Hi everyone! It's the middle of the quarter, so it's time for another Currently on my art update. This time, I have announcements to make!
Currently on my art: Q1 stats and work
Hi everyone! The first quarter of this year has ended, so it's time for a Currently on my art update. If you haven't read my recent post on the libraries' digital rights being at risk, please do read it. It would mean a lot to me if you did.
Libraries are at risk!
Today, I want to spotlight the Internet Archive and its fight for the libraries' right for digital lending, something that is at risk right now. In a nutshell, as the Fight for the Future's page on the situation says, major publishers don't allow libraries to purchase permanent digital copies of their books - the given only option being renting the digital copies for high fees, meaning that things like censorship are veritable risks - forcing libraries to instead scan physical books so they can be loaned digitally while the physical copy is kept in storage and the digital copy's loaning is limited to just one file per book - a practice known as Controlled Digital Lending. The nonprofit Internet Archive and more traditional libraries like the Boston Public Library preserve their books digitally this way. The publishers sued the Internet Archive for doing this and on March 24th, a lower court judge ruled in the publishers' favor, which puts not just the Internet Archive but libraries like the aforementioned Boston Public Library at risk as well.
Currently on my art: Happenstances
The first quarter of 2023 has reached its midpoint, so it's time for a new post - although this time, it's with a minor announcement: namely, the fact that I've finally decided to bite the bullet and rename these updates from Currently on art to Currently on my art. A bit wordier but I figured that a bit more specificity would probably be nice.
Currently on art: The end of 2022, looking towards the future
Hi everyone! The year 2022 is ending as I begin to write this update that may or may not make it before the new year hits Finland. Another year of COVID is behind us and while things are looking better on that front, there's also a lot else going on - most importantly the war in Ukraine - making this year a dumpster fire of its own.
Anything Not Saved Will Be Lost
An excellent reminder to keep your backups up to date – or make them in the first place if you’ve neglected them entirely!
Hey.
Hey you.
Yes, you. Reading this on some kind of electronic device right now.
If a mischievous little goblin showed up and drop-kicked that thing into the ocean, would you lose anything important? (Besides the device itself, which I’m assuming was expensive.)
If so, you should back your stuff up right freakin’ now.
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Have you done it yet?
If not, I’ll wait.
If so, feel free to keep reading. This is going to be a post in two parts.
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Currently on art: The end of a project, the announcement of a project
Hi everyone! It's the middle of the quarter again, so it's time for another Currently on art update. While there hasn't been much happening in my life recently, this time I have some considerable news to announce.
Currently on art: Q3 2022 stats
Hi everyone! The third quarter of 2022 has come to an end, so it's time for a statistics-heavy Currently on art update. There probably won't be much else, considering the uneventful half of the quarter that it has been.
Currently on art: FFM and low productivity
It's been close to two months since the last Currently on art update, so it's about time I got around to writing this. While I had plans to be productive this month, reality has turned out to be far less optimal; projects have been left hanging due to low motivation and I've procrastinated a lot of stuff (including writing this post).
FFM 2022 31: Another Phone Number
In the lull of the lunch break, Levi slipped a folded piece of paper to Raiyo.
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