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  1. Content of the project

  2. Survivalists' interest

  3. The discontinuation of the project

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox website
| name = The Third World Development Online Library (CD3WD)
| creator = Alex Weir (1948 - 2014)
| url = [https://web.archive.org/web/20151118235919/http://www.cd3wd.com/CD3WD/ cd3wd.com] (defunct)
| commercial = No
| type = Digital library
| launched = {{Start date and age|2003|df=yes}}
| current status = Discontinued
}}CD3WD was a project that focused on assisting in third world development by making technical documents and other relevant information easily available to all people. Created by Alex Weir in 2003,[1] the concept was to share useful DIY guides and technical information for free using CDs. The name CD3WD comes from "CD for the Third World Development". In later versions of the project the archive was distributed on DVD. The last version that is available online (the 2012 version) was a total of 6 DVDs (core set) and 32 DVDs of extra educational content.[2]

Content of the project

CD3WD gathered a massive free electronic library of largely donor-generated information on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food processing, engineering, appropriate technology, water and sanitation, education, health, etc. This information came mostly from NGOs and governmental agencies. The information was structured into topics and was the 6-DVD core set. The main language of the project was English but there were also parts in other languages. The core set was available from the project's webpage and by DVDs sent by mail.

The project also had an educational extra part of 32 DVDs with educational content from sources like Khan Academy, Wikipedia for Schools and Project Gutenberg. This part of the project was limited to DVDs sent by mail because most of the content was easy to find online.

Survivalists' interest

CD3WD was focused on gathering and spreading information to assist third world development,[3] but the project got much of its attention from survivalists.[4][5][6] The information in the archive handled a widespread area of practical topics relevant to preppers. This, the structure, and the offline nature of the CD3WD archive made it ideal for survivalists. In 2013 author Annalee Newitz wrote about humans surviving a global extinction event, saying, "If we're lucky, the hangers-on will have access to a repository of human knowledge called the CD3WD database."[7]

The discontinuation of the project

After the death of Alex Weir in 2014,[8] the project stopped and the project domain "cd3wd.com" was taken over. It is no longer connected to the project. There is still a mirror page of the 2006 version of the website[9] and a torrent of the 2012 version of the project's DVDs[10] was available online.

Archive.org has a torrent and ISOs available.[11]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Weir|first1=Alex|title=Australia slashing aid budget can greatly help Third World|url=https://alexweir1949.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/australia-slashing-aid-budget-can-greatly-help-third-world/|website=alexweir1949.wordpress.com|accessdate=15 May 2016|date=30 September 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=CD3WD Directory Listing|url=http://www.fastspeedtest.net/mirrors/cd3wd/|website=www.fastspeedtest.net|accessdate=15 May 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Want to reboot civilization? What you’ll need - The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/04/19/want-reboot-civilization-what-you-need/fReMGOEq2ZkgZ8WPu3xLCL/story.html|accessdate=16 May 2016|work=BostonGlobe.com}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Rebuilding Civilization With Cd3wd|url=http://afterthelastday.com/2013/09/06/rebuilding-civilization-cd3wd/|website=After The Last Day|accessdate=16 May 2016|date=6 September 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=CD3WD - Listen to Alex Weir from CD3WD.com on the Prepper Podcast tonight. - American Preppers Network|url=http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2010/12/listen-to-alex-weir-from-wwwcd3wdcom-on.html|website=American Preppers Network|accessdate=16 May 2016|language=en-US|date=7 December 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web|last1=Drager|first1=Dave|title=CD3WD Archives the Information Necessary to Rebuild Society|url=http://lifehacker.com/5765617/cd3wd-archives-the-information-necessary-to-rebuild-society|website=Lifehacker|accessdate=16 May 2016|language=en-US}}
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Newitz|first1=Annalee|title=Scatter, adapt, and remember : how humans will survive a mass extinction|date=2013|publisher=Doubleday|location=New York|isbn=978-0385535915|edition=First}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=A memorial Library|url=http://www.cd3wd.info/about.html|website=A CD for third world development ... cd3wd ...|accessdate=15 May 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=CD3WD Mirror version 4 (2006)|url=http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM|accessdate=15 May 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=CD3WD Directory Listing|url=http://www.fastspeedtest.net/mirrors/cd3wd/|website=www.fastspeedtest.net|accessdate=15 May 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=CD3WD Download (2012)|url=https://archive.org/details/2012_cdw3d_dvd_set|accessdate=11 February 2018}}

External links

  • Memorial page - Alex Weir and CD3WD
  • [https://alexweir1949.wordpress.com Alex Weir's blog]
  • [https://www.dropbox.com/s/0dg1vjxzga4hbpu/cd3wd-torrents.zip?dl=0 Zip file of .Torrent files for CD3WD (2012 version)]
  • Clone of CD3WD (2006 version)

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