Neill has made a lot of big life changes in the past two years, I suppose it was just time to move on.
A Passion for Pipes is no more
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https://web.archive.org/web/20160323005019/http://www.apassionforpipes.com/
I wouldn't count on this archive being available forever. If whoever owns the domain makes changes to the robots.txt, Archive.org deletes the older material. The domain is up for grabs in August.
I wouldn't count on this archive being available forever. If whoever owns the domain makes changes to the robots.txt, Archive.org deletes the older material. The domain is up for grabs in August.
The cost of server fees, domain names, constantly having to mess with removing junk from codes, and various other crap that comes up from having a website. It's a hassle. IMO. I could see whereas it could become too much. But, yeh I loved that site. Great stuff. Someone should start a website history site, where you can park old webpages that merit being preserved for antiquity.
Funny, "they" tell us that everything we do online will be out there forever, but...
Funny, "they" tell us that everything we do online will be out there forever, but...
Neils site was a pleasure, and I'm sorry to see it go.
"Passion is fleeting. It's love that is everlasting."
True dat.
But love won't pay the bills. either.
As for online longevity, Jesse has it right. No such thing. I have clients who's only archive of photography and video is online. Decades worth of material that defines their institution. Every photo that they've hired me (and others) to shoot over the years is entrusted to an online service. I've tried to dissuade them from the practice, but until that online service goes bankrupt, has a fire, or gets hacked Nigerians and they lose everything, they refuse to pay for adequate on-site backup.
Everything is temporary, it's just a question of how long and when.
"Passion is fleeting. It's love that is everlasting."
True dat.
But love won't pay the bills. either.
As for online longevity, Jesse has it right. No such thing. I have clients who's only archive of photography and video is online. Decades worth of material that defines their institution. Every photo that they've hired me (and others) to shoot over the years is entrusted to an online service. I've tried to dissuade them from the practice, but until that online service goes bankrupt, has a fire, or gets hacked Nigerians and they lose everything, they refuse to pay for adequate on-site backup.
Everything is temporary, it's just a question of how long and when.
The issue with online material is that once posted online, you do not know who has copied it.
Longevity is just like in the physical world: requires someone paying for it and maintaining it to keep it alive.
My advice to people is always to get source documents. No one wants to do so. Reason: offices are so dysfunctional that people usually lose it anyway, after having paid extra for it. Better to just do it again.
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Longevity is just like in the physical world: requires someone paying for it and maintaining it to keep it alive.
My advice to people is always to get source documents. No one wants to do so. Reason: offices are so dysfunctional that people usually lose it anyway, after having paid extra for it. Better to just do it again.
Rome 2.0 jive
Hey, DM, thanks for the link to the Wayback Machine archive. Though it's incomplete and a bit spotty, I was able to download a number of my favorite articles from the site.
I was just following up on sjfine's comment. Handy pro-tip: if you paste those articles into Microsoft Word, you can easily make a PDF. This is now my favorite way of archiving websites.
Go to the web page and highlight the content you want, then CTRL-C (or other copy command).
Open a new Microsoft Word file, paste it in.
"Save As..." and select format PDF.
I do a couple additional steps to remove gunk code and formatting, but that's the basics there.
Alternatively: save page from browser, open HTML file using MS Word.
Open a new Microsoft Word file, paste it in.
"Save As..." and select format PDF.
I do a couple additional steps to remove gunk code and formatting, but that's the basics there.
Alternatively: save page from browser, open HTML file using MS Word.
First the internet destroyed newspapers, magazines and real journalism. Now it's devouring itself.
As a retired journalist/photojournalist and a former magazine editor I am saddened anytime the written word that was carefully researched and published becomes lost to society.
As a retired journalist/photojournalist and a former magazine editor I am saddened anytime the written word that was carefully researched and published becomes lost to society.
When Gary Schrier asked me to write an article for him, he touched on the impermanence of the Internet. Digital information comes and goes but paper lasts longer. Enjoy Pipedia while it's here. There's no reason to expect that someday it won't go the way of Passion For Pipes.
Every website depends on the funding and time of those who maintain it. People almost universally take them for granted, because they are accustomed to ad-subsidized content like on TV.
I'm talking to Neill right now.
He IS working on a book. The site might get restored onto our server here if he wants to do it.
I have to see if I have enough space on the server as he has 13-years of content, including photo galleries.
I'll update later.
He IS working on a book. The site might get restored onto our server here if he wants to do it.
I have to see if I have enough space on the server as he has 13-years of content, including photo galleries.
I'll update later.
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