Speaking of Gutenberg

Another thought provoking blog milo. Thank you for this.

I never really considered it a plan, but I have collected some interesting pieces of door hardware over my career. While not in the electronic realm, this might be considered my Gutenberg project.

I am particularly fond of examples of a lost art: custom trims.

Corporate logos, emblems... this sort of thing truly distinguishes a building from the obtuse door furniture that is prevalent in modern construction.

Those are neat. Are you going to create a web archive? Milo

Neat post.

Frequent version turnover and compatibility problems have been the talk of digital archivists for a long while, as we all know. I wonder what kind of longevity we'll see from web-based content, like blogs & maintained web sites, and data in the cloud.

Have to agree with your sentiment - we do live an age with mass quantities of information, but it's also the most likely period in history to see it all go up in smoke instantly.

Based on several frustrated attempts over the years to relocate some reference that I had encountered at some point on the web (even when bookmarked), I would say that the longevity of a whole lot of stuff on the web is on the order of 6 months or so...

I feel your pain. But I still think we need to get the good stuff up in electronic format.Milo

I definitely agree with getting the good stuff into electronic format...You wouldn't happen to have an older version of Rourke's laying around, would you? Say vintage around the 1980's or so...Mine got eaten by termites

That's exactly why I do my Bowyers Diary, also to encourage and help the 'newbies' and show some of the tricks both old and new. New materials give rise to new techniques.
Just google bowyers diary if you want to see a v short video of me struggling to shoot a 90 pound draw weight longbow... I almost get it back to full draw, honest.
Del

http://www.bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/ Del, your blog is a great example of "knowledge retention" and more. I have been following you here on cr4 for several years and love the behind the scenes story behind the story you share on your blog. Reminds me I have some photos from my Germany trip I need to send you from the armorers room of one of the castles we visited. Folks, do check out Dels blog. Google ranks it so highly it can be found on page one... Milo

Cheers Milo, some of those castles have some great stuff, huge crossbows an the like... shame they won't let me play with them. I was in Malta last spring, nice armoury there too.
Del

Feste Coberg. Some neat authentic stuff. Photos coming.Milo

I kept "gothernburg music".

This is somewhat serendipitous but I watched a DVD I've had for years and never watched, this last weekend, called "The Final Cut." It is interesting, thought-provoking, and deals with the subject of death and "what are we leaving behind." I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it. I found it worth the time.