Fark NotNewsletter: Perhaps you have some ghosts to preserve for posterity

This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1661368759-42124-43880 Content-Type: text/html Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [3D"The](3D")= > [3D"Facebook"](3D") [=3D"Twitter"](3D") [3D"Totalfark"](3D") Having trouble reading thi= s email? View it online [here](3D". Comments thread: [ 27668](3D" Unsubscribe links are at the bottom of this message. =20 =20 ________________________ A message= from Drew Curtis: ___________________= _____ Hey everyone, hope your week's been well. So he= re's a fun thing Mike and I did yesterday... caveat I am l= ikely to get most of the actual details of things from 20 years ago wrong, = the general point is correct however. Been doing Fark s= o long that the number of folks I've met along the way who are currently do= ing BIG THINGS is quite large. About 20 years ago I ran into [Jason Scott](3D") at Notacon in Cleveland. For those unfam= iliar, Jason is an enigma wrapped inside an anomaly. I can't even des= cribe what he's like - he's one in a million. And a fantastic storyte= ller, if you'd like more about that check out his podcast Jason Scott Talks= His Way Out of It. Jason is involved in all kinds of t= hings but one of his main things is he's an Archivist at the [In= ternet Archive](3D"). Archive.org is home to, among other things, the Interne= t [Wayback Machine](3D"). Jason has been sounding the al= arm for decades that we need to be saving and digitizing all media right no= w, as opposed to waiting until it's too late to do so. = Let me give you an example: Thomas Edison invented a recording device in th= e late 19th century that could record sounds on wax cylinders. They'r= e incredibly rare now, but odds are 100 years ago or so it was at least pos= sible to find a collection or two of them. Today, it's likely impossi= ble. And yet, what if someone 100 years ago had gone out of their way= to locate as many as possible and preserved these wax cylinders? Arc= hivists absolutely wish more folks had done that. Jason called me u= p last week and began by saying "I've been reminded that you live in Lexing= ton, Kentucky" - tipped off by my friend and OG Farker Joe. A local-L= exington fan of the Internet Archive had located a collection and needed he= lp obtaining it. The owner had died recently and was apparently a hoa= rder. The heirs wanted all the non-valuable items gone as soon as possible.= Among the things they wanted gone was unfortunately hi= s vast collection of ham radio recordings of terrestrial radio broadcasts f= rom Europe and farther abroad in the '80s and '90s. Jason said the re= cordings were extraordinarily rare, possibly the only recordings in existen= ce. There were an estimated 100 boxes that needed rescuing and time w= as growing short because of impending legal battles over the stuff - I'm no= t up on the details, I didn't ask and I didn't want to know. An addit= ional wrinkle was the managers of the estate were super suspicious of all o= f this, thinking perhaps "hey can we take the recordings" was some kind of = elaborate con to get at other valuables squirreled away who knows where.&nb= sp; So yesterday Mike and I went over to the= house with eight other friends and my three kids and we knocked it out in = short order, got all the stuff transferred to a safer location. The n= ext step is to repack it so the Internet Archive can receive it (they have = a process) and load it up on a truck and ship it out. L= ooking at the boxes, I can't help but feel like I'm looking at a ghosts - o= f sorts. The person is gone, but their imprint remains. Ghosts = might not be real, but people's archival processes outlive them, and I'll b= e damned if they don't at least feel the same. On that note, if -yo= u- happen to know of a collection of media of any kind, definitely [contact the folks at the Internet Archive](3D") and see = if they're interested. They're always on the lookout for rare items, = especially ones that don't have much value now because those are the most a= t risk. And if anything else weird happens when we do t= he reboxing, I'll post an update, but only if it's funny or interesting.&nb= sp; We're not really sure what we're going to find. More in a bit....= This week has been incredibly low ebb for [= Fark News Livestream](3D") material so we're going to skip this week. I= think everyone in mainstream media is on vacation or something. Thi= ngs should pick up like gangbusters in a couple weeks though, always does.&= nbsp; ________________________ End Drew transmission ________________________ Top Comments Some of = the top-voted smartest and funniest comments from the past week Funny: OdradekRex pointed out [the downside of having Jesus ascend into your church ce= iling](3D") Abe Vigoda's Ghost showed [an angry pastor's new church sign](3D") Stud G= erbil talked about the glor= y of marriage Megathuma [turned out to be royalty](3D" markie_farkie off= ered to [help someone who has a proble= m with wine](3D"=) Insult Comic Bishounen proved to be [the type to watch as the girl with coli= tis goes by](3D") We Ate the Necco Wafers [hated one type of festival more than any other](3D") FatherDale knew [what'= s causing people to be violent](3D" I_Am_Weasel shared&= nbsp;[the secret to perfect meatloaf](3D") bearded clamorer [invite= d us all over for dinner](3D" Smart: feckingmoro= ns looked at [the drama surr= ounding the ousting of the Bratwurst Festival Queen](3D"=) Boo_Guy = had a [reminder for anyone w= hose school (or boss) uses monitoring software to keep tabs on their work o= r remote learning](3D".