The Art of Darkness

Windows 95 Tips, Tricks, and Tweaks

November 20th, 2012 by Cobwebs

Windows 95 Tip

Rob at BoingBoing said, “I’m calling it already: Windows 95 Tips is Blog of the Year,” and I sort of have to agree.

The site is nothing but tips, alert boxes, and screenshots, presented entirely without comment. They present a view of an operating system that is somewhat more…sinister…than I remember Windows 95 being.*

The site is only a month old and thus still pretty sparse, but every entry is a gem that chronicles a slow descent into madness. I’m definitely looking forward to future updates.

(Incidentally, it’s not noted anywhere on the site–which I sort of like, as it adds to the general sense of dislocation–but the creator is Neil Cicierega, who is also responsible for the Potter Puppet Pals.)


*Don’t get me wrong; Windows 95 was sinister, but it was more of a “incompetence mixed with utter disdain for the end user” vibe rather than something Lovecraftian. Either way, your soul got eaten.

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4 Responses

  1. Saw Says:

    ….
    i want this so badly
    and i just so happen to have a computer that plenty of people i know like to use……
    yep this is going on it!

  2. xJane Says:

    This is amazing. And reminds me of this interview with Sherry Turkle I just discovered: “Alive Enough”. I think this version of Windows 95 is “alive enough”—as in stop! Don’t make it any more alive!! (Although there was that one time in college when my computer started talking to me…I’m still convinced she was on the verge of life.)

  3. xJane Says:

    Oh. My. Elder. Gods. The very first entry on this tumblr is the best.

  4. Terri Says:

    “Basement Cam”…shudders.