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History of MilkandCookies
MilkandCookies came about when Jaxon's personal website merged with Hellroy's Junkmail mailing list.
Jaxon's site started around 1995 as a static personal bookmarks page saved out of Netscape Navigator and posted to his personal account. It followed him as he jumped from ISP to ISP. Along the way it became a dynamic site with the ability to post links directly through the sites administrative interface. It also became searchable and browsable with categories. Jaxon's personal website had a name that is too stupid to repeat here.
Shortly after that Hellroy's Junkmail mailing list started. It was created to make it easier to email links to people who actually wanted to receive them. As part of a regular exercise, he would email highly offensive content to the list to weed out the sensitive.
In 1998, Jaxon and Hellroy decided that they hated their jobs and brain-stormed an online venture called MilkandCookies.com. The domain was registered Thursday, May 14, 1998. But they soon realized that they would not be able to play M:tG, Quake II and surf the web all day if they worked for themselves. The idea was scrapped.
The MilkandCookies.com domain name came out of just a few brainstorming sessions between Jaxon and Hellroy. Even by 1998, most of the single word and other short names were taken, so the focus turned toward names that were easy to remember. We also wanted a name that had to do with pop culture and, in spite of the fact that we loved to offend, we wanted a name that would be inviting.
Junkmail and Jaxon's personal page merged in early 1999 with the MilkandCookies name. In December of that year, Jaxon junked the code that he had been hacking together for the last 4 years and went with a packaged Content Management System (CMS). All links were transferred over by hand.
In late 2006, Jaxon hired Bryan to help with the monstrous task of rewriting the site from scratch. The new version of the site rolled out June 10th, 2007, which includes all new features listed above. Bryan went back to his career as an ETL specialist later that year.
And this leaves us basically with what we have today. MilkandCookies.com is always evolving. Jaxon works on the code on an irregular basis and there are many features in the works as you read this.
Thank you and goodnight.
Jaxon's site started around 1995 as a static personal bookmarks page saved out of Netscape Navigator and posted to his personal account. It followed him as he jumped from ISP to ISP. Along the way it became a dynamic site with the ability to post links directly through the sites administrative interface. It also became searchable and browsable with categories. Jaxon's personal website had a name that is too stupid to repeat here.
Shortly after that Hellroy's Junkmail mailing list started. It was created to make it easier to email links to people who actually wanted to receive them. As part of a regular exercise, he would email highly offensive content to the list to weed out the sensitive.
In 1998, Jaxon and Hellroy decided that they hated their jobs and brain-stormed an online venture called MilkandCookies.com. The domain was registered Thursday, May 14, 1998. But they soon realized that they would not be able to play M:tG, Quake II and surf the web all day if they worked for themselves. The idea was scrapped.
The MilkandCookies.com domain name came out of just a few brainstorming sessions between Jaxon and Hellroy. Even by 1998, most of the single word and other short names were taken, so the focus turned toward names that were easy to remember. We also wanted a name that had to do with pop culture and, in spite of the fact that we loved to offend, we wanted a name that would be inviting.
Junkmail and Jaxon's personal page merged in early 1999 with the MilkandCookies name. In December of that year, Jaxon junked the code that he had been hacking together for the last 4 years and went with a packaged Content Management System (CMS). All links were transferred over by hand.
In late 2006, Jaxon hired Bryan to help with the monstrous task of rewriting the site from scratch. The new version of the site rolled out June 10th, 2007, which includes all new features listed above. Bryan went back to his career as an ETL specialist later that year.
And this leaves us basically with what we have today. MilkandCookies.com is always evolving. Jaxon works on the code on an irregular basis and there are many features in the works as you read this.
Thank you and goodnight.
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