https://wiki.archiveteam.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Liam&feedformat=atomArchiveteam - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T13:10:14ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.37.1https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=366Recommended Reading2009-01-26T15:20:53Z<p>Liam: Undoing -- I somehow managed to miss the Newsfeed page</p>
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<div>Closer to the top are links to sites directly related to Archive Team projects and Internet preservation, while links towards the bottom are more general. There is also a [[Newsfeed]] of articles where people go off on the need to back up your stuff or issues Archive Team likes you to know about.<br />
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== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
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It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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== Online Archives of Interest ==<br />
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* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Gutenberg Project]''' produces free electronic books.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://asv.vatican.va/en/doc/1_doc.htm The Vatican]''' has an interesting online library.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
* '''[http://yourdeathspace.blogspot.com/ Deathspace]''': a collection of dead Myspace users.<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Liamhttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Newsfeed&diff=365Newsfeed2009-01-26T15:19:55Z<p>Liam: </p>
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<div>One way or another, we'll probably link to articles related to our interests. For now, we'll use this page.<br />
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* [http://skypejournal.com/2009/01/power-to-fight-eviction.html http://skypejournal.com/2009/01/power-to-fight-eviction.html]<br />
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/25/preserving-digital-archive Websites 'must be saved for history' - The Guardian]</div>Liamhttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Recommended_Reading&diff=364Recommended Reading2009-01-26T15:16:59Z<p>Liam: </p>
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<div>Closer to the top are links to sites directly related to Archive Team projects and Internet preservation, while links towards the bottom are more general. There is also a [[Newsfeed]] of articles where people go off on the need to back up your stuff or issues Archive Team likes you to know about.<br />
<br />
== Web 2.0 Bubble? ==<br />
<br />
It seems like the 2.0 bubble is a bit more resilient than the 1.0 bubble. The name might not be as apt, but the sites could be doomed to suffer the same fate as their forebears due to the recession. These articles are useful because they make a head-count and attempt to survey the situation.<br />
<br />
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_dot-com_bubble "Second dot-com bubble" - article at Wikipedia]<br />
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/social-networking "The Web 2.0 Bubble" - article by The Atlantic]<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10063020-2.html "11 troubled Web companies" - article by CNet]<br />
* [http://venturebeat.com/2007/01/07/web-20-bubble-bursting-peerflix-cuts-workforce-carnage-mounting-elsewhere/ "Web 2.0 bubble bursting" - article at VentureBeat]<br />
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== Articles of Interest ==<br />
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/25/preserving-digital-archive Websites 'must be saved for history' - The Guardian]<br />
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== Online Archives of Interest ==<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.archive.org Internet Archive]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]'''<br />
* '''[http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Gutenberg Project]''' produces free electronic books.<br />
* '''[http://www.webharvest.gov/collections/ Federal Web Harvest]''' gathers material from federal government websites and archives them online.<br />
* '''[http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/default.htm The CyberCemetery]''' is "an archive of government websites that have ceased operation."<br />
* '''[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/ Pandora]''' is Australia's web archive.<br />
* '''[http://asv.vatican.va/en/doc/1_doc.htm The Vatican]''' has an interesting online library.<br />
* '''[http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?page_id=47 Space Rogue]''' maintains a museum of his old websites.<br />
* '''[http://yourdeathspace.blogspot.com/ Deathspace]''': a collection of dead Myspace users.<br />
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New page, please add content --[[User:Ross|Ross]] 16:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Liamhttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=User:Liam&diff=327User:Liam2009-01-18T12:31:59Z<p>Liam: New page: * '''URL:''' http://boxofjunk.ws/ * '''IRC:''' <code>inky</code> on irc://irc.freenode.net/</p>
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<div>* '''URL:''' http://boxofjunk.ws/<br />
