Marian's Blog
Work in progress: Location based online game
This is a game prototype I’m currently working on. The game is played online, on a real world map...
12th Sep 2015
This is a game prototype I’m currently working on. The game is played online, on a real world map and the location of the player is also the location ingame, just like in Ingress.
I know that making an online game like this is an ambitious goal and it will probably never be...
Studio Notes
The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils, 1952-1967
It was the summer of 1952, and the executives of Tombow Pencil were about to revolutionize the...
2nd Mar 2022
It was the summer of 1952, and the executives of Tombow Pencil were about to revolutionize the Japanese pencil industry—or, possibly, fall flat on their faces. Hachiro Ogawa, the son of founder Harunosuke Ogawa, was Tombow's managing director, and he had just finished a...
Anarchy Unfolds
What if distraction IS the distraction?
Red Round-up Oct '25
13th Oct 2025
Anarchy Unfolds
May '24 Myths & Recs
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
1st Jun 2024
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
Handprinted - Blog
Glossary of Printmaking Terminology
Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking...
2nd Mar 2023
Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking terms:
Acid-free – refers to papers that are made with an alkaline pulp, usually with calcium carbonate added. Acids contribute to the deterioration of paper and therefore of prints.
Aisuki –...
Stat Significant
Does 'Avatar' Have No Cultural Footprint? A Statistical Analysis
Investigating claims of Avatar's cultural irrelevance.
2nd Oct 2024
Investigating claims of Avatar's cultural irrelevance.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Frankie Brown
I’m an illustrator and printmaker based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. I’m inspired by nostalgic...
2nd Apr 2025
I’m an illustrator and printmaker based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. I’m inspired by nostalgic storybooks and I love to create whimsical hand-printed illustrations.
I used to work part-time at Handprinted, but in November 2024 I decided to give being a full-time artist a try! It’s...
Not Boring by Packy...
Costless Sacrifice
Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
5th Mar 2026
Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
Handprinted - Blog
On The Course: Creating Life Drawing Mono Screen Prints
I (Bridget) was lucky enough to take part on last years Life-Drawing Monoscreen Printing workshop...
7th Jun 2023
I (Bridget) was lucky enough to take part on last years Life-Drawing Monoscreen Printing workshop with Tricia Johnson. During the course, we worked with a life model to create painterly screen prints using the mono screen method. We used acrylic based screen printing inks and...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Emergence and Generative Art
Sometimes, a system is more than the sum of its parts. Simple rules can
lead to complex and...
7th Jun 2022
Sometimes, a system is more than the sum of its parts. Simple rules can
lead to complex and surprising phenomena. This is emergence.
Stat Significant
When Do Viewers Get Hooked on a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis
When do TV viewers become committed fans?
3rd Apr 2025
When do TV viewers become committed fans?
Prolost
Circle of Stone
TLDR; a short film I DP’ed is playing tons of festivals, and you can see it stream this Friday!
The...
22nd Oct 2020
TLDR; a short film I DP’ed is playing tons of festivals, and you can see it stream this Friday!
The Call to Action
In early 2017, my buddy Mark Andrews asked if I would be his cinematographer on a short film. Mark and I met at CalArts and have been making films together most of...
Stat Significant
How Do Music Listening Habits Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis
How does music listening change as we grow older?
5th Feb 2025
How does music listening change as we grow older?
Handprinted - Blog
Speedball Speedy Carve Block using Process Colours
Speedy Carve Blocks are delicious to cut and a joy to print. We have featured them many times in our...
6th Aug 2025
Speedy Carve Blocks are delicious to cut and a joy to print. We have featured them many times in our blog, but this time we have created a process with a three-layered print.
For a layered print like this, it's helpful to start with a drawing. Map out the colours to plan their...
Marian's Blog
Visualizing 150000 butterflies from the Natural History Museum
Click here for the interactive visualization.
The Natural History Museum in London has a data portal...
26th Dec 2019
Click here for the interactive visualization.
The Natural History Museum in London has a data portal in which they provide digital records for many of their specimens.
Some of these records have images.
I recently learned how to use machine learning tools such as convolutional...
Marian's Blog
Arduino-Wetterstation mit Bluetooth, Datalogging und Android-App
Die Wetterdaten für die Wetterstation werden von einem Board gesammelt, das ich für einen...
9th Jul 2013
Die Wetterdaten für die Wetterstation werden von einem Board gesammelt, das ich für einen Schülerwettbewerb (ILC) bekommen und zusammengesetzt habe. Auf dem Board rechnet ein ATxmega128A3U. Temperatur, Luftfeuchte, Luftdruck, Helligkeit, Regenmenge und Windgeschwindigkeit werden...
Seth's Blog
Two ways to defend the status quo
Neither is true, helpful or generous. Both happen all the time. Call it out when you see it.
1st Nov 2023
Neither is true, helpful or generous. Both happen all the time. Call it out when you see it.
Infinite Scroll
The Tao of Taylor Lorenz
Plus: Trump death hoax and a very good self defense guide
3rd Sep 2025
Plus: Trump death hoax and a very good self defense guide
WHAT'S ANU
🟢 TREND RADAR #19 :: NATURE DRIVERS
Adaptation under pressure
8th Jul 2026
Adaptation under pressure
Prolost
The M1 Max MacBook Pros
Apple opened their October event with a young musician creating an Apple-inspired music track in a...
25th Oct 2021
Apple opened their October event with a young musician creating an Apple-inspired music track in a dingy garage filled with gear worth tens of thousands of dollars. Some viewers commented on the unrealistic portrayal of a creative professional. But I felt like I was looking in a...
Marian's Blog
Connecting my fish tank to the Internet of Things – Part 1: Hacking an automatic fish feeder
I bought a used automatic fish feeder from ebay. This device is completely mechanic and very old...
30th Jun 2014
I bought a used automatic fish feeder from ebay. This device is completely mechanic and very old (older than 1989). It has 27 containers for fish food and a disc that does one rotation per day. By sticking pins into that disc one can trigger one or more feedings per day. A pin...
