@rick While I do not have a list readily available, I can provide some ideas.

For images, use right-click > save. If the website blocks right-click, then you can inspect element and find the image in the page source.

For text/static webpages, use right-click > save page as. Copy/paste works well for strictly text stuff.

Keep it simple: If you're archiving something, then store it in a widely supported and accessible format.

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@rick @n4 it's mainly focused for creating bibliographies but Zotero is pretty good at grabbing webpages.

It's not a proper archiving tool but it works well for me.

https://www.zotero.org/

@rick @n4 For video I've found yt-dlp works really well, though it is command-line based.

https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

@rick @n4 If you’re a Mac/iOS user, I can recommend DEVONthink from @devontechnologies

It will store anything from Markdown documents and archived web pages, to videos and audio. Everything is indexed and searchable, and you can make it sync automatically between all your devices. The desktop app is a little daunting at first, as it does a ton of other stuff, but you can ignore most of the menus and advanced features and just dump info into it with the OS’s share button, and find it with the search box.

Also, it is rock solid. You can put gigabytes of data into it and it will stay lightning fast.

@rick @n4 I use Monolith for webpages. It makes a single html file of a webpage.
From their GitHub

“You can finally replace that gazillion of open tabs with a gazillion of .html files stored somewhere on your precious little drive…lets browsers render the saved page exactly the way it was on the Internet, even when no network connection is available.”

https://github.com/Y2Z/monolith

I use the #Rust CLI but there also seems to be a chrome extension

@dexter It is very unfortunate that we sometimes lack the time, resources, or foresight to archive information before it is lost.

Fortunately, we learn from our past and exercise greater judgement when it comes to recognizing what is valuable/important to us in the future.

Additionally, we are lucky to live in a time where data storage is inexpensive, and continues to become less expensive over time.

@jonbradbury @ianRobinson You would be surprised at the lack of backups in some IT departments. It is also sometimes unfortunate that some software installers do not include all of the files required to get the software running, such as downloading those resources from the internet at installation time.

I think what you are doing is very wise. Keep up the good work!

@GustavinoBevilacqua Blue Ray’s were the best, right?

I’ve heard of some special ones designed for long term storage but I cannot recall the name right now.

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@GustavinoBevilacqua @n4

This is where I'm at.

I have many terabytes of stuff from over the years.

I also have 15 years worth of journals that weigh about 40 pounds. I bought a book scanner to preserve them.

I ultimately want my archive to be cloud-based.

I think cloud options will grow larger and more affordable over time.

About 7 years ago, I tried to slowly upload my ripped CD collection to Evernote. They didn't stop me but weren't too pleased. The process was slow as molasses too.