Planet Boinng began life back in April 1999 as a simple homepage, created by a geek called Tim Cook. That was back in the days when it was "cool" just to have a page on the web. Well, cool if you were a geek anyway.

Boinng has been spinning headlong into the millenium, and out the other side, since 1st April 1999. It is designed and produced by Tim Cook and members of the Boinng Collective.

BIRTH

Way back in August 1999, when the site was very young indeed, we won the first 'Gallery Award' ever handed out by top British nerdy-mag PC Format. Take a look..

Timothy Alexander Cook was born suddenly at about 2.30 in the afternoon of Friday 25th October 1974, in Hounslow, Middlesex, England. His mother was present at the birth- as was his father, who was reading an Isaac Asimov novel and making the prophetic decision that his new son should be the first man to set foot on Jupiter. Archived news reports of the time indicate how little media attention this momentous birth was given, presumably due to fear of causing panic in the populace.

The legal stuff. Every site has to have it. Apparently it’s “the law” or something.

Mike managed to record this special TV documentary about Boinng, on its fifth birthday. I was very excited when I heard they were making this, but to be honest, maybe they were a bit harsh?

The site featured in the Site Surveyor section of top British mag Internet Magazine in August 2000- pre PHP. It's a mixed review, but it's rounded off with the magic words "a fantastic site" and an overall score of 8/10.

Was this the height of our fame? No, thank god. But here it is anyway, the crappy publicity spread we managed to blag off local rag the Petersfield Post, back in December 1999.

Why do anything in life. We all muddle through this crazy mixed up existence, struggling to find out who we are and why we are, what the point really is. Sometimes the point is Jaffa Cakes. Sometimes it’s a beach in Bournemouth, a happy dog, or perhaps a small child. Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s a website such as this.