Andy JacksonIt was a joy to be invited onto the Code for Thought podcast to talk about Making Data Last: https://www.dpconline.org/news/code-for-thought-podcast
Josh RenaudGot my copy of @internetarchive's "Vanishing Culture" book in the mail yesterday. So cool to see my essay on "Recovering Lost Software" in print, plus all the other contributions!
Read it online here:
https://blog.archive.org/2025/05/07/vanishing-culture-recovering-lost-software/
Follow my retrocomputing research:
https://breakintochat.com/blog/
#atari #kirschen #breakintochat #digipres #preservation #archives #retrocomputing #retrogaming
PurpleJillybeans 
I took sort of a first pass at #ReverseEngineering the binary format used by the #Java METAR viewer applet I dumped last month. Got as far as identifying the bytes that encode latitude and longitude before concluding I was out of my league. The disassembly implies they're encoded as (presumably signed) floats, but I wasn't able to work out the details.
Doesn't help that I know next to nothing about Java... 🤷♀️
Bertrand Caronand his video on quarter-inch cartridges is fascinating - so simple and so practical!!! And you get to see what he types on his terminal - nothing spectacular, just very a well made video.
Reading ancient QIC-150 tapes from a great Craigslist find!
Wow, Dmitry Brant's blog is quite a nice source of inspiration for #digipres folks!
For example:
https://dmitrybrant.com/2020/11/01/how-to-recover-data-from-qic-tapes
Documenting false positives returned by #JHOVE is a silent task, but a useful one probably??
https://github.com/openpreserve/jhove/wiki/PDF-hul-Messages#details-113
peadaroraifOur 2025 Highlights Report is out now! Bringing together the key activities from the OPF over the last year, the report covers the latest from our tools, our #digipres collaborations, our work with our members and project partners, and much more. Looking forward to even more to come this year! Read the PDF here 👉 https://openpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/OPFAnnualReport2025.pdf
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Digital Repository of IrelandThe DRI April newsletter is out now! 💌
This month's news includes the DRI-SETU Case Study launch, two new collections in the Repository, upcoming DRI events, and more #DigiPres news.
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/ria/dri-april-2026-news-and-events-10986481
Uncommon Ephemera"Why don't you just apply for a grant?"
NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections. Up to $420,000. Must be a cultural institution. For environmental controls in buildings. The guidelines say: "Individuals are not eligible to apply." I sustain cultural heritage every day. Just not in the right kind of building. #preservation #NEH #grants #archives #digipres
