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...
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...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: 2025 Round Up!
At the end of each Meet the Maker post, we ask our makers to share their advice and words of...
1st Jan 2026
At the end of each Meet the Maker post, we ask our makers to share their advice and words of encouragement for fellow creatives. Read through our 2025 round-up and gather some inspiration for the new year ahead!
Julia Triay
Embrace how long the linocutting process is. I...
Handprinted - Blog
Printing with Heat Stamps
If you haven’t tried printing with Heat Stamps yet, this is your new project. It’s really quick to...
7th Nov 2023
If you haven’t tried printing with Heat Stamps yet, this is your new project. It’s really quick to create a unique block that can be reused again and again to create different textures and patterns.
All you need is a heat gun and a variety of objects and surfaces to create your...
The Last...
Who Bullies The Bullies?
but they're welcome to buy an iphone
Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic,...
3rd May 2014
but they're welcome to buy an iphone
Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic, but it's Pacific. Totally different. So unlike The Atlantic, it will "attack the conventional wisdom from a west coast perspective." That's a quote. "But didn't the editors come from...
The Great Discontent...
Yashas Mitta
Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for...
30th Nov 2023
Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for much of his life, and his path from Bangalore, India to New York City has been a winding one driven by sheer stubbornness and a keen instinct for creating community wherever he goes....
Haterade
Introducing: Flucker
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
26th Oct 2025
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker - Angela Hall
My name is Angela Hall, I’m an artist and silkscreen printer based in North Yorkshire, and I have...
3rd Apr 2024
My name is Angela Hall, I’m an artist and silkscreen printer based in North Yorkshire, and I have been making and selling my limited-edition prints for the last 5 years from my studio, specialised print events and regional galleries.
My creative journey started with a degree in...
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...
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
Open Culture
Stream Online Monty Python and the Holy Grail Free on Its 50th Anniversary
This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life...
1st May 2025
This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life could have been like before it. The fiftieth anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which premiered in April of 1975, has inspired similar reflection among comedy...
Haterade
Homemade Pasta Is Easy When You Have Three Hands
The Haterade Mailbag returns against all odds and most wishes.
7th Oct 2024
The Haterade Mailbag returns against all odds and most wishes.
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
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?
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
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #126
Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg,...
10th Jan 2025
Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg, Telepathy Tapes x Jesse Michels
Anarchy Unfolds
Is Sexual Orientation Obsolete?
Not yet, but maybe it can (and should) be soon
13th Jul 2024
Not yet, but maybe it can (and should) be soon
Blog - Mac Pierce
10 Billion Minus 1 - Making a 10 digit 7 segment display for Lovepop
The process and steps of making a multi-digit display.
9th Jun 2019
The process and steps of making a multi-digit display.
cabel.com
The Snacks & Cereals of 2025
Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies,...
21st Apr 2026
Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies, cereals, and assorted garbage I found in the wild during 2025!! Last year, we started a new (temporary?) Panic tradition — at the very end of our Monday status meeting, I run...
escape the algorithm
Making music from death row
“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay...
17th Jul 2026
“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.”
Anarchy Unfolds
What do you see when you look past death?
“When the pagan looks at the very core of the cosmos he is struck cold.”
14th Sep 2025
“When the pagan looks at the very core of the cosmos he is struck cold.”
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...
escape the algorithm
Announcing the Escape the Algorithm ᵐⁱᶜʳᵒsupporter Program
Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
5th Feb 2025
Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
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...
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?
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.
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...
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: YouTube Communism
Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
1st Feb 2026
Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
Marian's Blog
Computer Vision and Robotics Demo with Raspberry Pi
This spring, I spent some time at SAP’s commercial hackerspace. I wanted to explore how computer...
2nd Jul 2016
This spring, I spent some time at SAP’s commercial hackerspace. I wanted to explore how computer vision can be used with embedded devices and robotics. I built a demo that can detect QR codes and similar symbols and point a laser at them. Possible applications of this are putting...
Neocha – Culture &...
Reflections on Urban Isolation
16th Jul 2024
escape the algorithm
A complete guide to pretending you saw the total solar eclipse
I cannot relate to you
8th Apr 2024
Blog - Mac Pierce
Fort Emplacements and FDM: making Castle Doctrine
How I made Castle Doctrine, a 1:1 scale fully 3D-Printed American
Revolutionary War era cannon.
23rd Jan 2023
How I made Castle Doctrine, a 1:1 scale fully 3D-Printed American
Revolutionary War era cannon.
On the Arts
The Necrologs of Bulgaria
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
2nd Aug 2023
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
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
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 […]
Marian's Blog
Agent V – Global Game Jam 2018 Project
This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists,...