Marian's Blog
Generating an infinite world with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm
This article describes how I generate an infinite city using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm in...
20th Jun 2023
This article describes how I generate an infinite city using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm in a way that is fast, deterministic, parallelizable and reliable.
It's a follow-up to my 2019 article on adapting the WFC algorithm to generate an infinite world.
The new approach...
Handprinted - Blog
Preparing your paper and press for etching
When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your...
8th May 2024
When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your first print. To do this, you’ll need to learn how to prepare your paper and how to set the correct pressure on your press.
This blog is part of a series featuring tips and techniques...
Prolost
Linear Light, Gamma, and ACES
Imagine a digital 50% gray card. In 0–255 RGB values, it’s 127, 127, 127.
On the RGB parade scope,...
22nd Jun 2021
Imagine a digital 50% gray card. In 0–255 RGB values, it’s 127, 127, 127.
On the RGB parade scope, the card is a perfect plateau at 50%.
Now imagine increasing the exposure of this scene by one stop. “Stops” of light are an exponential scale, meaning that subtracting one stop is...
Seth's Blog
What to do with firm footing
If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with...
1st Feb 2024
If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with it? One option is to race to the bottom, to chase short-term self-focused outcomes and to see how much we can get away with. (Probably, quite a bit). The other is to take this rare...
Stat Significant
How Movies Make Money After Leaving Theaters: The Economics of a Film on Streaming
Unpacking a film's financial afterlife once it leaves theaters.
6th Nov 2025
Unpacking a film's financial afterlife once it leaves theaters.
Blog - Mac Pierce
Facing the facts of a book full of faces - A burn letter to after more than a decade with Meta
After almost 2 decades of using their products, I’m deleting my Meta
account because - quite...
20th Feb 2026
After almost 2 decades of using their products, I’m deleting my Meta
account because - quite simply - they fucking suck.
Marian's Blog
LED Matrix Materials Guide
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and...
8th May 2017
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and which I tried with no success so you don’t have to.
Case
For the case, I used a custom made photo frame. The main purpose of the case is to look good, which is...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events.
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
22nd Apr 2020
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
Anarchy Unfolds
Things are falling apart
On a planetary scale; personally I’m fine, and that feels weird
15th Jul 2025
On a planetary scale; personally I’m fine, and that feels weird
Infinite Scroll
The Media Thinks Republicans are Aliens
How do you criticize what you can't understand?
3rd Jan 2026
How do you criticize what you can't understand?
Seth's Blog
“Can’t complain” (but it might be worth considering)
Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer...
1st Feb 2025
Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer culture (the customer is always right) and those where comfort is coming to be expected. Given all the complaining we do (about the weather, leadership, products, service and...
cabel.com
Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made...
13th Feb 2024
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made up of mostly Disney employees, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. But along the way, I accidentally discovered an incredible lost song that was cut from Walt Disney’s Cinderella. And...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Closing the Loop: Building Shapes with a Planar Graph
There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through...
16th Aug 2025
There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through how I take a scramble of disconnected paths and turn them into closed shapes, using half-edges and a planar graph.
Work in progress output
Work in progress output
Work in progress...
Open Culture
A 5‑Hour Journey Through North Korean Entertainment: Propaganda Films, Kids’ Cartoons, Sketch Comedy...
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of...
1st May 2024
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of the twenty-first, it’s become a global cultural superpower. The same can’t be said for North Korea: after a relatively strong start in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, its economy...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Gemma Berenguer (Monostereo)
My name is Gemma Berenguer and I'm from Barcelona. I'm a printmaker specialising in screen printing,...
4th Sep 2024
My name is Gemma Berenguer and I'm from Barcelona. I'm a printmaker specialising in screen printing, although I also dabble in etching and block printing as well. I run Monostereo, a screen printing company in Barcelona, which has been operating for 15 years now.
I first...
Seth's Blog
A nearly perfect score
After playing 498 days in a row, my score today in Bongo was the second-highest in the world:...
1st Mar 2026
After playing 498 days in a row, my score today in Bongo was the second-highest in the world: There’s a difference between casual online games that have a right answer, and those that are open-ended. In crossword puzzles and most of the games from the Times (like Wordle and...
WHAT'S ANU
🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
3rd Aug 2026
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
Seth's Blog
On to the next thing
Vitally important, rarely taught, easily messed up. In order to go onto the next thing, which we all...
1st May 2023
Vitally important, rarely taught, easily messed up. In order to go onto the next thing, which we all do (unless you’re still wearing pajamas with feet and taking ballet lessons), we need to walk away from the last thing. Wrap it up, learn from it, leave it in good hands. And we...
escape the algorithm
Not your usual subscription confirmation
Or why you shouldn't ignore the back catalog
18th Jul 2023
Or why you shouldn't ignore the back catalog
Open Culture
The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vintage Film
A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women...
2nd Sep 2024
A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women experimenting with the first mobile phone. A spokesman for the archive said: ”It’s amazing that 90 years ago mobile phone technology and music … was not only being thought of but...
Stat Significant
6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: Madonna, Avengers Doomsday, Million-Dollar Jackets, and More
A data-driven look at the Emmys’ cultural relevance, Hollywood’s latest layoffs, country music’s...
3rd Aug 2026
A data-driven look at the Emmys’ cultural relevance, Hollywood’s latest layoffs, country music’s mainstream rise, and an overpriced leather jacket—through data. Plus recommended reads and datasets.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker : Jay Caskie
I’m Jay, a full-time printmaker originally from Canada but currently living in Cornwall. I use wood...
2 weeks ago
I’m Jay, a full-time printmaker originally from Canada but currently living in Cornwall. I use wood engraving to create intricate and narrative landscapes that explore themes of home and solitude, and our connection with the natural world and each other.
Describe your...
Stat Significant
How Are Hit Songs Rediscovered Decades Later? A Statistical Analysis
How does music undergo a cultural revival long after its original release?
