Carbon-izer.com - The Site of Everything Else Interesting

Welcome to Carbon-izer.com. Contrary to its appearance, it is not a relic of Web 1.0, only an homage to one, the kind of site that has individuality with specialized interests, the sort of thing how the Internet used to be. Explore the site! There's pages on retail, an in-depth look at city street corridors, restaurants, video games, and much more.

The Treasure Ship in Florida is now just a memory. Check this out for two of the restaurants inside of the structure.
Where in the World But AstroWorld can you have so much fun?
"Fun maps" of College Station.
The U.S.S. Lexington in Corpus Christi.
A brief look at an obscure comic strip and the "Fat Barbie" storyline.
For more in this section, check here. (For a bigger list that includes everything that used to be on that list plus more, click here)

Bastrop: This is about a small town east of Austin, which I hope to expand.
College Station-Bryan: A companion to the blog Brazos Buildings & Businesses, this finally has a place on the site.
Houston: Many of the various Houston-focused entries have ended up here. (Formerly "Houston-Uptown").
The Hinterland: Temple, Killeen, and a few others that don't fit into any other section.
Waco: No Waco site can really express my memories of this town.

Games I've Played: This section started in 2019 as a scaled-down format of the old Games List.
The Steam Banners page is back!
The Old Games List is my list of several dozen games, complete with release dates and box arts. I ended this because it was too difficult to maintain.
The SimCity 2000 Newspaper Project is one of the latest features here and a place you won't find elsewhere.
Yoot Tower Guides, a new in-progress section aims to cover this obscure game in great detail.
A mirror of the Rad Project. It's not mine, but I restored it when I found it was disappeared from the mainstream Internet otherwise.

Former Chain Restaurants of Texas: A long-running feature of this site, this ongoing project is to chronicle both chain fast foods and chain restaurant locations in Texas that are no longer here.
Check out the Retail Chains section, featuring Albertsons!
The Mall Directories and Quick Links--see all the malls featured here!
China Coast - The lost Darden brand, China Coast was supposed to be Chinese food to what Olive Garden was Italian. What happened to the chain?
A list of former Rattlers (Country Store) locations before their absorption into Stripes (and later, 7-Eleven).
Sears Bakery Deli Cafe - the last hurrah of Sears' in-store eateries.

Carbon-izer Goes to the Mall of the Mainland, 2008: Photos and some memories.
The Abandoned Hempstead Shell: A dusty reminder of gas stations past.
Carbon-izer Goes to Austin 2017...Plus Some: Trip recollections, a few photos, and an obscure truck stop that died before I was born.
Lone Star Arches: pictures and stuff of interesting McDonald's restaurants.
Sunrise Mall - Director's Cut - A rewritten version of the Sunrise Mall entry I submitted to Labelscar years ago with new high-resolution photos.
Woodlawn High School Demolition, 2004 - Demolition of a Baton Rouge institution.
In Search of a Mansard Roof McDonald's - I searched for, and found, one of the rapidly-disappearing unaltered "mansard roof" McDonald's restaurants, which were getting rare even in 2014.
Last Days of the Zachry Engineering Center - Photos and videos of one of the last great 1970s buildings at Texas A&M University.

A Newer, Safer Sharpstown: P.Q. Pine tries to convince you that Sharpstown Center is a safe place to shop.
The Nickelodeon Hotel—when it was just a Holiday Inn covers the Nickelodeon Hotel approximately from 1999 to 2005 when it was Holiday Inn Family Suites Resort.
Gonna Electric Shock O.J. - Lyrics to a novelty song.
A list of Bayport Industrial Development companies from a 1976 publication, re-copied as text.
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Review - Carbon-izer's first movie review, in which questionable casting and product placement are discussed.
City Directories for Houston and beyond. Currently being phased out and merged with Cities.

Site updates. Every site update is depicted with a new thumbnail, and this thumbnail is the one that appears in this section. If it's different than the last time you visited, the site is new!
The Big List: Everything on the site in one list.
Some links to other sites.
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