Japan: Sandal Maker
In the Hida Folk Village (Takayama, Japan) one can visit traditional Japanese houses from various epochs as well as many almost forgotten skills.
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February 8, 2004
February 7, 2004
Pictures on CD
Regardless of whether they have been taken directly with a digital camera or scanned from film:
Lots of images are saved onto CDs and DVDs every day.
But: how safe are they there.
Reading an article in a German Computer Magazine I realised that this may not be for eternity.
Prints and slides always have deteriorated over time - the same seems to be true for digital storage media.
Quite possible that we won’t be able to read them in a few years?
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February 6, 2004
Refound Guestbook
A loooooong time ago, I did not yet have a domain of my own. I already had a guestbook though.
The guestbook was hosted on Tripod and worked very well. It was surprising how many people left a message there.
So, I was not happy when the guestbook suddenly disappeared after the takeover of Tripod by Lycos.
A few days ago, I had an idea: there is a so-called Internet archive (Wayback Machine) that tries to preserve pages in their various stages. And indeed, my guestbook was there! One page of 170 kb, text only.
I saved it to disk, divided it into more digestible portions and uploaded it to
Travelphoto.net.
Thanks, “Wayback Machine”!
Laurenz
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