4th Sep 2024
How does music undergo a cultural revival long after its original release?
Seth's Blog
There are no stupid mistakes
There are mistakes. These are moments when reality teaches us something. And there’s stupid. This is...
18th Jan 2023
There are mistakes. These are moments when reality teaches us something. And there’s stupid. This is what happens when we refuse to learn from our mistakes. “Don’t be stupid” is a fine mantra. It’s particularly apt when talking about cultural forces, political agendas and our...
Marian's Blog
Android-Benachrichtigungen auf dem Schreibtisch
Das Ziel dieses Projekts ist, Benachrichtigungen von meinem Android-Handy automatisch auf einem...
16th Feb 2014
Das Ziel dieses Projekts ist, Benachrichtigungen von meinem Android-Handy automatisch auf einem LoL-Shield (Lots of LEDs) anzuzeigen. Dazu benutze ich einen Raspberry Pi, der sowieso schon auf meinem Schreibtisch steht, einen Arduino für das Schild und auf dem Handy Tasker, um...
Open Culture
Hundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches...
If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings...
1st Aug 2025
If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings up leeches. And it turns out that the centrality of those squirming blood-suckers to the treatment of disease in the Middle Ages isn’t much overstated, at least judging by a look...
escape the algorithm
A complete guide to pretending you saw the total solar eclipse
I cannot relate to you
8th Apr 2024
escape the algorithm
Announcing the Escape the Algorithm ᵐⁱᶜʳᵒsupporter Program
Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
5th Feb 2025
Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
Blog - Mac Pierce
And around we go... Making We're So Over, We're So Back
The process of making an single purpose art PC that uses an aluminum
casting as the radiator for a...
18th Jul 2025
The process of making an single purpose art PC that uses an aluminum
casting as the radiator for a water-cooling loop.
The Great Discontent...
Schessa Garbutt
Schessa Garbutt is the founder of the Inglewood–based design studio, Firebrand. An educator,...
12th Jul 2024
Schessa Garbutt is the founder of the Inglewood–based design studio, Firebrand. An educator, lecturer, and published essayist (see The Black Experience in Design anthology, a must-read). Garbutt works at the intersection of co-design practices and making huge, mind-bending ideas...
cabel.com
The Forged Apple Employee Badge
Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught...
16th May 2024
Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incredible piece of Apple history! Sure, it’s not Steve Jobs’ badge (despite the auction title), but...
Stat Significant
Unpacking the Rise of Fan Fiction: From 'Star Trek' to 'Twilight'—A Statistical Analysis
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
4th Dec 2024
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
Seth's Blog
When the committee decides
They’re almost always conservative. Whether it’s a governmental body, the strategy group at a big...
1st Dec 2023
They’re almost always conservative. Whether it’s a governmental body, the strategy group at a big company or the membership panel at the local country club, we can learn a lot by seeing what they approve and when they stall. Of course, each of us know a lot about our offering,...
WHAT'S ANU
🟣 TREND RADAR #13 :: HUMAN DRIVERS
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
10th Feb 2026
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
Hall of Impossible...
Learning x86-64 Assembly with Advent of Code - Day 1
24th Aug 2025
Open Culture
Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key...
1st Nov 2024
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for...
Open Culture
Wim Wenders’ New Short Film Reminds Europe of the Lessons of World War II
World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945. It followed, by less than three weeks, an...
2nd Jun 2025
World War II officially ended on September 2, 1945. It followed, by less than three weeks, an equally momentous event, at least in the eyes of cinephiles: the birth of Wim Wenders. Though soon to turn 80 years old, Wenders has remained both productive and capable of drawing great...
Prolost
Log is the “Pro” in iPhone 15 Pro
And I’ve got some free LUTs for you.
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max feature log video recording. This...
10th Oct 2023
And I’ve got some free LUTs for you.
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max feature log video recording. This is a big deal, but there’s already some confusion about it. Where consumer devices and pro video overlap, that’s where the Prolost Signal gleams brightest in the night sky. So...
Open Culture
Hear Flannery O’Connor Read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1959)
Flannery O’Connor was a Southern writer who, as Joyce Carol Oates once said, had less in common with...
24th Apr 2024
Flannery O’Connor was a Southern writer who, as Joyce Carol Oates once said, had less in common with Faulkner than with Kafka and Kierkegaard. Isolated by poor health and consumed by her fervent Catholic faith, O’Connor created works of moral fiction that, according to Oates,...
Open Culture
The Olympics in the 2020s Versus 1912: See Side-by-Side Comparisons of the Athletes’ Performance...
The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on...
1st Aug 2024
The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on longer than any of us has been here. Even the fifth Summer Olympics, which took place in Stockholm in 1912, has passed out of living memory. But thanks to the technology of the...
Prolost
Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event was Shot on iPhone — With Panavision Lenses
Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video.
Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a...
9th May 2024
Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video.
Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a pre-recorded video titled “Let Loose.” As with the previous “Scary Fast” MacBook Pro launch video, “Let Loose” ends with a tag proclaiming “Shot on iPhone” — this time adding “Edited on...
Infinite Scroll
Democrats have their own extremist problem
Platforming terrorists and promoting authoritarianism should have no place in a liberal Democratic...
2nd Dec 2025
Platforming terrorists and promoting authoritarianism should have no place in a liberal Democratic party
Anarchy Unfolds
Christians have joy and sadness upside-down, thank God
Or: Chesterton's "gigantic secret" is not Christian at all — it belongs to all of humanity
3rd Aug 2025
Or: Chesterton's "gigantic secret" is not Christian at all — it belongs to all of humanity
Stat Significant
How Video Podcasts Took Over Streaming: A Statistical Analysis
The rise of video podcasts, quantified.
7th Jan 2026
The rise of video podcasts, quantified.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Megan Hall
I'm Megan Hall, a reduction linocut printmaker based in Plymouth, Devon. My work is inspired by...
