#internetarchive

Internet Archive collection with 952 sci-fi & horror films, ranging AFAICT from 1919 (Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari) to 2011 (The Shadow People) (mostly US & Euro, some Japanese) https://archive.org/details/SciFi_Horror Includes many already seen in #Monsterdon & all those we're going to see in #VincentPrice Month Ooh, even has a horror pilot hosted by Price & directed by #BertIGordonhttps://archive.org/details/famous.ghost.stories.1961 #InternetArchive #SciFi #Horror #ReMonsterdon

@vnikolov@ieji.de @pascal_costanza@functional.cafe @screwlisp@gamerplus.org @ramin_hal9001@fe.disroot.org @SDF@mastodon.sdf.org The history archive I'm building on github is willing to hold files that are not well-stored elsewhere but I don't want to weigh it down with things that are already safely stored. But safely stored is blurrier than I would have expected because sometimes they're stored in ways that are poorly indexed. The Internet Archive and MIT's DSpace are examples of things not well-indexed, but I suspect most archival storage is really not intelligible. I have had an LLM helping me navigate painful indexes, but it's slow-going sometimes. For example, I have some documents that it turned out were already in the Internet Archive, just badly positioned. Like there is a thing called the Lagout Museum that was on the web for a while and held a lot of interesting Symbolics documents. They are still there in the Internet Archive, but you don't look under Symbolics, you have to find them under this museum. It's not an easy thing. I only ran into it because there was a live-web pointer to a 404 of the Lagout Museum live on the web, and I traced into whether the IA had a archival copy, which it did. But if you go to https://web.archive.org/web/20251010122927/https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/0_Computer%20History/old-hardware/symbolics/ you can see a lot of Symbolics documents that are hard to find elsewhere. People should bookmark this and link it from more prominent sites. Each page, incidentally, asks you to donate, but the museum site is gone. I guess not enough people donated. There is a sad irony in the donate button popping up in the archive. But, relevant to this thread, this file has information and a very small code sample for defwhopper. It also mentions defwhopper-subst, which it says is really just syntactic sugar for a defwrapper. The relevant file is software/genera_8/Symbolics_Common_Lisp_Programming_Constructs.pdf which you can find in the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20191013221848/https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/0_Computer%20History/old-hardware/symbolics/software/genera_8/Symbolics_Common_Lisp_Programming_Constructs.pdf Last time this Lagout Museumcame up for discussion, I think @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org had asked @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org to get them better placement, but I don't know if they did. The relevant task, in my opinion, is just to make a symbolic link, or whatever the Internet Archive equivalent of same is, so that there's a Symbolics documentation area that's more easily findable and just points to https://web.archive.org/web/20251010122927/https://doc.lagout.org/science/0_Computer%20Science/0_Computer%20History/old-hardware/symbolics/ which is much harder to find. In general, it would be nice if someone had a curated map of old manuals that was by device type, including links so that if some devices shared documentation, you could find the doc under any applicable. It's probably work to do that, but maybe if it was set up right, volunteers would help organize, as happens at Wikipedia either by having a set of trusted curators (perhaps partitioned by area of expertise) or some way for the public to vote on suggested changes. But right now it's just an unintelligible sea of undifferentiated duplicates in some of the areas, and I find that a real impediment to knowing whether documents I possess are already properly archived. #KentsHistoryProject #InternetArchive #Symbolics #SymbolicsDocumentation #Documentation #RetroComputing

#3goodthings

1. The #InternetArchive. I discovered a LOT of great live shows there today that I will copy to my phone and thereby reduce my streaming of music.

2. Doctor appointment went well.

3. I have been on a creative roll lately, the ideas just keep coming for what could be a decent side gig AND a great creative outlet. I just need to strike while the iron is hot, because they are bound to dry up sometime.

Preserve a Public Noblogs Site

Public movement history should not disappear because a server, provider or domain does.

If you run a Noblogs site, save two different things:

A WordPress export containing the material needed to rebuild the site.

A static mirror showing the public site as readers actually saw it.

If you administer the site Open YOURBLOG.noblogs.org/wp-admin and sign in. In the dashboard, select Tools → Export. Select All content, then press Download Export File. Rename the downloaded file blogname-export-YYYY-MM-DD.xml.

Install the free, open-source program HTTrack. Open HTTrack and select Next or New Project. Give the project your blog’s name and choose where the backup should be stored. Select Add URL, paste the complete public homepage address, then select Next → Finish.

When the download finishes, choose Browse Mirrored Website. Open several posts, archive pages, images and downloadable files to make sure they work.

Put the WordPress XML file and the entire HTTrack project folder inside one clearly dated folder. Keep one copy on your computer and another on a separate drive or trusted location.

The XML export does not preserve the site’s appearance. The HTTrack mirror is not a replacement for the WordPress export. Keep both.

If you are preserving someone else’s public site

For an important individual page: Open the public page and copy its complete URL. Go to Internet Archive: Save Page Now. Paste the URL and press Save Page. Open the archived result and confirm that it works.

Install the free, open-source SingleFile browser extension. Return to the original public page, wait for it to finish loading, click the SingleFile icon and save the resulting .html file.

For a whole public site, follow the HTTrack instructions above using the public homepage. Do not sign in, enter passwords or attempt to reach private pages.

Record the page title, author or collective, original URL, publication date and the date you saved it. Internet Archive is an additional copy, not your only copy. Submitting a homepage does not guarantee that the Archive captured every linked page.

Finally, test the local backup with Wi-Fi turned off. Open its index.html, click through several pages, and make sure images and documents load. Preserve public material only. Do not bypass logins, collect private data or republish material that could expose people. Respect authorship, context and removal requests.

An export is not a mirror. A mirror is not enough. Keep both. Keep two copies.