4th Feb 2018
This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists, programmers and a sound designer, we made a video game within 48 hours. You play the game as a virus that infiltrates a company’s headquarters. The virus can not move on its own, it...
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.
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
Meet the Maker Round-Up 2024!
It has been another incredible year of printmaking inspiration. We've put together a round-up of all...
12th Dec 2024
It has been another incredible year of printmaking inspiration. We've put together a round-up of all our fantastic Meet the Maker artists from 2024, alongside their advice or inspiration for other printmakers. Read through for a wholesome dose of printmaking magic, and click...
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
escape the algorithm
Anti-viral with Hallie Bateman
"People didn’t want the nicer thing. They wanted the $25 print they can tape to the wall."
5th Mar 2026
"People didn’t want the nicer thing. They wanted the $25 print they can tape to the wall."
cabel.com
Ramblin’ Rod
Long ago, I was in the studio audience of a local PDX TV kids show called Ramblin’ Rod. “Local kids...
12th Jun 2025
Long ago, I was in the studio audience of a local PDX TV kids show called Ramblin’ Rod. “Local kids show” is a format that is completely lost to time, which is pretty wild, because it was such a thing. Think Krusty the Clown — kids sitting in a studio, a goofball host, time...
Marian's Blog
3D Printed Mechanical Digital Clock
This post is about building a 3D printed, mechanical digital clock, made out of seven-segment...
6th Apr 2025
This post is about building a 3D printed, mechanical digital clock, made out of seven-segment displays.
The project was inspired by a video by Lukas Deem, who built a clock with seven-segment displays where the segments slide in and out when they change their state.
In his...
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...
Marian's Blog
Generating 3D roof meshes from aerial LIDAR data
This is my graduation project I did in computer science. The goal was to come up with a method to...
2nd Jan 2018
This is my graduation project I did in computer science. The goal was to come up with a method to generate 3D meshes of building roofs from point cloud data. The point cloud data was taken with aerial LIDAR scanners and is available online. In addition, I used building layout...
WHAT'S ANU
🟢 TREND RADAR #19 :: NATURE DRIVERS
Adaptation under pressure
8th Jul 2026
Adaptation under pressure
WHAT'S ANU
🟣 TREND RADAR #13 :: HUMAN DRIVERS
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
10th Feb 2026
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
Marian's Blog
Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape...
2nd Feb 2020
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations", which I co-authored with Matthias Fey.
While the paper focuses on the theoretical aspects, I'll provide a higher level explanation and and some visualizations...
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...
Marian's Blog
ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so...
22nd Jul 2018
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so far.
It's a model of ESA's ExoMars rover.
You can have a closer look at the model on Sketchfab:
There is also a download option on Sketchfab so you can get the original .blend file and...
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.
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 –...
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.
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Angela Chalmers
Hi, my name is Angela Chalmers. I am a visual artist living in North Yorkshire. I work with...
5th Mar 2025
Hi, my name is Angela Chalmers. I am a visual artist living in North Yorkshire. I work with cameraless photography techniques and the cyanotype process producing 2D and 3D artworks on paper and textiles. Cyanotype dates from the early days of photography and produces beautiful...
Ánh
Navigating the chaos
That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Generating The Alphabet
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser...
13th Mar 2024
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser based art work, using a “web safe” font could produce inconsistent results, while including a font file would mean a large file size. Additionally, I don’t want a visual element of...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Back into the FE-AL: Iron Pour at Sculpture Trails Indiana
In which I detail the process of making a cannonball by participating at a
very unique iron...
10th Dec 2022
In which I detail the process of making a cannonball by participating at a
very unique iron casting event.
Seth's Blog
Every tactic…
Has a strategy behind it. Often unsaid, undiscussed and hidden. It’s easier to simply play with the...
1st May 2025
Has a strategy behind it. Often unsaid, undiscussed and hidden. It’s easier to simply play with the tactic of the moment. Tell me what your tactic is trying to accomplish and I’ll be halfway to understanding what your strategy is. But it makes a lot more sense to announce your...
WHAT'S ANU
🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
3rd Aug 2026
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
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...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Ieuan Edwards
I’m a linocut printmaker and illustrator based in Broadstairs on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, which...
5th Apr 2023
I’m a linocut printmaker and illustrator based in Broadstairs on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, which is home to a good few other lino folks and a thriving and supportive art scene in general.
Describe your printmaking process.
I tend to print fairly small runs of reduction linocut...
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...
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
WHAT'S ANU
25.9 CHARISMA CAPITAL
Rizz is the new intelligence
4th Aug 2025
Rizz is the new intelligence
The Last...
Hunger Games Catching Fire: Badass Body Count
sorry old man, I have a dress fitting to go to
Number of people killed: 15
Number of...
