A website thought to be the handiwork of Mark Zuckerberg at the age of 15 resurfaced on the Internet on Thursday, providing a glimpse into the early days of the famed Facebook co-founder.
“Hi, my name is Slim Shady,” the creator of the website said in a message on an “about me” page at a website hosted by Angelfire, an Internet service from the 1990s that offered free online hosting.
“Just kidding, my name is Mark (for those of you that don’t know me) and I live in a small town near the massive city of New York.”
Zuckerberg grew up in the town of White Plains near New York City. He turns 29 years old next month.
The website creator said he had just completed his freshman year of high school, and that he made the site to promote a program he wrote for use at Internet portal AOL.
A website page hinted at an early interest in tapping the social potential of the Internet with a project called The Web.
“This is one of the few applets that require your participation to work well,” the website maker said in a message.
