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Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8Y_rtxcWL_M/my-rss-feeds-from-a-decade-ago.html
My RSS feeds from a decade ago, a snapshot of gadget blogging when that was a thing
I chanced upon an ancient backup of my RSS feed subscriptions, a cold hard stone of data from my time at Wired in the mid-2000s. The last-modified date on the file is December 2007. I wiped my feeds upon coming to Boing Boing thenabouts: a fresh start and a new perspective.
What I found, over 212 mostly-defunct sites, is a time capsule of web culture from a bygone age—albeit one tailored to the professional purpose of cranking out blog posts about consumer electronics a decade ago. It's not a picture of a wonderful time before all the horrors of Facebook and Twitter set in. This place is not a place of honor. No highly-esteemed deed is commemorated here. But perhaps some of you might like a quick tour, all the same. (more…)
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8Y_rtxcWL_M/my-rss-feeds-from-a-decade-ago.html
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