Tag Archives: internet archive

New bot: @78_sampler, serving up old records

posted on 11 August, 2017 also tagged , , , ,

The Internet Archive hosts an incredible collection of over 25,000 professionally digitized 78rpm records. The great thing about a catalog that large is that, if you know what you want, you’re likely to find it. On the other hand, if you just want to browse it can be overwhelming and even intimidating. Each item could […]

LinkArchiver, a new bot to back up tweeted links

posted on 11 July, 2017 also tagged , , , ,

Twitter users who want to ensure that the Wayback Machine has stored a copy of the pages they link to can now sign up with @LinkArchiver to make it happen automatically. @LinkArchiver is the first project I’ve worked on in my 12-week stay at Recurse Center, where I’m learning to be a better programmer. The […]