Uncommon Ephemera

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Home movies? Old commercials? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

IN THE OFFICE TODAY: Digitizing nearly-lost #filmstrip soundtracks on #vinylrecords for upload to @archive.org. Listen live as nearly-#lostmedia is saved from historical neglect and landfills: https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Still at it tonight, continuing to save rare #vinylrecords from the landfill and get them on @archive.org. Come listen as they’re saved.

IN THE OFFICE: Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks on #vinylrecords all day for upload to @archive.org. Listen in as this nearly-#lostmedia is heard for the first time in decades, for the first time on the internet, and saved from the landfill. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Home movies? Weird stuff? Commercials? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

IN THE OFFICE TODAY: Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks from recent donations on #vinylrecords for eventual upload to @archive.org. Listen in as nearly-#lostmedia is saved from historical loss and landfills. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

SAVING MEDIA NOW: Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassettes and #vinylrecords tonight for eventual upload to @archive.org. Listen in as nearly-#lostmedia is saved from landfills and historical neglect. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Happy birthday to my wonderful wife Mrs. Ephemera! I might save the media, but her hard work, her belief in me, and her love is what actually makes it all happen. Here’s to 50 more!

NEWLY RESTORED AT @archive.org: Part of a series on industrial robotics, this #filmstrip discusses the challenges of deciding to implement robots in a factory. https://uncom.cc/1uk9h

IN THE OFFICE NOW: Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassettes from recent donations, for eventual upload to @archive.org. Listen as this nearly-#lostmedia appears on the internet for the first itme, and is saved from landfills. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org and wishing Mrs. Ephemera a happy birthday! IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. https://uncom.cc/yc412

What is this stuff???? The perfect ending to a long weekend is what. Join if you can!

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Endagered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? Is it someone's birthday? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? Is it someone's birthday? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

Still at it for the rest of the evening! Library usage, “fact or fiction,” career stuff… 70s cheese night! youtube.com/uncommonephe...

IN THE OFFICE NOW: Digitizing more recently donated #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassettes for eventual upload to @archive.org. Literature, films, and these awkward career filmstrips. Listen as nearly-#lostmedia is saved from landfills -> https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Back at it now for the evening, digitizing more #filmstrip audio on #cassettes and beginning to scan a new filmstrip donation.

IN THE OFFICE: Saving #filmstrips and their audio soundtracks on #cassette tdoay, for eventual upload to @archive.org. Listen and watch as nearly-#lostmedia is saved. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Back in the office tonight digitizing more #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassettes. Are they goofy? Problematic? Or just about literature? There’s only one way to find out! youtube.com/uncommonephe...

IN THE OFFICE TODAY: Scanning #filmstrips and digitizing filmstrip audio from recently donated #cassettes, with it all uploaded to @archive.org when it's done. Come see and hear nearly-#lostmedia as it's saved from loss and landfills. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1957 #filmstrip explains how laws are (or were) made in the United States, and pre-dates the famous Schoolhouse Rock cartoon by almost twenty years. VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://uncom.cc/qyy1p

Still in the office. Working late! Digitizing recently donate #cassettes and continuing to ensure that rare #filmstrips aren’t lost!

LIVE NOW IN THE OFFICE: Digitizing filmstrips and filmstrip soundtracks today for eventual upload to @archive.org. Watch and listen as nearly-#lostmedia gets saved from obscurity and the landfill. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Home movies? Commercials? Endangered or #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

LIVE NOW:Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassette from recent donations for eventual upload to @archive.org, including... uh... whatever this is. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

LIVE IN THE OFFICE NOW: Digitizing #filmstrip soundtracks on #cassette from recent donations all day, nearly-lost media that's eventually headed to @archive.org, like this one with groovy music and a questionable narrator. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

In the office all day processing endangered and #lostmedia donations, and trying to work around the occasional visit from the cat. Stop by and see how media gets rescued from a fate in a landfill and processed for eventual upload to @archive.org. https://uncom.cc/03b6y

Meeting a dear old friend who’s in town for breakfast, then back to work processing recent donations. Don’t know when I’ll actually get some tapes in the deck but I’m really looking forward to it.

Making progress! Day 2 of checking in #filmstrips, #vinyl, and #cassettes from recent donations. Those filmstrips are stacked four rows deep in the middle there. Not shown: 50 more records, and 20 filmstrips that are being sorted to another box.

In the office tonight processing all the wonderful #filmstrip and #lostmedia donations before they're uploaded to @archive.org. Watch real media preservation as it happens -> https://uncom.cc/hbknz

Here are the #filmstrips, and soundtracks on #vinyl and #cassette I got checked in today from the massive donations we opened yesterday. More to come over the weekend!

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This U.S. government #filmstrip, part of a series on colors, has lost its most important feature due the relentless fading of Eastmancolor, and it's missing its soundtrack to boot. VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://uncom.cc/xq9f9

Missed any part of last night's unboxing event? Watch the replay on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0mEHnXUSrA

LIVE NOW: Opening a TON of #filmstrip and #lostmedia donations! Join us while we see what's in the boxes for the first time! Watch now --> https://uncom.cc/9vc0e

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: Look at all these #filmstrip donations! Join me and Mrs. Ephemera as we open them tonight on YouTube and Twitch. Then they get digitized and uploaded to @archive.org. Please share and join us tonight! https://uncom.cc/2

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: Look at all these #filmstrip donations! Join me and Mrs. Ephemera as we open them tonight on YouTube and Twitch. Then I'll start getting them digitized and uploaded to @archive.org. Please share this and join us tonight! https://uncom.cc/2

Due to the recent @nytimes profile on my filmstrip preservation work, I've gotten a TON of donations! My wife and I will be opening these donations live Wednesday September 30 at 7pm EDT. Please share & join us! https://uncom.cc/nexum

Scanned and uploaded to @archive.org: This 1948 #filmstrip from a Christian publisher with Disney-esque art seems to be talking about Native Americans and astronomical constellations, but it's missing its soundtrack, so who knows what it's about? VIEW AT YOUR OWN PACE: https://uncom.cc/kfel3

Due to the recent @nytimes profile on my filmstrip preservation work, several donors have found me and offered more stuff to save. This is all the stuff I've gotten in the past month. My wife and I will be opening these donations live tomorrow night. Please share & join us! https://uncom.cc/w3gwv

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia on #VHS we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch. https://uncom.cc/yc412