Site History

This site began when i took up html as a hobby in 2021. I was a sophomore in high school at the time, and it was the first year they let us back into physical school. Since the pandemic wasn't really over yet, i had lots of time on my hands to dedicate to learning something new. Carving out this little corner of the internet from the ground up ended up becoming that thing!


earliest archive of the site, 2/01/2022

I'd never heard of Neocities before. I can't remember exactly what made me want to start learning, but i've long held an appreciation for old web and its associated creativity, and my disillusionment with social media only grew with time. I'd whipped up sites on carrd and other drag-and-drop website makers before, but the restrictions left me longing for more independence still. I must have seen someone i looked up to with a neocities site? i genuinely don't remember how i discovered it... either way, i'm here now!

it started as a pet project, but snowballed into something more special as i realized i was actually having a lot of fun. every obstacle felt like a challenge to overcome, and the wave of euphoria that hit when i finally fixed a bug or learned a more efficient way of doing something made every moment of frustration and desperation so worth it in the end. i tend to pick up and drop hobbies sporadically, but this was a rare case where one ended up sticking.

It underwent a period of inactivity lasting from 2022 to late 2025. I got busy with school, fell in love, became a legal adult, graduated, got a volunteer job, moved apartments, struggled with mental illness, got my license, started college, and just burnt out on updating for a while :,o) the thing about any creative block is that you have to ride it out. I spent that 3-year liminal in a reflective state, drawing a TON and slowly rebuilding my energy! It took a while until i could come back here with the vigor i once had, but it was a necessary sabbatical and gave me a fresh perspective on sitemaking when i came back.

Site Future???

ROBGARAGE will forever be a work in progress, as it's a direct extension of myself, and human nature is to forever change.

Loganwhitehurst.com is the personal site of the late great Logan Whitehurst, one of my biggest creative idols. He passed away the year I was born, and yet his site remains perfectly preserved all these years later. That really inspires me, so my goal is to keep as many archives of ROBGARAGE as i can, so it can be enjoyed for the foreseeable future, at least until the internet implodes on itself :-)

who created this thing, anyway?

i'm rob, the webmaster!

My skills include HTML/CSS (shocker i know), 2D art, 3D art, animation, writing (fiction and nonfiction), character design, DIY,