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I've just dropped my first newsletter, The Miscellaneum, a big step forward in how this website publishes articles. Unlock a surprising Suno AI trick that transforms flat, loop-heavy instrumentals into rich, dynamic tracks using nothing more than cleverly written fake lyrics. Discover how a forgotten 1936 Amilcar Pégase brochure captured the golden age of French automotive artistry, where speed met the elegance of Art Deco design. Step back into the dawn of electronic data processing and discover how the Burroughs 1960s ACT!ON system still shapes the way we automate and think with AI today. I built a DJ in ChatGPT — and it dropped a Jazz Fusion banger.

Computing

Hitachi 505 analogue computer

Hitachi 505
analogue computer

Burroughs B-280 ACT!ON computer system

Burroughs B-280
ACT!ON computer

Australian Amiga Review, September 1995

Australian Amiga Review
September 1995

Astrocade Pac-Man Clone Munchie

Bally Astrocade
Pac–Man Muncher

Hifi & Audio

SUNO AI creating better instrumental music using vocals

Suno instrumentals
using vocal codes

WG-DB-1470 Lolita vinyl record

Lolita & other film hits
1962 vinyl record

I Built a DJ in ChatGPT — and It Dropped a Jazz Fusion Track

DJ ChatGPT drops a
Jazz Fusion Track

1970 Blaupunkt Arizona Stereo Console

Blaupunkt Arizona
Stereo Receiver

/r/ Random

Amilcar Pégase 1936 Catalogue — The Aerodynamic Dreams of the 1930s

Amilcar Pégase
1936 Catalogue

Citroën DS 1968 Motoring Brochure — A Design Classic of the Late 1960s

Citroën DS
1968 Brochure

1% Productivity Habits That Change Everything

1% productivity habits
change everything

5 Fresh AI Trends Transforming Everyday Productivity

5 fresh AI trends
for productivity

Retrogaming

Axolotl Wonders: 7 games that star Axolotls in the gameplay

7 games staring
Axolotls

Psygnosis Orbitus Amiga RPG Advertisement

Most Beautiful RPG
on the Amiga

Classic Arcade Game Station 1099, marketed as Pandora 6S

1099 arcade games
2-player station

Dragon's Lair DVD game

Dragon's Lair DVD
game review

Journals

The Miscellaneum 001

The Miscellaneum
Edition 001

Commodore C64 Scratch Pad

Commodore C64
Journal

Commodore C64 Journal Authority

Commodore C64
Journal

Commodore Amiga Multimedia Computer

Commodore Amiga
Journal

Count, Down, Compute!