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dub3's pixel tribute to National Data Library in 2010: a Modern-era database
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2010 page

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National Data Library (2010)

Did you mean: everything?

Cost
4 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2010

The UK government's open data portal, where departments publish non-personal data for anyone to download and use.

It opened as a closed beta on 30 September 2009 and to the public in January 2010. It held over 19,000 datasets by 2015, more than 40,000 by 2017 and over 47,000 by 2023.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2010 page.

Put it on your site

Run National Data Library, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

National Data Library is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2010, then plays a short scene. Want National Data Library in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.