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Yahoo’s a Memory Hole

“Two graduate students, intrigued by a growing wealth of material on the Internet, built a huge fucking lobster trap, absorbed as much of human history and creativity as they could, and destroyed all of it.” – Jason Scott, Archive Team

Author Garrick van BurenPosted on December 24, 2010Categories General

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  • Ongoing Lists
    • An Ongoing List of Things I Haven’t Done
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    • An Ongoing List of Rules to Maintain Sanity
    • An Ongoing List of Things I Believe that May Be Highly Controversial
    • An Ongoing List of Persistently Frustrating Problems
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