old Skullspace mailing list archives

[Mark Jenkins]

Yesterday I took a trip down memory lane. I went searching for the old
archives of our mailing lists.

In 2014 or so we switched to archiving our lists on Google Groups:
https://groups.google.com/a/skullspace.ca/g/announce/
https://groups.google.com/a/skullspace.ca/g/discuss/

But there is a whole Skullspace history on the public record before that.

Didn't come across a mailing list post linking back to the old archives.

Does anyone recall if the mailing list archive GNAME ever had the
Skullspace mailing lists? I thought so.

Fun side note about GNAME, it is a one person operation (Lars
Ingebrigtsen) . Tough for one person to hold that down, see:
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2016/07/28/the-end-of-gmane/
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2020/01/06/whatever-happened-to-news-gmane-org/

Their archive now only exists as a NNTP news protocol server
news.gmane.io and there is no longer a web interface. I think that
keeps down the number of take down requests!

I haven't had the time to fire up a NNTP client like Thunderbird, but
if someone else has some free time, I suggest:
1. See if our lists are on there (search for skullspace)
2. Make an offline copy and let's get it into multiple sksp people hands


Fortunately, I found another service that had archived our old lists:
https://www.mail-archive.com/anno...@lists.skullspace.ca/
https://www.mail-archive.com/dis...@lists.skullspace.ca/

And so now have a post in the new archives (here) linking back to the old.

Mark

p.s.

And that's where the trip down memory lane came in.

I looked for the first mention of bitcoin, and it was me!

But it was 2012 and I had not yet been "orange piled". I recall
skipping the 2011 lectures that took place pre-Skullspace 1.0.
(hackathons at various sites).

So my 2012 post has me mentioning flippantly that I should get a
bitcoin for my contribution to the thread.

A legit OG replied that I should post a bitcoin address when making
such a comment. Never did. :)

Anyway, looking forward to tonight where some bitcoin will change
hands for pizza and change hands to give my favourite hackerspace some
extra short-term CAD liquidity. If you're intrigued by the idea of
magic internet money, don't be like me in 2011-2012.