HollyEats Through Eternity

[Holly Moore]

No plans of shuffling off my mortal coils anytime soon, but I guess it has to happen some time.

So what happens to HollyEats.Com? Books live on forever. As far as I can tell web sites vaporize shortly after the provider doesn't receive its monthly stipend.

Edited November 13, 2008 by Holly Moore (log)

[Fat Guy]

It will probably live forever in the Internet Archive aka Wayback Machine, and perhaps future sites like it. Right now you can go there to look at archived versions of HollyEats.com dating back to August of 2000:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://hollyeats.com

[Holly Moore]

That's cool, though I'm guessing it won't show up on search engines., resulting in far less attention than my soul will surely require.

I'd like to have people stumble upon it in a few hundred years and yearn for the time when a cheesesteak was a cheesesteak and not a capsule from a bottle.

[GordonCooks]

Your invaluable guidance will passed down from generation to generation in my family. Well done indeed.

[Holly Moore]

Egads, thanks. And don't think I won't be checking in every generation or two.

Let me turn off my ego for a second and rephrase my question so it is not just about me.

There is a wealth of quirky knowledge such as HollyEats on the internet - where someone has put great effort into their web site or their blog. Information about the life, opinions and habits of our time. All meaningful fodder for 23rd century historians and curiosity seekers. Yet most sites and blogs will vanish immediately after the blogger's dies or the organization fades or merges. In some cases a family member or friend make keep it going for a generation or two. But likely not, and surely not for centuries.

Yet there is much out there that should be saved. I'm thinking a university or foundation project. Maybe a museum. Blogs, discussion forums like eGullet and sites like HollyEats may well become cyber antiquities of the early 21st century.

Edited November 14, 2008 by Holly Moore (log)

[Fat Guy]

I believe that's the point of the Internet Archive. It's a pretty amazing project and they have been working on improving the search engine. I wouldn't be surprised to see something like it from Google as well, at some point.

[Andrew Fenton]

Holly, with any luck future scientists will be able to clone you from preserved grease stains. I predict you'll be telling discriminating diners of the 24th century just where to get the tastiest Soylent Green burgers...

[Holly Moore]

Tis true - I have no idea of the half life of Cheez Whiz, but am sure it borders on forever.