Screenshot 1 of Dave's X-Files Shrine
Fig. 1 — Dave's X-Files Shrine, as preserved at time of accession.

MDS.2026.0001

Dave's X-Files Shrine

1998–2001

Origin
GeoCities, Area51/Vault neighborhood
Medium
Hand-coded HTML 3.2, tiled GIF backgrounds, MIDI autoplay

A devotional structure typical of the late GeoCities period, this shrine to a television program exhibits all the hallmarks of its era: the starfield background, the flame divider, and a hit counter frozen forever at 4,217 visitors — each of whom, the guestbook suggests, was Dave himself. The 'News' section was last updated three years before the site's demolition, a gap the curators note is standard for the species.

Cause of death
GeoCities closure, October 26, 2009. Dave could not be reached for comment.

Accessioned: July 4, 2026