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National Public Radio has one of the most exhaustive broadcast archives available over the web. Over the past decade, they've been there to capture the excitement and promise as the Internet came of age.

Here are some webcentric highlights from these past two digital decades--—along with a few regrettable misfires (I'm looking at you, Friendster).

O'Reilly Radar: "But unlike many news organizations, whose primary concern may be monetizing their content, National Public Radio is interested in turning it into a resource for people to use in new and novel ways as well."

In March of this year, National Public Radio (NPR) revealed that by the end of 2008, 23.6 million people were tuning into its broadcasts each week.