I'm in the middle of a move, and came across the box of mini-DV tapes I've
accumulated over the years. I'm seriously considering chucking it all.
Will I, or anyone, really ever want to watch two-hundred hours of random
clips from my life and work?
There's a part of me that wants to keep
get rid of the evidence!
or
you could always convert the tapes into some strange form of art and hang it
on your wall.
maybe include a whiskey bottle.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Adam Quirk qu...@wreckandsalvage.comwrote:
I'm in the middle of a move, and came across the box of mini-DV
I'm a bit biased due to my training as a historian, but throwing away any
record that cannot be recreated makes me cringe, no matter how prosaic the
content may be. Keep them, Adam, and keep a machine that can play/transfer
the DV tapes.
There will be a time in your life when you will have plenty
Adam, I used to be a pack rat and got over it and now ruthlessly throw
all manner of physical crap out all the time. However, I'd argue that
they're worth something to your family even if they aren't to you.
Mini-DV tapes are SMALL. Not a lot of baggage.
On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Adam
I agree with Jeffrey. I used to throw all kinds of stuff out and now
wished I'd kept it. What little I did keep mostly sits in boxes but
it's pretty nice to have the ability to look through it every once in
a while. Things that didn't seem important or valuable at the time
have a way of taking on
On Sep 27, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Adam Quirk wrote:
Will I, or anyone, really ever want to watch two-hundred hours of
random
clips from my life and work?
just thinking out loud...
makes me wonder: what are the costs associated with private cloud
hosting for all your old media in raw format?
i've been wrestling with the same problem. but right here beside me
are a stack of 16mm reels, a shelf of DV tapes and a big box of family
super 8 films that have survived my intercontinental shenanigans.
don't ditch them. you may think you have uploaded all the best parts,
but in 100
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:46 AM, Adam Quirk qu...@wreckandsalvage.com wrote:
I'm in the middle of a move, and came across the box of mini-DV tapes I've
accumulated over the years. I'm seriously considering chucking it all.
Will I, or anyone, really ever want to watch two-hundred hours of random
100% keep the tapes. The future is obscure. You can never predict exactly
how you feel, and what you may value, let alone how others will feel about
your work. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by keeping the
mini-DVs.
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:33 PM, David Jones
I think this differs wildly depending on who you are. Part of me feels the
way Jeffrey does... when it's other people's media. For my own, looking at a
box of old tapes gives me a choking sensation. I try to discard whatever I
don't think will be useful for a future project, but I wait at least a
I get that same choking feeling. I feel the need to purge every once in a
while and start fresh. I just threw out a *lot* of old notebooks today, and
it felt good.
But the tapes I'm keeping. Boxed up and in the back of the closet where I
don't have to think about them until I move again.
Thanks
Chuck it all, Adam. It´s a very nice feeling. Do you know Las Fallas de
Valencia? It´s a spanish celebration: they work all year long to make giant,
beautiful, expensive sculptures with wood etc. and one night they set them
alight. All in honor of St. Joseph, patron of carpenters.
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