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Harald Kliems<p>People who access US government website with tools like <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a>: Have you noticed getting errors recently? I have an <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RStats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RStats</span></a> package that retrieves National Transit Database data from transit.dot.gov, and it recently started erroring out. In my efforts to debug I came across mentions of certain websites trying to block tools like curl, resulting in similar errors. Maybe a reaction to increased <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a> efforts?</p><p>Bug report: <a href="https://github.com/vgXhc/ntdr/issues/22" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/vgXhc/ntdr/issues/2</span><span class="invisible">2</span></a></p>
Thorsted<p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/fileformat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fileformat</span></a> Friday! Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve's project format. <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/avpres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>avpres</span></a> <a href="https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/05/02/davinci-resolve/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">preservation.tylerthorsted.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/05/02/davinci-resolve/</span></a></p>
Nemo_bis 🌈<p>The <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/rTorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rTorrent</span></a> developer on adding support for webseeds, which is necessary for people wishing to help mirror <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> items via <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/bittorrent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bittorrent</span></a>: </p><p>«Unless the work is sponsored I don't think it will happen anytime soon.»</p><p><a href="https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/66#issuecomment-2845609865" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/66#issuecomment-2845609865</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Preserve Together<p>We're already underway with training development at Preserve Together and have a long "wish list" of courses to create, but what would you like to see produced? What <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> (or <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> adjacent!) training course do you wish existed for yourself and/or colleagues? What new skills would you like to build, or which existing ones would you like to develop further? 🤔</p>
Andy Jackson<p>New on the DPC Blog: Public release of the Registries of Good Practice midpoint review <a href="https://www.dpconline.org/blog/public-release-of-the-registries-of-good-practice-midpoint-review" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dpconline.org/blog/public-rele</span><span class="invisible">ase-of-the-registries-of-good-practice-midpoint-review</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a></p>
Andy Jackson<p>Earlier today DPC and OPF sent out our COPTR User Survey, and some lovely rich and detailed responses are coming in! If you want to have your voice heard, please send us your thoughts via <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MfK2XU29zki7zORXbFUlCSglVfcI6adPgq-W8CNaemdUOU9ZWEtCQ1ZFRlFGWUtZRUpOUFUwMVFTNS4u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forms.office.com/Pages/Respons</span><span class="invisible">ePage.aspx?id=MfK2XU29zki7zORXbFUlCSglVfcI6adPgq-W8CNaemdUOU9ZWEtCQ1ZFRlFGWUtZRUpOUFUwMVFTNS4u</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a></p>
pulusound<p>these ~1000 page user guide / getting started books for MOTU Digital Performer 3 dont exist in digital form, afaik. if anyone with the resources to digitize them is interested, i would be happy to send them your way (ideally in Europe) <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/VintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageApple</span></a> <a href="https://anticapitalist.party/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a></p>
Susan Borda<p>For <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> folks that are using a preservation system with OCFL where are you storing the fixity metadata, internal or external to the OCFL object? It seems like the Logs directory would allow for this without versioning the object. </p><p>We’re making our own preservation system (naturally) and developers have been avoiding making fixity metadata part of the object because every edit results in a version. <br><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digitalpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digitalpreservation</span></a> <a href="https://ocfl.io/1.1/spec/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ocfl.io/1.1/spec/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Thorsted<p>I have an old set of 8in floppy disks from 1985. They are digital type faces for the Comp/Edit system. This included document accurately describes the size of these disks, taking up the entire bed of a truck. <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
vga256<p>after an incredibly fruitful discussion with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.radio/@ve3qbz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ve3qbz</span></a></span> about adding gopher support to <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/kiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiki</span></a>, i decided to do some historical research on the protocol before i implement it</p><p>found this absolutely fascinating interview with Mark P. Cahill and Farhad Anklesaria - two of the five original gopher developers in 1991 - about the early history of the protocol and implementation. nice to hear a NeXT cube was used in the original design.</p><p>so who's going to be the first to redesign gopherspaceVR for 2025 😎 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJKf0UOGAc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJKf0</span><span class="invisible">UOGAc</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gopher</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/digiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digiPres</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a></p>
Thorsted<p>Love finding a new, never opened 5.25 floppy disk holder. Must have sat in someone’s basement for 40 years. <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Digital Preservation Coalition<p>🚨 5 DAYS LEFT TO APPLY!</p><p>The DPC is hiring two senior roles:<br>→ Head of Good Practice<br>→ Head of Workforce Development</p><p>With staff already based in five different countries, the DPC welcomes applications from exceptional candidates around the world! </p><p>Details &amp; application: <a href="https://www.dpconline.org/news/job-vacancies/hgp-hwd-dpc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dpconline.org/news/job-vacanci</span><span class="invisible">es/hgp-hwd-dpc</span></a></p><p>Deadline: April 28th</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigitalPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPreservation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jobs</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/vacancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vacancy</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/JoinUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoinUs</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DPC</span></a></p>
