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the posts are fairly scant textually but provide a compelling visual database. The collection of
colour, black-and-white, grainy and pale, photographs of Belgrade airport, for instance, provide
the visitor with a view of times past. The effect of ‗pastness‘ is achieved precisely via the ‗noise‘
in the photos not normally present in images born digital, i.e. slightly deteriorated edges, yellowy
hue, etc.: in general, the ‗noisy imperfection‘ that cannot be algorithmically reproduced. Online,
however, the bite of time will be absent.
Figure 6 | Embedded videos, ―Long Live Labour,‖ available from http://yugoslavian.blogspot.com/2010/05/fewsongs-from-youth-day-celebrations.html.
With respect to the scope of the blog it is clear that the topics are arbitrarily chosen and ordered by
the blogger with a few not insignificant exceptions in correlating the date of posting with the date
of the content represented. This demonstrates a very enthusiastic approach to acquiring the
material, and a longer term intention to keep the blog running. The blog seems a good example of
grass-roots digital preservation of the past and a vehicle to remembering via diffusing images and
sounds. Apart from this, it is one of the online places where remembering is possible via clicking
through the posts, reading the (not too many) comments and possibly commenting yourself. As
arbitrary as this selection may be, it is a selection that nevertheless brings into the realm of
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