Online since 1996, die.net hosts the collective 'net projects of a few dozen friends in the U.S.

2026

Mar 28 Removed obsolete Google Translate widget

Mar 22 Site template is now more responsive and accessible

2025

Nov 19 Moved hosting to newer hardware

Nov 18 Trace Explorer shut down

2017

May 20 Added a CDN to improve page load time

2014

Oct 12 Switched to responsive CSS to improve mobile experience

Apr 13 Dictionary.die.net shut down

2009

Nov 17 Added Reducing Junk Mail, my short guide on freeing my home's mailbox from unwanted piles of paper

2007

Apr 05 Added Trace Explorer, an Internet routing visualization tool

Jan 27 The World Sunlight Map and Moon Phase images now look a bit better

2006

Oct 28 Optimizing page load time added and was quickly featured on Slashdot, Digg, etc.

2005

Jan 13 The New York Times ran a short blurb about the World Sunlight Map

2003

Jul 14 Google ads added to dictionary.die.net and Linux man pages

Jun 17 Linux man pages reformatted nicely

Feb 27 Dictionary.die.net online dictionary added

Jan 08 United States National Debt analysis added

2002

Dec 05 TCP tarpit module accepted by maintainers of Linux iptables