DJ Mag: Rave Preservation Project expands electronic music archive with new directory and discovery tools. “Rave Preservation Project, the online archive dedicated to documenting global rave culture, has launched a new directory, as well as discovery tools in order to improve the user experience…. Founded in 2013 by Oregon-based archivist Matthew Johnson, Rave Preservation Project is a […]

Welcome to the Machine…

It’s been a long time since I made an ephemera post. I love the word, which stems from the Greek ephēmeros, meaning “lasting only a day”. Ephemera are collectible, transient paper-based or digital items that were originally designed to be discarded or used for a short period, rather than preserved.

That definition sums up exactly what my ephemera posts are about; a random collection of things which I stumble upon when cruising the great wide web but do not feel like diving into upon discovery. I bookmark these items for later, and then go back to read them later, sharing what fascinates me most with you.

Lately it’s been all-AI for me. I am scared of it. I am fascinated by it. I do not understand most of it, especially the science parts, but I am trying to learn more about at least some of it. It feels like it could be a helpful tool and also somehow incredibly dangerous to us as individuals and as a species. I’ve been using AI for all sorts of research and design projects, which I admit has been very helpful. At the same time, AI can feel like the embodiment of every dystopian science-fiction warning I’ve ever read. To sum it up, I have a real love-hate relationship with AI, and I am not sure that will ever change. Until society and I get it figured out—if we ever do—here are a few AI-related items that I hope you find as interesting as I do.

• Man can fly – virtually at least
• Is it a real Monet or AI? The x-verse had strong thoughts (all of which turned out to be wrong)
• Alan Turing – The Man, The Myth, The Institute
• The AI NOW 2017 Report makes for some very interesting reading
• 3 billion photos and counting – you’re on candid camera thanks to Clearview AI
• “Please” and “thank you” are the magic words – even for AI
• Florida is suing OpenAI and the filing is worth reading
• Musk vs. Altman -a fascinating case thrown out because timing is everything (here, here, and here)

Happy reading.

Welcome to the Machine – The Pink Floyd

Informationskarte, Hotel Pilatus-Kulm, Pilatus-Bahn, 1913

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/informationskarte-hotel-pilatus-kulm-pilatus-bahn-1913-244438301.htm

#PilatusKulm #Pilatusbahn #Railways #Pilatus #Ephemera

CT Insider: Rare Lincoln documents lost in New London after historian drives off with folder on car roof. “It was shortly after 4 p.m., when the library closed, that everything went wrong for [Sameer] Somal. While moving video equipment out of the building, he placed the black folder containing the rare documents on the hood of his car, along with a book on Lincoln. Then, he drove off.”

Action RPG Roguelike ‘Kernel Hearts’ Launches This September, New Demo Coming to Steam Next Fest

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://noisypixel.net/kernel-hearts-release-date-september-2026-demo/

🇺🇦 Auf #radioeins läuft...

Ephemera:
🎵 Girls Keep Secrets In The Strangest Ways

#NowPlaying #Ephemera

https://open.spotify.com/track/3207sXkROOXU19Dop4E1zC

Vintage Aviation News: Bluetail Completes Digitization of Nearly 80 Years of Records for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress DOC. “Doc’s Friends Inc., Wichita, Kansas, announced that Bluetail, an aviation records management and compliance software company focused on digitizing aircraft documentation, has completed the digitization of nearly 80 years of maintenance and historical records connected […]