Small Archives
Published on: 2025-06-08 00:46:14
My name is Linda. I write a bi-weekly newsletter about computer science, childhood, and culture.
Loved this painted window decoration (Wellspring of Life, 1944) by Tove Jansson from Moomin Characters HQ.
It is warm enough to forget a coat to a birthday party. Mimosa season changing to daffodil season. I’m writing this from Brussels, which is mere 1.5 hours by train from Paris - I’ve had commutes longer than this.
Life still in boxes and make-do furniture instead of real one, but I’m finally reunited with many of my books. Leafing through them, I’ve been thinking about small archives of our own making, things we collect and how “girls love having their little digital archives” (Tumblr, 20755 notes - gosh I miss this Internet).
Bisou,
Linda
I've been circling around the idea of small, personal archives as the most interesting kind of training data. It started with my experiment in making Marimekko-clothes names in 2018 and continued with feeding my notes and book highlights to a la
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