Oh my. I just came across the Internet Archive Wayback Machine, with an
archive of the web going back to 1996. Okay, it may not be the
entire web, but as they state:
You are about to use the world's largest database. With over 100 terabytes
and 10 billion web pages archived from 1996 to the present, the Wayback
Machine puts the history of the World Wide Web and the sum of all human
knowledge at your fingertips. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web
address of a site where you would like to start, and press enter. Then
select from the archived dates available.
I tried it on an old URL
of mine:
http://pineal.math.fau.edu/~spc/
And yes, it did fine a
link to that page, and unlike Google's cache, it includes the
picture that was on the site at the time. Quite impressive.
I then decided to see if I could resurrect the site my old partner Chuck
had, but the site kept giving me internal server errors. Hmmmm …
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
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