#borndigital — Public Fediverse posts

New paper just published with @[email protected] "Building Better Environments: A Baker’s Dozen of Methodologies for Configuring and Selecting Emulation Environments in EAASI". Open source FTW! #AusEAASI #EAASI #digipres #archives #gamepres #borndigital www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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New paper just published with @[email protected] "Building Better Environments: A Baker’s Dozen of Methodologies for Configuring and Selecting Emulation Environments in EAASI". Open source FTW! #AusEAASI #EAASI #digipres #archives #gamepres #borndigital www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1...

New paper just published with @[email protected] "Building Better Environments: A Baker’s Dozen of Methodologies for Configuring and Selecting Emulation Environments in EAASI". Open source FTW! #AusEAASI #EAASI #digipres #archives #gamepres #borndigital www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1...

New paper just published with @[email protected] "Building Better Environments: A Baker’s Dozen of Methodologies for Configuring and Selecting Emulation Environments in EAASI". Open source FTW! #AusEAASI #EAASI #digipres #archives #gamepres #borndigital www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1...

International Business Times: Music, Video Games and News Archives Are Vanishing From Public Access, Internet Archive Report Finds. “Decades of music journalism and a huge slice of video game history have quietly disappeared from public access in recent years, according to a new Internet Archive report on cultural preservation. Titled Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record, […]

International Business Times: Music, Video Games and News Archives Are Vanishing From Public Access, Internet Archive Report Finds. “Decades of music journalism and a huge slice of video game history have quietly disappeared from public access in recent years, according to a new Internet Archive report on cultural preservation. Titled Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record, […]

International Business Times: Music, Video Games and News Archives Are Vanishing From Public Access, Internet Archive Report Finds. “Decades of music journalism and a huge slice of video game history have quietly disappeared from public access in recent years, according to a new Internet Archive report on cultural preservation. Titled Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record, […]

International Business Times: Music, Video Games and News Archives Are Vanishing From Public Access, Internet Archive Report Finds. “Decades of music journalism and a huge slice of video game history have quietly disappeared from public access in recent years, according to a new Internet Archive report on cultural preservation. Titled Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record, […]

Internet Archive: Preserving a Creative Legacy: How CARTA is Safeguarding Artists’ Websites. “Art historians, critics, curators, and humanities scholars rely on artists’ records to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. To support the accessibility and discoverability of these websites for art historical scholarship in the future, the Internet Archive’s Collaborative […]

Internet Archive: Preserving a Creative Legacy: How CARTA is Safeguarding Artists’ Websites. “Art historians, critics, curators, and humanities scholars rely on artists’ records to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. To support the accessibility and discoverability of these websites for art historical scholarship in the future, the Internet Archive’s Collaborative […]

Internet Archive: Preserving a Creative Legacy: How CARTA is Safeguarding Artists’ Websites. “Art historians, critics, curators, and humanities scholars rely on artists’ records to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. To support the accessibility and discoverability of these websites for art historical scholarship in the future, the Internet Archive’s Collaborative […]

Internet Archive: Preserving a Creative Legacy: How CARTA is Safeguarding Artists’ Websites. “Art historians, critics, curators, and humanities scholars rely on artists’ records to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. To support the accessibility and discoverability of these websites for art historical scholarship in the future, the Internet Archive’s Collaborative […]

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Data Rescue Project: Announcing the DRP Metadata Analyst. “Today’s post is an interview with our new Metadata Analyst! The DRP is grateful to be able to offer this position throught the generous support of the Portfolio to Protect Science, a fiscally sponsored initiative of Global Impact, as well as other anonymous individual donors.”

Gizmodo: Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?. “…for this Giz Asks, we asked experts in computer science, cybersecurity, and archival research to consider the idea of ‘permanence,’ specifically in the context of how we record, track, and store information. That is, is there such a thing as permanent data storage?”

Gizmodo: Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?. “…for this Giz Asks, we asked experts in computer science, cybersecurity, and archival research to consider the idea of ‘permanence,’ specifically in the context of how we record, track, and store information. That is, is there such a thing as permanent data storage?”

Gizmodo: Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?. “…for this Giz Asks, we asked experts in computer science, cybersecurity, and archival research to consider the idea of ‘permanence,’ specifically in the context of how we record, track, and store information. That is, is there such a thing as permanent data storage?”

Gizmodo: Will We Ever Solve the Problem of Losing Data?. “…for this Giz Asks, we asked experts in computer science, cybersecurity, and archival research to consider the idea of ‘permanence,’ specifically in the context of how we record, track, and store information. That is, is there such a thing as permanent data storage?”

Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

Current Affairs: Who Will Save the Internet From Disappearing?. “From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.”