Sharon McMeekin<p>I'm thrilled to now be able to share more about my next adventure in digital preservation, a new training and consultancy venture in partnership with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@prwheatley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prwheatley</span></a></span>! There will be lots more news and announcements in the coming weeks, so make sure to follow the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@preservetogether" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>preservetogether</span></a></span> account to hear more... <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Preserve Together<p>Make sure to follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@preservetogether" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>preservetogether</span></a></span> for our latest news and promotions, practical hints and tips, and our thoughts on new developments in the <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> world. [Thread 3/3]</p>
Nemo_bis 🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jonny</span></a></span> Sounds useful for a potential <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WikimediaCommons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WikimediaCommons</span></a> image dump (<a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T391020" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phabricator.wikimedia.org/T391</span><span class="invisible">020</span></a>) but would it be too much to have over 100M related torrents (one per file)? Would every individual info_hash be in the parent torrent or how does one add all torrents?</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Chris Chapman<p>New blog post: lessons from downloading every issue of an undownloadable magazine.</p><p><a href="https://savestate.site/lessons-from-downloading-every-issue-of-an-undownloadable-magazine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">savestate.site/lessons-from-do</span><span class="invisible">wnloading-every-issue-of-an-undownloadable-magazine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/videogamehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogamehistory</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>Cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen died Monday. </p><p>Many are celebrating him for "Dry Bones," his great life's work. </p><p>But he has a lesser-known legacy: as a tech innovator who brought humor and humanity to the cold silicon world of computers.</p><p><a href="https://www.jns.org/yaakov-kirschens-other-legacy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jns.org/yaakov-kirschens-other</span><span class="invisible">-legacy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/commodoreamiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodoreamiga</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/kirschen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kirschen</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/breakintochat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakintochat</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a></p>
Digital Repository of Ireland<p>We're pleased to share our April newsletter: <a href="https://mailchi.mp/ria/dri-april-2025-news-and-events" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mailchi.mp/ria/dri-april-2025-</span><span class="invisible">news-and-events</span></a> </p><p>Read on for news of new collections in the DRI repository, <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/OpenResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenResearch</span></a> developments in Ireland, and upcoming <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a> training events and workshops.</p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://dri.ie/dri-friends-newsletter/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dri.ie/dri-friends-newsletter/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigiPresNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPresNews</span></a></p>
Ross Spencer<p><b></b></p><p><strong><b>File formats as Emoji: 0xffae</b></strong></p><p><br>by <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://digipres.club/@beet_keeper" target="_blank">@beet_keeper</a></p><p>tldr: <a href="https://emoji.exponentialdecay.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">emoji.exponentialdecay.co.uk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>File Formats As Emoji (0xFFAE or 0xffae)&nbsp;might be my most random file format hack yet. Indeed, it is a random page generator! But it generates random pages of file formats represented as Emoji.</p><p>The idea came in 2016 with radare releasing a new version that supported an emoji hexdump. I wondered whether I could do something fun combining file </p> <p><i></i> </p> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/0xffae/" target="_blank">#0xffae</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/code/" target="_blank">#Code</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/coding/" target="_blank">#Coding</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/digipres/" target="_blank">#digipres</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/digital-literacy/" target="_blank">#digitalLiteracy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/digital-preservation/" target="_blank">#DigitalPreservation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/emoji/" target="_blank">#emoji</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/file-format/" target="_blank">#FileFormat</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/file-format-identification/" target="_blank">#FileFormatIdentification</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/file-formats/" target="_blank">#FileFormats</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/learning/" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/pronom/" target="_blank">#PRONOM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/pyscript/" target="_blank">#pyscript</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/python/" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/skeleton-test-corpus/" target="_blank">#SkeletonTestCorpus</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/tag/teaching/" target="_blank">#teaching</a></p>
Digital Repository of Ireland<p>We're pleased to share a new publication on ‘A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey’, a digital resource gathering historic Irish <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/OrdnanceSurvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrdnanceSurvey</span></a> maps into one place, developed by DRI in collaboration with the OS200 project: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.288" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.5334/johd.288</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/Mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mapping</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OS</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/DigiPres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigiPres</span></a></p>