Thu. 08/20 - Zines & Floppy Disks: Making a 2020 Comeback?

Talking about lots of old media today. Vice wants to send you physical zines through USPS. It turns out a number of industries are still using floppy disks. A new online database fifty years in the making and created by Julia Child’s former neighbor. And some crop art celebrating Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

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Link:

• Introducing The Mail, a Newsletter and Zine About the USPS (VICE)
• Vice wants to send you print mail to help you understand the plight of the United States Postal Service (Nieman Lab)
• Boeing 747s Still Use Floppy Disks to Get Software Updates (Gizmodo)
• Why The Floppy Disk Is Still Used Today (Digital Trends)
• A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks Is Now Online, and You Can Help Improve It (Atlas Obscura)
• thesifter.org
• Kamala Harris crop art turns up near Lawrence (KMBC News)
• Crop artist spells out 'Thank You' in Kansas field to honor essential workers (KAKE ABC)
• EARTHWORK (Chris Ordal, Vimeo)
• Kottke.Org
• Jackson Bird on Twitter