Jason Scott
@textfiles.com
Free-Range Archivist at the Internet Archive. TEXTFILES.COM guy. Documentary and Podcast creator. Troublemaker.
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For Sale: Katanas, Never Drawn
January 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
For Sale: Katanas, Never Drawn
This is not the way to lodge a complaint.
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is not the way to lodge a complaint.
Highlighting this silly exchange I had because I want to be explicit: Escrow protest pretty much never works. I watched multiple businesses I had been observing go under from that schennanigan, and a similar situation caused one of the largest personal collections of computer history to dissolve.
January 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Highlighting this silly exchange I had because I want to be explicit: Escrow protest pretty much never works. I watched multiple businesses I had been observing go under from that schennanigan, and a similar situation caused one of the largest personal collections of computer history to dissolve.
Just wanted to stop in to mention the more you keep a conversation going on Tik-Tok the more money you make, full stop.
there is a woman on TikTok who has been arguing for months now with randos that keep insisting that nobody called 3.5" disks "floppy disks" or "floppies" at the time. it's weird. no matter what kind of proof she provides or how many agree with her, people are coming out of the woodwork to disagree
January 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Just wanted to stop in to mention the more you keep a conversation going on Tik-Tok the more money you make, full stop.
I'm really enjoying this. But if people think this is all I am doing, that's on you.
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I'm really enjoying this. But if people think this is all I am doing, that's on you.
Can think of at least another one
Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet? | WIRED www.wired.com/story/is-cra...
Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?
Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”
www.wired.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Can think of at least another one
I think I'd pay, at this point, for a Facebook setting of "No longer show me generalized news articles turned into ragebait waterfalls where 30% of the commentors are bots whipping the other 70% into a frenzy"
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
I think I'd pay, at this point, for a Facebook setting of "No longer show me generalized news articles turned into ragebait waterfalls where 30% of the commentors are bots whipping the other 70% into a frenzy"
There is an excellent chance you have laughed at something that Eric has written. Looks like he's out there in the job market after doing some other work the last few years, and I'll bet some places would be over the moon to get him.
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
There is an excellent chance you have laughed at something that Eric has written. Looks like he's out there in the job market after doing some other work the last few years, and I'll bet some places would be over the moon to get him.
Appreciate people responding yo this, also want to mention the internet archive has thousands of cassettes up. Many thousands.
Found the coolest website that takes random found cassette tapes people submit and digitizes them. I’m listening to an NYC hip hop station from 1994: intertapes.net
Intertapes — Main
Obscure tape finds and their stories
intertapes.net
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Appreciate people responding yo this, also want to mention the internet archive has thousands of cassettes up. Many thousands.
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like are they kidding me making this searchable 😭 after all these years I can no longer support the internet archive now that I know their true purpose (putting up ugly photos of me)
January 8, 2026 at 4:46 AM
like are they kidding me making this searchable 😭 after all these years I can no longer support the internet archive now that I know their true purpose (putting up ugly photos of me)
Late afternoon archiving: twitch.tv/textfiles
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Late afternoon archiving: twitch.tv/textfiles
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sry i cant hang out i’m busy on Internet Archive reading an 1895 monthly published fantastical literary magazine
January 6, 2026 at 3:25 AM
sry i cant hang out i’m busy on Internet Archive reading an 1895 monthly published fantastical literary magazine
Google maps, undefeated in quality
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Google maps, undefeated in quality
Some people get fan mail.
I apparently get fan code.
This is a rust-based interface to TEXTFILES.COM for people who want to go full console.
github.com/nesdeq/textf...
I apparently get fan code.
This is a rust-based interface to TEXTFILES.COM for people who want to go full console.
github.com/nesdeq/textf...
GitHub - nesdeq/textfiles
Contribute to nesdeq/textfiles development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Some people get fan mail.
I apparently get fan code.
This is a rust-based interface to TEXTFILES.COM for people who want to go full console.
github.com/nesdeq/textf...
I apparently get fan code.
This is a rust-based interface to TEXTFILES.COM for people who want to go full console.
github.com/nesdeq/textf...
Archive team, get on it
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Archive team, get on it
A handful of Atari Arcade game prototypes became available. @synamax.bsky.social creates a brilliant 40-minute documentary on bringing one of them back to life, including one of the most stunning frames-of-video-save-the-day restoration plot twists. Enjoy this one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDi...
Recovered Rhythms: How Atari's Lost Rhythm Game Was Saved
YouTube video by SynaMax
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
A handful of Atari Arcade game prototypes became available. @synamax.bsky.social creates a brilliant 40-minute documentary on bringing one of them back to life, including one of the most stunning frames-of-video-save-the-day restoration plot twists. Enjoy this one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyDi...
For the 5 seconds before you realize you set the alarm to PM and that's why it says you have 22 hours of sleep
a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with his hand on his chin .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face with his hand on his chin .
media.tenor.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 AM
For the 5 seconds before you realize you set the alarm to PM and that's why it says you have 22 hours of sleep
Voting everyone off JASON ISLAND
I'm capturing a 1991 educational laserdisc and SURPRISE! SimCity! on a classic monochrome mac
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Voting everyone off JASON ISLAND
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January 6, 2026 at 2:10 AM
When entire masses of information are being purged and burnt, this is definitely the time to get the terms right.
January 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
When entire masses of information are being purged and burnt, this is definitely the time to get the terms right.
Everybody panic
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Everybody panic