#archive.org

[sandinthepipes]

The internet is awful 90% of the time, but then you remember that it has open source archives where you can access so much precious knowledge and informations and they're just sitting there for you to use. This is our Alexandria's library and it's greater than the original

#as a person who loves to learn the most random shit i really appreciate this kind of things #archives #library #archive.org #ao3 #because it's still an archive and i love it so #Wikipedia #when people don't fuck it up

[archivedotorgfan]

from the byrne edition of record magazine, february 1984.

#talking heads #david byrne #archive.org #magazines #photos #people

[clarenecessities]

He-man.org will close in 5 days.

He-man.org has been a staple of the Masters of the Universe community since the early days, originating as an email list that worked to document episodes before anything (not footage, not lists, nothing) was available online. It grew into a sprawling, multi-faceted beast of a thing, including an encyclopedia (an in-house wiki), merch lists, a marketplace, forums, anything you could think of.

Several years ago now, the main site went down for updates/maintenance. For a few weeks, we were told, maybe months. The forums remained open for fans to communicate, and barring a period of downtime earlier this year things were going smoothly.

Yesterday, the owner of the site, Val Staples, announced the site would be closed on November 14th, 2023. Six days later. We are currently attempting to contact him, to see if he’s interested in selling, and if he means closed as in “no new posts” or closed as in deleted entirely. Regardless of its eventual fate, the archiving of these forums is essential to preserving the history of the franchise, the fandom, and the brand.

TO SHE-RA (and MotU) FANS SPECIFICALLY: I have personally used these forums to answer questions that could be answered nowhere else. Had I not had access to them, I would never have been able to prove that Purrsia was fake, or found so much unpublished concept art, or discovered that Scott “Toyguru” Neitlich personally wrote Catra’s MOTUC bio (even if he’s put off answering my questions about it for over a year now). Forum members have conducted interviews with the likes of Jon Seisa, Cathy Larson, Janice Varney-Hamlin—essential figures in the very foundations of POP, and those interviews revealed and recorded priceless information for future generations (me! you! us!) to find. Did you know Cathy Larson named Adora? That she originally pushed for “Dorian”, after her own daughter? We cannot let this treasure trove disappear into the ether(ia).

TO THE UNAFFILIATED: Please help. Pretty please. If you’ve ever liked my art or my writing or my haphazard blogging, ever, at all, consider archiving just one board. Just one page. Literally anything helps. I am spiraling into madness & this is my library of Alexandria. The mythical one that was totally unique and persevered nowhere else and was destroyed in a single cataclysmic event. Pretty pretty please help.

HOW TO HELP:

Archive.org has several ways to upload shit but most of them are longer term than “a few days” so we’re focusing on two (which can be run simultaneously): Save Page Now, and browser extensions. From their help page:

1. Save Page Now

Put a URL into the form, press the button, and we save the page. You will instantly have a permanent URL for your page. Please note, this method only saves a single page, not the whole site.

We want to keep outlinks and screenshots wherever possible. The Archive does not keep your IP address, so your submission is anonymous.

2. Browser extensions and add-ons

Install the Wayback Machine Chrome extension in your browser. Go to a page you want to archive, click the icon in your toolbar, and select Save Page Now. We will save the page and give you a permanent URL.

One plus to installing the extension is that as you surf around, when you run into a missing page they will alert you if we have a saved copy.

More extensions, apps, and add-ons:

Firefox add-on

Safari Extension

iOS app

Android app

I strongly encourage you to use these tools even if you aren’t helping with this project/after it ends. Documenting and preserving information is essential in this day and age & The Internet Archive is at the heart of it. Please support them however you can.

I’m serious about paying you, though I may need more communication with folks I don’t know so we can coordinate/verify shit gets done. I think this is a worthwhile pursuit in itself but I recognize your time is valuable & like, people gotta eat. DM me if you’re interested and we’ll talk. I may need to adjust pay depending how many people bite but I’ll do what I can

#motu #he man #she ra #spop #pop #sorry for tag spam but this is important and relevant to you #catradora #it counts! #sorry also if the formatting on this is a disaster #i’m on my phone and haven’t updated my tumblr app in… a couple years #archives #archive #archive.org #wayback machine #help #org forums #neotag #brothers. this has nothing to do with you but don’t you wanna help a bitch out? do it for illusen #please signal boost if you can

[flclarchives]

Scans via flclw.com

#FLCL #Haruko #Mamimi #Canti #Naota #Ninamori #archive.org

[gaysexunfortunately]

userbars for forum signatures from userbars.org (RIP)

#webcore #old web #web archive #internet archive #internet archaeology #internet art #forum #forums #internet #computer #broadband #gimp #firefox #limewire #paint #ms paint #php #php programming #archive.org #skype #internet explorer #winamp #ventrillo #windows xp #userbars #forum signature #deep internet #internet exploration #old internet #y2kcore

[pokeshadow]

Quinton Reviews Fans!!

