Found a really interesting article in Der Standard today: Erinnerung an die Zukunft which discussed the issue about digital archiving. How are we supposed to store all digital information that is being created every hour on the Internet? The American Internet Archive saves 400 megabyte every day! That's 20 kilometres of shelf space!
The question about format is also interesting when it comes to digital information. You need machines and software to access the material and what happens in 200 years from now? Will software and machine be able to handle old files like that?
I also started thinking about my own homepage when I read that the average homepage exists only 50 days. steffanie dot net has existed since March 1998 but I actually have very few backups of my own material. Some are to be found here.
