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  1. Well, today I spent the day as a volunteer in the Mills Archive (no relation), scanning photos of watermills in Devon and adding them to the catalogue.

    My intent for doing this (one day a week) is to get some experience, and retrain as an archivist. I don't want to keep doing software development as a job, given the utter state the industry's in these days. It'll still be a hobby, as it has been for the last 45 years, but just that.

    #Archival #Career #CareerChange

  2. Well, today I spent the day as a volunteer in the Mills Archive (no relation), scanning photos of watermills in Devon and adding them to the catalogue.

    My intent for doing this (one day a week) is to get some experience, and retrain as an archivist. I don't want to keep doing software development as a job, given the utter state the industry's in these days. It'll still be a hobby, as it has been for the last 45 years, but just that.

  3. Well, today I spent the day as a volunteer in the Mills Archive (no relation), scanning photos of watermills in Devon and adding them to the catalogue.

    My intent for doing this (one day a week) is to get some experience, and retrain as an archivist. I don't want to keep doing software development as a job, given the utter state the industry's in these days. It'll still be a hobby, as it has been for the last 45 years, but just that.

    #Archival #Career #CareerChange

  4. Well, today I spent the day as a volunteer in the Mills Archive (no relation), scanning photos of watermills in Devon and adding them to the catalogue.

    My intent for doing this (one day a week) is to get some experience, and retrain as an archivist. I don't want to keep doing software development as a job, given the utter state the industry's in these days. It'll still be a hobby, as it has been for the last 45 years, but just that.

    #Archival #Career #CareerChange

  5. Well, today I spent the day as a volunteer in the Mills Archive (no relation), scanning photos of watermills in Devon and adding them to the catalogue.

    My intent for doing this (one day a week) is to get some experience, and retrain as an archivist. I don't want to keep doing software development as a job, given the utter state the industry's in these days. It'll still be a hobby, as it has been for the last 45 years, but just that.

    #Archival #Career #CareerChange

  6. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  7. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  8. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  9. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  10. really happy to have discovered something hiding in plain sight for several years: robyn & rand miller's original Myst pitch document from 1991.

    it's a succinct work of art in itself. i'm surprised at how much of the world design was already on paper.

    as all of the copies found elsewhere online are heavily compressed webp/jpeg, i've uploaded the robyn's original PNGs to IA here:

    archive.org/details/myst_propo

    originally from robyn's site:

    robynmiller.net/video-games-fi

    #digiPres #softwarePreservation #archival #gamedev #myst #cyan

  11. Been in touch with some "Archivist" working on a comprehensive archive of all the Cybersix material...

    They plan to release like a BitTorrent or something to make it easy to share and prevent "Link Rot"...

    Excuse me, I'm not that technical...

    #CyberSix #Archival #Preservation #MediaPreservation #Comic #Cartoon #Anime #LiveAction #TV #Series #BitTorrent #LinkRot

  12. Been in touch with some "Archivist" working on a comprehensive archive of all the Cybersix material...

    They plan to release like a BitTorrent or something to make it easy to share and prevent "Link Rot"...

    Excuse me, I'm not that technical...

    #CyberSix #Archival #Preservation #MediaPreservation #Comic #Cartoon #Anime #LiveAction #TV #Series #BitTorrent #LinkRot

  13. Been in touch with some "Archivist" working on a comprehensive archive of all the Cybersix material...

    They plan to release like a BitTorrent or something to make it easy to share and prevent "Link Rot"...

    Excuse me, I'm not that technical...

    #CyberSix #Archival #Preservation #MediaPreservation #Comic #Cartoon #Anime #LiveAction #TV #Series #BitTorrent #LinkRot

  14. Been in touch with some "Archivist" working on a comprehensive archive of all the Cybersix material...

    They plan to release like a BitTorrent or something to make it easy to share and prevent "Link Rot"...

    Excuse me, I'm not that technical...

    #CyberSix #Archival #Preservation #MediaPreservation #Comic #Cartoon #Anime #LiveAction #TV #Series #BitTorrent #LinkRot

  15. Been in touch with some "Archivist" working on a comprehensive archive of all the Cybersix material...

    They plan to release like a BitTorrent or something to make it easy to share and prevent "Link Rot"...

    Excuse me, I'm not that technical...

    #CyberSix #Archival #Preservation #MediaPreservation #Comic #Cartoon #Anime #LiveAction #TV #Series #BitTorrent #LinkRot

  16. [Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]

    [Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]

    github.com/bootsector/dctools

    --

    #AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
    [screenreader users, this post is probably unfriendly]

    I was handed what should be an ISO file.

    00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?

    I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?

