Some of these old blogs have been abandoned, left as digital ghost towns with broken image links and dead download URLs. Others have pivoted. Many sites from this era have shut down due to copyright claims (DMCA takedowns) or simply because the hobbyist running them grew up and got jobs in the industry.
Blogs like can still offer value:
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