Chris Freeland, Director of Open Library
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 3:40 am
Jenica Jessen, Marketing Manager
“One of my favorite items in the Archive is the Sierra On-Line Christmas Card from 1986. If you haven’t ever seen a DOS-based holiday card, we also have the 1990 and 1992 versions for even more animated computer card fun.”
“I love the Malware Museum! It’s a collection of all these cool animations that would show up when a computer in the early aughts would have a virus. It’s a) So cool to look at, a vibe I think a lot of modern design tries to emulate, and b) so reminiscent of a specific time. Reminding me of some of my fave movies and shows from the 2000’s.”
-Amandari Karaca, Digital Engagement Specialist
“I recently discovered Air in Resort. For whatsapp number database aficionados, it is a 1984 album commissioned by Shiseido to promote their new fragrance.”
-Andrea Mills, Executive Director, Internet Archive Canada.
“I’ve been loving these recordings of a Bay Area radio station from the 60s. KYA San Francisco was playing early rock radio in the Bay until it was sold in 1983″
– Jeff Klein, Senior Software Engineer (Archiving and Data Services)
Here’s to a happy and safe holiday season from all of us at the Internet Archive.
The following guest post from legendary software designer Jordan Mechner is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now.
In 1993, I was trying to learn everything I could about the 1914 Orient Express, to help our team recreate it accurately in The Last Express (the game I did after Prince of Persia). We were dumbfounded when the French railway company SNCF told us they’d dumped most of their pre-war archives for lack of warehouse space in the 1970s. The train timetables, floor plans and photographs we coveted had gone to landfill.
“One of my favorite items in the Archive is the Sierra On-Line Christmas Card from 1986. If you haven’t ever seen a DOS-based holiday card, we also have the 1990 and 1992 versions for even more animated computer card fun.”
“I love the Malware Museum! It’s a collection of all these cool animations that would show up when a computer in the early aughts would have a virus. It’s a) So cool to look at, a vibe I think a lot of modern design tries to emulate, and b) so reminiscent of a specific time. Reminding me of some of my fave movies and shows from the 2000’s.”
-Amandari Karaca, Digital Engagement Specialist
“I recently discovered Air in Resort. For whatsapp number database aficionados, it is a 1984 album commissioned by Shiseido to promote their new fragrance.”
-Andrea Mills, Executive Director, Internet Archive Canada.
“I’ve been loving these recordings of a Bay Area radio station from the 60s. KYA San Francisco was playing early rock radio in the Bay until it was sold in 1983″
– Jeff Klein, Senior Software Engineer (Archiving and Data Services)
Here’s to a happy and safe holiday season from all of us at the Internet Archive.
The following guest post from legendary software designer Jordan Mechner is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Read more essays online or download the full report now.
In 1993, I was trying to learn everything I could about the 1914 Orient Express, to help our team recreate it accurately in The Last Express (the game I did after Prince of Persia). We were dumbfounded when the French railway company SNCF told us they’d dumped most of their pre-war archives for lack of warehouse space in the 1970s. The train timetables, floor plans and photographs we coveted had gone to landfill.