Tom’s Hardware: Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions. “While most of the Western world has been grappling with publishers and big tech companies about digital ownership, a Redditor who claims to be married to a Chinese lawyer and certified […]

Tom’s Hardware: Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions. “While most of the Western world has been grappling with publishers and big tech companies about digital ownership, a Redditor who claims to be married to a Chinese lawyer and certified […]

Tom’s Hardware: Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions. “While most of the Western world has been grappling with publishers and big tech companies about digital ownership, a Redditor who claims to be married to a Chinese lawyer and certified […]

Tom’s Hardware: Chinese courts allow heirs to inherit accounts of deceased gamers — multiple cases spanning years establish precedent for digital ownership of games, in-game items, and microtransactions. “While most of the Western world has been grappling with publishers and big tech companies about digital ownership, a Redditor who claims to be married to a Chinese lawyer and certified […]

Engadget: PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation. “So, that’s it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn’t seem like the company will back […]

Engadget: PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation. “So, that’s it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn’t seem like the company will back […]

Engadget: PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation. “So, that’s it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn’t seem like the company will back […]

Engadget: PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation. “So, that’s it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn’t seem like the company will back […]

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Scientific American: History depends on records that weren’t built to last. “Chat apps, email, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace.”

Daily Nous: Kant Studies Online: No Longer Online. “What happens to the articles published in an online-only journal when that journal not only ceases to publish, but ceases to exist? That question is raised by the case of Kant Studies Online, an online only, open-access philosophy journal that published articles between 2011 and 2016, the website of which is no longer accessible. The journal […]

Daily Nous: Kant Studies Online: No Longer Online. “What happens to the articles published in an online-only journal when that journal not only ceases to publish, but ceases to exist? That question is raised by the case of Kant Studies Online, an online only, open-access philosophy journal that published articles between 2011 and 2016, the website of which is no longer accessible. The journal […]

Daily Nous: Kant Studies Online: No Longer Online. “What happens to the articles published in an online-only journal when that journal not only ceases to publish, but ceases to exist? That question is raised by the case of Kant Studies Online, an online only, open-access philosophy journal that published articles between 2011 and 2016, the website of which is no longer accessible. The journal […]

Daily Nous: Kant Studies Online: No Longer Online. “What happens to the articles published in an online-only journal when that journal not only ceases to publish, but ceases to exist? That question is raised by the case of Kant Studies Online, an online only, open-access philosophy journal that published articles between 2011 and 2016, the website of which is no longer accessible. The journal […]

Oops. A virus left its traces on some of the disks. But ... the virus was created only after the author's death! The virus thus becomes a stemmatological tool #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Oops. A virus left its traces on some of the disks. But ... the virus was created only after the author's death! The virus thus becomes a stemmatological tool #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Oops. A virus left its traces on some of the disks. But ... the virus was created only after the author's death! The virus thus becomes a stemmatological tool #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Oops. A virus left its traces on some of the disks. But ... the virus was created only after the author's death! The virus thus becomes a stemmatological tool #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

What do you do when you receive a collection of 115 floppy disks without any indication of order or content? Pick one (do not forget to make a forensic copy) and take a peek! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

What do you do when you receive a collection of 115 floppy disks without any indication of order or content? Pick one (do not forget to make a forensic copy) and take a peek! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

What do you do when you receive a collection of 115 floppy disks without any indication of order or content? Pick one (do not forget to make a forensic copy) and take a peek! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

What do you do when you receive a collection of 115 floppy disks without any indication of order or content? Pick one (do not forget to make a forensic copy) and take a peek! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Digital philology thus allows to study not only what was written, but how something was written in digital environments (blackened text in the image is still unpublished) #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Digital philology thus allows to study not only what was written, but how something was written in digital environments (blackened text in the image is still unpublished) #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Digital philology thus allows to study not only what was written, but how something was written in digital environments (blackened text in the image is still unpublished) #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Digital philology thus allows to study not only what was written, but how something was written in digital environments (blackened text in the image is still unpublished) #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

The end of digital text is sometimes not the end of digital text. Some files - especially such created by Word - have invisible extensions. In this case, they contain text which was deleted before a file was saved. This can be quite interesting material! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

The end of digital text is sometimes not the end of digital text. Some files - especially such created by Word - have invisible extensions. In this case, they contain text which was deleted before a file was saved. This can be quite interesting material! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

The end of digital text is sometimes not the end of digital text. Some files - especially such created by Word - have invisible extensions. In this case, they contain text which was deleted before a file was saved. This can be quite interesting material! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

The end of digital text is sometimes not the end of digital text. Some files - especially such created by Word - have invisible extensions. In this case, they contain text which was deleted before a file was saved. This can be quite interesting material! #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Leetspeak Easter Egg: Microsoft encoded the file header as the hex sequence "D0CF11E", which reads "docfile". #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Leetspeak Easter Egg: Microsoft encoded the file header as the hex sequence "D0CF11E", which reads "docfile". #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Leetspeak Easter Egg: Microsoft encoded the file header as the hex sequence "D0CF11E", which reads "docfile". #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026

Leetspeak Easter Egg: Microsoft encoded the file header as the hex sequence "D0CF11E", which reads "docfile". #retrocomputing #digitalforensics #digitalheritage #borndigital #digitalarchives #digitalhumanities #hacknplay2026