Jason Scott

Jason Scott

@textfiles.com

Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.

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DISCMASTER just added support for screencam files. What are screencam files? Super old video files that means we now get 1997 reviews of websites.

Conversely, I'm a machine

Jason Scott@textfiles.com

Finally beginning the slow, slow process of what will be a large tranche of scanning documents. This is to keep a promise to a friend now gone.

Finally beginning the slow, slow process of what will be a large tranche of scanning documents. This is to keep a promise to a friend now gone.

At the annual Internet Archive event last night, I got to speak to 30 or 40 people, besides MC duties, and have some wonderful wild conversations of dreams, technical debt, excitement, and the role one of the largest archives in the world can play in the future and the past.

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After twitter's downfall, I shifted my one-liner social media life a small tad. Hot takes and cold reads are a perfectly fine and fun method of trying to get at the core of what is happening in the world, but they are not the world. Pepple danced, patrons browsed, and the sun is coming up again.

I think today you'll see me avoid moshing in the one liners and in absentia verdicts, and photograph the day. See you all soon.

At the annual Internet Archive event last night, I got to speak to 30 or 40 people, besides MC duties, and have some wonderful wild conversations of dreams, technical debt, excitement, and the role one of the largest archives in the world can play in the future and the past.

Didn't check the phone once all night. Came back to see social media having a real one. I've been at the Internet Archive 15 years. I've seen a lot. I've seen almost every aspect of it. A band played in the streets outside, everyone danced. Tens of thousands of patrons made the drives blink.

In light of the PHP vulnerability, I am taking the file formats Wiki down as a precaution and will have some volunteers work with me to either migrate it or otherwise move it.

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You can now RSVP for the Aaron Swartz Day San Francisco event at @archive.org here. (It's FREE and breakfast/lunch/drinks and snacks will be provided throughout the day.) RSVPing helps us know how much pizza and food to order! Thanks ^_^: www.eventbrite.com/e/aaron-swar...

eventbrite.comAaron Swartz International Hackathon 2026In person hackathon celebrating Aaron and his life, featuring projects by SecureDrop. OpenLibrary, Creative Commons, EFF, OnionPress & more!