I have archived the Beverly Hillbillies video over on archive.org in it's entirety! This includes the full 1080 p video, the audio track, the thumbnail, AND description! I know others also saved the video, but since I got the whole package and wanted to make triple sure all off Russ's / Quinton's dad's work was preserve, I posted my own download to be safe!

If you couldn't finish the video in time, or never got around to it, here you go!

#quinton reviews #archive.org #youtube #beverly hillbillies #how the beverly hillbillies changed tv #this is why you save media you love #so it can't vanish

[spicyartinsp]

Serial Experiments Lain Windows 95/98/ME/XP theme by themeworld - 2003

#webcore #2000s web #old web #old webcore #noughties #00s #serial experiments lain #win xp #archive.org #windows 95 #90s anime #90s web #y2k #90s tech #tech aesthetic #00s tech

[mewnette]

I found this beautiful small book by Japanese artist Zenji Funabashi, created while he was living in Toronto for a stretch in the 1970s. Only 200 were printed, I feel so lucky to have found this gem. 

I scanned the entirety and you can read through it on my account at archive.org

Zenji Funabashi b. 1942, Kawasaki, Japan. 

He is an artist, with works on paper and wood. 

I'm so happy to have accidentally discovered such a wonderful artist. Hope you enjoy too!

#zenji funabashi #rare book #graphic artist #bright wood puzzle #archive.org

[anoraktrend]

Pssst: Hey pal, wanna see a video that paramount doesn’t want you to watch? Here.

#quinton reviews #april fools 2024 #youtube #archive.org #how the beverly hillbillies changed tv #love is magic #it's true #keep circulating the links.

[sealpup9]

Internet Archive Live Hearing happens tomorrow: March 20, 2023

Here's a link to the Internet Archive's page, describing how you can participate and listen to oral arguments on Monday March 20th at 1pm ET

You may know the Internet Archive because of the Wayback Machine!!

The court case Hachette v Internet Archive is being brought to court and threatens to tear down the Internet Archive as we know it.

"The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library, preserving and providing access to cultural artifacts of all kinds in electronic form. CDL allows people to check out digital copies of books for two weeks or less, and only permits patrons to check out as many copies as the Archive and its partner libraries physically own. That means that if the Archive and its partner libraries have only one copy of a book, then only one patron can borrow it at a time, just like any other library. Through CDL, the Internet Archive is helping to foster research and learning by helping its patrons access books and by keeping books in circulation when their publishers have lost interest in them."

This is so important because not only does the Internet Archive provide books that are long out of circulation and copies for people to borrow, they are also used as sources for things like Wikipedia articles! Imagine if suddenly, no one could access sources that someone cites for their information! Having access to information digitally today is a very important thing, and with all of the paywalls people face nowadays for news, imagine if you suddenly had to pay for access to any books. Websites like Amazon already are attempting to replace any sort of ebook rentals with paid services, when we have the right to borrow books online just as we do physically. The Internet Archive is extremely important and one of our rights- access to information- is actively being fought against.

REMEMBER: This will not JUST affect the internet archive. This could change how libraries in general work, and could threaten public access to information. Imagine how many youtube video essay sources would be null and void, imagine just trying to research an obscure topic at 3am-- If all of that was behind a paywall, only those with money would be able to access them! The harder it is for libraries to share books and archive information, the more the public suffers!

Please show your support! Read more about the case here: https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive

https://www.battleforlibraries.com/

I'm not sure how quick Tumblr will work on approving this blazed post but if the day/time has passed, please know that you can actively look into more information on this case and other info on the Internet Archive Blogs. You can also add your name to a list of supporters of Battle for Libraries Here.

Let's work together on making sure we have access to information! In this digital age, we deserve to access just as much online as we do offline!

#internet archive #Hachette v. Internet Archive #Battle for libraries #free speech #access to information #human rights #libraries #archive.org #wayback machine #non profit #signal boost #important #censorship #book banning #books #librarians #public libraries #public library #politics

[infernetgirl]

Public library (2006)

#retro #library #computers #archive.org #retro computers #2000s #y2k #crt monitor

[archivedotorgfan]

nicaraguan militia volunteers pictured in women and war by jenny matthews, 2003.

#archive.org #photography #jenny matthews #00s

[grellestie]

hey ever wanted to listen to the kuroshitsuji II songs but youtube was like "what if we took them all down"? well, i got the solution for you

I JUST finished uploading all the character albums to archive.org! Alongside the cover art for each of them respectively. This took a little over a couple of hours to compile as well as make sure they were properly translated as well as archiving just taking a bit.

