At one point I realized that whenever I went on vacation I took pictures of wherever I went: Germany, France, Sweden, Costa Rica, Texas, Florida, etc. But then

At one point I realized that whenever I went on vacation I took pictures of wherever I went: Germany, France, Sweden, Costa Rica, Texas, Florida, etc. But then I realized most of the "traveling" that I do is the different places that I go on my computer. If I'm going to take photos when I travel, I should also be taking screenshots constantly, to document places I went on my computer. Such screenshots are useful because they will capture: 1. the large number of websites that exist in a particular year, but which won't exist 5 years later 2. minor interests I have one year that I don't have later. Occasionally I'm curious when I first got into a particular interest, and seeing the screenshots is helpful for documenting that. When I go back to the oldest entries of my weblog, from 2005, I notice that more than 80% of the links are now 404. The Web is constantly disappearing. Like a forest on its way to extinction, you might as well photograph it now, because it won't be there 10 years later. Most of the websites you visit, you cannot go back and visit them a few years later. Take a photo of them while they still exist.