Simon Loffler
@sighmon.com
Writes software for ACMI and New Internationalist. Enjoys equity, film, and space.
https://sighmon.com
https://sighmon.com
We built some things to play at @acmimuseum.bsky.social Game Worlds. 🎮
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
We built some things to play at @acmimuseum.bsky.social Game Worlds. 🎮
Peek inside the @acmimuseum.bsky.social media preservation lab to see the work our staff are doing to preserve physical and digital film, tv shows, digital art, and videogames.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5f...
Blackmagic Design Media Preservation Lab
YouTube video by ACMI – Your museum of screen culture
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August 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Peek inside the @acmimuseum.bsky.social media preservation lab to see the work our staff are doing to preserve physical and digital film, tv shows, digital art, and videogames.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu5f...
Can't make it to the cinema? Watch MIFF with @acmimuseum.bsky.social Cinema 3 apps for iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, and Android.
Rent the films here: cinema3.acmi.net.au/page/miff-on...
App links:
apps.apple.com/us/app/acmi-...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Rent the films here: cinema3.acmi.net.au/page/miff-on...
App links:
apps.apple.com/us/app/acmi-...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 | ACMI Cinema 3
Available Australia-wide from Fri 15 to Sun 31 August, MIFF Online has a limited selection of festival highlights, including new films and free short films, with select access services made available.
cinema3.acmi.net.au
July 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Can't make it to the cinema? Watch MIFF with @acmimuseum.bsky.social Cinema 3 apps for iPhone, iPad, AppleTV, and Android.
Rent the films here: cinema3.acmi.net.au/page/miff-on...
App links:
apps.apple.com/us/app/acmi-...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Rent the films here: cinema3.acmi.net.au/page/miff-on...
App links:
apps.apple.com/us/app/acmi-...
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Four years after relaunching @acmimuseum.bsky.social our visitors are still averaging 15,000 unique Lens taps per day.
Over the weekend XOS recorded its 20,000,000th unique tap from our fleet of NFC enabled BalenaOS Raspberry Pis.
Well done little machines. 🥹
Over the weekend XOS recorded its 20,000,000th unique tap from our fleet of NFC enabled BalenaOS Raspberry Pis.
Well done little machines. 🥹
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Four years after relaunching @acmimuseum.bsky.social our visitors are still averaging 15,000 unique Lens taps per day.
Over the weekend XOS recorded its 20,000,000th unique tap from our fleet of NFC enabled BalenaOS Raspberry Pis.
Well done little machines. 🥹
Over the weekend XOS recorded its 20,000,000th unique tap from our fleet of NFC enabled BalenaOS Raspberry Pis.
Well done little machines. 🥹
June 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reposted by Simon Loffler
In this post @sighmon.com shares our latest experiment, a supercut generator which uses previous work to make our video collection more searchable and presents the results as a cut up sequence labs.acmi.net.au/supercuts-89...
Supercuts
Generating supercuts from ACMI collection video search results.
labs.acmi.net.au
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In this post @sighmon.com shares our latest experiment, a supercut generator which uses previous work to make our video collection more searchable and presents the results as a cut up sequence labs.acmi.net.au/supercuts-89...
Please consider voting Greens this election to help nudge us towards more solar/wind/batteries. ☀️ 🔋 vote.greens.org.au
How To Vote Greens
Positive change starts with voting for people who will work for you and what you believe in
vote.greens.org.au
May 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please consider voting Greens this election to help nudge us towards more solar/wind/batteries. ☀️ 🔋 vote.greens.org.au
🕹️🎮 Game Worlds @acmimuseum.bsky.social
Opens 18 September 2025
🎟️Tickets go on sale this July
💌 Join the waitlist at:
www.acmi.net.au/game-worlds
#ACMIGameWorlds
Opens 18 September 2025
🎟️Tickets go on sale this July
💌 Join the waitlist at:
www.acmi.net.au/game-worlds
#ACMIGameWorlds
April 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
🕹️🎮 Game Worlds @acmimuseum.bsky.social
Opens 18 September 2025
🎟️Tickets go on sale this July
💌 Join the waitlist at:
www.acmi.net.au/game-worlds
#ACMIGameWorlds
Opens 18 September 2025
🎟️Tickets go on sale this July
💌 Join the waitlist at:
www.acmi.net.au/game-worlds
#ACMIGameWorlds
Melbourne family: Tall Tales screening at @acmimuseum.bsky.social Thu 8 May 2025
6pm + Q&A with Mark Pritchard and Jonathan Zawada.
