Aug 10, 2026

The 15 Year Anniversary Episode: 15 Years at the Archive, Loving a Job, The Duties, The Remaining Seven, The Many Different Feelings, Mission, Future, Joy, Sadness, An Unhelpful Letter.

A rumination on my decade and a half at the Internet Archive. What a great time it has been, and continues to be.

Aug 7, 2026

The Archivebossing Too Close To The Sun Episode: Winning an Auction, Bidding, It's Just $50, OK Maybe It Is Not $50, Passing the Hat, Having Support, What's On The Tin, Re-Learning a Lesson.

I won an auction! But at what cost? Sadly, I know exactly what cost.

Jul 6, 2026

The Mark Pines Auction II Episode: Mark Pines, The Second Surprise Auction, The Life of a Reseller, Bidding from Korea, The Contents of the Second Set, An Unexpected Subset, More Mark to Come.

About the previously unknown second set of Mark Pines materials that was bid on, and what it means for the Mark Pines...

Jul 2, 2026

The DMZ Episode: Visiting the DMZ in Korea, A Bus Ride With a Passport Count, Burgers, Grenades, Bridge, Mines, Observation, Denial of Visitation, A Very Deep Tunnel, The Spectacle and the History. Plus: Not Forgetting.

Some notes while visiting a war zone, albeit one with a relatively small amount of action by the day.

Jun 30, 2026

The Medical Tourism Episode: Signing Up for a Medical Vacation, The Hospital, A Robe and a Keycard, Dozens of Rooms, Minutes and Seconds, Expertise and Experience, A Room of Sleeping People, The Shutoff Switch, The Results, The Chance at One Person Convinced.

How I went to South Korea and did a little medical tourism. I...