noëlle (encoded in AAC)

if you see anything, anything at all on the internet you think is cool, save it on your hard drive

companies will burn the library of alexandria twelve times over as to not lose fifteen cents, so it's likely whatever you've seen two, five, ten years ago is permanently deleted

Apr 21, 2023 at 6:06amWeb
Show threadTauApr 21, 2023
@jannuary You are right, I learnt this the hard way
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaApr 21, 2023
@jannuary @runjaj that’s why I donate to the Internet Archive and try to prime the Wayback Machine to sites I’m interested in.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Apr 21, 2023
@jannuary been doing this for years, every tune, image or video I like gets downloaded. As you say, Capitalism would burn the Library of Alexandria if there was a profit to it.
Show threadMichael FrascaApr 21, 2023
@jannuary
Yes!
That's why I contribute money and content to @internetarchive
Show threadJake in the desertApr 21, 2023
@jannuary T H I S
Show threadGaëtan PerraultApr 21, 2023

@jannuary Beyond saving it for yourself, you can also save it for everybody thanks to @internetarchive.

They have a handy dandy browser plugin to make it extra easy to save and search.

And the good news, lots of people here are giving them money every month to help pay those costs corps won't pay. 😁

Wayback Machine – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-CA)

Download Wayback Machine for Firefox. Welcome to the Official Internet Archive Wayback Machine Browser Extension! Go back in time to see how a website has changed through the history of the Web. Save websites, view missing 404 Not Found pages, or read archived books & papers.

Show threadCrewman Six, Snack Viking 🪓Apr 21, 2023

@jannuary
The internet manages to be both forever and fleeting at the same time.

Doxxing and lies and revenge porn and misinformation proliferate like a particularly pernicious weed. But useful resources, niche fandoms, that one thing you've been looking for are ephemeral soap bubbles that can absolutely vanish in the blink of an eye.

It's maddening and all too easy to forget.

Show threadJ$Apr 21, 2023
@jannuary we should really embrace the fact that nothing lasts forever
Show threadAlan MartelloApr 21, 2023
@jannuary @donmelton On Firefox Single File extension works pretty well. MS OneNote’s Clipper is good for some pages (but requires using OneNote for storage). Free Zotero is also good at saving many web pages to your hard drive. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
SingleFile – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download SingleFile for Firefox. Save an entire web page—including images and styling—as a single HTML file.

Show threadkeirFoxApr 21, 2023
@jannuary JDownloader2 for all the greatness.
Show threadmorphApr 21, 2023
@jannuary @ixi I c an recommend a tool called Monolith for this. I downloads webpages into single-file html documents which are convenient to handle, and it has a browser extension too.
Show threadFakenameApr 21, 2023
@jannuary this is why I take a picture of every website I visit using a 35mm film camera.
Show threadIt's pretty, but is it Art?Apr 24, 2023
@purple_green_yeti @jannuary that's going to be one trippy slide show at the next family reunion.
Show threadrag. Gustavino BevilacquaApr 21, 2023

@jannuary

Uhm… can't we burn companies and save libraries?

🤔 🤔 🤔

Show threadFerles  Apr 22, 2023
@jannuary I always do
Show threadv3xApr 22, 2023
@jannuary
This is a good corollary to the adage about when you upload something to the internet it exists forever.
Show threadSoozcatApr 22, 2023

@jannuary In the early days of the Internet, I was so used to the idea of "backup things you don't want to lose" that I downloaded anything that looked interesting, especially if the site were owned/run by a college student -- who knew if it'd be there the next time I looked?

It sucks that we're having to go back to that mindset. I don't mind keeping knowledge in a commonplace book, but having a digital commons library is easier and gives far more people access to knowledge.

Show threadMary MazzoccoApr 22, 2023
@jannuary unfortunately a lot of that cool stuff was built with Flash sooooo...
Show threadSome Kind Of AnhedoniaApr 22, 2023
@mazz @jannuary I hear Ruffle Project is doing good. I mean, I only use it for Homestar Runner, but still.
Show threadRoadskater, Ph.D.Apr 22, 2023
@jannuary Ugh, is that reference to Amazon and DPReview? Because if so, harsh but well merited.
Show threadGerbrand van DieyenApr 22, 2023
@jannuary Some lost all their pictures or videos they personally created, because their instagram or youtube account was blocked. Save your files locally, too.
Show threadsolientApr 22, 2023
@jannuary As part of putting my webcomic into shutdown I verified all the websites I'd linked in ~13 years of metadata posts. Most of them were toast. :c
Show threadcanusfeminacanisApr 22, 2023

@jannuary

I made that my habit for some time. Three hard-drives worth. LOL

Show threadGillesApr 22, 2023

@jannuary

Been doing this for years. Very handy for my research and writing.

Show threadAria  ​Apr 22, 2023
@jannuary RIP waffleimages
Show threadAm I?Apr 22, 2023
@jannuary
Also, the fediverse is run on peoples own dime and storage costs.
@allspark
Show threadMurray LangApr 23, 2023
@jannuary Yes. I wish that I'd just written down the name of a tenor whose YouTube videos I enjoyed years ago. Can't find them now, and his name is still obscured by fog.
Show threadScott DuensingApr 24, 2023
@jannuary my home server is nearing 100 TB for this very reason!
Show threadIron Curtain (Chiptunes)Apr 25, 2023
@jannuary @SallyStrange considering Hachettte et al.’s successful lawsuit against the @internetarchive, you’re over 9000% right!
Show threadMycotropicApr 25, 2023
@jannuary I have a working directory that contains every file I've used or saved since 1997. It was touch and go for backups for a while there, I had to pull the image directory out of my portable drive at some point due to size as an example. At this point I have movies and tunage on a 25T NAS that backs up to a couple of 14T external drives. The personal files are hovering around 1T and the come with me everywhere and are backed up in at least three locations.
#DataHoarding #PersonalData
Show threadInquisitor PalletackApr 25, 2023
@jannuary And back it up on a blu-ray burnable disk.
Show threadBlackPixelDust: Art Apr 25, 2023

@jannuary I second this!
Knitting/crochet/pattern websites will snatch down free patterns.
Or just rearrange their website and conveniently leave out popular pattern links.

Internet archive/wayback machine can do but so much.

Show threadEve (?), she/her (?), secret spooky romulan (?)Apr 26, 2023
@jannuary Bookmarking this, mostly for irony reasons