BS: Archive.org

Subject: BS: Archive.org
From: gnu
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 07:19 PM

Just saw this site and it's founder on Discovery Channel.

The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

Awesome!

Subject: RE: BS: Archive.org
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 07:26 PM

They've been around for a long time -- I use the wayback machine periodically. It's not a complete archive of everything, but it's fun to poke around in and a wonderful resource to see where and what "we" were.

Subject: RE: BS: Archive.org
From: Bill D
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 07:27 PM

Oh, sure.... LOTS of great stuff there. Music, books... recipes for corn pudding...(maybe)

Subject: RE: BS: Archive.org
From: Bill D
Date: 25 Apr 12 - 07:48 PM

Why... even Mudcat is there, described as "A Magazine for Blues & Folk Music"

*grin*

Subject: RE: BS: Archive.org
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 08:23 AM

Since discovering the Internet Archive I have found it extremely useful.
The Wayback Machine has helped me find snapshot copies of numerous "lost" web sites. It is the first place I look if a mudcat BLICKY no longer links to a site. There may be a copy archived by Wayback.

As Rapparee says, it is not a complete collection, but you can find archives of many web sites where the original no longer exists.

The Archive also has sound recordings covering a wide range of music styles. There are hours of concerts by the Grateful Dead which I keep intending to listen to as they are a band I somehow missed when growing up.

All in all, the site is well worth exploring. There would be a lot to be said for a thread listing stuff found there which would be of interest to Mudcatters.

Quack!
Geoff.

Subject: RE: BS: Archive.org
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 26 Apr 12 - 08:47 AM

Silent Movies
Quack!
GtD.