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preservation

Bougainvillea and bitter memories: Villa Grimaldi Park for Peace

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Horns honk, people push, patience is short; Santiago is teeming with activity, a modern metropolis in the throes of summer heat.  But 45 minutes from the city’s center sits a quiet place of rest, respite, and reflection, filled with the pleasant sounds of birds in birch trees and the smell of roses and bougainvillea.  Read More

Witnessing "history"?

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3…2…1… We have lift off! Space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for her final voyage on July 8, marking the end of NASA’s 30-year old shuttle program, and I was there. Honestly, it is bigger on TV. But television doesn’t adequately capture the physical sensation of participation. Read More

Voices from the grave: Digital after-lives

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Quite by accident while researching freeware backup solutions, I stumbled upon a web site that did not back up my systems, but instead tried to convince me to back up my “vital digital property.” Legacy Locker, which has been around since Spring 2009, sells services to protect families in the unfortunate but inevitable event(s) of “loss, death, or disability.” Read More

Culture 24: Worth emulating?

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The UK’s portal to museums, archives, heritage sites and art venues is this year’s Museums and the Web recipient of the Archimuse “Longest Lived” award. First launched in 1999, the site is a true grand-dame in internet years, but with a 2009 makeover and an enthusiastic embrace of RSS, Twitter and open-crawling, Culture 24 is certainly “up” with the times. Read More