=) Squid_for_Brains gave [advice for when you're watching a tornado out i= n the outside world rather than on a screen](3D") Robinfro = g> offered up [a questionable legal st= rategy for kids who don't want schools spying on them at home through their= computers](3D"https://w=) potierrh had a question regarding = [yet another person getting arrested for sp= ending money the bank accidentally put in his account](3D") Boudyr= o gave [a mini course on A= merican economics](3D"https:=) DON.MAC shared [an example of how much the kids are learning](3D") Straight Outta Wells Branch laid out an argument for when the "golden age" of late night TV was CSB Sunday Morning theme: [Train rides and their stories](3D") = Smart (tie): I should be in the kitchen [relaxed on the tracks](3D") Smart (tie)= : Lytbeir learned [this one weird trick for a cheap ride home](3D" Funny: = GRCooper found out that [ceiling cat had a stash](3D" Politics Funny: educated had [some very = specific demands](=3D" aimtastic showed [a reaction to a headline claiming that "Trump just de= alt a major blow"](3D") markie_farkie responded to the n= ews that [the Trump Organization's CFO= has flipped and is expected to testify against the company if he's called = as a witness](3D"=) markie_farkie replied to [a Fark headline that incorporated the names of gl= am metal bands](3D") blastoh made [an argument worthy of Fox News](3D") Politics Sm= art: HighOnCraic described [the woman who allegedly stole Nancy Pelosi's laptop during= the Jan. 6 insurrection](3D") DarnoKonrad discussed&nbs= p;[the practice of portraying political en= emies as being both too strong and too weak](3D") Cyberluddite = trong> explained [why Elon Musk migh= t not want people to know he's a Trumper](3D"https:=) blastoh w= ill hopefully be willing to settle fo= r this NotNewsletter mention and our affectionate encouragement until that = medal arrives SpectroBoy needed some information o= n [how to save the world](3D") = Top Contest Entries = Some of the top-voted contest entries from last week Photos= hops: RedZoneTuba published [a very unoffensive magazine](3D") artifishy = ong> [eliminated the target](3D") = nitropissering added [more l= ocations to an iconic signpost](3D" RedZoneTuba showed = us [Ridgemont High during slower times=](3D"=) RedZoneTuba [resu= rrected "Laugh-In"](3D" artifishy [took us back to the good ol' days](3D" Yammering_Spla= t_Vector [found these pairs in de= spair](3D"https://w=) RedZoneTuba revealed [the future of GMOs](3D") X-Geek created= [a magazine magazine](3D") s= amsquatch [took us back in time= a> Farktography theme:](3D"https://=)[Dots, Dashes, Diagonals](3D") This contest ended in a three= -way tie with MorningBreath's [trippy tiles](3D"), common sense is an oxymoron= ong>'s [flecked flicker](3D"=) and Elsinore's [sneaky suc= culent](=3D" Fark Headlines = of the Week A selection of some of the top headlines fro= m last week [Taliban cleric killed by leg bomb, worrying arms contr= ol experts](3D"https://=) [There can be only = son](3D"https=) [Harley Q= uinn's new costume is a perfect tribute to Alan West's Batman. 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Ask your mortician if Reanimax is right for you](3D") = Fark Weird News Quiz (brough= t to you by ox45tallboy) Yet another fun time= on the Quiz last week, where we learned that giant corporations don't have= to care about users once they've got you hooked on their product. On the Q= uiz itself, dionysusaur came out on top with a score of 10= 08, followed by KRSESQ in second with 978 and Denjiro in third with 970. scottdrummer= > made fourth with 958, and bud jones made it into th= e top five with 934, The hardest question on last week's Hard Quiz = was about the new ice cream treat "Dive Bar". Only 32% of quiztakers knew t= his was the brainchild of the people behind Miller High Life. the peop= le who don't understand that when you want champagne, you don't want beer. = I personally believe the same could be said about ice cream, but that's jus= t me. The easiest question on last week's Hard Quiz was about= what word you're likely to hear presenter Paul Hollywood find a way to wor= k into every episode of "The Great British Bake-Off". 93% of quiztakers kne= w that after a viewer of the show told him she found it "inappropriate", he= finds a way to work the word "moist" into his interactions with the bakers= as often as possible. I'm guessing he likes the rainy episodes as this mak= es it easier when he's presented with traditional British shortbread biscui= ts, aka compressed sand cakes. The hardest question on last week's = Hard Quiz was about actor Troy Kotsur having his car stolen with his Oscar = inside it. Only 51% of quiztakers knew that he won that Oscar last year for= his performance in "CODA", the first hearing-impaired man to be given the = honor (Marie Matlin won the Best Actress award for 1986's "Children of a Le= sser God"). Fortunately his car (and Oscar) were quickly found by police an= d two juvenile suspects detained. No word on the Creedence. The eas= iest question on last week's Easy Quiz was about that dish that's in the ne= ws for all the wrong reasons. 90% of quiztakers knew that crudité is= basically a raw veggie plate, usually served with a dipping sauce like bal= samic vinaigrette. 90% of Pennsylvanians also don't eat crudité, and= if someone were to attempt to serve it to them they would say "Whassis jaw= n? That's a veggie tray! Yinz better bust out some scrapple and some dippy = eggs or I'm outs!" If you missed out last week, now's a great= time to [catch up on the Fark Weird News Quiz](3D"=) now that= you know some of the answers. 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