STAFF PICKBuilding Software When the Internet Disappears
Most software assumes another computer will always answer. What happens to a machine when that stops being true?
“Been thinking about this one since closing.”
— MARAVIDEO & ARCHIVES
Thoughts, projects, stories & other things worth keeping. Pull a tape off the shelf and it plays on the set.

Most software assumes another computer will always answer. What happens to a machine when that stops being true?
Hover a tape to slide it out of its case. Click it and it prints. Turn the CATEGORY knob on the console to walk down a different aisle.
Click a J-card to flip it and read the back.
STAFF PICKMost software assumes another computer will always answer. What happens to a machine when that stops being true?
“Been thinking about this one since closing.”
— MARA
STAFF PICKThe first tape on the shelf. What this place is, and what's coming next.
“Employee refuses to stop recommending this.”
— NIGHT SHIFTEvery format has its own room now. Pull a drawer to walk in.
Every tape, cassette, project and print, logged as commits on their own branch. Search it here, or press / for the full terminal on any page.
TQ-DOS INVENTORY SYSTEM v2.3 (C) 1989 TANQELO VIDEO
MEMORY OK · 8 RECORDS LOADED
Most software assumes another computer will always answer. What happens to a machine when that stops being true?
Resturant recommendation program for Greensboro, NC
Nicki Minaj, 2012
Don Toliver, 2026
what 90 days does to the heart
Steve Lacy, 2022
The first tape on the shelf. What this place is, and what's coming next.
throwback to siple
TANQELO Video & Archives opens its doors.
8 COMMITS FOUND
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Each tape you put in the VCR, each cassette you load and each case file you open gets rung up here.
A personal collection maintained after hours. No membership required.