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May is International Museum Day

4 May 2011

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The ICOM theme for this year is ‘Museum and Memory.’

Doors Open Winnipeg
Doors Open Winnipeg is a free public event,
organized by Heritage Winnipeg during the month of May. This year is the 8th annual happening, and takes place on the weekend of May 28 and 29, 2011.
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By: Val Huffman Category: Canadian Heritage

Internet Silent on New Media Art

27 Apr 2011

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Would Anyone Care To Listen For Just ‘One Week’?


Late the other night, there was an interesting discussion among friends about rare and old films. Everyone has their favorites — many are long out of print, or just plain hard to find. Among my personal favorites is Buster Keaton’s One Week, embedded above. It paints a hilarious picture of Buster and his newlywed Sybil putting together their portable house. Now, that’s Media Art definitely worth preserving!
[Found at the Internet Archive, part of the collection: Silent Films]
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By: Val Huffman Category: Design Challenges, Feature Articles

Way Back on The Wayback Machine

20 Apr 2011

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The Internet Archive is Growing by the Petabyte

Internet Archive and the Wayback MachineThose of us unfamiliar with the term ‘petabyte’ will be surprised to learn that a petabyte is a measurement of data equal to one quadrillion bytes, or 1000 terabytes. A million gigabytes, a billion megabytes — or simply Tons o’ Data. . . The Internet Archive has a few of them stored within its digital library of websites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.

The Wayback Machine is a ‘digital time capsule’ that allows people to visit older versions of websites, many of which were archived more than ten years ago!
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By: Val Huffman Category: Beautiful Examples, Feature Articles
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