Days of Being Wild on Internet Archive: Preserving Wong Kar-wai’s Dreamscape
In a strange way, the decay is the art. The broken MIDI files and missing images feel more emotionally honest than a perfectly preserved PDF. They remind us that the early internet wasn’t a product—it was a place we lived. days of being wild internet archive
“In 2023, I realized my entire memory of the 90s was gone,” Chen tells me over a choppy Discord call. “My old Homestead site? Gone. My friend’s angsty poetry? Gone. The web taught us we were immortal, but we’re the most forgetful species ever.” Days of Being Wild on Internet Archive: Preserving
The chat room flickered. The neon green bled into red. The user list warped. All the names faded except two: NeonSoul and The Archive. “In 2023, I realized my entire memory of