    #DataPreservation #Archival

  17. [Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]

    [Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]

    github.com/bootsector/dctools

    --

    #AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
    [screenreader users, this post is probably unfriendly]

    I was handed what should be an ISO file.

    00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?

    I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?

    #DataPreservation #Archival

  18. [Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]

    [Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]

    github.com/bootsector/dctools

    --

    #AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
    [screenreader users, this post is probably unfriendly]

    I was handed what should be an ISO file.

    00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?

    I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?

    #DataPreservation #Archival

  19. [Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]

    [Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]

    github.com/bootsector/dctools

    --

    #AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
    [screenreader users, this post is probably unfriendly]

    I was handed what should be an ISO file.

    00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?

    I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?

    #DataPreservation #Archival

  20. [Update 2: this was a very broken file. It has been dumped again]

    [Solved, thanks to @futzle and an old... Dreamcast tool?!]

    github.com/bootsector/dctools

    --

    #AskFedi anyone seen files like this?
    [screenreader users, this post is probably unfriendly]

    I was handed what should be an ISO file.

    00ff ffff ffff ffff ffff ff00 0002 0001 is tickling my brain like the start bytes are doubled?

    I can't find CD001 in here so maybe it's not ISO9660 at all?

    #DataPreservation #Archival

  21. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira

  22. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira

  23. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira

  24. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira

  25. "Years after #YounesDardashti’s death, his granddaughter #Galeet is still singing with him in #NewYork.

    Using #archival #recordings of her grandfather’s voice, #GaleetDardashti created her #album #Monajat — meaning an intimate conversation with God — layering her vocals over decades-old tapes of him #singing #Selihot, religious poetry chanted nightly before the #Jewish New Year.

    Across the country in #LosAngeles, #JacquelineRafii — senior #cantor of Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative #synagogues in the U.S. — is also working to preserve her #Iranian grandfather’s traditional #Persian Jewish #music.

    While in #cantorial school, Rafii rediscovered cassette tapes made of her grandfather leading a #Passover seder in #Tehran. When her family was forced to flee the country following the #IslamicRevolution in 1979, they brought that cassette tape with them."

    forward.com/culture/816997/ira

  26. After screenshotting, archiving & keeping metadata on my curated Palm OS apps project, I'm giving #WindowsMobile #PocketPC some love with its first 10 games I added on my list (not all of them shown in the screenshots).

    #Archival #Astraware #RetroComputing #Gaming #RetroGaming #PDA

  27. After screenshotting, archiving & keeping metadata on my curated Palm OS apps project, I'm giving #WindowsMobile #PocketPC some love with its first 10 games I added on my list (not all of them shown in the screenshots).

    #Archival #Astraware #RetroComputing #Gaming #RetroGaming #PDA

  28. After screenshotting, archiving & keeping metadata on my curated Palm OS apps project, I'm giving #WindowsMobile #PocketPC some love with its first 10 games I added on my list (not all of them shown in the screenshots).

    #Archival #Astraware #RetroComputing #Gaming #RetroGaming #PDA

  29. After screenshotting, archiving & keeping metadata on my curated Palm OS apps project, I'm giving #WindowsMobile #PocketPC some love with its first 10 games I added on my list (not all of them shown in the screenshots).

    #Archival #Astraware #RetroComputing #Gaming #RetroGaming #PDA

  30. After screenshotting, archiving & keeping metadata on my curated Palm OS apps project, I'm giving #WindowsMobile #PocketPC some love with its first 10 games I added on my list (not all of them shown in the screenshots).

    #Archival #Astraware #RetroComputing #Gaming #RetroGaming #PDA

  31. These suckers aren't cheap, but they are the most accessible archival backup without going broke on commercial grade stuff. #backups #offline #archival

  32. These suckers aren't cheap, but they are the most accessible archival backup without going broke on commercial grade stuff. #backups #offline #archival

  33. These suckers aren't cheap, but they are the most accessible archival backup without going broke on commercial grade stuff. #backups #offline #archival

  34. These suckers aren't cheap, but they are the most accessible archival backup without going broke on commercial grade stuff. #backups #offline #archival

  35. These suckers aren't cheap, but they are the most accessible archival backup without going broke on commercial grade stuff. #backups #offline #archival

  36. In this excerpt from our podcast, Grammy-winning mastering engineer Michael Graves describes repairing what sounded like a tape crinkle on Chris Bell's "I Am the Cosmos," only to learn it was a splice made by Beatles producer Geoff Emerick.

    Don't miss the full conversation on the latest episode of The Tonearm Podcast: podcast.thetonearm.com/michael

    #Podcast #Beatles #Archival #Musodon