The Internet Archive To Archive Itself On Paper
The Internet Archive To Archive Itself On Paper
“Internet Archive is building a physical archive for the long term preservation of one copy of every book, record, and movie we are able to attract or acquire. Because we expect day-to-day access to these materials to occur through digital means, the our physical archive is designed for long-term preservation of materials with only occasional, collection-scale retrieval. Because of this, we can create optimized environments for physical preservation and organizational structures that facilitate appropriate access. A seed bank might be conceptually closest to what we have in mind: storing important objects in safe ways to be used for redundancy, authority, and in case of catastrophe.”
Because when you think about it, this is how it really is.
the twitter trap
“Basically, we are outsourcing our brains to the cloud. The upside is that this frees a lot of gray matter for important pursuits like FarmVille and “Real Housewives.” But my inner worrywart wonders whether the new technologies overtaking us may be eroding characteristics that are essentially human: our ability to reflect, our pursuit of meaning, genuine empathy, a sense of community connected by something deeper than snark or political affinity.”
Yearbook, 1943 – notice anything?
from this week
why is the aperture scale logarithmic?
why is the aperture scale logarithmic?
I’m not sure how true this is (I thought it had more to do with inescapable limitations of optical geometry), but it’s an interesting correlation regardless.