5th Aug 2026
I'm Megan Hall, a reduction linocut printmaker based in Plymouth, Devon. My work is inspired by water and the time I spend outdoors, particularly swimming, paddleboarding and exploring the Devon coastline. I create original linocuts that try to capture those moments when the...
Stat Significant
Which Movies Are the Most Polarizing? A Statistical Analysis
Which films divide audiences, and what makes a movie divisive?
4th Mar 2026
Which films divide audiences, and what makes a movie divisive?
Seth's Blog
Scripts and casting
In the theatre, the play is written before casting begins. This gives the playwright freedom and...
1st Jun 2025
In the theatre, the play is written before casting begins. This gives the playwright freedom and responsibility, and it puts the text first. Writing for a sitcom is different. The 50th episode of Seinfeld was a lot easier to write because the cast and the tropes were already set....
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Politics Yet Again
GOP 4channers, more Twitch drama, and a Very Mad Laptop Company
28th Oct 2024
GOP 4channers, more Twitch drama, and a Very Mad Laptop Company
Handprinted - Blog
Monotype with Natural Materials
Like monoprint, a monotype is a print that is one of a kind but does not use a matrix like a cut...
7th Nov 2024
Like monoprint, a monotype is a print that is one of a kind but does not use a matrix like a cut block or plate. For this project we're using this simple technique to produce beautifully delicate prints using natural materials and found objects. You can also combine this with...
Not Boring by Packy...
America's Next 250
An Essay with Scott Nolan, General Matter CEO and Founders Fund Partner
2nd Jul 2026
An Essay with Scott Nolan, General Matter CEO and Founders Fund Partner
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Ingrid Nilsson
I am a full-time printmaker and artist based in Edinburgh. For ten years, I co-ran a gallery café...
5th Feb 2026
I am a full-time printmaker and artist based in Edinburgh. For ten years, I co-ran a gallery café with my partner and sold my paintings there, after which we both went freelance in search of a more satisfying work/life balance. I now make limited edition lino prints from my home...
Anarchy Unfolds
Poetry in People
Hi readers, these poems are based on people I knew before and after college.
9th Aug 2026
Hi readers, these poems are based on people I knew before and after college.
Stat Significant
Have Movies Stopped Killing Their Main Character? A Statistical Analysis
A data-driven investigation of movie hero mortality rates
7th May 2025
A data-driven investigation of movie hero mortality rates
Seth's Blog
Credulous
Where do con men come from? There are three conditions that need to be met: First, there needs to be...
1st Apr 2025
Where do con men come from? There are three conditions that need to be met: First, there needs to be rising societal pressure to get ahead, cut the line and find a win. Second, there needs to be people willing to set aside their ethical principles to take advantage of others in...
Handprinted - Blog
Should I use Caligo Extender or Opaque White?
When mixing shades of ink, we have the choice to dilute the colour with either Opaque White ink or...
5th Jul 2023
When mixing shades of ink, we have the choice to dilute the colour with either Opaque White ink or Extender. Both of these give us different results so which should we choose?
We have performed a few experiments to show the difference between mixing with Opaque White and...
Stat Significant
Is Hip-Hop in Decline? A Statistical Analysis
Is hip-hop receding from the mainstream? And if so, why?
1st Apr 2026
Is hip-hop receding from the mainstream? And if so, why?
Seth's Blog
Fooled
Now it’s a business model. People are regularly fooled by crypto scams, NFT hype, opioid felons,...
1st Apr 2023
Now it’s a business model. People are regularly fooled by crypto scams, NFT hype, opioid felons, algorithmic spam at scale, health claims, illogical political arguments, fundraising pitches, overnight shortcuts on the road to riches or happiness and MLM hustle. Your account has...
Stat Significant
How Romance, Romantasy, and “Smut” Took Over Publishing and Entertainment: A Statistical Analysis
How romance novels are reshaping the book business—and Hollywood.
4th Feb 2026
How romance novels are reshaping the book business—and Hollywood.
Anarchy Unfolds
April '24 Myths & Recs
Sexual orientation, Cowboy Carter, mental health recovery, and more
27th Apr 2024
Sexual orientation, Cowboy Carter, mental health recovery, and more
Anarchy Unfolds
Does anarchy break down in crisis?
Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
14th Dec 2025
Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
Not Boring by Packy...
welcome to not boring world
introducing not boring's first paid product
6th Jan 2026
introducing not boring's first paid product
escape the algorithm
On coffee filters and filter bubbles
and a banner ad that was good, actually
2nd Feb 2026
and a banner ad that was good, actually
Ánh
Adjacent meanings
Someone is someone’s friend.
20th Feb 2026
Someone is someone’s friend.
Blog - Amy Goodchild
A Message Drifts
This series continues my explorations of the ways meaning can emerge from randomness. Each image is...
26th Jun 2025
This series continues my explorations of the ways meaning can emerge from randomness. Each image is created using algorithmic systems that create the elements. There is an alphabet of symbols, a message generator and several approaches to glitch aesthetics. The result could be...
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Meta Swallows the Slop
Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
6th Jan 2025
Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
Open Culture
Iconic Animator Chuck Jones Creates an Oscar-Winning Animation About the Virtues of Universal Health...
While our country looks like it might be coming apart at the seams, it’s good to revisit, every once...
1st Jul 2025
While our country looks like it might be coming apart at the seams, it’s good to revisit, every once in a while, moments when it did work. And that’s not so that we can feel nostalgic about a lost time, but so that we can remind ourselves how, given the right conditions, things...
Infinite Scroll
Internet Book Club: Careless People
Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
3rd Apr 2025
Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
Anarchy Unfolds
Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems?
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
3rd May 2026
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
Marian's Blog
Designing a Lego orrery
I've always been a fan of the Lego Technic series, especially those models that have gears and...
1st Jun 2024
I've always been a fan of the Lego Technic series, especially those models that have gears and cranks and moving parts.
But it seems that Lego is shifting the focus of the Technic series away from functional models, so I had to take matters into my own hands.
I think an orrery is...
The Great Discontent...
