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| Banner from one of my first webpages. Click to see an archived copy. |
I have long used the Internet Archive's Way back machine for tracking down various documents and website which are now officially off-line. The above "Patrick Homepage" banner will take you to an archived version of my old CompuServe website, complete with the old URL displayed in your browser.
Once I had the old address I couldn't resist entering it into Google and my God did it ever pull up all lot of material:
- Discussion groups. Many of which are still functional.
- Articles, graphics, comments and thoughts.
- Links and software I used to use…
Fascinating stuff. At least from my perspective. But it really does provide a cautionary warning. What ever you put on the Internet, stays on the Internet, but it won't always stay private or cloistered. At some point, a server will change hands, as in the case of CompuServe, or some program will ferret out the material and make it public.
Versions of my original site are archived throughout the various years it was functioning. Not all snapshots
are complete but there is more than enough to go down memory lane. In the case of my dear friend Joanne her entire cooking site (here it is) which was the subsite of mine seems to be pretty much intact.
Over the next weekend I will explore just what can be dug up on the Internet and posted here if it is informative or entertaining.
Until next week then… We will see what we can dig up for you :-)
Patrick
Versions of my original site are archived throughout the various years it was functioning. Not all snapshots
are complete but there is more than enough to go down memory lane. In the case of my dear friend Joanne her entire cooking site (here it is) which was the subsite of mine seems to be pretty much intact.
Over the next weekend I will explore just what can be dug up on the Internet and posted here if it is informative or entertaining.
Until next week then… We will see what we can dig up for you :-)
Patrick
Wow Pat that is good and bad lol. Well atleast for the memories of mom sitting for days on end writing recipe cards.❤️
ReplyDeleteYes she had me hunting all over Vancouver for just the exact recipe card. At one point I had a man on a ladder in some stationery store buying as many packs these cards as I can handle. All this while I was on the phone using an old Motorola brick cell phone at $0.60 a minute to call Surrey did you tell your mom. Remember she ended up with a filing cabinet full of recipes? :-)
DeleteWow that is good and bad lol. Atleast I have also a great memory of mom sitting for days on end writing recipe cards. ❤️ Thanx Pat😭🙏🤗🥰
ReplyDeleteIt was all good, and I think I really enjoyed the "random factor" which your mom occasionally injected into our adventures. Which usually resulted in me having to reorganize the schedule or something. Like the time I was fighting with BC housing and it arranged through my employer to meet with the politician who was coming over from Victoria. Well I had gone over to your mom's for the weekend prior to this and the car broke down or something else occurred meeting that I couldn't get back home in time to meet the politician. We ruffled a few feathers for sure :-). But isn't that what an adventure is all about? :-)
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