* '''IRC:''' <code>inky</code> on irc://irc.freenode.net/</div>Liamhttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=326Deathwatch2009-01-18T12:27:01Z<p>Liam: /* Pining for the Fjords */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
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* '''Lycos.com''' has announced they are shutting down their Tripod hosting service on February 15, 2009. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011800224.html] [http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-lycos-europe-killing-tripod-customers-warned-to-back-up/]<br />
* '''Several Google services''' have announced that they will be shutting down. [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_giveth_and_it_taketh_away.php]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009. [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html]<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
*'''Electronic Gaming Monthly''' has recently shut its doors. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
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* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
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''Deaths of 2007''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://oink.cd/ OiNK's Pink Palace]''' Music Bittorrent tracker site with huge user community which cared greatly about digital content and music. Would have been a great resource for the industry to research. Shutdown October 23, 2007. [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/oink]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties were bought by UGO recently, and should be watched carefully. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
<br />
=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
<br />
* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Liamhttps://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Deathwatch&diff=325Deathwatch2009-01-18T12:25:34Z<p>Liam: /* Pining for the Fjords */</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
The Deathwatch is meant to be a central indicator of websites and networks that are shutting down, or to serve as an indicator of what happened to particular sites that shut down quickly. New sites should be added in chronological order, newest death date first. Forward-looking death dates should be added to the first list only. Sites large enough to warrant additional information will receive a dedicated page, linked from here.<br />
<br />
=== Pining for the Fjords ===<br />
<br />
* '''Lycos.com''' has announced they are shutting down Tripod by February 15, 2009. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/18/AR2009011800224.html] [http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-lycos-europe-killing-tripod-customers-warned-to-back-up/]<br />
* '''Several Google services''' have announced that they will be shutting down. [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_giveth_and_it_taketh_away.php]<br />
* '''[[Ficlets]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/02/ficlets-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Circavie]].com''' (owned by AOL) has announced they are closing on January 15, 2009. [http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/12/03/circavie-will-be-shut-down-permanently/]<br />
* '''[[Co.mments]].com''' announced they are closing on January 11, 2009.<br />
* '''[[JPG Magazine]]''' announced it would shut down on January 5, 2009. [http://jpgmag.com/blog/2009/01/jpg_magazine_says_goodbye.html]<br />
* '''Brijit.com''', a news aggregation site, closed on May 15, 2008. It might be closed for good. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9945059-36.html]<br />
* '''[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]''' is [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/395463_newspapersale10.html up for sale] and if it doesn't find a buyer by February 10, 2008, the print will stop after 146 years and the website will be shut down. [http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/columnists/zeeck/story/591181.html]<br />
*'''Electronic Gaming Monthly''' has recently shut its doors. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
<br />
=== Dead as a Doornail ===<br />
<br />
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=11227 Overview of 2008 Technology News]<br />
<br />
''Biggest Botched Shutdowns of 2008''<br />
* '''[http://www.peopleconnectionblog.com/2008/11/06/hometown-has-been-shutdown AOL Hometown]''' (owned by AOL) was officially killed on October 31, 2008. [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1617 Jason wrote about it.]<br />
* '''Digitalrailroad.net''', a photo hosting site, gave their users a 24-hour eviction notice on October 27, 2008. They shut down 10 hours after the 24-hour notice. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10078042-2.html]<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2008''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://www.lively.com/goodbye.html Lively]''', a 3D Avatar space experiment, was killed in a really crappy way by Google on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://pingmag.jp/ Pingmag]''', the magazine from Tokyo about "Designing and Making things," simultaneously rang in the new year and checked out of existence on December 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blog.mixwit.com/ Mixwit]''' said goodbye on December 27, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10126057-2.html]<br />
