{"id":10325,"date":"2013-02-14T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T05:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2013-02-14T15:54:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T05:54:05","slug":"the-last-of-the-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=10325","title":{"rendered":"The Last Of The E\/N"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The FAT Website in 2001 (click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’re a long time reader of The FAT Website<\/strong>, and I mean you were there with us twelve years ago, you would remember that TFW<\/strong> was part of a gigantic thriving community of websites that were categorized as ‘E\/N’, an abbreviation for Everything\/Nothing<\/em>, the name given to turn-of-the-century blogging.<\/p>\n

For a small country, Brunei\u00a0 was heavily involved in this community and once upon a time there was a whole host of blogs similar to The FAT Website<\/strong> including The FAT Website UK (FWUK), Hot Japati, Bangkingz, Snixxx <\/em>and F.U.B.A.R.<\/em><\/p>\n

That last website, run by Justin Jaapar, was our arch-rival and for a heated twelve months, the two websites engaged in an arms race to try and gain as many hits as possible.\u00a0 Justin would blog multiple times a day about visiting the mall and buying Dreamcast games.\u00a0 Meanwhile, The FAT Website<\/strong> would fill its content with stories of parties and post pictures of girls plugging the website with hand made signs.<\/p>\n

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Planet Psykotika in 2000 – back when frames were really cool<\/p><\/div>\n

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F.U.B.A.R in 2001 when Justin quit his website. He would go on to do this approximately 5,000,000 more times<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the years, these E\/N websites fell away, one by one, until only two were left standing.\u00a0 F.U.B.A.R<\/em> and The FAT Website<\/strong>.\u00a0 Both websites changed in tone and content over the years.\u00a0 The FAT Website<\/strong> was known as Spy<\/span> Magazine<\/strong> for two years.\u00a0 F.U.B.A.R<\/em> became Bad In A Good Way<\/em> and eventually settled as Don’t Link This<\/em>.\u00a0 Justin was never really the caliber of blogger that we have on TFW<\/strong> and he would periodically quit the site.\u00a0 But just like Ric Flair, he would come out of retirement six months later.<\/p>\n

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Dont Link This in 2013 – Justin quits blogging for good<\/p><\/div>\n

On January 27th 2013, after a prolonged sabbatical, Justin posted a message on Don’t Link This<\/em> where he finally bowed out<\/a> of the E\/N game for good.\u00a0 He blamed video games, fatherhood and marriage for occupying his time (perhaps in that order).\u00a0 It was a good run but he was hanging up his keyboard and riding off into the humid Bruneian sunset.<\/p>\n

So I would like to officially declare that The FAT Website<\/strong> remains the last Brunei E\/N website standing.\u00a0 Don’t Link This<\/em> and all its variations had a good run but they couldn’t go the distance.\u00a0 As far as the total hits go, let’s call it a tie.<\/p>\n

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Irish pop group B*Witched and Edo promoting TFW<\/p><\/div>\n

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I’m pretty sure this is a dude’s body. Not sure whats going on here<\/p><\/div>\n

Farewell Justin and thanks for all the blogs.<\/p>\n

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