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It's almost beyond rare that I meet anyone that has a passing familiarity with the Web site where I worked years ago, but I found out that someone I work with has a brother who was one of the first employees of The Spark, which was owned by the same company, iTurf, that owned my site, OnTap.com. Ok, so the connection is very thin, but seeing as I've never actually met anyone who ever saw the site, I'll take that tenuous connection.
The Spark was a great Web site...rather similar to The Onion, but all that's left now is something called "SparkNotes," which is basically another form of CliffsNotes.
Anyway, this guy came from the Web world, too, so we were able to share, albeit briefly, some fun little Web stories.
I sometimes miss the dot come world. At least I was able to do something creative. However, I've come to realize that the business model many of those now-defunct dot coms used, mine especially included, was questionable, at best. I just can't believe that some other company thought it was a good idea to buy the lil dot com I worked at for $20 million. Sheesh. I came too late to that party, but I was able to enjoy some of it.