Bummer. The machine that serves this file is down. We’re working on it.

I use Archive.org a lot, to view the status of web sites years ago. It's an invaluable and free service. The stress should go on "free", however more often than ever I find this free service to be unavailable. This statement comes up often, recently, when trying to view snapshots from 2002 or … [Read more...]

Archive.org – When the past comes back to haunt you

I recall that dark day in late 2003, when mp3.com was bought by c|net and all the music and artist data went into the digital oblivion, all of 1.7 million songs from 250,000 artists. That day, c|net refused an offer from the Archive.org operators to provide them with free archiving … [Read more...]