I now realized we passed the tenth anniversary of the FILE FORMATS WIKI without a whisper in 2022. Previously "Just Solve the Problem", the File Formats Problem (not enough documentation and links to tools) was important and big enough that it's still going!
I mean, look. Rescued master tapes of interviews with the likes of Douglas Adams, Bill Gates, Atari’s Jack Tramiel, MacPaint’s Bill Atkinson, Infocom’s Joel Berez, Star Trek’s Gene Roddenberry, musician Herbie Hancock, EA’s Trip Hawkins....
They want to do it RIGHT right, so they're paying a professional to do it. The gofundme is here:
GET LAMP, the documentary I created 13 years ago, is available for free, but the GETLAMP.COM website didn't make that clear. Now it does, linking to the Internet Archive's set of .ISO files.
Hey, people. Foone Turing (the "I go way too deep into computer investigations of vintage tech" person) has indicated they're officially laid off, and running out of money while trying to find a new job. If you have a job, hit them up. Otherwise, please throw some dollars:
Here's a fun request: Does anyone (or any game company) want to sponsor a ticket for me to go to GDC? It's time to run around and do some attending and preserving and noisemaking.
Playing the footage over, there is a possibility that music playing in the background at the end during the backstage footage of Jerry Lee Lewis, a historical figure at this point, is triggering the content ID machinery. So if any music is in the air during historic events.... well, bad for you, pal.
Copyrighted content: The melody found in Break-Up Claimed by: LatinAutorPerf, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, and Audiam (Publishing)
I'll be trying to figure out what that exactly means - they don't give a timecode for when this alleged match happens. The fact it's being claimed out of Brazil also makes it noteworthy.