Derek Kompare
@dkompare.bsky.social
Media scholar/eulogist, higher ed administrator, teacher, spouse, parent, child, procrastinator, physical media stan, music omnivore, flâneur. Disappointed with the internet since 1995.
Posts do not reflect views of my employer.
Posts do not reflect views of my employer.
As long as it's not all closed when my wife and I visit at the end of February! Our last Disneyland trip was in 2015, when the Galaxy's Edge construction was just getting started.
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
As long as it's not all closed when my wife and I visit at the end of February! Our last Disneyland trip was in 2015, when the Galaxy's Edge construction was just getting started.
Sure! Sounds intriguing, and up my alley. DM me for my email address.
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Sure! Sounds intriguing, and up my alley. DM me for my email address.
Cancelling my Evernote account due to their hard (and not cheap) push into AI puffery. 👋
But I found out if you start cancelling, it will offer you 40% off an annual renewal. Capitalism, man. 🤷♂️
Anyway. Still cancelling. 👋
But I found out if you start cancelling, it will offer you 40% off an annual renewal. Capitalism, man. 🤷♂️
Anyway. Still cancelling. 👋
January 11, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Cancelling my Evernote account due to their hard (and not cheap) push into AI puffery. 👋
But I found out if you start cancelling, it will offer you 40% off an annual renewal. Capitalism, man. 🤷♂️
Anyway. Still cancelling. 👋
But I found out if you start cancelling, it will offer you 40% off an annual renewal. Capitalism, man. 🤷♂️
Anyway. Still cancelling. 👋
Jeremy and Scott are fantastic and super-cool archivists and projectionists. They also run a YouTube channel to surface rights-approved highlights from the collection.
youtube.com/@smujonesfil...
youtube.com/@smujonesfil...
SMU Jones Film
The G. William Jones Film & Video Collection, part of the SMU Libraries at Southern Methodist University, est. 1970. Curators Jeremy Spracklen & Scott Martin
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Jeremy and Scott are fantastic and super-cool archivists and projectionists. They also run a YouTube channel to surface rights-approved highlights from the collection.
youtube.com/@smujonesfil...
youtube.com/@smujonesfil...
My theory is that most media culture (as we’ve known it for the past century) has about a 70-year lifespan in mainstream circulation before it dwindles out to the hardcore enthusiasts and historians. We’re starting to turn that corner on the 1960s.
December 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My theory is that most media culture (as we’ve known it for the past century) has about a 70-year lifespan in mainstream circulation before it dwindles out to the hardcore enthusiasts and historians. We’re starting to turn that corner on the 1960s.
THE PRESTIGE clocks in at 130 minutes, but it’s an editing banger.
“Are you watching closely?”
“Are you watching closely?”
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
THE PRESTIGE clocks in at 130 minutes, but it’s an editing banger.
“Are you watching closely?”
“Are you watching closely?”
Hey, I went on a four *month* phone break while studying abroad in London.*
* in 1989, about 20 years before the invention of the iPhone
* in 1989, about 20 years before the invention of the iPhone
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey, I went on a four *month* phone break while studying abroad in London.*
* in 1989, about 20 years before the invention of the iPhone
* in 1989, about 20 years before the invention of the iPhone
He is a sea sponge from a small town who has dreamed of becoming a sophisticated cosmopolitan sponge in a clean, modern kitchen. IOW, a geeky theater kid looking to escape a place where "culture" consists of two competing fast-food joints.
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
He is a sea sponge from a small town who has dreamed of becoming a sophisticated cosmopolitan sponge in a clean, modern kitchen. IOW, a geeky theater kid looking to escape a place where "culture" consists of two competing fast-food joints.