Inspired by Ernie (who was himself inspired by this guy Jason Santamaria's blog post), I went to the Internet Archive and pulled up some early poprocks.com screenshots.
I registered the domain in 1997, and launched the site that summer. I posted a dream journal and online diary, hand coded in HTML, before the existence of blogger.com.
Yahoo! even counted me among the "Cool People" in 1997-1998. (How far have I fallen?!)
This is dated 1998, just over 10 years ago. I don't know whether to laugh or cry. (When I'm met with that decision, I usually laugh. It's just my natural tendency.)
At the bottom of the page you will notice the "People Chase" webring code. Webrings are soooo 1997. I bet the LOLcats of today wouldn't even know what they are.
UPDATE: Here's what the site looked like in June 2000, complete with clickable links.
Schill 55 months ago | reply
Hee.. it's like a time portal.
ernie 55 months ago | reply
Holy MS Comic Sans, batman!
popvulture 55 months ago | reply
Schill -- Yeah, a portal to embarrassment and web cliche. ;)
Ernie -- Seriously, a walking cliche of fonts and transparent GIFs. With a goth girl hairdo and even an Oscar Wilde quote thrown in for good measure. Oy.
kingjen 55 months ago | reply
Are those missing Unicode characters on a Mac? Very cute. (from Deneb, posing as Jen)
popvulture 55 months ago | reply
Kingjen/Deneb -- I think they are! (I'm now using a Mac for my new job and it's been a few years so I was perplexed by those thingies showing up. Thank you for solving the mystery.)
n.eagle 49 months ago | reply
I found your site back in 1997 through Yahoo!'s "Cool People" listing. Twelve years later, and it's still the main reason I want to buy a blue VW bug!