2026-10-26T21:35:38Z https://nostr.now Peter Binkley https://nostr.now/npub1684kl6ntvxpdfx5t0tzfk000jelkn9uwd74qzwughl9kjh5ltlxqmchh2p https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/accounts/avatars/000/001/611/original/1e3d8e93e0f33efd.png https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/accounts/avatars/000/001/611/original/1e3d8e93e0f33efd.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz6079w8j0e408l6jxp4dp9yj2aq75zlaymqapgnvq2yyj4tunf7czyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0ucgr4w90 What is the earliest decade from which you still have electronic copies of some of your email? (Please share for coverage!) 2026-08-21T18:29:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszagj6cf8sr9zf6tgrkuxm75t5ajyl5spga4he5qyuy7kmkqpt6fgzyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0uczyhdlz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvnc6pwuf9zl9unc6s9g5xe66dapqkcj8l4lje99rex2d9cm43dcs2smfc'>nevent1q…smfc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The data is managed in an S3 bucket, configured for maximum security and reliability by our summer intern. 2025-03-18T21:53:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs000q09tnwtmcl8j8cef6y2dtdlk0v0egs3hx6atckeftjy38r42qzyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0uc4dnsec My Oscars questions: a timeline <br/><br/>2000 Have any of the movies I liked been nominated this year?<br/><br/>2010 Have I seen any of the nominated movies this year?<br/><br/>2020 Have I heard of any of the nominated movies this year? 2025-03-01T00:01:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszlvw5qevmu0jf93jv9leh6l7yvcc6mntgllt52gwzs2y2e8pdc5szyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0ucvecf0r Research use for Sora (OpenAI&#39;s video generator): take this image of a 1930s Recordak sheetfeed microfilm camera <a href="https://archive.org/details/recordak-sheetfeed">https://archive.org/details/recordak-sheetfeed</a> , and animate it using data about the through-put (in 1934 Ted Schellenberg did 14,000 pages in 10 hours, assume 9 working hours: 2.3 seconds/page), to give a better impression of what it was actually like to use it. Legit, right? Sora&#39;s limit is 5 sec of video, so we&#39;d see 2 pages go through. 2025-02-05T23:26:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz5z5y9yxtw4k7gz0ff9jytj40yxtqtztd9y036twslawv8dn44gczyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0uctkmz5p Hearing <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> on the CBC arguing for Canada ignoring the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is the most Canadian Saturday morning I&#39;ve had in a while 2025-01-25T17:21:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz907uck52dzm0mhznjv0u2h0aa4vuret3gu4rj7zu59agjc5p36qzyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0uc3jktmm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85hkrlfd4t2ns8m7t8cfcws66kfzzlrvqmw5r5mfxl76ga6fjmwq9qx89r'>nevent1q…x89r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. Yes I do. 2025-01-16T02:31:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdnfjfa6q37nv6fsjtglm0vnlh4dx6a0sach87m2kpaeu3jaq29qqzyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0ucq0f23x Jesse Shera, “The College Library of the Future,” 1936. <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/25688791">http://www.jstor.org/stable/25688791</a> - &#34;Librarians have their faults, many of them, but in a mad academic world, blindly seeking distinction through athletic glory, led by fascist minded administrators who have completely forgotten the meaning of education, there seems to be little hope for any very important role for the librarian. This is not said, however, to excuse the librarian for his inactivity-- ... 1/2 2024-12-31T01:10:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg75rj63kwjvvwk5tf7kxgr380gjuan6as0emluc8w9cs8dswvrzszyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0ucfw6q5g I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a software out there that I love with so pure a love as I love Zotero 2024-09-24T20:14:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqukjj0jgznnuzz2tsk5lfh0s8ty8540f5hmeu50tcaftusmxguhszyrg7kml2ddsc94y63davfxeaa7t876vh3eh65qfm3zluk627na0ucyl0udy Great photograph of the Recordak sheet-feed microfilm camera in operation: <a href="https://archive.org/details/recordak-sheetfeed">https://archive.org/details/recordak-sheetfeed</a> Zoom in to see that she&#39;s copying pages of different sizes, which drop into the bin (which, if I&#39;m reading this right, is placed inconveniently so that the operator has to angle her knees to the side). While microfilming the AAA papers in 1934 Ted Schellenberg copied 14,000 pages in a 10-hour shift with one of these babies. (I&#39;m working on a blog post about that project) #microfilm<br/> <img src="https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/code4libsocial/media_attachments/files/112/938/799/391/508/166/original/121690f31217ba6f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-10T17:12:11Z