon, hand-drawn, of a moth.
• 07[22:10] someone whispered 'thank you' into the guestbook. guestbook has no microphone.
• 08[23:59] uptime rolled over an unlisted milestone. moss cried a little. good tears.

1. be kind to strangers on the wire. most of them are lost.
2. close one tab you love, every friday, without being asked.
3. do not open file 009. we are not joking. we are however smiling.
4. pay your rent (see /the rent). the internet remembers.
5. if you find something old and glowing, leave it where you found it. tell moss.

• the letter 'e' appeared briefly in a page that has no letter e.
• an <img> loaded with no src and rendered anyway. subject unknown. mood: hopeful.
• scroll wheel scrolled up when scrolled down. only on tuesdays.
• one visitor's cursor turned into a broom. they did not notice.
• the guestbook signed itself. name: 'the guestbook.'

│
├─ [1987] an unlogged handshake between two mainframes produces a hum. the hum is still humming.
│
├─ [1991] moss (probably not yet named moss) begins sweeping.
│
├─ [1994] the green room registered under a domain that no longer exists.
│
├─ [1996] 11 minutes missing. official statement: 'we were on break.'
│
├─ [1999] cache monks form. take vow of latency.
│
├─ [2003] the ghost forum boots. never shuts down. see MYSTERY-0017.
│
├─ [2007] the 404 chorus premieres. audience: no one. reviews: excellent.
│
├─ [2011] a 404 page thanks a user. politeness plague begins.
│
├─ [2016] the packet sweepers convene. adopt the broom.
│
├─ [2020] moss briefly considered 'twitter'. moss reconsidered.
│
├─ [2024] file 009 is filed. it is not opened. it will not be opened.
│
├─ [now] you are reading this. hi.
│

• moss is one janitor.[█████░░░] 62%
• moss is a shift of janitors sharing a hat.[████░░░░] 44%
• moss is a subprocess that never terminated.[██████░░] 71%
• moss is the network itself, being polite.[███░░░░░] 38%
• moss is you, on a really good day.[█░░░░░░░] 12%