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#endofanera — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #endofanera, aggregated by home.social.

  1. I’m pretty sad about Buck’s Spices in #OlyWA closing. They’ve been such an amazing place to discover new flavors and talk about recipes over the years. They’ll apparently still have a presence online, but I’ll really miss going in and smelling all the things. #OlympiaWA #PNW #EndOfAnEra

  2. #Askcom, originally launched as #AskJeeves in 1997, has officially #shutdown. The #searchengine, known for its natural language processing and butler mascot, was discontinued by its parent company #IAC. The closure marks the #endofanera, as the #internet shifts towards #generativeAI powered search engines. mashable.com/article/ask-jeeve #tech #media #news

  3. Breaking News: Brodart No Longer Manufactures or Sells Library Card Catalogs

    With no advance notice or apparent fanfare, Brodart, one of the major library supplies and furnishing companies in the United States, has quit manufacturing, distributing, and selling library card catalogs and library charging trays. This seems sad news for analog library enthusiasts coming just two days after Melvil Dewey's 174th birthday on December 10th.  I've got word in for specific details about end dates for manufacturing and the last sales on some of these products. Apparently the […]

    boffosocko.com/2025/12/12/brea

  4. 📉 Ah, the end of an era, as Linux Format Magazine 📰 finally gives up the ghost after 25 years of pretending that paper was still relevant in the digital age. 😂 Goodbye, printed pages and hello infinite scrolling—now you can finally get your Linux news from the same place you get your cat memes. 🐱💻
    omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux- #LinuxFormatMagazine #EndOfAnEra #DigitalAge #PrintMedia #GoodbyePrint #HackerNews #ngated