Internet History – Lewis Moten

March 18, 2026

Restoring a Second Life Identity

Revisiting my Dedric Mauriac Second Life archive, I rebuilt thousands of images into a searchable static site and blog. What began as preservation became reflection—reconnecting a virtual life with my real one, and understanding how it shaped who I am today. Read More

March 6, 2026

Recovering the Dedric Mauriac Flickr Archive

After finally regaining access to my long-dormant Dedric Mauriac Flickr account, I raced to recover more than 1,500 Second Life snapshots before platform changes erased them. A custom API script and digital archaeology helped restore the archive. Read More

January 19, 2007

Minion Army: Minion

January 19, 2007 – Present. Joined a fan club for a podcast called the Dawn & Drew Show. Read More

August 22, 2005

blog template – friendly

The first dynamic template that I made for my blog. Read More

February 21, 2005

Blogger Site Template

I made this template a long time ago, but I never used it. It doesn’t really look all that great. Read More

March 6, 2001

New York

Using one of the early public webcams, I captured still frames as the sun set over New York and stitched them into an animation. At a time when webcams were rare, this experiment turned live internet imagery into motion. Read More

March 6, 2001

Inner Circle

Before formal webrings, small web communities linked to shared member lists. This “Inner Circle” button followed the standard 90s web badge format, representing early traffic-sharing networks built through query strings, shared code snippets, and topic-based collaboration. Read More

September 1, 2000

StarCompliance: Classic ASP Developer (Data Pipeline & Reporting Systems)

September 2000 – April 2001. Developed production data pipelines ingesting SEC EDGAR prospectus filings into SQL databases using regex-based parsing. Designed normalized schemas, QA review tools, and ASP-generated compliance reports to identify missing or non-compliant disclosures, supporting scalable, post-funding compliance platform development. Read More

May 1, 2000

StarCompliance: Classic ASP Developer (Prototype Systems)

May 2000. Developed proof-of-concept systems demonstrating data mining of SEC EDGAR filings via FTP and Gopher. Built a rudimentary ASP website to generate reports, showcasing potential investor-facing services and validating early product concepts for a startup environment with limited resources and timelines. Read More