#20YearsAgoOnAOLcom: Aug. 23, 1999 -- College Costs; Find a Friend (Dog or Cat Edition)

August 23, 1999: We started the week with a feature on college costs (2019 looks back at this headline and laughs hollowly), with a cost calculator and back to school chat:

For the PM update, we went with a pet finder and pet chats:

[Series note: In the late 1990s, I programmed the content for the AOL.com home page, which relaunched with a new design on July 14, 1998. I printed screencaps and saved them. 20 years later, I'm scanning them in and posting them with a little commentary under the tag #20YearsAgoOnAOLcom.]