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Jason Scott's progress update on mirroring Geocities

11 month ago

Andy Baio : Jason Scott's progress update on mirroring Geocities - in 48 hours, Archive Team's already saved over 200,000 Geocities sites

nelson : Archiving Geocities - Notes from the team spidering Geocities before it's shut down

philgyford : ASCII by Jason Scott / Geocities: Lessons So Far - Not just for the good stuff about archiving Geocities, but also about the history of the site and its structure. (via Waxy)

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ASCII by Jason Scott: Generation TEXT

37 month ago

wearehugh : ASCII by Jason Scott: Generation TEXT - "I guess if you stick around long enough, you become an institution."

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