Pink Pages Are Back-Internet Archives

[Jacobs]

I don't check links on our website as often as I should, but a couple of weeks ago, I was very disappointed to see that the link to the George Imirie Pink Pages no longer worked. I searched around and could not find a good replacement.

Internet Archives ( https//www.archive.org ) to the rescue. Internet Archives is a 501(c)(3) organization that makes available HUGE numbers of scanned books and periodicals. It also has music, old radio shows, vintage tv shows and more. One feature you may have heard about in the news from time to time is the Wayback Machine. This is the Internet Archive's documentation of what is/has appeared on the internet. I played in the Wayback Machine and was able to find where the site that had been hosting the Pink Pages had been captured. The link to this site is now the link I am using to make the Pink Pages easily available to our membership again.

A word of caution--some of the content that is captured or is uploaded to Internet Archives may not be suitable for children, so you may want to see if there are any parental controls available on the site. I haven't looked.

I gladly include Internet Archives in my list of 501(c)(3) organizations I give to. After this find, I'll probably increase my contribution in 2023.

[Wally]

Thank you. The pink pages are a source of info that needs to stay alive and up front for all beeks.

[MadItalian]

FYI...

I downloaded the Pink Pages from Archive.org, tweaked them for self hosting, and loaded them to my personal web site. There is a link at the bottom you can grab the full zip file and host yourself.

http://baratta.com/pinkpages/index.html

I recommend you add to the guilfordbeekeepers.org site. The more places we add this to, the more likely it will be available long term.

[Jacobs]

That is beyond my abilities, but hopefully, Internet Archives will be around for a long time.

[Wally]

What is self hosting?

[MadItalian]

I packaged up the Pink Pages so it's self contained. There is a zip link at the bottom of every page to pick that up.

http://baratta.com/pinkpages/

You can download and keep local if you want, or if you have your own web site like here, it can be integrated easily into your web site for your group's use.

After you unzip it, you only need to double click on the index.html page to open up the Table of Contents and walk through the pages as if you were on the internet.

[Wally]

Thanks

[MadItalian]

FYI - someone was able to switch Pink Pages to a new host, it's back on it's olde address:

https://www.beesource.com/threads/imiri ... st-1956931

https://pinkpages.chrisbacherconsulting.com