The great works of human civilization can last for centuries—but software often decays in just a tiny fraction of that time. How much should this concern us in this increasingly-digital age? And as software creators, what can we do about it? Adam and Mark discuss the durability of papyrus vs CD-Rs vs the cloud; open-source Quake and remix culture; flat file formats; and digital preservation efforts like The Internet Archive and MAME. Plus: sometimes you just have to draw the rest of the owl.

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Show notes * Cesna 172 * ForeFlight * iPad aviation kneeboards * The Long Now Foundation and Clock * Buy it for life * Metamuse episode on pricing * Internet Archive * CD-R * MAME * arcade game ROMs * DOOM and Quake as open source * Text Mode Quake II and DOOM on a pregnancy test * Python 2 and 3 * farmers fighting to repair and modify their tractors * How To Draw an Owl * Ship of Theseus * CalDAV * SQLite long-term support * TIFF extensible file format * Cambria data lenses * the Lindy effect * Arc browser, Not Boring Apps