video } un: archivist

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[the video feed is accompanied by a very irritated, very british voice with a very important question:]

Is this someone's idea of a joke?

[this of course refers to the pile of old tape recorders at floor level currently being shown on the screen.]

I'll have you know, I don't find this amusing in the slightest. Nearly broke my neck tripping over these damned things.

Comments

[anormie]

What kind of occupation are you in that tape recorders show up?

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[a rather cursed one, ella.]

Archivist. I work for the Magnus Institute in London, and I started out wanting to digitize the collection of statements I inherited from the previous Archivist, only some of them wouldn’t record digitally. Thus, the tape recorders.

[and his life has been a shitshow ever since. 🙃]

I, erm - I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Jon.

[anormie]

I’m Ella. But isn’t even tape digital? Like not as digital as like. Digital but also digital.

[aparticularlyhollowlaugh]

[where has he heard that before.]

A pleasure. And yes, that has been pointed out to me previously. I don't know why a cassette tape works when other more digital methods don't, actually ... it just does.

['cause ceaseless watcher says so.]

Are you - erm, do you happen to be rather well versed in digital technology?

[anormie]

Nope! I’m a forensic tech. So I know a little bit about allllllllllllloooottttt of things.