Summary:
Updates on the Pirate Library Mirror include two generous $10k donations from anonymous supporters. The team faced technical difficulties with their second release but resolved them. The article delves into the importance of digital preservation, mentions the risk and loneliness associated with pirate archiving, and provides tips for starting a project, including domain selection, target selection, metadata scraping, data selection, data scraping, and distribution. The team stresses the need for community and encourages finding like-minded individuals, outlining the challenges and importance of selecting the right target for archiving. The article also touches on technical aspects like scraping metadata, data scraping, and distribution strategies.
https://annas-blog.org/blog-how-to-become-a-pirate-archivist.html