2026-04-18T06:10:24Z https://yabu.me jdd https://yabu.me/npub1gtn0qgntz5vm64t8qufecz0svrf06h8nxjm90es9r4mh9lnyvqmqyj6net https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/accounts/avatars/108/193/372/465/967/948/original/528ac1240f0417dc.jpeg https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/accounts/avatars/108/193/372/465/967/948/original/528ac1240f0417dc.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszxvtvn2jjugkfg6xxdsfyqfvnrl8qg6gret32yklnz3gjgpdtvtszyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srvnqgsgl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy3ng7g0ne3ydsccs2xh2wr87ywjtqqnslqshk4xjghjtexrfn3c6gxe30'>nevent1q…xe30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d totally recommend RetroFloppy, he&#39;s great to deal with and his work was first rate, fully recovered almost every disk we sent him. I had tried to set up an 8&#34; drive to work with the kryoflux but I failed. It was easier to apply for a small grant to pay for the recovery work. 2025-03-28T17:55:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz66rvzptv8u52ff7t5mv882f077yvdvv8wn9clm646jyyx80rvpqzyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srv7ctwy8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd33zawlts5m34wuadkjqcpqy38r3tsqg0d0tcezmud9xz6rutglq86tlkn'>nevent1q…tlkn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks! Really glad you liked it 2025-03-28T17:43:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlg5tc0egdn9hu9xrhxfef5fp3t6rj2t54jffvy9sw5n0ath4fgczyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srvaumpt3 And on a happier note, I&#39;m pleased to share an article I co-wrote with John Aycock and Alexandra Tenney on recovering data from Canada&#39;s Telidon (videotex) system, recently published (no paywall) in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing: <br/><br/><a href="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10927689">https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10927689</a> 2025-03-28T17:15:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmnsajj4v9jugc6udsmxp6zp82v96dxvy4d3sx528ljmt6hqprhqzyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srv6pgh2d Question for my academic librarian peers: is any serious conversation happening in any notable venue right now regarding the privacy and security implications of situating Canadian library user data in platforms run by US corporations? Seems to me we should be updating our risk assessments, particularly given the current administration&#39;s targetting of universities, libraries, students and faculty. Oh, and our existence as a sovereign nation. 2025-03-28T16:36:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsta9zwuf3lyc2kd6ue4wl9cmwsyqfmtr3x09j73lhzl77dpvd4z4qzyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srvzfz3rn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx856rd8phdlhnqf28mgk7kx2rp4k0cvtluwx8z8vryy480t87uc0zxxkl'>nevent1q…xxkl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep, the folks who developed Hot Potatoes went on to found our renowned Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). At least one of them still works here I think. 2025-03-20T19:16:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8lqsesjpwjz3v98sn6zfjqpfhl24vus5gmn209tcxu4caju0rpvgzyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srv53e789 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3pdgwsd5daswg9dp4l3kwcdlr28lc2wga9u93cgqqaeu3k6krwsxdxfyd'>nevent1q…xfyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just cracked the shrink wrap on that one to look at the contents. What made it faculty-specific was it included a guide on how to publish departmental websites in HTML, with templates. Oh, and some locally developed interactive teaching software (&#34;Hot Potatoes&#34;). 2025-03-20T19:06:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ekvvh6wdxcmtnv4842s6ujpkryp5pvwaa4t3s8pajj0qf9lu5yczyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srvae0n4n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwuexup02fxqxgvnhqcvfsgq8rcd8rxy973p34ds3zsvdmfzwusc7sfu7r'>nevent1q…fu7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In 1998/99 the University of Victoria was still distributing this kind of stuff, but (like UofA) on CD. The most interesting bits are parts of the UVic website of the day, the applications (Netscape, WS_FTP, LView) are pretty vanilla.<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/196/227/743/716/860/original/a1e0a4e3882f933b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-20T18:43:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspt7v5fq7h6v67tkyff9dajvjrf2tspe6pg0dqax83qsle6w2nk2qzyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srvf6t7au In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jphpv846p0ez7sfglh8sfj5349q3lqjq2adq2xmgwyvjj87w70sx8pclv'>nevent1q…pclv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh my gosh, just noticed the “Wee Book Inn” bookmark. That might have been where I got my copy of Haldeman back in the 70s, I sure bought a lot of other books there. It makes me unreasonably happy to learn they’re still in business, after all these years. 2024-12-23T06:42:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8jphpv846p0ez7sfglh8sfj5349q3lqjq2adq2xmgwyvjj87w70szyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srv9ruq8l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylar69p8v00gjcgs3p7apx8zqsdwgdrac75t3jtrlxr99xxjemrqujeclj'>nevent1q…eclj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow, that looks like the same edition as the one I read back in the 70s. Really should give it a re-read at some point 2024-12-23T06:13:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvragdpwgwnjzd993hy9y3nuyucq2d2gq5v7eeqz5g0ve7rmhgasczyppwdupzdv23n024vur388qf7psd9l2u7v6tv4lxq5whwuh7v3srv5p5d07 Presenting the results of the first Telidon computer graphics workshop held at the University of Victoria in 40 years ...<br/><br/><a href="https://telidonart.ca/emu202410/">https://telidonart.ca/emu202410/</a> 2024-10-07T22:01:09Z