Notices by media archaeology lab (mediaarchaeologylab@post.lurk.org)

@foone we've got 2 if you want the other one

the FUTURE

@foone sometimes

if anyone has access to closed-captioning software (of the type that can be used with a hardware encoder) we'd love to see documentation of it working

hey, it's May day and while we're not yet in a mayday situation, we are asking for your help.

As you may know, MAL is part of the University of Colorado but generally a lot of our funding has come from external donors, and that has contributed to our ability to operate with a little more freedom, do weirder things, be more open and accessible to the general public than most university stuff. but, as these things go, a lot of those donors are shifting their priorities or scaling back.

we want to be able to continue being a resource in the way we have become accustomed to - maintaining our collection in working order as much as possible, offering these tools to artists and scholars and students and the general public, and doing our level best to be as weird as possible about it.

so, while we're looking at grants and other funding modes that we can shift to, we are also asking you all: does your workplace have a philanthropic fund? do you or someone you know have the means to make recurring donations? please consider asking them to contribute to our support fund, or doing so yourself:

https://giving.cu.edu/fund/media-archaeology-lab-support-fund

@foone funny - we just accessioned that same card

today's mission: turn on as many of our cellphones as possible to see just how comprehensive the emergency broadcast test is