Flick Harrison on Mon, 4 Jan 2010 22:40:19 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime> fast-changing propaganda website archiving tools? |
Hey nettimers, I'm trying to archive some government propaganda websites for a research project. I'm on mac but could access linux or PC tools in a pinch. All the various things I've tried have failed to maintain the full interactivity / flash linking within the kind of page I'm wanting. For example, this game-like map of Sri Lanka's counterinsurgency campaign: http://www.defence.lk/orbat/Default.asp I'd like to archive it with the interactivity intact. It would also be interesting to archive full versions of a site like this: http://www.actionplan.gc.ca/eng/index.asp That could help me keep track of updates etc. The latter page was changed quite regularly as opposition parties attacked the site for being too partisan-branded (Conservative Party colour schemes, Prime Minister photos galore, links to video of the PM playing piano, etc). Every news cycle there was a new critique and new site revision. Archives like waybackmachine don't keep images properly. And there's no archive at all for the Canadian Govt Website for the last year and a half! http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.actionplan.gc.ca I've tried things like Fink and Wget but all seem to be more complicated than necessary, and I find that following links for functionality without following them ad infinitum is a tricky algorithm to puzzle out through the CLI. Thanks in advance, Flick Harrison * FLICK's WEBSITE & BLOG: http://www.flickharrison.com * FACEBOOK http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=860700553 * MYSPACE: http://myspace.com/flickharrison # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@kein.org