Category Archives: Cool items

The Internet Arcade becomes an Archive Reality

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Jason Scott

A couple years back, we introduced the Internet Arcade, which enabled people around the world to play a number of Arcade titles from the last 40 years in their browsers, instantly. We’ve also had collections of console games, and a … Continue reading →

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Truck and Back Again: The Internet Archive Truck Takes a Detour

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Jason Scott

When one of our employees came out of his home over the weekend, he saw an empty parking space. Granted, in San Francisco, that’s a pretty precious thing, but since this empty parking space had held the Internet Archive Truck … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive Telethon Pt. 3

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Jason Scott

See also Parts 1 and 2. We dreamed up the idea of an Internet Archive Telethon, and due to the work of employees, volunteers, and performers, we put together an (almost) 24-hour show. We had an amazing time doing it. But … Continue reading →

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A Treasure Trove of Adventure and Uploading

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive opens its doors and drives towards a goal of Universal Access to Knowledge, and encourages contributions and uploads from our audience on a global scale. In some cases, like our Netlabels section, the contributors are often the … Continue reading →

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NEW at the Archive Store! MS-DOS “Game Not Over!” T-Shirt

Posted on June 5, 2015 by jeff kaplan

Designed by Jason Scott, the new “Game Not Over!” T-shirt is a celebration of the over 2,000 MS-DOS games that are once again available to play on archive.org. The shirt is currently available in a number of sizes at the … Continue reading →

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Mirroring the Stone Oakvalley Music Collection

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive has begun mirroring a fantastic collection of music called the “Stone Oakvalley Music Collection”. When you visit one of their websites, the archive.org mirror is one of the choices for download. Going forward, the Archive will offer a … Continue reading →

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Millions of historic images posted to Flickr

Posted on August 29, 2014 by jeff kaplan

by Robert Miller, Global Director of Books, Internet Archive “Reading a book from the inside out!”. Well not quite, but a new way to read our eBooks has just been launched. Check out this great BBC article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28976849 Here is … Continue reading →

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Open Call for tumblr Collaborators

Posted on April 8, 2013 by jeff kaplan

When it comes to collaborative culture, tumblr is where it’s at – and we’re ready to jump in. We’re not going to just redirect this blog, though, we’re opening up our tumblr URL to anyone interested in messing around with … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes SF6: huge success– Next Lost Landscapes of Detroit February 22

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brewster Kahle

Standing room only for Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscape of San Francisco 6 at the Internet Archive last night.   New films including “process plates” from studios brought a new sharpness to many of the films presented.   Suggested donations was 5 … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Archaeology – And Hackerspaces

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Jason Scott

Two different, but somewhat related additions to the archive you might want to check out. First, I was contacted earlier this week about a project to recover information off of an old Cray-1 supercomputer hard drive. Unlike, say, trying to … Continue reading →

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