The owenthe.dev Archives contain previous websites and projects that are no longer online. All archived projects are static HTML - meaning any interactive elements won’t work.
Sites that will hopefully be coming to the archive soon:
Timeline is TBD - it’s whenever I have free time.
o355’s Place
Local Area Networks Virtual Airlines
Both Enjin sites for SurvivalCraft-MC
Quick disclaimer/note
It should be obviously noted that I’ve grown quite a lot since these websites were in operation – this is especially important when looking at archives such as SurvivalCraft-MC Network. The version of myself represented in those archives is not the version of myself as I stand here today.
I feel as if I have a responsibility to keep these older websites alive. While they may not represent the person that I am today, they are a piece of my personal history, and represent where I was back in the early/mid 2010s in terms of technical skills. It’s also a nice reflection of where I’ve come since these sites were archived, even if some of these archived websites are embarrassing to myself today.
I continue to apply this on my website today. Remember the old “I hate code.org” post that was horribly written? Or my older posts about hating Apple? I keep them online as a time capsule, because it’s a part of my history. Sure, those posts don’t represent me today (I think code.org is actually a decent site now & I daily drive an MBP 16 inch!), but I keep them online to see where I’ve come from.
Keep this in mind as you browse the archive. Otherwise, enjoy a trip down memory lane!
FantaScript
FantaScript was a “scripting language” made at an iD Tech camp one year. Based on Java, it’s 100% a joke but you can technically write some very basic programs with it, I guess? And there’s an advertisement to go along with it!
Site archived from an August 4, 2016 backup.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network Stats
Stats for the SurvivalCraft-MC Network from BlueStats 3. Shows some stats from the SurvivalCraft-MC Network when it was alive. I don’t know when the stats period starts and ends.
Site archived from an August 4, 2016 backup. I’m not sure if the BlueStats 3 plugin was running at that time.
Snow Day Support Helpdesk
Helpdesk for the Snow Day Predictor that I ran. Nobody used it (a classic), but it did have a decent knowledgebase, so that’s why I’m uploading it. Submitting tickets won’t work.
Pie Kit Kat 2k15
Joke site made at iD Tech camp to pie an instructor at iD Tech. Very temporary website, but I kept it alive until February 2021, at which point it entered the archive. Everything should be fully functional.
Snapbot History
Website made to track the historical locations of Snapbot, a vending machine that dispensed Snapchat Spectacles back in 2016. Snapchat did it as a hype campaign for what was a mediocre product (so much so that I fell for it and bought a pair of v1 spectacles in NYC and was instantly disappointed!). Everything on the site should be fully functional.
Old Status Page
Old Cachet status page that used to be located at status.owenthe.ninja. Site was archived in September 2017. There are a few incidents in the status page system, so try to see if you can find them. Note that trying to login to this status page will earn you a 404 from my current status page.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network
The SurvivalCraft-MC Network was the flagship Minecraft server I ran from 2013-2016. Website is pretty packed, and is a re-archive based on an August 4, 2016 backup. Unfortunately all the posts leading up to the demise of the SurvivalCraft-MC Network on August 16, 2016 aren’t there.
Making an archive of this site fully meant that I needed to spin up a Raspberry Pi with Apache & PHP 5 (PHP 7 is too new for the versions of WordPress from 2016), upload the SQL database to a local MariaDB server, then modify the WP config to point to the right SQL, and then use my Pi-hole to point survivalcraftmc.net to my Pi. There’s a feature in Version 5 for local DNS records, and it absolutely saved my bacon when doing these re-archives.
A few notes: Some icons & fonts aren’t loading properly (mixed content issues). You might get stuck on infinite loading, if you do, refresh the page. Voting & forum links are dead (although the forums were separately archived), and post archives by month don’t work.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network Forums
Old forums for the SurvivalCraft-MC Network. This was archived on September 22, 2017 (it has the old myBB theme, and thus no calendar for WinHTTrack to get stuck on). Everything should be there.
Anything that involves a PHP connection back to the origin server (submitting posts, searching, etc) won’t work. And, if you navigate this archive correctly, you’ll find a barebones version of the SCMC website in the post-shutdown state.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network Report Forums
Old and unused report forum for the SurvivalCraft-MC Network. Ran on myBB, and archived on September 22, 2017.
Anything that involves a PHP connection back to the origin server (submitting posts, searching, etc) won’t work. And, if you navigate this archive correctly, you’ll find a barebones version of the SCMC website in the post-shutdown state.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network Blogspot
Blogspot used in the first 3-4 months of the server life to communicate updates. The blogspot remains online, but I archived it just in case it goes down. I also did the same for both Enjin websites, but I’ll upload those if those forums go down at some point in the future.
SurvivalCraft-MC Network TS3 Ban Index
Very simple and old TS3 ban index for the SurvivalCraft-MC Network TeamSpeak 3 server. Rearchived in July 2020.