Have you ever wanted to go to a web page, but then you found out it wasn't there anymore? Or maybe you miss the old look of ESPN.com and want a look for old times sake. Well you can do all that at archive.org, an archive of the web dating back to 1996. They don't have *every* page, but they've got a whole lot. You can pop in whatever URL you are looking for, and it will show you all the old versions it has. They have over 100 Terabytes of storage space, and the archive is growing insanely fast. Some, but not all, of the links even work! If you don't believe me, search for yourself, or just take a look at some of my favorite flashbacks:
slashdot.org in 12/98 - Headlines include: "So IBM announces a 25 gig hard drive..."
CNN.com in 11/00 - Recounting votes in Florida.
ESPN.com in 12/98
Yahoo in 1996! - Do you remember Yahoo looking like this??
Google in 12/98 - The one and only search engine, before it was the one and only. The form works! (for present time, of course)
You even try searching for your old homepage. I found a few of mine. Overall the site is just really cool. The sheer amount of data, combined with the availabilty makes it just awesome and unbelievable at the same time.
Posted by ramk at May 6, 2003 01:18 AMram, you should link to the main internet archive page to give credit.
Posted by: jzlee at May 13, 2003 01:12 PM