[SEL] OT: but kinda cool... my site is being archived by the National Library of Australia

Jeff Allen transteck at earthlink.net
Thu Aug 4 14:10:45 PDT 2005


Hi Paul,

I can't think of a more deserving site. I always enjoy my visits to your 
site.

Jeff Allen

Paul Pavlinovich wrote:

> Most of us who make our own web sites do so generally to massage our 
> own egos while trying to provide a good information source to the 
> wider community - I'm no different - I've really enjoyed the last 10 
> years of creating and maintaining content for www.steamengine.com.au
>
> Today I found out the answer to the thought that had sometimes run 
> through my mind... what will happen to my site when I'm gone, or if my 
> arrangements with its generous server provider Paul Evans fall through 
> one day... The National Library of Australia has approached me and 
> advised that they want to archive my site as part of project Pandora 
> where they are storing sites significant to Australian history and 
> culture to make them available to future generations and they wanted 
> my permission to do it - I've given them the go ahead although having 
> my site there does dumbfound me a bit (only a bit, I found plenty of 
> words to put in this message sitting here with a stupid grin on my 
> face :).
>
> Paul
>
>




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