JustinakaPaste.com is dedicated to my childhood from 1998-2005 – everything related to the AOL/AIM scene. From AOL/AIM Progs, Exploits, Security Breaches, Hacks, Screen Names (leets, 2chars, 3chars, INTs, overheads, hosts, restricteds, indents), AOLers, AIMers, Employee Sections, AOL/AIM Articles & Tutorials, SecurID, Merlin, <M><, <><, Keyword Defacements, Old AOL Site Archives, Fallen AOL h4ckers (RIP), AOL Chat Logs, Macro Art, AOL Scam Sites, AOL Progs from C-Coms, Idlers, Punters, Termers/TOSers, Faders, Phaders, Scrollers, Gaggers, Laggers, Cloners, Phish Tanks, Servers, Antis, Xers — And much more.
{S Welcome to AOLFOREVER
Hardware doesn’t last forever, but memories should. After 15+ years, I realized my personal stash of AOL/AIM history was at risk of being lost to a failing hard drive. Because so many of us have already lost our digital backups, I created this site to preserve and share my collection of screenshots before they’re gone for good. This is for everyone who still misses the golden age of the internet. I give to you AOLFOREVER.
I’ve been documenting the “AOL Scene” for over a decade. It started in March 2013 with AOLForever.com, which eventually evolved into JustinAKAPaste.com. Along the way, I learned the importance of redundancy—especially after my backup Tumblr was terminated in 2014. Now, every single post is backed up to the cloud.
If you grew up in the scene between 1998 and 2005, you know how hard it is to find those old graphics and screenshots today. We really appreciate everyone who has shared their files with us! Also, a massive thank you to the team at Archive.org. This site is my way of making sure those memories stay online and intact for everyone who lived through it.
I run and update this site just to pass some time, also to reunite with old online friends who I haven’t talked with in years. The amount of feedback and traffic that this site has been getting is actually unreal. I know there’s several people out there just like me searching for the past. Out of 1000’s of prog sites that existed there’s actually only a handful left.
Since AOL is pretty much dead and there’s no new content being released, I decided to create this site. I went through and grabbed almost every image, article, video clip, program – dedicated to the AOL/AIM scene that I could find. I know there’s still people out there that have content saved from the AOL/AIM scene. So what are you waiting for we are not on 56K anymore and uploading it will only take minutes. So if you have anything and would like to share it, please either contact me, or submit it.
Also if anything needs to be removed or updated please contact me as well.
About Me
From 1998 to 2005, I was Justin aka Paste, a fixture of the AOL/AIM underground. Those “countless nights” spent creating programs and websites on my old 600MHz Compaq Presario were the ultimate training ground. Today, I’m a dedicated tech junkie and electronics guru who still lives on the cutting edge. I owe my entire career to that early internet scene—I’ve been hooked since the day I first heard “You’ve Got Mail.”
Operating under the handle ‘justin aka pa5te’ in the member directory, those AOL years were my foundation. Between the late-night sessions creating progs, finding the latest exploits, my next layout for version 2 of my site. AOL didn’t just introduce me to the internet—it paved the way for my entire career in tech.
I knew so many people from AOL/AIM its unreal, however 15+ years I really can’t remember that many. From Kaze (RIP), C0rpze (RIP), Kittie, ECW, Speed, Ph34r, Kilobitez, BIGGIE, Phaze, Hazy, Dipp, Suffer, xpl0d, Sizzer, Bobby aka Idol, Psmalls, Pure,Omer/ZZZ, ylp, xvoid, iazykZZ, xeek, Jakez, To0, tet, Fury, Omega, Odos, m0e, Solo, ICE3K, Meeco, Lazy, Kire and so many more I cannot remember.
Some of the private AOL chats I hung out in all the time were: (Pr Pokemon, Pr ICP, Pr Eminem, Pr VB-1-6, Pr Phishy, etc.)
I also made tons of websites that I can only remember some of the addresses: http://paste.tk, http://paste.rhn.ac, http://pastedesigns.com, http://paste.ws, Justins World, Paste3k Topsites, Pimp Sites and some others.
Here’s some of my old link me buttons
PimpSites was a topsites script that I ran when I had hosting from Mike over at http://rhn.ac the domain I owned was http://paste.rhn.ac
I had hundreds of screen names some you may remember (t0y,b0x,r0b,h4k,moses,lions) those where some of my permie accounts plus 100s of others.
Here are some of the programs I created:
These where all topsites cheaters basically the only way to get traffic to your site was by linking through a topsite there was no SEO ranking Ha! That shit didn’t exist. So these would use HTTP proxies and cheat the way to the top.
Some of my layouts from old sites:
Sources / Credits
- AOLForever Logo – Recreated the old AOL-Files.com logo.
- Without archive.org and the old content and websites everyone published this site wouldn’t even exist.
- Without AOL/Steve Case I wouldn’t have the job or knowledge I have now in the tech scene.
- AOL Programmers, Crackers, Spammers, Website creators, etc – for keeping me on my feet and striving each day to learn something new.
- This is on going site, I won’t stop until there is nothing new I can find on the internet or people stop submitting content. Your comments, e-mails and feedback is what keeps this site going and keeps me motivated to keep updating and trying to find new content to publish.
All content found on justinakapaste.com was harvested from old websites using archive.org. We only provide images and text documents of old out dated content (none of this even works anymore). DO Not contact me asking about exploits, downloads or anything else because I don’t know. If any content needs to be removed please contact me.
