Mastodawn

@SRLevine Cheers! Thanks for looking out for the obsolete media formats. Definitely see if someone nearby wants them first.

I'm reminded of when I found a tape reel from 1981 containing a Berkeley professor's quasar dissertation observation data. When I reached out to him excitedly he was like "yeah I'm the one who threw those out" heh

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Michael Wolf 17h ago

@SRLevine Fair. If they are headed to the dump and you've got a shoebox or more, I'd be happy to send you a shipping label/compensate you for your time. I try to archive and toss them on the internet archive if they aren't there already.

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Michael Wolf 18h ago

@SRLevine what are you doing with the used ones? I usually buy used floppies whenever I come across them

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Michael Wolf 1d ago

@sexybenfranklin tell me about the lands that lay beyond, wanderer

Michael Wolf 1d ago

Database migration complete. Hopefully this instance do anything weird during the false starts while I fat-fingered pg_dump commands

Michael Wolf 2d ago

My wife and I have enrolled for a linocut class next week and put together some #bookplate designs. Not sure how this riff on Escher will translate when it comes time for cutting but mine is going to be no where as good as hers.

Michael Wolf 2d ago

MattoF 4d ago

Ready for the Old Computer Challenge?

The 5th Old Computer Challenge: Sunday, July 13th - Saturday, July 19th.

This years theme: "There is no challenge"

- Experience new and old things, and test your beliefs.
- It's fun, brings unexpected discoveries, and comes with a great community.

See you in the IRC channel #oldcomputerchallenge on libera.chat

No old computer? Create your own challenge! Read more at: http://occ.deadnet.se/

Michael Wolf 2d ago

I touched a computer on the day set aside for no computer-touching and the computer exploded. When shall this lesson be learned?

Michael Wolf 2d ago

The Public Domain Review 2d ago

Circular snapshots from the very first @kodak camera (the first truly portable camera) — invented by George Eastman who was born #onthisday in New York in 1854. more examples here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kodak-no-1-circular-snapshots #OTD

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