Brewster’s trillions: Internet Archive strives to keep web history alive
A profile in The Guardian of the Internet Archive and my hero, Brewster Kahle (who also pops up in the comments).
Tags: storage
Interstellar Hard Drive - The Morning News
Investigating the options for off-world backups.
Data is only as safe as the planet it sits on. It only takes one rock, not too big, not moving that fast, to hit the Earth at a certain angle and: WHAM! Most living species are done for.
How the hell is your Twitter archive supposed to survive that?
Rogue Trooper ‘Gunnar’ 4gb USB BioChip Replica - Planet Replicas Ltd
I want this USB stick. Zarjaz!
Special Report #1: Data Protection — Contents Magazine
This is an important subject (and one very close to my heart) so I’m very glad to see these data protection guidelines nailed to the wall of the web over at Contents Magazine.
- Treat our data like it matters.
- No upload without download.
- If you close a system, support data rescue.
History, our future - Preoccupations
A superb post by David that ties together multiple strands of personal digital preservation through homesteading instead of sharecropping.
Appcache Facts
A handy one-page cheatsheet for using HTML5’s appcache manifest file for offline storage.
LocalStorage in use on the Fontdeck Website | Fontdeck Blog
Listen to Josh explain a genuinely useful example of HTML5’s local storage that he’s added to Fontdeck.
manifestR - offline web apps made easy (well easier)
A bookmarklet to help you figure out what files you might want to put in your cache manifest for offline storage.
Get off(line) | Web Directions
John has written a very in-depth look at offline storage (using the cache manifest) in HTML5.
Swiss Fort Knox
This is the stuff James Bond stories are made of. Except in this case, the fortress exists to store data rather than criminal masterminds.
TIME CAPSULE ..::HOME::..
On 18 May 2010, the Planets (Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services) Project deposited a time capsule in the vaults of datacenter, Swiss Fort Knox, in Saanen, Switzerland. It contained the decoding information for five digital file formats on media ranging from paper, microfilm and floppy discs to CDs, DVDs and USB sticks.
Link Rot « The Bygone Bureau
Brilliant; just brilliant. Connor O’Brien remains skeptical about the abstract permanence of “the cloud.” The observations are sharp and the tone is spot-on.
If your only photo album is Facebook, ask yourself: since when did a gratis web service ever demonstrate giving a flying fuck about holding onto the past?
Outline of a Digital Preservation System (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
Aaron Swartz gets technical about online digital preservation.
We Didn’t Stop The Fire. – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
Jeffrey points out another point of failure in our online storage: the willingness of site owners to sell their product (and your data) to a big company for a quick payout.
genManifest Bookmarklet
A handy little tool to help you get started with building offline apps by suggesting which files should go in your cache manifest.
MiniApps - HTML5 apps for iPhone, iPad, Android & other mobile platforms
A nice collection of free apps for your mobile device. No app store required, thanks to offline storage.
jQuery 1.4 iPhone reference app - O! Mr Speaker!
A great portable jQuery reference. No app store required — this uses offline storage.
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
You can now store (and scale) MySQL databases with Amazon. Handy.
Why you should have a Web Site (and other Web 3.0 issues)
This presentation by Steven Pemberton increases in value over time.
What Is Google App Engine? - Google App Engine - Google Code
Infrastructure just got even cheaper. Between this and Amazon's EC2/S3, the barrier to entry to getting an app up and running is getting lower and lower.
Surfin’ Safari - Blog Archive » WebKit Does HTML5 Client-side Database Storage
I just learned from Kelly that Webkit is supporting local storage and database queries, as proposed in HTML5. Kinda like Google Gears. Potentially excited for the iPhone/iPod Touch.