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nycki

5 days ago

nycki
5 days ago

@ajroach42 's article [1] convinced me to get back into physical media so I picked up these supplies for fun, might make a shareware CD later. I already had a bunch of CDs and paper sleeves, but i did buy a long stapler and some 9x6 catalog envelopes.

Bill Nale wrote in 2018 [2] that he could get away with using a regular Forever stamp on these, but the USPS website says you're *supposed* to use a Non-Machinable Surcharge stamp for 'rigid' mail. They're just like Forever stamps but they cost extra, currently $1.19.

Since Forever stamps are worth $0.73 right now you *could* just use two of those, for $1.46 total, and write "non-machinable" on the letter yourself. In hindsight I should have done that, and saved myself some trouble. Oh well, it was a good excuse to visit my local post office!

Now I just need to actually write something worth printing...

1: retro.social/@ajroach42/113481…

2: elivermore.com/mailing_dvds.ht…

#nycki_stuff #disc #mail

a booklet made of two 8.5x11 inch pages stapled together and folded in half, for an overall size of 8.5x5.5 inch. in the middle of the booklet is a CD disc in a paper sleeve. The disc is only 5 inches wide so it fits inside the booklet.

the booklet next to a very long stapler. the stapler is configured for 5.5 inches, so it can staple the booklet together.

the 8.5x5.5 inch booklet next to a 9x6 inch catalog envelope, and a sheet of postage stamps. the stamps say "non-machinable surcharge" on them and have pictures of butterflies.

Andrew (Television Executive) (@ajroach42@retro.social)

I've read a lot of books on independent and alternative media over the last 50 years, and there's a period in that history that I tend to ignore, but which I think it's time for me to revisit.

^{Retro Social}