Britt Reilly
Britt Reilly's work lives at the intersection of immersive visual arts, historic architecture and...
26th Nov 2024
Britt Reilly's work lives at the intersection of immersive visual arts, historic architecture and preservation, and modernist design. Britt is the executive director and collections curator at the Irving & Aaronel deRoy Gruber Foundation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and when we...
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, "I'm off for a bit" edition
Well yes, I am indeed off – but not for long. I'm going on a trip to China for a week, so won't be...
14th Sep 2025
Well yes, I am indeed off – but not for long. I'm going on a trip to China for a week, so won't be around next weekend to do any writing. In the meantime, here's some good stuff. Two thousand, three hundred words of
Blog - Mac Pierce
Creating art out of a weapon. Using the Stuxnet Virus.
How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art
made from the Stuxnet...
24th Mar 2021
How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art
made from the Stuxnet Virus.
Anarchy Unfolds
Can someone born upside-down know when they come right way up again?
The role of intuition in discovering truth
21st Jun 2026
The role of intuition in discovering truth
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, “If I sound angry, it’s because I am” Edition
1. Claude’s system prompt is a wild work of AI art
Behind every LLM lies a system prompt. This is a...
1st Jun 2025
1. Claude’s system prompt is a wild work of AI art
Behind every LLM lies a system prompt. This is a set of instructions written by the creators of the LLM designed to give it personality, a starting point for response, and to build in “fences”
Handprinted - Blog
Screen Printing with Speedball Night Glo onto Fabric
As Halloween fast approaches, it’s time to get those costumes ready. We think it’s a perfect...
5th Oct 2022
As Halloween fast approaches, it’s time to get those costumes ready. We think it’s a perfect opportunity to try out Speedball Night Glo Fabric Screen Printing Ink! Print glow in the dark Halloween messages, pictures, or even your kids’ spooky drawings onto their own...
Stat Significant
The "Gone Too Soon" Movie Star Hall of Fame: A Statistical Analysis
Which actors left us too soon, yet remain unforgettable?
1st Oct 2025
Which actors left us too soon, yet remain unforgettable?
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: The Deep State Cometh
/r/FedNews, DeepSeek hot takes, and a brutal menswear guy post
3rd Feb 2025
/r/FedNews, DeepSeek hot takes, and a brutal menswear guy post
WHAT'S ANU
TREND RADAR #9
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
6th Nov 2025
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
escape the algorithm
Live Near Friends
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m about to recommend that you subscribe to a product marketing...
16th Jul 2024
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m about to recommend that you subscribe to a product marketing email.
Stat Significant
Which Songs Are Frequently Featured in Film and Television? A Statistical Analysis
Which songs have become staples of film and television?
5th Mar 2025
Which songs have become staples of film and television?
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran
My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the...
15th May 2025
My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the Sussex Weald near Herstmonceux (UK). I am and always have been inspired by the British landscape. I came to art later in life than most, having had a career in civil engineering first...
cabel.com
Thank Goodness I’ve Written Some Ad Music
This summer, a new video game came out that changed the way we think about comedy in games, becoming...
8th Sep 2024
This summer, a new video game came out that changed the way we think about comedy in games, becoming an instant smash hit in the process. That’s right, I’m talking about Thank Goodness You’re Here! from Coal Supper. Ok, yeah, sure, I work for Panic and we published the game, so I...
On the Arts
Winter as Reading Season
David Foster Wallace on the necessity of quiet time in order to read.
13th Dec 2023
David Foster Wallace on the necessity of quiet time in order to read.
Stat Significant
The Business of the Olympics: Rising Revenues, Diminishing Cultural Reach. A Statistical Analysis
How does the Olympics remain relevant (and make money) in a world full of digital distractions?
24th Jul 2024
How does the Olympics remain relevant (and make money) in a world full of digital distractions?
Not Boring by Packy...
Primer: From Software to Schools
Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
5th Mar 2025
Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
Open Culture
Nikola Tesla Accurately Predicted the Rise of Wireless Technology & the Smartphone in 1926
Certain cult historical figures have served as prescient avatars for the techno-visionaries of the...
3rd Nov 2025
Certain cult historical figures have served as prescient avatars for the techno-visionaries of the digital age. Where the altruistic utopian designs of Buckminster Fuller provided an ideal for the first wave of Silicon Valley pioneers (a group including computer scientist and...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Coding my Handwriting
Coding my handwriting in Javascript - how I did it and what I’m doing with
it.
17th May 2024
Coding my handwriting in Javascript - how I did it and what I’m doing with
it.
Handprinted - Blog
How to Design and Print a Half Drop Repeating Pattern
A half drop is a great way of creating a repeating pattern where the repeat is slightly obscured. It...
5th Jan 2023
A half drop is a great way of creating a repeating pattern where the repeat is slightly obscured. It can make for a less gridded-looking structure and add complexity to your design. Here's a simple, analogue way to make one.
Start by drawing around your block. We are...
Prolost
Maxon Autograph
Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics...
15th Apr 2026
Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics tool.
Autograph is incredibly powerful, and it’s been a thrill to work with the original creators to fold it into the Maxon and Red Giant ecosystem. Even more exciting:
Autograph is completely...
Anarchy Unfolds
The Weariness of Work
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
4th May 2024
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, “this one’s for you, Ian” edition
One of my favourite people on social media is Darth. Darth takes an annual hibernation, in which...
11th Jul 2026
One of my favourite people on social media is Darth. Darth takes an annual hibernation, in which time they do not post or, presumably, read.
I’d love to say that I have not posted anything for months with the same level of intention, but alas not. It just&
Rectangle
The Linear effect
Is everything looking the same?
10th Jan 2023
Is everything looking the same?
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Midjourney takes on Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings
Continuing my mission to use AI tools for things they really weren’t
designed for and aren’t very...
17th Apr 2023
Continuing my mission to use AI tools for things they really weren’t
designed for and aren’t very good at and then judging the results.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Sue Lewry
How and where did you learn to print?