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/tal...
6pm + Q&A with Mark Pritchard and Jonathan Zawada.
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/tal...
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke: Tall Tales + Q&A (2025) Thu 8 May
Join us in the cinema for an early look (and listen) at the new visual album by Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke followed by a very special Q&A exclusive to ACMI.
www.acmi.net.au
April 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Melbourne family: Tall Tales screening at @acmimuseum.bsky.social Thu 8 May 2025
6pm + Q&A with Mark Pritchard and Jonathan Zawada.
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/tal...
6pm + Q&A with Mark Pritchard and Jonathan Zawada.
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/tal...
Powerwall TV is on the AppleTV App Store. 🔋
See your home energy solar and battery flow on the big screen.
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/power...
Code: github.com/sighmon/Powe...
See your home energy solar and battery flow on the big screen.
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/power...
Code: github.com/sighmon/Powe...
March 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Powerwall TV is on the AppleTV App Store. 🔋
See your home energy solar and battery flow on the big screen.
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/power...
Code: github.com/sighmon/Powe...
See your home energy solar and battery flow on the big screen.
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/power...
Code: github.com/sighmon/Powe...
Did you know you can apply to access and donate films to the @acmimuseum.bsky.social film collection via our website?
Perhaps you’re interested in screening a film from our collection, or would like access for research purposes?
Perhaps you’re interested in screening a film from our collection, or would like access for research purposes?
March 20, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Did you know you can apply to access and donate films to the @acmimuseum.bsky.social film collection via our website?
Perhaps you’re interested in screening a film from our collection, or would like access for research purposes?
Perhaps you’re interested in screening a film from our collection, or would like access for research purposes?
Make a work for ACMI 🔥
Apply for the 2026 ACMI + Artbank + MAF Commission.
www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...
Apply for the 2026 ACMI + Artbank + MAF Commission.
www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...
Apply for the 2026 ACMI, Artbank and Melbourne Art Fair Moving Image Commission
ACMI is Australia's national museum of screen culture, located in Fed Square, Melbourne. Navigate the universe of film, TV, videogames and art with us.
www.acmi.net.au
February 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Make a work for ACMI 🔥
Apply for the 2026 ACMI + Artbank + MAF Commission.
www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...
Apply for the 2026 ACMI + Artbank + MAF Commission.
www.acmi.net.au/collection-p...
Perfect Days 🖤
Komorebi 木漏れ日 (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), “sunlight leaking through trees.”
tv.apple.com/au/movie/per...
Komorebi 木漏れ日 (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), “sunlight leaking through trees.”
tv.apple.com/au/movie/per...
Perfect Days - Apple TV (AU)
Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his pa…
tv.apple.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Perfect Days 🖤
Komorebi 木漏れ日 (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), “sunlight leaking through trees.”
tv.apple.com/au/movie/per...
Komorebi 木漏れ日 (pronounced kō-mō-leh-bē), “sunlight leaking through trees.”
tv.apple.com/au/movie/per...
February 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Dr. @debcha.bsky.social on making the best use of an abundance of decentralised renewable energy to rearrange the atoms of objects of the past, to objects of the future. #FACT2025
Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium: www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fac...
Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium: www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fac...
February 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Dr. @debcha.bsky.social on making the best use of an abundance of decentralised renewable energy to rearrange the atoms of objects of the past, to objects of the future. #FACT2025
Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium: www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fac...
Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium: www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fac...
FYI: Melbourne friends ~> Severance Season 2 on the big screen at ACMI 👀
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/big...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/big...
Severance Season 2 – Big Screen Premiere | Fri 17 Jan at 6pm
Celebrate the arrival of the new season of Severance with a special screening of the opening episode on the big screen.
www.acmi.net.au
January 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
FYI: Melbourne friends ~> Severance Season 2 on the big screen at ACMI 👀
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/big...
www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/big...
We deployed XOS and its film watching toolkit to a selection of the State Library of Queensland's film collection to improve accessibility and searchability.
Do you have a collection of films you'd like our computers to watch next?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/inters...
Do you have a collection of films you'd like our computers to watch next?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/inters...
An interstate collaboration supporting digital transformation
“It will come as no surprise to any of our colleagues in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector that ACMI is aligning its practices and processes to make the most of digital tran...
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December 18, 2024 at 7:47 AM
We deployed XOS and its film watching toolkit to a selection of the State Library of Queensland's film collection to improve accessibility and searchability.
Do you have a collection of films you'd like our computers to watch next?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/inters...
Do you have a collection of films you'd like our computers to watch next?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/inters...
Finally found the best use case for large language models - is it yellow recycling bin collection week or green organics? ♻️
November 19, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Finally found the best use case for large language models - is it yellow recycling bin collection week or green organics? ♻️
We had our first 2MWh month of solar production this month.
We exported 1.7MWh of that to the grid. ☀️🏡🔋⚡️
We exported 1.7MWh of that to the grid. ☀️🏡🔋⚡️
October 31, 2024 at 5:55 AM
We had our first 2MWh month of solar production this month.
We exported 1.7MWh of that to the grid. ☀️🏡🔋⚡️
We exported 1.7MWh of that to the grid. ☀️🏡🔋⚡️
We've been exploring how large language models might enhance interacting with our museum collection, experimenting with fine-tuning and retrieval augmented generation.
Words: labs.acmi.net.au/language-mod...
Code: github.com/acmilabs/col...
Words: labs.acmi.net.au/language-mod...
Code: github.com/acmilabs/col...
Language model explorations with our collection
How we built a natural language collection chat server using LangChain and our Public API.
labs.acmi.net.au
June 27, 2024 at 11:03 PM
We've been exploring how large language models might enhance interacting with our museum collection, experimenting with fine-tuning and retrieval augmented generation.
Words: labs.acmi.net.au/language-mod...
Code: github.com/acmilabs/col...
Words: labs.acmi.net.au/language-mod...
Code: github.com/acmilabs/col...
Today’s home power plant stats:
Generated 30kWh of solar.
Exported 20kWh to the grid during the day.
Charged our home battery.
Exported another 5kWh as the sun went down and the grid needed it.
🏡 🔋 ☀️ ⚡️
Generated 30kWh of solar.
Exported 20kWh to the grid during the day.
Charged our home battery.
Exported another 5kWh as the sun went down and the grid needed it.
🏡 🔋 ☀️ ⚡️
June 12, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Today’s home power plant stats:
Generated 30kWh of solar.
Exported 20kWh to the grid during the day.
Charged our home battery.
Exported another 5kWh as the sun went down and the grid needed it.
🏡 🔋 ☀️ ⚡️
Generated 30kWh of solar.
Exported 20kWh to the grid during the day.
Charged our home battery.
Exported another 5kWh as the sun went down and the grid needed it.
🏡 🔋 ☀️ ⚡️
Happy 15,000,000 ACMI Lens taps day 🥳
www.acmi.net.au/lens/
www.acmi.net.au/lens/
The Lens
Collect your favourite objects in The Story of the Moving Image exhibition and delve deeper into your curated collection online anytime, anywhere.
www.acmi.net.au
June 11, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Happy 15,000,000 ACMI Lens taps day 🥳
www.acmi.net.au/lens/
www.acmi.net.au/lens/
