> The name of the website itself is a wordplay on Altavista.
Though, the creator mentions on his own page, that he is a German citizen (due to his grandfather), even though he speaks no German and have never lived there[1]; which could mean that pun is intentional. Not that it is really all that important (like not at all), but I can't help but wonder now...
It doesn't work properly in my Netscape Navigator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astalavista.box.sk
https://web.archive.org/web/20070202023521/http://www.astala...
Old'aVista, a Guide to the Old Internet - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39069910 - Jan 2024 (12 comments)
It always felt a long winded way to find stuff or was that the "sponsored content" we get now?