Back to the Past: a URL Trick/Gizmo to find any site’s first presence in the Internet Arhive

I didn’t intend today to be poking around in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine nor duct taping together a bookmarklet tool. But that’s where the afternoon took me as I am trying to get over a nasty cold. Cutting first to the end, try this out. If you know where to put them (the bookmarks bar usually below your browser’s url display), drag the link below to your bookmarks. Next, in a new window, go to any site you visit regularly or perhaps the article you just recently red. Something a few clicks back in the browser history First in Wayback Ideally when clicked it should take you to the first record in the Internet Archive for the domain of the page in view. Why does the world need this? I dunno, I’m resting here on the couch. Long Live the 500 Year Old Web I got to reading a nice little write up at Long Live the Web and frankly a sweet celebration of the web, flying in the face of its ongoing dumpster fire toxic bin of poop that it can feel like. I certainly champion its words,…