R.C. Miessler
@iconodule.bsky.social
Doing digital archives and digital humanities things (sometimes with video games)
Me trying to explain to my daughter how video game history works youtu.be/i6q_2zZXHMg?...
S03E04 - Fat Tony on Bread and Cigarettes
YouTube video by The Max Power Way
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December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Me trying to explain to my daughter how video game history works youtu.be/i6q_2zZXHMg?...
Digital humanities is freaking out that you’re going to have to do 5 years worth of WordPress updates on a project site and then realizing you can just bump up the very deprecated PHP to a slightly less deprecated PHP and delete a plugin you weren’t using anyway
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Digital humanities is freaking out that you’re going to have to do 5 years worth of WordPress updates on a project site and then realizing you can just bump up the very deprecated PHP to a slightly less deprecated PHP and delete a plugin you weren’t using anyway
Library conference swag idea - branded reusable food containers for everyone who makes two plus meals out of the lunch
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Library conference swag idea - branded reusable food containers for everyone who makes two plus meals out of the lunch
it really feels like us library kids who were doing DH summer camps a decade ago were the gifted and talented class who were told we could change the world, and look at us now, with a crumbling higher education infrastructure, AI slop, and "DH, is that still a thing?"
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
it really feels like us library kids who were doing DH summer camps a decade ago were the gifted and talented class who were told we could change the world, and look at us now, with a crumbling higher education infrastructure, AI slop, and "DH, is that still a thing?"
Day ??? of CONTENTdm -> Quartex metadata cleanup
a computer screen that says ' pacoime ' at the top
ALT: a computer screen that says ' pacoime ' at the top
media.tenor.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Day ??? of CONTENTdm -> Quartex metadata cleanup
what's worse:
1 emailing a listserv "unsubscribe"
2 using Outlook reactions to listserv messages
1 emailing a listserv "unsubscribe"
2 using Outlook reactions to listserv messages
February 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
what's worse:
1 emailing a listserv "unsubscribe"
2 using Outlook reactions to listserv messages
1 emailing a listserv "unsubscribe"
2 using Outlook reactions to listserv messages
Amateur hour, I want to see the printout of the DIALOG search xkcd.com/3052
Archive Request
xkcd.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Amateur hour, I want to see the printout of the DIALOG search xkcd.com/3052
it's been a "dig through my email for evidence that 'yes that did indeed happen and your office approved it'" sort of day
February 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
it's been a "dig through my email for evidence that 'yes that did indeed happen and your office approved it'" sort of day
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The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
library.gamehistory.org — Now in early access
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
That feeling when a coworker needs “something HDMI” to test a monitor and you give them a NES mini from your office stash
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
That feeling when a coworker needs “something HDMI” to test a monitor and you give them a NES mini from your office stash
Truly a shit week but glad for my colleagues who remind me the work is worth doing
January 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Truly a shit week but glad for my colleagues who remind me the work is worth doing
The Switch 2 is ... sure. It will sell a billion units and we'll all buy the Deluxe 2 versions of the games we've been buying for 40 years. But weird Nintendo is still the best Nintendo.
January 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Switch 2 is ... sure. It will sell a billion units and we'll all buy the Deluxe 2 versions of the games we've been buying for 40 years. But weird Nintendo is still the best Nintendo.
That feeling when you close the terminal window halfway through converting 13k tiffs to jpgs
January 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
That feeling when you close the terminal window halfway through converting 13k tiffs to jpgs
Why does every major library saas provider have trash tech support
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Why does every major library saas provider have trash tech support
Since I have no idea how PATH and Python work together on a Mac I’ve had the same terminal window up for around 6 months once i started running scripts—the shell of Theseus
November 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Since I have no idea how PATH and Python work together on a Mac I’ve had the same terminal window up for around 6 months once i started running scripts—the shell of Theseus
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“So that’s that.” First letter of peace by Lt Col H.J.C. Peirs after four years of war and three years of bitter fighting at the front. Read in full here #ArmisticeDay #WWI #FWW
11 November 1918 – My dear Father
Transcription11. 11. 18.My dear Father,So that’s that. Our next difficulties will arise in keeping the men occupied before peace is declared & afterwards t
jackpeirs.org
November 11, 2024 at 9:54 AM
“So that’s that.” First letter of peace by Lt Col H.J.C. Peirs after four years of war and three years of bitter fighting at the front. Read in full here #ArmisticeDay #WWI #FWW
any DH folks know what is going on with @dhawards.bsky.social?
June 17, 2024 at 8:16 PM
any DH folks know what is going on with @dhawards.bsky.social?
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R. C. Miessler (Gettysburg College ) starts off #keystonedh24 with one of the most exciting title slides we’ve ever seen!
May 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
R. C. Miessler (Gettysburg College ) starts off #keystonedh24 with one of the most exciting title slides we’ve ever seen!
did ExL really think they created the course management system? #eluna2024
May 16, 2024 at 7:10 PM
did ExL really think they created the course management system? #eluna2024
You know you’re getting old when you’re excited to see oatmeal at the conference breakfast buffet
May 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM
You know you’re getting old when you’re excited to see oatmeal at the conference breakfast buffet
Well shit, Onodo is shutting down in June. It was obvious they weren’t going to do any more development but it was still the best tool for teaching networks and I’m surprised it didn’t break before now #EmbraceEphemerality
April 25, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Well shit, Onodo is shutting down in June. It was obvious they weren’t going to do any more development but it was still the best tool for teaching networks and I’m surprised it didn’t break before now #EmbraceEphemerality
back in Indiana for a couple of days, my daughter is bewildered about how nice people are compared to PA. I on the other hand am reminded how awful Hoosier drivers are
February 20, 2024 at 8:56 PM
back in Indiana for a couple of days, my daughter is bewildered about how nice people are compared to PA. I on the other hand am reminded how awful Hoosier drivers are