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Interesting Internet Nooks
You know when you are sometimes just browsing the web, and you stumble upon a fascinating place that could be an art piece in a museum? Yes, those weird, odd, interesting websites, either because their old and charming, or because they're trying with a different concept. Today, I am sharing a few of those places I have found over the last years.
Recently in January '24
January was a very busy month, which I did not really expect. More importantly, it's already gone. One twelfth of the year has already passed. How crazy is that? Let's quickly dive into the latest events.
Pricing Out Your Legacy
The company behind WordPress decided to offer a service that promises to pay for your web hosting for a century, long after you die. Sticker shock aside, I don’t hate the idea.
Pretty Darn Fascinating
The story of the PDF, the portable document format that’s become one of the internet’s defining information formats. It’ll be with us after we’re long gone.
Make Digital Preservation Easier
If major companies think it’s too hard or costly to leave up user-generated content, perhaps we need to change the motivations.
Dead on Archival
Considering the challenges that face shuttered newspapers with decades or even centuries of material to preserve.
Down With Snippet View
The limitations of Google Books can be seen in the way that it handles obscure trade publications. Everyone who made that old magazine? Probably dead.
Honey, I Shrunk The Page
Microfiche (or microfilm, depending on how you roll) is a library mainstay, but its history is wild, according to this note I got from a carrier pigeon.