Internet Archaeology

internetarch.jpg

personal.jpgThe Internet Archaeology project is a wonderful collaboration between artists, designers, and tech-minded people around the world, started by an artist named Ryder Ripps in New York.

"Essentially we're going through older, overlooked websites and archiving content," says participant Stefan Moore, "But the main difference between this and archive.org is that here, there's a focus on showcasing what we find."

Old-school webhost Geocities will be shutting down later this month, so the site seems particularly timely right now.

"We just finished archiving and curating a bunch of geocities flash sites," says Stefan, "Check it out under the section marked 'webgrabs."

internetarchaeology.org and internetarchaeology.tumblr.com.

8 Comments

| Leave a comment

Find The Spam FTW!

See also Jason Scott's ascii.textfiles.com. I'm fond of this (well earned) rant, myself.

In the last five minutes on internetarcheology I saw more unicorns and dragons than I've seen in the last ten yeas.

@toolbag: You've obviously never been to Gen Con. For those few days, I think Indianapolis is the dragon/unicorn capital of Earth.

let's spin terms for fun.
netology, achaeonetology, socionetology, global internet history, data archival reference retrieval autonomous collectivization and interpretation specialist, ancient pornologization of mass media history 101, pre-postpost modern non-multidimensional image showcasing... sorry, the kitty was too cute.

This is pretty timely, at least for me personally. With Yahoo shuttering Geocities on the 26th, I am having to remove all of my files from my 10 year old space and astronomy site. Kind of bittersweet (1st of November would have been the 10th anniversary). Fascinating stuff they've dug up there.

Look like what archiveteam.org is doing, too.

So awesome. Some totally NSFW but I found that out the hard way :P

Leave a comment

Anonymous

More items

Awful 1962 marriage textbook speaks out against feminism, communism and interracial dating

This 1962 high-school textbook, "When You Marry," is a long, mind-bendingly awful manual for marriage, including sticking to traditional gender roles, staying away from race-mixing, resisting communism and saving yourself for your wedding night. Love, 1962 American High School Style (via Makin... More.

Iraq: Open Thread, "Bloody Sunday"

Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad today, killing at least 136 and wounding more than 520, according to news accounts: Al Jazeera, New York Times, CNN, WaPo. So far on this Sunday morning, American cable news networks aren't talking about it much, so why don't we do so here, in the comments. [Image:... More.

The $147.72 "audio grade" power socket

You can get another $7 off this cryogenically-treated, gold-plated "audio grade" power socket, but only if you buy four. The customer reviews are splendid: Finally something to go with my custom vacuum sputtered unobtainium circuit breaker contacts and calibrated studio grade Romex. Now if I can ... More.

Fake car key is a spy video camera

Another fun spy gadget from Brando in Hong Kong: - The FAKE Keychain Car Key Lock with REAL Security Video Record, Photo Record and Sound Record! - Spy Camera, Audio Recording and Color Video Camcorder - Support PC Web Camera - Micro SD/TF Card Reader - Dimension: 6.0 x 2.7 x 1.... More.

Internet Archaeology

The Internet Archaeology project is a wonderful collaboration between artists, designers, and tech-minded people around the world, started by an artist named Ryder Ripps in New York. "Essentially we're going through older, overlooked websites and archiving content," says participant Stefan Moore... More.

Recent Comments

  • "So awesome. Some totally NSFW but I found that out the hard way :P..."
  • "Look like what archiveteam.org is doing, too...."
  • "This is pretty timely, at least for me personally. With Yahoo shuttering Geocities on the 26th, I am having to remove all of my files from my 10 year old space and astronomy site. Kind of bittersweet (1st of November would have been the 10th anniversary). Fascinating stuff they've dug up there. ..."
  • "let's spin terms for fun. netology, achaeonetology, socionetology, global internet history, data archival reference retrieval autonomous collectivization and interpretation specialist, ancient pornologization of mass media history 101, pre-postpost modern non-multidimensional image showcasing... sorry, the kitty was too cute...."
  • "@toolbag: You've obviously never been to Gen Con. For those few days, I think Indianapolis is the dragon/unicorn capital of Earth...."
  • "In the last five minutes on internetarcheology I saw more unicorns and dragons than I've seen in the last ten yeas...."
  • "See also Jason Scott's ascii.textfiles.com. I'm fond of this (well earned) rant, myself...."
  • "Find The Spam FTW!..."