FS HOT
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FS HOT: pure PHP and CSS, zero JavaScript, zero tracking, 25 years online.
FS HOT explores technology, ideas and everyday life with curiosity, scepticism and a determination to leave the reader a little better informed than when they arrived.
Field Blog
View All →NEWFS HOT / Fairlight
If you grew up in the golden age of the Amiga, you already know that the legendary cracking group Fairlight represented the absolute peak of digital cool. 😎
Fuelled by pure nostalgia, I decided to run our old logo through an AI generator. The mission? Recreate it in the iconic, high-octane style of Fairlight’s legendary Pinball Dreams intro.
I have to admit... I am absolutely in love with how this turned out! 🕹️✨
This is just the beginning of a major blast from the past. More retro revamps are on the way—stay tuned, folks!
// Deakster
NEWField Blog
Hi folks 😀
I have a new section on FS HOT - Field Blog.
It will contain News, Quick Updates etc.
Keep an eye on the homepage for updates.
// Deakster
Latest Articles
View All →A spring 1994 weekend at Bradford University: fruit wine, a Mac that spat out floppy disks and my very first glimpse of the web. Part Five of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 24 Oct 2026
Back to the 90s — Part Four: TOP SECRETEarly 1994, a college lunch break, and a thick stack of bound A4 pages stamped TOP SECRET: Philips’ internal documentation for a CD writer. Part Four of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 22 Oct 2026
Back to the 90s — Part Three: Declassified1993, a college computer lab running Windows 3.1 on a Novell network, and a new friend whose answer to “How?” was “I’m a hacker!” Part Three of the story of how I became Deakster.
Published: 22 Oct 2026
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System Boot Log
[ OK ]tracking cookies0
[ OK ]analytics scripts0
[ OK ]third-party calls0
[ OK ]javascript bundles0 kb
[ OK ]google lighthouse100
[ OK ]built and maintained by deakstersince 2001
cat MANIFEST.TXT
No Tracking — Ever
FS HOT uses zero tracking cookies, zero analytics scripts, and zero surveillance. No data is collected, stored, or sold. Your privacy is absolute.
Lightning Fast
Pure PHP and CSS — no JavaScript bundles, no bloated frameworks, no third-party calls. Pages load in milliseconds and score 100 on Google Lighthouse.
25+ Years by Deakster
FS HOT has been built and maintained by Deakster since 2001 — focused, privacy-respecting tools for people who value control over their data online.