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Update #32: New Kickstarter.
Update #31: The Obvious Happens
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Posted on March 25, 2011
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Update #30: The Triple Threat Announcement
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Posted on March 10, 2011
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Update #29: Consecutive Not Concurrent
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Posted on February 15, 2011
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Update #27: The Payoff Begins
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Posted on January 22, 2011
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Update #26: The News Starts Coming Out
So it was announced today: I am the Game Developers' Conference (GDC) Official Historian for the 25th show. Full details are here.
I have announced that Archive Team is going to release Geocities as a torrent.
And finally, I have acquired 20 years of computer conference T-shirts from Randal L. Schwartz.
That's it... for now.
Update #25: Greetings from Sabbatical's Triumph
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Posted on October 24, 2010
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Update #24: The JET LAMP Tour
A bunch of people took me up on the Kickstarter deal for copies of GET LAMP. There's a few left to go out, but I hope everyone's enjoying the movie one way or another.
I wanted to stop in to say that a deal came up that I simply had to take, and I hope it gives me the chance to meet some of you.
Jet Blue, for the second year in a row, put out a promotion called the All You Can Jet special. For a single price, you can fly as much as you want to during a roughly 30 day period, starting today. I missed the first one last year, but I immediately bought this one, giving me unlimited flights for the month of September.
I have taken this opportunity to therefore book a GET LAMP showings tour, called JET LAMP. Here's the URL:
http://www.getlamp.com/jetlamp
The dates are filling up as we speak, and more will appear. The first is in Portland, Oregon tomorrow evening at the Backspace Cafe, next to the Ground Kontrol retro arcade. The next will be on Sunday in Salt Lake City, at a Cinema Pub called Brewvies. And so it will go.
I invite you to check out the page and come on out to chat.
Meanwhile, I still owe people stuff related to bonuses - the travel downtime during this tour will hopefully give me the time and focus to finally do it.
Update #23: The Prodigal Jason
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Posted on August 13, 2010
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Update #22: The Information Cube
Updated Information on the TEXTFILES.COM Information Cube is here:
Update #21: A Lot of Everything!
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Posted on May 6, 2010
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Update #20: GET LAMP Offer / Mailing List
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Posted on April 6, 2010
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Update #19: CUT AND RUN
One of my backers politely mentioned there's been scant mention/update of the gifts/rewards mentioned in the kickstarter pledge drive. They're right. I will be fixing this posthaste. Thank you all for being polite about the delay.
Update #18: ASCII Weblog Entry
I just composed an ASCII Weblog Entry about the whole Kickstarter thing from my perspective. It's called "Kickstartup" and is located here: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2381
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 22, 2009.
Pledge $25 or more
You'll be listed as one of the benefactors of my sabbatical page, and shown as a patron. You will also be added (if you wish) to an e-mail list that will be notified each Friday of project updates, and links to new material I've brought online, at least 2 days before I otherwise announce it.
Pledge $50 or more
You'll be listed as one of the benefactors of my sabbatical page, and shown as a patron. You'll also get a compilation of the main TEXTFILES.COM site as well a collection of subsites provided as downloadable links to ISOs.
Pledge $100 or more
You'll be listed as one of the benefactors of my sabbatical page, and shown as a patron. You'll also get a compilation of the main TEXTFILES.COM site as well a collection of subsites,on 3 DVD-ROMs (estimated) packaged and autographed, as well as links to ISOs of same.
Pledge $625 or more
Everything offered previously, plus I will come to your location for an evening, play footage/episodes from the BBS Documentary or Get Lamp, and discuss with your group about whatever related subjects you'd like to. Must be reasonable driving distance for a day trip, so I can avoid flight/hotel costs. Presentation length would be variable, probably in the range of 2-3 hours. You'd also get 3 copies of the BBS documentary at the end. You will also get a copy of GET LAMP sent to you. Message me for questions or details.
Pledge $750 or more
You're listed as a patron, and get sent a hard drive with all of the textfiles.com properties, in either EXT3 or NTFS format. This is roughly a terabyte of content, all yours. I'll gladly autograph it or pose with it if that's your thing. You'll also get a copy of the BBS Documentary and a future copy of GET LAMP when it comes out.
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Jason Scott runs TEXTFILES.COM, a collection of historical computer documents and files related to the bulletin board system era of online life. Over the years, he has moved into digital preservation, radical archiving, and public speaking on the hilarity and tragedy of the world of data. He attended Emerson College as a Film Major and then waited 10 years to begin work on a film about Bulletin Board Systems called "BBS: The Documentary". Finishing this, he turned his attention to a film about Text Adventures and Interactive Fiction called "GET LAMP". He is very, very talkative.