Under the cut is all the songs with their tracklists. Happy listening!

Sebastian's Songs

01 : You Will Rule the World

02 : Aru Shitsuji no Nichijo [The Daily Routine of a Certain Butler]

03 : You Will Rule the World (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Aru Shitsuji no Nichijo [The Daily Routine of a Certain Butler] (Off Vocal Version)

Finnian's Songs

01 : Kanzen Muketsu Chousetzu Gikou Niwashi [Gardener of Impeccably Transcendental Finesse]

02 : Mirai no Omoide [Memories of the Future]

03 : Kanzen Muketsu Chousetzu Gikou Niwashi [Gardener of Impeccably Transcendental Finesse] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Mirai no Omoide [Memories of the Future] (Off Vocal Version)

Grell's Songs

01 : Shinkou [Crimson Red]

02 : Kill★ in the Heaven

03 : Shinkou [Crimson Red] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Kill★ in the Heaven (Off Vocal Version)

William's Songs

01 : Shinigami no Kintai Kanri [Discipline of Diligence of the Grim Reapers]

02 : Kairitsu no Dorei [Slave of the Commandments]

03 : Shinigami no Kintai Kanri [Discipline of Diligence of the Grim Reapers] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Kairitsu no Dorei [Slave of the Commandments] (Off Vocal Version)

Lau's Songs

01 : Shampoo Dream

02 : Addictive World

03 : Shampoo Dream (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Addictive World (Off Vocal Version)

Undertaker's Songs

01 : Taisou Gakyouku [Imperial Funeral Theatrical Play]

02 : Yokoso Sougiya e [Welcome to the Undertaker's]

03 : Taisou Gakyouku [Imperial Funeral Theatrical Play] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Yokoso Sougiya e [Welcome to the Undertaker's] (Off Vocal Version)

Agni's Songs

01 : Kami no Migi de theme [Chicken Curry Hen]

02 : Futari no Harmony ~ Agni Vers. [A Duo's Harmony]

03 : Kami no Migi de theme [Chicken Curry Hen] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Futari no Harmony ~ Agni Vers. [A Duo's Harmony] (Off Vocal Version)

Soma's Songs

01 : Ouji no Hinkou [Dignity of a Prince]

02 : Futari no Harmony [A Duo’s Harmony] ~ Soma Vers.

03 : Ouji no Hinkou [Dignity of a Prince] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Futari no Harmony [A Duo’s Harmony] ~ Soma Vers. (Off Vocal Version)

Viscount's Songs <- Still shocked he got songs over Alois btw

01 : Haitoku Wonderland [Virtue Wonderland]

02 : Jinsei ni wa Ai to Kanade to, Koukai to [Life is about Love, and Music, and also Voyaging]

03 : Haitoku Wonderland [Virtue Wonderland] (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Jinsei ni wa Ai to Kanade to, Koukai to [Life is about Love, and Music, and also Voyaging]  (Off Vocal Version)

Ronald's Songs

01 : LIBERTY★PARTY

02 : Kudokimonku Ja Nakute [It's Not a Pick-up Line]

03 : LIBERTY★PARTY (Off Vocal Version)

04 : Kudokimonku Ja Nakute [It's Not a Pick-up Line] (Off Vocal Version)

#black butler #kuroshitsuji #grelle sutcliff #grell sutcliff #the archiving #archive.org #sebastian michaelis #black butler finny #kuroshitsuji finny #finnian #william t spears #lau kuroshitsuji #undertaker #agni black butler #soma asman kadar #viscount druitt #ronald knox #character albums

[flclarchives]

Avatars via sweetlittlelie1 on Livejournal, 2009

#there are pages and pages of icons on livejournal but this person made the nicest looking ones imho #FLCL #livejournal #archive.org #haruko #mamimi #naota

[cementpoisoning]

various rockstar shut-me-ups from sites listed on sweetcherrie, featuring courtney love, kim gordon and shirley manson (2001-2002)

#archive.org #geocities #old web #old internet #early 2000s #2000s #courtney love #hole band

[betaoctillery]

A bonus CD-ROM for Windows and Mac that was included in the official Japanese player's guide for Doubutsu no Mori+ (Animal Crossing) on GameCube. It includes a clock application and Animal Crossing-themed desktop icons. There is another application that copies the clock executable and the icons to a folder of the user's choice.

NOTE: This CD-ROM only works properly if your computer's region is set to Japan. All of the Japanese text is non-unicode and will not render properly on modern English operating systems; the copying application also does not run unless the system is set to Japan, and the OS will think some folders are corrupted. The programs and folders seem to work perfectly on a Windows 10 machine with the region set to Japan.

source: 🍃🍃🍃

#animal crossing #doubutsu no mori #doubutsu no mori+ #retro software #cd-rom #archive.org