The Third Act of Collecting Episode

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DaQuane Cherry was once the kid who wore a hoodie to hide skin flare-ups in school. Now he’s an artist and advocate helping others feel seen. He reflects on his psoriasis journey, the power of small joys, and why loving yourself first isn’t a cliché—it’s essential. Plus, a deep dive into the history of La Roche-Posay’s legendary spring. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Third Act of Collecting Episode: What Drives People to Collect, The Roles, The Responsibilities, The Urge and Drive, My Witness To The Third Act, Sentinels of Oblivion, Redundancy, The Process, Indexing Heartbreak, The Time Crunch, The Future, The Hope. Thoughts on when people have spent a long time making a collection and my experiences when they reach that inevitable end of the process.

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The Third Act of Collecting Episode

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Brewster Episode 11:16

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The Brewster Episode. A flood of memories about my short and sad time in Brewster, New York, and why I'm still around.

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The DISCMASTER vs. Piper's Pit Episode 13:27

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The DISCMASTER 2 vs. Piper's Pit Episode: A gargantuan collection, piles of files, IBM Warez Groups, Half a Terabyte, Finder Aids and Lists, DISCMASTER 2 Arrives, The Functions of DISCMASTER and DISCMASTER 2, The Size of DISCMASTER, The Semantic Future. Someone uploaded half a terabyte of programs taken from tape backups of various BBSes in the 1990s, and the entire mountain of data it represents is being made easier to negotiate with DISCMASTER 2, the sequel we didn't deserve but got anyway: https://discmaster.textfiles.com…

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The Catching a Break Episode 16:27

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The Catching a Break Episode: H3, Accordion Hood, The Lifted Weight, Infinite Breaks, Artuo and the 80 Hours, Passing the Breaks, Infinite Payoff, An Office Break, A Traffic Court Appearance. Thoughts on how both giving and recieving breaks, the lifting of obligation, is some of the best investment on both sides. I didn't mention it in the episode, but interestingly, with a nearly 15 year difference, my office where I caught a break in the lease is located roughly 800 feet from the court where I didn't. There is nothing to learn from that fact.…

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The Hater Tools Episode 14:46

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The Hater Tools Episode: A Pleasant Visit to a Discord, A Pillory, The Right to Dislike, Tools of Response, Public vs. Actual, Walls of Separation, Our Neverending Performance, The Time and Distance, Hills and Mountains, Accepting The Hate. A small rumination on that time I visited a community and they didn't like me.…

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The Third Act of Collecting Episode 12:36

7 weeks ago12:36

12:36

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Furious Card Episode 12:10

8 weeks ago12:10

12:10

The Furious Card Episode: Finding an Old Card, The Handover and the Promise, The Fury, Exclusitivity, Teenage Sharing, Providing Access, Improv Everywhere, MP3 Experiment, Unrecorded Experiences, TinyTIM Open Invitation, The White-Hot Fury, The Boston Group, A Constant Reminder. In this I mention The Latitude. Here's some information about The Latitude. https://www.businessinsider.com/my-experience-with-the-latitude-society-2015-10 https://medium.com/@jeslach/the-latitude-society-a-story-45915e489937 https://nonchalance.com/latitude.html…

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The Arcade Tourist Episode 10:51

8 weeks ago10:51

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The Arcade Tourist Episode: Visiting Other Countries, Visiting Arcades, The Uniqueness of Each Arcade, The Unplanned Planned Journey, The Outpost in the City, Hundreds of Years, The Enriching Experience, The Shared Machines. Also: A Note on Health. An episode about my visits to arcades in cities around the world.…

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The Grey Box Episode 14:50

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The Grey Box Episode: A Fine Purchase, A New Fulcrum, Permanent Storage, Memories and Accomplishments, A Personal Set, The Futures and Destinies of Dreams, The Pitfalls and Losses, Our Place on the Timeline, Plus: I'm Fine. Some ruminations as I start putting together another phase of my own personal archive, and what it means. Plus: I'm doing fine! I'm absolutely fine!…

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The Clocks Episode 11:57

9 weeks ago11:57

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The Clocks Episode: Attending The Clock, The Intercutting, The Supercut, Digital Filmmaking, Silent Labor, One to Four Hours, Time Out of Time, Other Artworks, The Dry-Run, The Future Screening. An episode about attending The Clock , a film project that shows a 24 hour film of the passage of time via clock-faces and references to them. Full context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clock_(2010_film)…

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The SuperBanana Lunch Episode 15:30

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The SuperBanana Lunch Episode: A Pleasant Meetup, A Conversation, The Cold Arrow of Criticism, A Recurring Character, Why Go to Meetings, Social Gathering as a Component, A Long and Fruitful Life, Meetings and Gatherings, Conventions and Lunch. I may have covered this situation before, but I've had more time to think about it and it's just gotten more ridiculous.…

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The Chowder Box Deep Dive Episode 12:28

10 weeks ago12:28

12:28

The Chowder Box Deep Dive Episode: Progress into the Chowder Boxes, the layers of years, what we see in the boxes, future thoughts to past experiences, scraps and detritus, the story inside myself, the links easily lost, broken lines and connected threads, an exciting plateau. I've never thought I'd get to this part of my collections!…

Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Ride to New Hampshire Episode 14:15

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14:15

The Ride to New Hampshire Episode.In which I learned an awful lot about myself and life in a very short time.

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The VHS Spectacle Episode 13:43

11 weeks ago13:43

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The Tape Baking Episode 13:15

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