* '''[http://www.castlecops.com/ Castle Cops]''' put away their badges on December 23, 2008. [http://www.idf50.co.uk/clubhouse/computer-room/15996-castle-cops-closed-down.html]<br />
* '''Flip.com''', a social network for teenage girls, shut down on December 16, 2008. Users were advised to print out their digital scrapbooks as backups. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10112021-93.html]<br />
* '''[http://pownce.com/ Pownce]''' was closed on December 15, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://live.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Live!]''' died on December 3, 2008. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10081486-26.html]<br />
* '''[http://ourworld.cs.com/sfrederick2/index.htm?f=fs|Compuserve OurWorld]''' slipped into history on October 31, 2008.<br />
* '''[http://blogrush.com BlogRush.com]''' failed to provide bloggers with the traffic they so desperately desired, and the creator admitted on October 29, 2008 that his 4AM idea may not have been so brilliant. [http://mashable.com/2008/10/29/blogrush-shutdown/]<br />
* '''[http://wallop.com/ Wallop]''', Microsoft's attempt at starting a social network, died on September 18, 2008. All that remains is a few Facebook apps. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10041856-36.html] [http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/15/wallop-takes-a-leap-into-the-deadpool/]<br />
* Virtual Magic Kingdom [http://www.intercot.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=130548 closed its gates] on May 21, 2008. [http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2008/04/disneys-virtual.html] The amount of broken hearts and anguish over this move was amazing, and a warning sign to any family-oriented site that encourages families to join up.<br />
* '''[http://jam.bbc.co.uk/ BBC Jam]''' was [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/6449619.stm suspended] March 20, 2007 and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/28/bbc.digitalmedia will not be coming back].<br />
* '''[http://www.infoanarchy.org Infoanarchy]''' A simple database error that could be fixed with one command KO'd this site unexpectedly with a wealth of P2P information lost. moeller@scireview.de could bring it back or transfer it, if he was so inclined. [http://eng.anarchopedia.org/infoAnarchy]<br />
* '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_Secret Think Secret]''' was killed by Apple and shut down on February 14, 2008. [http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/12/apple-and-think.html]<br />
* '''Uber.com''' was a social blog site that died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10052301-36.html]<br />
* '''Social.fm''' couldn't stand up to Last.fm, and died. [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10005554-36.html]<br />
<br />
<br />
''Deaths of 2007''<br />
<br />
* '''[http://oink.cd/ OiNK's Pink Palace]''' Music Bittorrent tracker site with huge user community which cared greatly about digital content and music. Would have been a great resource for the industry to research. Shutdown October 23, 2007. [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/10/oink]<br />
<br />
=== Other Endangered Species ===<br />
<br />
* '''MUDs (Multi User Dungeons)''' are [http://www.offworld.com/2009/01/mud-history-going-down-wikis-m.html losing their history].<br />
*[http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica] is the most comprehensive collection of the history of space travel. '''Period.''' Seriously, the official NASA history folks will refer you this website if they can't answer your questions. However, Mark Wade (the sole creator/maintainer) abandoned his blog at the end of 2007, and the Encyclopedia has not been updated since May of 2008, despite much happening in the space exploration world since then.<br />
* '''All of the 1UP Network''' and related properties were bought by UGO recently, and should be watched carefully. [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/01/06/egm-closed-ziff-lays-off-30/]<br />
<br />
=== Just When You Least Expect It ===<br />
<br />
* Archive Team keeps a list of [[Fire_Drill|Healthy Sites]] that could be fine today and not so hot tomorrow. We focus on ways to back your personal data off these sites so you don't put yourself at unnecessary risk.<br />
<br />
=== Other Sites Remember the Dead ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/ Ghost Sites of the Web] by Steve Baldwin. [http://www.disobey.com/ghostsites/atom.xml RSS Feed]<br />
* [http://itdied.com/ It Died] by Glenn Fleishman. [http://itdied.com/atom.xml RSS Feed].<br />
* [http://www.techcrunch.com/tag/deadpool/ Techcrunch's Deadpool] is an excellent archive of stories about site closings.<br />
<br />
=== Tragic ===<br />
<br />
* [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10029798-38.html "Russia Web site owner killed after arrest" - article at CNET News]<br />
<br />
=== Humorous ===<br />
<br />
* [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10448650 "Dating website's miscalculated publicity attempt" - article at New Zealand Herald]</div>Liam