“Pivot! Pivot! PIVOT!” — Ross Geller I had planned to write about ark‘s store and how it manages the items in the archive today. But it occurred to me that in writing about ark last week, I didn’t really show any of the system. Instead, I told a lot about the system. And as they say in the writing world: show, don’t tell. So this week I’ve opted to show what ark looks like so you get a tour before seeing the plumbing. Part 1 made the case for the archivist’s lens. Part 2 shows what it looks like. I’ve cast this as seven “scenes” through a day — not necessarily a literal day, but seven realistic moments, stitched into one. The post looks long only because of the archive output for the examples I’ve provided. Scene 1 – Morning: Catching Up ark has a wide range of items throughout my life. I need an easy way to see what’s there for a given day, and this is where the ark day command comes in handy. Here is what it looks like for the day before I began writing this post: ark day yesterday#…
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