The Internet Archive
While Google may be indexing the world’s information, The Internet Archive (Archive.org) is archiving it. They’re archiving entire websites from different dates; they’re archiving films, audio, live music performances, books … you name it they’ve got it.
My friend Dan emailed me last night, telling me he was downloading The Cabinet of Dr. Caligary, a classic silent film. So I went to check the site out and realized I’d been there before. They have incredible stuff in their library, like rare old Superman cartoons where he battles the Japanese during World War II, and even 1920’s infomercials about why you should buy this newfangled thing called an “electric refrigerator.” What I especially found interesting is what Archive.org calls their “Wayback Machine” (ala Mr. Peabody’s time travel device) where you can go look at old versions of current websites, or even websites that don’t exist anymore (anyone remember www.writtenbyme.com? It’s there.)
This is a website where you could spend literally days exploring it, learning and enjoying, and still have only scratched the surface.
It’s official. The Internet Archive is hereby declared Groovy.
Thanks Dan
