2021-09-20: Digging Up a Gem Through the Web Archives
As we commemorate the Internet Archive turning 25 years , I decided to unearth some memories from the most precious days of my life. I attended Devi Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo, Sri Lanka for my high school education (2004-2012). In 2004, I joined the Junior Western Band of our school which paved the way for me to join “DBVSBB”, Devi Balika Vidyalaya Senior Brass Band in the following year. Being a senior brass band member at my school for seven years (Figure 01), I have attended many concerts, received many certificates, and won numerous competitions. Fast forward to 2021, being a Ph.D. student working in the realm of web archiving, I was keen to look for any online presence of our band’s achievements at the time through web archives. Figure 01: A few pictures taken at the band practices and concerts over the years. As step one in discovering mementos from Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, I was trying to recall a time where our band got featured on a newspaper or website. Unfo...