FOUR years ago we noted that the web is a very dynamic place, with some sites changing content every few minutes (4 February, 2006). But at the same time, some individual web pages stay put forever, no matter how inconsequential they may be. For example, David Viner wrote to us celebrating a page about turnips he had come across in 1996 that was still available in its original pristine glory 10 years later.
That page, put up by Vancouver Community Network in 1996, was merely part of a demonstration about coding web pages – but,…
