Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

Latest Episodes:

The VCR Mechanism Episode May 05, 2023

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The VCR Mechanism Episode: A Tangential Query, New Old Stock, The Mechanism, The Next Level of Reading, A Bit More Consideration of the Applesauce, An HD Read of a VHS Tape, The Fuzzy Future, One-Off Equipment, VHS-Decode, A Dream In the Days of Reality.

Until the day comes.... my dreams continue.

Applesauce: https://applesaucefdc.com/

Acronova Nimbie: https://disc.acronova.com/product/auto-blu-ray-duplicator-publisher-ripper-nimbie-usb-nb21/9/review.html

VHS Decode: https://github.com/oyvindln/vhs-decode

The Interesting Collections Episode Dec 30, 2022

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The Interesting Collections Episode: Occult Periodicals, Johnson Catalog, Kirkland's Manual Labor, Input Television, The Reality of a Sore Throat and Debt.

Some interesting collections I've stumbled over the last few months. And a little bit about pushing yourself towards commitments. https://archive.org/details/iapsop

https://archive.org/details/iapsop_curio_catalogs

https://archive.org/details/marionstokesinput

https://archive.org/details/a2600-kirklands-manual-labor

https://archive.org/details/snes-kirklands-manual-labor

https://archive.org/details/ps2-kirklands-manual-labor

The Genesis Cartridges Episode Dec 26, 2022

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The Genesis Cartridges Episode: Walking the Stacks, Growing the Pile, The Victory and Choice of the Console Living Room, The Second Christmas Morning, The Advantages of Consoles, Many Distractions and Greener Pastures, Returning to the Scene, The Next Sets of Repairs, Dreamcast Probably Never, Consoles Forever.

Some work on Genesis Cartridges continues, bringing the total up to 18,000 emulated at the Archive, so I thought I'd bring up how I got into this situation in the first place.

The Whispering Episode Dec 23, 2022

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The Whispering Episode: A Potential New Toy, Learning of Whisper on a Drive, Throwing the Book and a Nightclub at Whisper, The Aspects of Whisper, The Idea of Unadvocated Material, A Job Nobody Wants, A Massive Success, Kalev Leetaru, Extensive Versus Immediately, Experiment Results, Scary Both Ways, Forging Ahead, Mission Critical, The Road Ahead. Some thoughts on the transcription program Whisper, which works too well or not at all depending on the weather but which is going to, in some ways, revolutionize both the work I'm doing and the work others do.

I mention Kalev Letaru and his website is at https://www.kalevleetaru.com/

The DiscMaster Episode Dec 19, 2022

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The DiscMaster Episode: From Nowhere to Everywhere One Saturday, A Rare Surprise, The Rise of Discmaster, Press and Announcement, Success Stories, The Powers of Searching, The Two Processes, Why DiscMaster Changes Everything, Taking the Brunt, A Bouncer Outside a Nightclub, The Users Not Quite Here, Do It Again Please.

An episode about discmaster.textfiles.com, a new search engine created by a developer that completely upends our entire relationship to the software on the Internet Archive.

http://discmaster.textfiles.com.

The Two Decisions Episode Dec 16, 2022

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The Two Decisions Episode: Lagarith Becomes FFMV1, Large-Scale Digitization, A Future Job Opening, A Sizeable Backlog, The Big Plan, We All Get The Point, An Advisory Future.

A musing about two big Decisions made, one about tape and one about life. We'll see how they both do.

The Unstuck in Time Episode Dec 12, 2022

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The Unstuck In Time Episode: Men in Black 3, Griffin, Timelines, Out of Timelines, Inspiration, Gathering of Voices Silenced, Digital and Analog, Lessons Learned, Hope. Plus: Mundane Headlines. Some ruminations on a supporting role character in Men in Black 3 and what it means about my memories and purposes with the flow of time.

The Fanzine Back Throw Episode Dec 09, 2022

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The Fanzine Back Throw Episode: A Long Trip, A Special Collection, Slash Fiction Fanzines, The Coordinators, Calling in Lodrina, 1550 Pounds, Hardcore Lifting, 33 Boxes, The Next Steps, The Event Horizon, Back Damage, Next Steps, Hired Hands and Hotels.

In which I do what may finally be the last large-scale lifting in which I play any part except coordinating. And also, putting my doctors through their paces! I don't have a link for the Fanzines at this point, but they look great. As soon as they can be put up, they will.

Watch Your Back!

The Atlantic Festival Episode Dec 05, 2022

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The Atlantic Festival Episode: A Very Long Drive, A Quid Pro Quo, Getting Back on the Horse, The Real Staff, Late Arrival, Rehearsals and Clarifications, Booties, A Short Relief, Out The Door, Respect, Twitter Spaces, Money and Time, A Turning Away, An Appreciation.

About my presentation and appearance at Atlantic Festival 2022 and how it all happened. My short presentation is on Youtube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=j9YQUo3dUvg

The Stress Management Episode Dec 02, 2022

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The Stress Management Episode: Recognizing Stress, How Fast Things Change, Mitigating Responsibility, My Air Travel Issue, Your Place in Time, Rarity And Prototype, A Track From and Into Fog. A hopefully-helpful essay on stress, and how to do your best to avoid the pressure when faced with it. I'm answering the question because it comes up a lot. If you have other questions you want me to answer in this fashion, hit me up.