It was a pretty good one, concise and to the point, with all of the Dead Media notes available in well composed HTML documents. I took the opportunity to browse through the posts. I was struck at the amazing variety of techniques and mechanisms described, and wondered whether if they could be categorized in some way other than the order of their appearance.
Esoteric societies keep the art of magic lantern showmanship alive.
The exact keystrokes of Scott Joplin are preserved in player piano rolls that are usable today. Contrast these with the late and unlamented RCA variable-capacitance video disk and Edison's electric pen stencil. The Chromatic Rolmonica and Teddy Ruxpin were two mites in the vast swarm of kid-media mayflies. Some succumb to bad marketing. The Sony recordable mini-disc, released with so much fanfare just a few years ago, is moribund, thanks to the failure by record producers to release titles in the format.