jonah
@jonahedwards.com
Formalist, Lacanthrope, anti-architect. He/him. Ambient infrastructure / infrastructure ambiance at archive.org
the traditional depiction of the pilgrim hats is a nineteenth-century fictionalization of seventeenth-century pilgrims and puritans and such a depiction is properly called a “spurious buckled capotain”
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
the traditional depiction of the pilgrim hats is a nineteenth-century fictionalization of seventeenth-century pilgrims and puritans and such a depiction is properly called a “spurious buckled capotain”
Two weekends left! It's so cool!
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two weekends left! It's so cool!
TODAY
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
TODAY
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Kid (4 years old): "DAD! DAD!"
Me: "What is it?"
Kid: "I will never die." (goes back to playing with his Oscar the Grouch outfit, which is a fuzzy grey sweater and a plate for a hat)
Abridged notes from the hdparm man page
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Abridged notes from the hdparm man page
as another update we now know the exact leather used in the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
as another update we now know the exact leather used in the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
I'm on CNN (with a light bulb in front of my face)!
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I'm on CNN (with a light bulb in front of my face)!
I've revived my old @treestoknow.bsky.social account, semi-regularly posting text and the amazing illustrations of Hugh J. Hayes ( keeporegongreen.org/archive/ ) from an old edition of "Trees To Know In Oregon", if you're into that sort of thing.
Western Larch
"No other western conifer is such a pale green; you can pick out larch as far away as colors can be told."
"No other western conifer is such a pale green; you can pick out larch as far away as colors can be told."
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I've revived my old @treestoknow.bsky.social account, semi-regularly posting text and the amazing illustrations of Hugh J. Hayes ( keeporegongreen.org/archive/ ) from an old edition of "Trees To Know In Oregon", if you're into that sort of thing.
This was fun. This is one of my old boxes (“vortex” — everything from that era is named after swirling things) and I’m very grateful that I remembered the root password.
And perhaps it is only a bright light to some, but today at archive HQ a handful of us came together and rescued from an old dodgy drive a one of a kind compilation of a lifetime of research done by a writer so that his successor can complete the work.
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was fun. This is one of my old boxes (“vortex” — everything from that era is named after swirling things) and I’m very grateful that I remembered the root password.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Goodbye, San Francisco. Back soon.
October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Goodbye, San Francisco. Back soon.
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Happy Internet Archive Day!
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Internet Archive Day!
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
Join us tonight—online or IRL—for The Web We’ve Built!
If you visit the Archive in person, grab a free copy of Sir Tim Berners-Lee's new book THIS IS FOR EVERYONE from our BIG Free Library!
🎟️ ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/22/h...
#Wayback1T
As an update, I now have the box of scrap leather from the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
October 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
As an update, I now have the box of scrap leather from the construction of the 1979 Arion Moby Dick
I'm not going to post a picture of what my small son brought home from his "where I live" school project because it's where I live but it's exactly what you'd picture when I say "a poor quality monochrome printout of your house with what looks like blood smeared all over the doors and windows"
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I'm not going to post a picture of what my small son brought home from his "where I live" school project because it's where I live but it's exactly what you'd picture when I say "a poor quality monochrome printout of your house with what looks like blood smeared all over the doors and windows"
it’s extremely obvious where Frank Herbert was going with Dune if you read the books and think about it (but I will only reveal my thoughts on the subject in person for Secret Reasons)
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
it’s extremely obvious where Frank Herbert was going with Dune if you read the books and think about it (but I will only reveal my thoughts on the subject in person for Secret Reasons)
October 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
buying my fall candles got me like
October 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
buying my fall candles got me like
unparalleled aesthetics
September 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
unparalleled aesthetics
I got a template in the mail! Clever marketing from the direct mail company there? But NCOA makes me think that the National Council On Aging, the Non-Commissioned Officer's Association, the National Change Of Address program, or the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia is trying to get in touch.
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I got a template in the mail! Clever marketing from the direct mail company there? But NCOA makes me think that the National Council On Aging, the Non-Commissioned Officer's Association, the National Change Of Address program, or the National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia is trying to get in touch.
just in case you wanted to play the MS-DOS-based hacking game that came on a floppy disk in the Sneakers press kit, we've got it emulated in-browser over at @archive.org: archive.org/details/Snea...
September 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
just in case you wanted to play the MS-DOS-based hacking game that came on a floppy disk in the Sneakers press kit, we've got it emulated in-browser over at @archive.org: archive.org/details/Snea...
Getting The Gang Back Together
September 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Getting The Gang Back Together
we are once again having the conversation about what is and is not a sandwich
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
we are once again having the conversation about what is and is not a sandwich