A decade ago, when I first stepped into a print workshop, I...
7th Dec 2023
How and where did you learn to print?
A decade ago, when I first stepped into a print workshop, I met print technician and artist India Ritchie, who taught me various printmaking methods while studying at Arts University Plymouth.
India taught me intaglio, relief, and screen...
Haterade
Cooking with Dom DeLuise
The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
29th Apr 2025
The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
Anarchy Unfolds
3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
3rd Nov 2024
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
Seth's Blog
Thinking about jobs
Since I was born, the planet has invented 6 billion jobs. Technology is said to threaten the...
1st Dec 2024
Since I was born, the planet has invented 6 billion jobs. Technology is said to threaten the replacement of human labor, yet, somehow we’ve found useful activities for a rapidly growing population. Coordinated without a coordinator, people go to work each day, often doing...
Not Boring by Packy...
America Spins on Westmag
Building the Electric Stack by making motors and actuators next to drones and robots
2nd Jun 2026
Building the Electric Stack by making motors and actuators next to drones and robots
Marian's Blog
3D printed model of my neighborhood
I 3D printed a model of the street where I live. This post will explain how I prepared the data for...
17th Apr 2018
I 3D printed a model of the street where I live. This post will explain how I prepared the data for it.
Update: I have now automated the entire process and published my code. You can find it here.
I worked with aerial Lidar data that is provided by the state I live in to download...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Using ChatGPT to implement Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings
Sol LeWitt‘s Wall Drawings aren’t actually drawings but, rather,
instructions for drawings. I...
30th Jan 2023
Sol LeWitt‘s Wall Drawings aren’t actually drawings but, rather,
instructions for drawings. I asked ChatGPT to implement them in p5js
Blog - Mac Pierce
Host Jumping, thinking about viruses and how they’re changing.
Thinking about the concepts and reasons behind the making of my work ‘Host
Jump’.
16th Dec 2021
Thinking about the concepts and reasons behind the making of my work ‘Host
Jump’.
Marian's Blog
Raspberry Pi Wetterstation
Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich...
23rd Sep 2013
Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich entschieden, das Projekt jetzt mit einem Raspberry Pi weiterzuführen. Die Sensordaten werden wieder vom ILC-Board geliefert, das ich für den Schülerwettbewerb Intel Leibniz Challenge...
On the Arts
Are wind turbines ugly? Could they be beautiful?
How to make ugly things appear less ugly – or appear like something else entirely.
13th Jun 2023
How to make ugly things appear less ugly – or appear like something else entirely.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Kathryn Green
I am a textile artist and tutor, specialising in dye and print processes to create organic, layered...
8th Feb 2024
I am a textile artist and tutor, specialising in dye and print processes to create organic, layered and textural art textile pieces for exhibition, in addition to capsule collections of wearable art and interior accessories.
Having obtained a First-class degree in textiles, I...
Anarchy Unfolds
Is anarchy compatible with modern society?
Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
8th Mar 2025
Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
Blog - Mac Pierce
Sending a signal - DOGMAS, a project because of the RP2040
How and why I built the DOGMAS project, a self contained Morse code reader
in the form of a...
9th Sep 2022
How and why I built the DOGMAS project, a self contained Morse code reader
in the form of a candle.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Chris Long
I am Chris Long, an artist, printmaker, composer and game designer. My academic journey includes a...
5th Mar 2026
I am Chris Long, an artist, printmaker, composer and game designer. My academic journey includes a first-class degree in fine art and music from the University of Liverpool, a Master’s degree in music composition from Newcastle University, and the completion of a PhD at the Royal...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Custard4gravy
Custard4gravy is just a daft name I came up with many moons ago to use for my own artwork - People...
1st Oct 2025
Custard4gravy is just a daft name I came up with many moons ago to use for my own artwork - People tend to remember it, and if nothing else, it’s a talking point at fairs.
To most people, I’m Andy Mitchell, a printmaker/ designer/ illustrator from Shipley, West Yorkshire. Husband...
escape the algorithm
Artisinal white noise
Shhhhhhhh
3rd May 2024
Seth's Blog
Are you doing what you said you wanted to do?
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv,...
1st Sep 2023
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv, start a troupe. Don’t wait to get picked. If you want to help animals, don’t wait for vet school. Volunteer at an animal shelter right now. If you want to write a screenplay, write […]
Seth's Blog
“The most exciting mobile trend is full Qwerty keyboards”
The creators of the Blackberry were sure that customers loved the keyboard. That’s what they heard...
1st May 2026
The creators of the Blackberry were sure that customers loved the keyboard. That’s what they heard all day from their users, and it must have been right since they had a huge share of the mobile phone market. When the iPhone came out, it wasn’t seen as a threat because it had no...
WHAT'S ANU
25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST
Forever young
9th Jun 2025
Seth's Blog
“Won’t get fooled again”
Alas, we probably will. Recurring scams, hustles and deceptions work because we’re eager to be...
1st Nov 2024
Alas, we probably will. Recurring scams, hustles and deceptions work because we’re eager to be fooled by them. Vaporware, false deadlines, fake budgets, unrealistic promises and straight out con jobs persist because at some level, we demand them. Divisive arguments, mob...
Seth's Blog
Recalculating the cost of convenience
Convenience is seductive, and we trade precious things away for it all the time. Part of the reason...
1st Oct 2025
Convenience is seductive, and we trade precious things away for it all the time. Part of the reason it dominates our lives is that we only consider the cost once. After that, it continues to remind us of the benefits–the time and hassle and decisions we save. But convenience can...
On the Arts
The Vertical Beauty of Hong Kong
An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze
4th Oct 2023
An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze
Haterade
The Haterade Test Kitchen Makes Depression Tots™
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
4th Jun 2022
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Rach Lloyd
Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and...
2nd Oct 2024
Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and pride myself on making all of my print-runs and editions in very small numbers, so people can own a unique piece of artwork at an affordable price.
I am a multidisciplinary artist,...
