Monday, August 1, 2011

Remember the internet in '90s and early '00s... You can still visit it.

Lets take a trip back in time.  The Wayback Machine is your time machine of the web.  It has been archiving websites since 1996.  It was given an upgrade in 2001 to over 10 billion pages.  Then it was given another face lift in 2011.  The archive collaborates with the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. The Internet Archive's mission is to create an Internet library for researchers, historians, and scholars.   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, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.


But what it delivers is something even more.  It is a time stamp of admissions from corporations, businesses, and individuals.  It allows you to find that which has been lost.  It is a window to the past.  


Plus, its parent archiving site the Internet Archive provides even more goodies: Music, Videos, Texts, and old software programs.