Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Mountain of VHS Episode Mar 02, 2022

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The Mountain of VHS Episode: Back in the Saddle, The Depth of VHS, The Variant Quality, The Results of Digitizing VHS, VHS Vault, A Very Large Auction, 3 Days to Victory, Why Save VHS, Helping Hands, The Foggy Road Ahead.

A tale of how I went from having what I thought was a lot of videotapes to having entirely too many videotapes. These tapes are safe and will begin getting digitized later this year. As I explain in the episode, my health is back to normal; thanks for all the kind words.

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (4 of 4) Feb 23, 2022

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The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (4 of 4)

Endings, Disembarking, Memories. Never Again, Inner Ear, The Food and The Sea. Highlights and Memories, Not Another Community, Ever Shortening Time, A Cruise as Reality, The Continuing JoCo Cruises, Memories Forever. Plus: A Sickness.

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (3 of 4) Feb 22, 2022

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The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (3 of 4)

Days at Sea. Meeting The Crew, A Lifeboat Break, A False Island, The Acts and Shows. Wil Wheaton. Coulton as Conductor, Poverty and Vacation, Capsule Hotel, Laser Tag Near Laser Tag, I Got It, No I Really Got It, Lost at Sea.

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (2 of 4) Feb 21, 2022

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The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (2 of 4)

Onboard, Walking The Ship, Industrial Luxury, Joco Cruise Convention Crazy, The Realms of a Ship, Meeting the Acts, Connections and Discussions, David Rees, The Internet Temperance League, A Well-Seasoned Seagoing Couple.

The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (1 of 4) Feb 20, 2022

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The JoCo Cruise Crazy Episode (1 of 4)

Who is Jonathan Coulton, A Thinking Musician, New Things, Home Concerts, Cruise Offer, Geek Cruises, First Signup, A Series of Shocks, An A la Carte Vacation, Boarding the Gangplank.

The Most Precious Manual Episode Jan 10, 2022

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The Most Precious Manual Episode: Dude Ranch, Open Door, Asteroids, The Purpose of a Manual, The Secrets Within, My Awakening to Arcade Creators, The First Collection, The Millions of Manuals, Forgive Me. A story of a summer I risked electric shock to get a different kind of shock.

The Million Paperclips and Midday Nap Episode Jan 07, 2022

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The Million Paperclips and Midday Nap Episode. Two intertwining stories of youth wasted at the International Business Machines corporation.

The Ballad of Ricky Jay Episode Jan 03, 2022

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The Ballad of Ricky Jay Episode: A Visit to Sotheby's, The Story of Ricky Jay, The Auction, The Magician as Storyteller, A Collection Remixed to a Collection, Broadsheets and Posters, Showmanship, The Secret to Magic, A Life Well Lived, The Circus Leaves Town.

As I mention twice in the episode and mention here, the Ricky Jay book Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women is easily one of my all-time favorite books, a glory to enjoy, and one of Ricky Jay's lasting legacies. I recommend it highly.

The TEAC Drive Episode Dec 31, 2021

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The TEAC Drive Episode: A Little Drive Kerfuffle, The New Difficult Life of Floppy Drives, Sustaining the Flux, Circuit Boards, Jumpers and Software Configurations. Plus: A Dream of a Future Superfluxer. Some thoughts on the TEAC drives that make up the vast majority of the dozen-plus floppy drives I use for imaging disks with my Applesauce DOS work. (TEAC stands for "Toyko Electro-Acoustic Company", I recently found out.) Applesauce FDC covering DOS disks has been a major new chapter for me - hundreds of disks in the backlog are disappearing into digital form. (And then stored physically forever.)

The Streaming Episode Dec 27, 2021

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The Streaming Episode: A Try at Streaming, Winamp, Shoutcast, College Radio, Bifurcated Timing, The Manager Phone, Top Of The Hour, Justin, Twitch, The Running Mind, Streaming Forever. I'm streaming a lot of days at this point, at twitch.tv/textfiles and twitch.tv/sketchthecow. Services are so transient and changes come so quickly, I don't expect these to last forever, but for now, they're neat.