Not Boring by Packy...
Means and Meaning
We have the technology. Cool, now what?
29th Jul 2025
We have the technology. Cool, now what?
Blog - Mac Pierce
XL Flex Arms, posable mounting for cameras and lighting.
Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
4th Nov 2019
Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
On the Arts
How to Write a Proper Haiku
A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
8th Nov 2023
A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
Open Culture
Discover Hannah Arendt’s Syllabus for Her 1974 Course on “Thinking”
If you’ve read one work of Hannah Arendt’s, it’s probably Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the...
2nd Dec 2024
If you’ve read one work of Hannah Arendt’s, it’s probably Eichmann in Jerusalem, her account of the trial of the eponymous Nazi official — and the source of her much-quoted phrase “the banality of evil.” That book came out in 1963, at which time Arendt still had a dozen...
cabel.com
The Snacks & Cereals of 2024
Welcome to 2025. The vibes are a little heavy, so, I’m trying very hard to focus on the things I can...
27th Jan 2025
Welcome to 2025. The vibes are a little heavy, so, I’m trying very hard to focus on the things I can control — and yes, that includes remembering to share things that delight me like the latest #new snacks and cereals I find at the grocery store!! Yeah. It’s an age-old, very-odd...
Studio Notes
Two Definitions of Color (Or, the Meaning of Analog Art in 2023)
Physical things do not simply follow our instructions; we have to shape them in accordance with...
7th Jun 2023
Physical things do not simply follow our instructions; we have to shape them in accordance with their intrinsic properties. Sometimes it feels like we have to sneak up on our materials and trick them into doing what we'd like.
Ian Betteridge
The fundamental error that doesn't exist
Ben Thompson, Another Viral AI Doomer Article, The Fundamental Error, DoorDash’s AI Advantages:
What...
1st Mar 2026
Ben Thompson, Another Viral AI Doomer Article, The Fundamental Error, DoorDash’s AI Advantages:
What is notable about this assertion is the total denial of any positive reason for DoorDash to exist and to be so successful. There is no awareness that DoorDash provided a massive...
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #125
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
20th Dec 2024
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
Haterade
Crème de Mouthwash
What price, enlightenmint?
25th Sep 2022
What price, enlightenmint?
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #160
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
5th Sep 2025
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
Anarchy Unfolds
Are we returning to 1926?
Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
11th Jan 2026
Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
Stat Significant
Is Music Stardom in Decline? A Statistical Analysis
Is music stardom dying?
6th Nov 2024
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Ian Burke
Ian Burke is a Painter Printmaker based in the North Yorkshire Moors. He was born in Saltburn and...
11th Jan 2024
Ian Burke is a Painter Printmaker based in the North Yorkshire Moors. He was born in Saltburn and grew up in Redcar before studying Fine Art at Newcastle University. Having completed a Master's at Goldsmith's College, London he established a career in teaching art.
Ian now...
Open Culture
Remembering Jane Goodall (RIP): Watch Jane, the Acclaimed National Geographic Documentary
Jane Goodall, the revered conservationist, passed away today at age 91. In her honor, we’re...
1st Oct 2025
Jane Goodall, the revered conservationist, passed away today at age 91. In her honor, we’re featuring above a National Geographic documentary called Jane. Directed by Brett Morgen, the film draws “from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the...
Anarchy Unfolds
Food Waste is Bad Actually
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
7th Dec 2024
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
Stat Significant
6 Reasons to Be (Cautiously) Optimistic About Movies in 2025: A Statistical Analysis
Six reasons to be optimistic about the film industry.
2nd Jan 2025
Six reasons to be optimistic about the film industry.
The Last...
Who Can Know How Much Randi Zuckerberg Is Worth?
cue hatred
Part 1 here
IV.
Off topic: Randi strongly believes Facebook has a legitimate place in...
1st Mar 2014
cue hatred
Part 1 here
IV.
Off topic: Randi strongly believes Facebook has a legitimate place in the business world, and this makes me think Facebook is finished. I realize this is a speculative trade to make. The usual anxiety about Facebook's future is that teenagers aren't...
escape the algorithm
love letters to places i'll never meet
a spooky digital seance
1st Nov 2023
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #155
Personal Superintelligence, Iron-Air Batteries, OpenCRISPR-1, Figma, Zipline
1st Aug 2025
Personal Superintelligence, Iron-Air Batteries, OpenCRISPR-1, Figma, Zipline
Marian's Blog
Faster Than Life – Global Game Jam 2019 Project
Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam.
I joined a team of six programmers,...
2nd Feb 2019
Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam.
I joined a team of six programmers, unfortunately there was a shortage of artists this year.
During the 48 hour jam, we made a space game that is inspired by Faster Than Light.
You travel through...
Haterade
Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
7th Jan 2025
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
Stat Significant
Should You Trust the Netflix Top 10? A Statistical Analysis
Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
6th May 2026
Netflix’s Top 10 helps us choose faster. But does it help us choose better?
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Dave Buonaguidi
Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal...
6th Feb 2025
Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal language of advertising and propaganda with unique imagery and materials of found objects and ephemera.
In a previous life, Dave worked in advertising for over 35 years, founding...
Prolost
Jurassic Punk
If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven...
16th Dec 2022
If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven Spielberg began production on 1993’s Jurassic Park, he and Industrial Light and Magic’s Dennis Muren planned to execute the all-important visual effects component of the film’s...
Anarchy Unfolds
If it takes a village, let's build one
What would a world with free children and supported parents look like?
22nd Mar 2026
What would a world with free children and supported parents look like?
Prolost
Red Giant VFX Suite
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s...
18th Jun 2019
Today Red Giant has released a brand-new collection of plug-ins for visual effects compositing. It’s called VFX Suite, and some of these tools are things I’ve been dreaming about since computers were beige.
There are nine plug-ins in the suite. You can learn about all of them at...
The Last...
Still Alive
WHERE DID YOU GO?
I flatter myself by thinking you are asking this question. I am writing a book of...
