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Manager for Digital Archives πŸ’Ύ Probably wearing a funky dress at a conference πŸ‘— ✨ fall off the earth & watch as the stars collide Embrace the void and have the courage to exist πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ she/her

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All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity Finding working copies of the last few titles was an β€œespecially cursed” journey.

One of the coolest video game preservation stories I have ever covered arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/...

08.09.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1395    πŸ” 573    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 47

Sorry to my coworkers who are just going to be greeted with "I DID IT" all day instead of "Hi" πŸ˜…

05.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

After 5 years I have solved a work mystery that involved many emails, a trip to the UK, and lots of eBay scouting. I'm so happy I could cry

05.09.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately I do think Google Lens is one of the most useful inventions we've made. Love being able to point at a cable and go "magic camera, identify!"

03.09.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SAA 2025 - I am here, masked, and in a funky print dress! Say hi!
Also my presentation is at 1:15 this afternoon and it'd be cool to see some familiar faces 😊

25.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very important announcement: it appears the first Spirit Halloween stores are opening TODAY πŸŽƒπŸ’€πŸ‘»

14.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've said this before, but bless the hobbyists who tear down old tech to refurbish them and then puts the video of it on YouTube. Digital archivists everywhere bow down to you πŸ™πŸ»

08.08.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's still a few disks I'm puzzling out, but it's getting the majority at the moment! 🦦

I have both a TEAC FD-235HG and HF, but so far I've only tested the HF with success.
Haven't tried any 5.25" drives yet, but I'm happy to let you know what I try!

30.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Women GIF Alt: Happy Women GIF

Got a Greaseweazle, playing with previously unreadable disks, feeling like a goddess

28.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hitting the trifecta today: meetings in every major video conferencing platform (Teams, Zoom, WebEx) πŸ†

21.07.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been 5 years (more, but since everyone did it) and I still wave at the end of every Zoom/Teams call πŸ˜…

16.07.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU!! This is so helpful πŸ€—

01.07.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know what it's called when you see "word : word :: word : word" (normally about similes I think)?

Searching this has been reallly difficult surprisingly and I know it has to have a proper name out there.

01.07.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting - lots of files and versions to keep track of! I forsee an overhaul of how we do things in my future.

09.06.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We normally restrict too, but this may be a special case. That's cool you have people who can/are willing to do that work!

07.06.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! And enjoy your weekend! 😊

06.06.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was there a specific tool you used?
Yeah, from what I've looked into so far, it's a very manual process. And of course! We're also thinking about how/where to describe the changed file in the finding aid.

06.06.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow! I'll bring it to the archivists and see what they think of that plan - they may be for it if it's a small enough amount πŸ˜…

06.06.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Digital archives people - do you do redactions on your files, or do you fully restrict the files? Any tips on redaction tools if so? Also, do you note that the file has been redacted in your finding aids/description? #digitalArchives #digiPres

05.06.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

We normally restrict the whole file, but questioning if this is the best way to keep going or if we should switch paths

05.06.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Digital archives people - do you do redactions on your files, or do you fully restrict the files? Any tips on redaction tools if so? Also, do you note that the file has been redacted in your finding aids/description? #digitalArchives #digiPres

05.06.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know how to turn off Copilot in an institutional account? 😑

04.06.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Especially hearing them stress about finding their projects last semester. Just really really cool.

And nice to catch up/say hi

30.04.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yesterday was the capstone poster exhibit and it was SO COOL to see my students from last semester's final projects πŸ₯Ή

30.04.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A history of the CD-ROM (CD-Hist) A research project at the intersection of media history, digital studies, the history of digital technology and media archaeology.

#BDCAM25 "A history of the CD-ROM", a research project at the intersection of media history, digital studies, the history of digital technology and media archaeology done by Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) #DigitalHumanities www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/rese...

04.04.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I wonder who first said my favorite metaphor of "we are not dragons hoarding gold" re: archives and access, but I do love when it comes up #bdcam25

02.04.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Floppy disk with a white sticker on it with conference name, sponsors, and attendee name. There is a clip attached to a lanyard in the top of the disk.

Floppy disk with a white sticker on it with conference name, sponsors, and attendee name. There is a clip attached to a lanyard in the top of the disk.

The badges are floppy disks. I repeat, the badges are floppy disks! #bdcam25 πŸ’ΎπŸ€“

02.04.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Is talking to a class at your alma mater a "made it" thing? Because if so, check βœ…οΈ

25.03.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently IT decided to do campus-wide DNS tests this week without telling anyone on campus πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

18.03.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Uh...did the entire eduroam network just go down?

18.03.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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