#Noblogs #InternetArchive #DigitalPreservation #MovementArchives #AutisticiInventati #ResistantCommunication #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia

So @textfiles@digipres.club scanned this collection I sent him and placed it at the Internet Archive - it contains documents I kept after working at Electronics Boutique in the 1990s. https://archive.org/details/computer-software-price-lists-compilation When working at EB, you could get games and hardware at severely discounted prices. Publishers were motivated in you trying out their stuff and recommending it. I got a lot of games from them. Most of what the Digital Antiquarian has been going through, I have because of these. #internetarchive

So I was browsing through audio books on the #InternetArchive a little while ago. Sorted by highest all-time views and... yikes. I feel like my soul has been stained in ways that can never be cleaned. 😨

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1070111/ As heat wave sweeps across several states in the US, White House has reportedly deleted thousands of web pages about… #ClimateChange #DataPreservation #DepartmentOfEnergy #EnergyConservation #FederalDataDeletion #GovernmentTransparency #InternetArchive #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates #us #USHeatWave #USA #WebPageDeletion

It finally happened. Someone correctly called Donald Trump a pedophile to his face. And all I want to know is where is the video. We need to put that video on Internet Archive. https://jp.ibtimes.com/trump-called-paedophile-flipped-off-protester-during-mack-trucks-event-pennsylvania-101920#DonaldTrump #Trump #Pedophile #MAGA #InternetArchive

2/2 As librarians, academics, booksellers, and collectors embrace social media and digitization, historic collections are reaching readers far beyond the walls of any one institution. From “When Preservation Meets Social Media,” by journalist Caralee Adams, part of the Vanishing Culture report. 📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/68/ 🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new @book-historia.bsky.social #VanishingCulture #InternetArchive

🧵1/3 What do we lose when family & community cookbooks disappear? 🍲📚 Katie Livingston argues that cookbooks are more than collections of recipes. They preserve family histories, local traditions, and the everyday experiences that often go undocumented elsewhere. Read her essay "Preserving Cookbooks," part of VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive. 🔗 https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/57/

Preventing the Wayback Machine from saving the news puts today’s journalism at risk of disappearing from history. 📝 Help push back. Sign the open letter calling on publishers to stop blocking web archiving 👉 https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders @fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org #InternetArchive #SaveTheArchive #Journalism #MediaTransparency #WaybackMachine

3/3 Today, games, magazines, and digital works can disappear overnight, taking decades of creative history with them. Mechner argues that archivists, libraries, and preservation networks are essential to keeping cultural memory alive. Read Mechner's essay and much more in VANISHING CULTURE. 📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/ 🛒 Purchase in print: https://betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new #VanishingCulture #InternetArchive #GameHistory #DigitalPreservation @jmechner@mastodon.art

🧵1/3 What if the history of games, films, and culture disappears not because it is lost… but because no one is allowed to keep it? 🎮⚠️ Jordan Mechner, creator of Prince of Persia & pioneering video game designer, reflects on how fragile cultural memory becomes when preservation depends on luck rather than systems. Read his essay Preserving Gaming History, part of VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive. 🔗 https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/131/

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@manuals/116618823579369386 Please enjoy! #manuals #InternetArchive

🧵 The literary canon is shaped as much by chance as by merit. Brad Bigelow explains why forgotten books deserve to be found & preserved. 📚 📚 Read Bigelow's essay & more in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive. 🔗 https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/43/ 🕳️ #VanishingCulture #InternetArchive

News organizations are increasingly blocking the #WaybackMachine even as their reporters still depend on it 📰 In PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, @mark@mastodon.archive.org, Director of the Wayback Machine at the #InternetArchive, explains how major newsroom staff rely on archived web history because their internal archives often miss the deeper public record. 🎧 Listen on the Future Knowledge #podcast ⤵️ https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/preserving-the-web-in-the-age-of-ai 📚 Read VANISHING CULTURE free ⤵️ https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026

🎉 To mark the 30th anniversary of the #InternetArchive on May 10, we’re opening the yearbook to revisit the Class of 1996; the sites & organizations that helped shape the early web. Before feeds, before algorithms, before we assumed everything online would last forever, this was the era that set it all in motion: Yahoo! Quake, Hotmail, The Onion and the archivists preserving it all. Join us in the coming days as we celebrate THE CLASS OF '96 🎓 More 👉 https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/ #Classof96

VANISHING CULTURE is out now! From Internet Archive, this book looks at what is disappearing online. 🌐 Websites vanish 🗞️ News archives go offline 🎮 Games become unplayable 📼 Personal media breaks & becomes unreadable It asks what it means when the record of ourselves starts to disappear 🕳️ 📖 Download & read: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026 🛒 Purchase in print: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new#VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #InternetArchive #Bookstodon

Nothing is "meant to be thrown away." Not the MTV News archive. Not Gawker. Not the penny press of the 1800s. 🕳️ Maria Bustillos argues that keeping the receipts is about more than nostalgia. It's about the raw material of history. 📚 Read Maria’s essay & more in VANISHING CULTURE from the #InternetArchive 📖 Download & read, FREE: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/77 🛒 Purchase in print: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new@maria@thelife.boats #VanishingCulture #DigitalMemory #OpenAccess #Preservation

What happens when access to culture depends on platforms that can simply remove it? 🕳️ In VANISHING CULTURE, Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland, and Katie Livingston explore how licensing, corporate control, and shutdowns shape what survives in the digital record and what disappears. 🎧️ Listen on the Future Knowledge #podcast https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/vanishing-culture 📚 Read #it free from the #InternetArchive ⤵️ 📖 Download: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026 🛒 Purchase in print: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/vanishing-culture-a-report-on-our-fragile-cultural-record-9798995425014/new #Bookstodon