6th Jul 2013
WHERE DID YOU GO?
I flatter myself by thinking you are asking this question. I am writing a book of and about porn.
IS IT ANY GOOD?
Not sure. I am trying my best. It's a lot of work, complicated by relentless self-doubt. The good news is I am drinking more.
ALMOST...
The Last...
Don't Hate Her Because She's Successful
the first thing you noticed is her great outfit
and the first thing I noticed is she's covering her...
22nd Mar 2013
the first thing you noticed is her great outfit
and the first thing I noticed is she's covering her wedding ring
this is why you are anxious and I am Alone
Today in the United States and the developed world, women are better off than ever before. But the...
Anarchy Unfolds
How could anarchy prevent bad people from taking control?
“Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
9th Nov 2025
“Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
Infinite Scroll
Social Media Doesn't Exist
Social media is dead. Long live social media?
21st Aug 2025
Social media is dead. Long live social media?
cabel.com
Marching Age
This is a short story about something delightful. In 2014, I did a bunch of music for my friends...
26th Dec 2023
This is a short story about something delightful. In 2014, I did a bunch of music for my friends Neven Mrgan and Matt Comi who were making an incredible iOS game called Space Age. I had never written that much music in my life, and it was incredibly fun for me in every way. (You...
WHAT'S ANU
WHO KILLED COOL? AND WHAT DO WE CHASE NOW...
Sincerely, isn't it ironic?
16th Oct 2025
Sincerely, isn't it ironic?
escape the algorithm
Befriending neighbors and beneighboring friends
The Casement Window Theory of community building
1st Aug 2024
The Casement Window Theory of community building
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Packing & Expanding Polygons : An ongoing exploration
I've been packing lots of irregular polygons into the canvas, and
discovered some interesting (and...
4th May 2022
I've been packing lots of irregular polygons into the canvas, and
discovered some interesting (and some annoying) geometry along the way.
Prolost
Prolost Watches
After my experience being rejected from the App Store, I was left with an unscratched itch to ship a...
7th May 2026
After my experience being rejected from the App Store, I was left with an unscratched itch to ship a native iPhone app. Staying well away from my day-job turf of tools for motion artists, I created an app to support a hobby I fell into.
Prolost Watches is an iPhone app for...
WHAT'S ANU
MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
18th Apr 2025
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
Marian's Blog
What I learned from building autonomous model race cars for a year
I was part of a university project group that develops autonomous model race cars.
We are a group of...
3rd Jan 2020
I was part of a university project group that develops autonomous model race cars.
We are a group of twelve students working on the project in part time for year.
We were provided with a car that meets the requirements for the F1/10th competition.
Even though competing in F1/10th...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Jenny Stringer
I am Jenny Stringer, and I have been block printing fabrics (and sometimes papers) for the last...
7th Aug 2024
I am Jenny Stringer, and I have been block printing fabrics (and sometimes papers) for the last thirty years; as and when possible.
How did you start your creative career?
I was an archaeological illustrator after a brief museum career, and worked with a team of...
WHAT'S ANU
🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26
+ A Crisis of Fashion
a week ago
Blog - Mac Pierce
An (overbuilt) 10" mini rack for a LAN Party
Plans, files, and BOM to build your own 10” mini rack using T-slot
extrusion and 3D prints.
11th Aug 2025
Plans, files, and BOM to build your own 10” mini rack using T-slot
extrusion and 3D prints.
Haterade
Divorce Licorice
Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
3rd Jun 2023
Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #169
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space...
7th Nov 2025
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space DJ, and Three Things I enjoyed
WHAT'S ANU
🟠 TREND RADAR #14 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS
Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is...
8th Mar 2026
Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is the Outlet. Nostalgia is the Tonic.
Seth's Blog
Kinds of courage
Courage is a generous act that involves risk. It’s not courageous to hang out with friends and make...
1st Apr 2024
Courage is a generous act that involves risk. It’s not courageous to hang out with friends and make a crank phone call. The risk involved might be actual risk (it took courage to go to the moon) or it might feel risky (raising your hand at a meeting to ask a useful question...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
How does it feel to make generative art?
I asked other generative artists how the process feels to them
30th Sep 2021
I asked other generative artists how the process feels to them
Seth's Blog
“Welcome back”
What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if...
1st Aug 2026
What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if they knew, without looking it up, or being told–what if they knew that you were here, again, a vote of trust and confidence. Returning home is one of the oldest human desires. It’s a...
WHAT'S ANU
25.5 ASPIRATIONAL HUMANITY
Soulfulness as luxury
7th May 2025
Haterade
Introducing: Flucker
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
26th Oct 2025
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
Marian's Blog
How to build a Lego Portal Gun
Resources:
Parts: list, Rebrickable CSV, Bricklink XML
Model: LDR, 3DS
Build this MOC on...
30th Apr 2014
Resources:
Parts: list, Rebrickable CSV, Bricklink XML
Model: LDR, 3DS
Build this MOC on Rebrickable
Instructions:
...
Anarchy Unfolds
Thinking is being outsourced
Green Gatherings #2 - Climate & energy, mind & body, AI & tech
28th Jun 2025
Green Gatherings #2 - Climate & energy, mind & body, AI & tech
Not Boring by Packy...
Raising a Special Little AI
The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
3rd Feb 2026
The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
escape the algorithm
Enter the gift interface
An archive of generosity
11th Jun 2025
Prolost
Virtual NAB at C4DLive
TLDR;
Hi!
C4DLive is happening this week! Already!
Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April...
20th Apr 2020
TLDR;
Hi!
C4DLive is happening this week! Already!
Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April 23! Ask questions!
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Batik on Paper
Batik is a fun, dynamic way of creating bold and beautiful designs on cloth but did you know batik...
3rd Jul 2024
Batik is a fun, dynamic way of creating bold and beautiful designs on cloth but did you know batik can be made on paper too? We used some Tej Prakrtika paper (as well as testing some others) to create a colourful, abstract batik.
You'll find lots more batik projects here.
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