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Community Spotlight: r/DataHoarder
r/DataHoarder is perhaps one of the largest data hoarding groups out there. Once a humble subreddit, it now hosts over 200 thousand members!
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Weekly Summary 05/04/2020
Wunderlist shutting down, Flashpoint 8.0, a lost Sega Genesis game and more! ShutdownsAs a reminder, Wunderlist the planning app will be shutting down in a matter days. The app has…
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A New Postbox
Art by Julie Ford Oliver: https://juliefordoliver.blogspot.com/2011/08/artistic-mailboxes.html Bit of a quick announcement. Due to being locked out of our original submissions address we've decided to start a new one: datahordesubmissions AT…
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Weekly Summary 04/27/2020
This week, we're talking about Fanfic Scavangers and The Eye going to see an Ophthalmologist... A small circle of fan fiction writers/enthusiasts have set out on a mission to archive…
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Community Spotlight: BlueMaxima’s Flashpoint
Flashpoint is a preservation project, run by volunteers from across the internet, dedicated to capturing web content (primarily made in Adobe Flash) in a more compatible and longer lasting format.
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Weekly Summary 04/20/2020
Good Morning and Hello! In case you haven't noticed, we've got a new logo now, shoutouts to JoJo Lu for doing an amazing job! I'm glad to report that the…
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Kill Screen: The Namco Catalog IP Rescue! Interview with No Context Pacman
The Namco Catalog IP was a program launched by Bandai Namco, which allowed students and developers to use their intellectual property in making their games. In the short 4 (or…
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Weekly Summary 04/13/2020
I'd like to start things off by welcoming our latest contributor, gaiages. She'll be helping us as a writer/editor from now on, so be on the lookout! Starting things off…
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Weekly Summary 04/06/2020
What a week this was! Drama, intrigue, adventure and more! Reception to the Internet Archive's National Emergency Library we mentioned last week has been quite mixed. While this has been…
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Weekly Summary 03/30/2020
I hope all of our readers are healthy and well. This week was a mixed bag, we have both news on shut-downs and preservation so sit tight! Starting things off…