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Where links go to die | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's blog
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A short rant about how we need to protect online content from disappearing
Where links go to die – Herman's blog Where links go to die 08 Sep, 2022 Old blogs are some of my favourite to read. They chronicle the early internet in a way that no other medium can capture. In a way they are the early internet. I may be looking at the 90s internet with rose-tinted glasses, but I do believe it was a golden age of blogging. The internet was a lot more quiet back then, and stumbling upon someone’s blog about their journey overclocking their 200mhz processor (and the trials, tribulations, and potentially burnt chips) was pure gold. But there’s a problem. So many of these blogs
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