1st Dec 2013
sorry old man, I have a dress fitting to go to
Number of people killed: 15
Number of people Katniss kills: 1
Number of times she is saved by someone else: 6
Number of times she saves someone else: 0
But boy oh boy, wasn't she spectacular at practice, 9 targets in 30...
Seth's Blog
The 77% threshold
When the gas car was first introduced, it couldn’t compete with horses. After all, we’d had...
1st Jun 2023
When the gas car was first introduced, it couldn’t compete with horses. After all, we’d had thousands of years to optimize our systems around horseback, and this new technology was still nascent. Roads were rare, gas stations were scarce and the cars themselves were unreliable....
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Pia Bramley
I’m an artist, illustrator and printmaker. Having left London after a decade of city life I now live...
4th Oct 2023
I’m an artist, illustrator and printmaker. Having left London after a decade of city life I now live and work in The New Forest, squeezing in drawing and printing around caring for a three year old.
How and where did you learn to print?
I did my foundation at KIAD (formerly...
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...
Seth's Blog
More trouble than it’s worth
This is the hallmark of projects that turn out to be worth doing. The trouble might be a symptom...
1st Feb 2026
This is the hallmark of projects that turn out to be worth doing. The trouble might be a symptom that we’re onto something that others don’t care enough to do. And the things that are obviously worth doing are probably already being done.
Ánh
Nháp
Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
20th May 2026
Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
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
Lego Part Designer
I made a web app that lets you design your own Lego Technic parts and save them as printable STL...
1st May 2019
I made a web app that lets you design your own Lego Technic parts and save them as printable STL files.
You can check it out here.
I got the idea for this project when I was building with Lego parts and wondered how many of the common parts can be described with a simple rule...
WHAT'S ANU
🔵 TREND RADAR #16 :: TECH DRIVERS
Takes on Taste, AI's Branding Crisis & Futurism vs. Nostalgia
1st Apr 2026
Takes on Taste, AI's Branding Crisis & Futurism vs. Nostalgia
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.
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.
Blog - Mac Pierce
The making of A Scanner Darkly
How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using
spotlights in the...
2nd Aug 2021
How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using
spotlights in the shape of security cameras.
The Great Discontent...
Rafael Espinal
Rafael Espinal was just 26 when he became an elected official. For the next 10 years, he worked...
9th Oct 2024
Rafael Espinal was just 26 when he became an elected official. For the next 10 years, he worked within the halls of government, first as a New York State Assemblymember and then as a New York City Councilmember, advocating for artists, independent workers, and underserved...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Playing dice: Randomness, determinism and the quantum world
What’s the difference between unexpected, random and chaotic? Does the
universe contain any truly...
3rd Oct 2022
What’s the difference between unexpected, random and chaotic? Does the
universe contain any truly random events, or is it operating like
clockwork, ticking from one event to the next?
Blog - Amy Goodchild
AI Generations: ChatGPT-3 vs ChatGPT-4 on Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings
I asked GPT-3 & GPT-4 to follow instructions to create drawings in p5js and
compared the results
16th Mar 2023
I asked GPT-3 & GPT-4 to follow instructions to create drawings in p5js and
compared the results
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?
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall
I'm Sam Marshall, an artist, printmaker, author and creative coach based in rural Northamptonshire....
9th Jul 2026
I'm Sam Marshall, an artist, printmaker, author and creative coach based in rural Northamptonshire. My work centres around drawing and printmaking, particularly linocut and etching, and alongside my own practice I teach workshops both from my studio and online to students around...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker - Rebecca Perdue
Hello! I'm Rebecca Perdue. I am a printmaker and artist based in a small garden studio in Wiltshire....
7th Mar 2024
Hello! I'm Rebecca Perdue. I am a printmaker and artist based in a small garden studio in Wiltshire. I work primarily in linocut and monoprint, but also paint and make occasional silver jewellery pieces and textiles. I'm very interested in linking work across several...
Prolost
Apple’s “EDR” Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays
Was it worth buying a Pro Display XDR just for this joke? Yes.
Apple caused quite a stir with the...
4th Dec 2020
Was it worth buying a Pro Display XDR just for this joke? Yes.
Apple caused quite a stir with the announcement of their Pro Display XDR, a High Dynamic Range display that occupies a convoluted space in the market. It seeks to be both a Very Nice Computer Display, and a reference...
Open Culture
When a Drunken Charles Bukowski Walked Off the Prestigious French Talk Show Apostrophes (1978)
Charles Bukowski didn’t do TV — or at least he didn’t do American TV. Like a Hollywood movie star...
3rd Jun 2024
Charles Bukowski didn’t do TV — or at least he didn’t do American TV. Like a Hollywood movie star shooting a Japanese commercial, he did make an exception for a gig abroad. It happened in 1978, when the poet received an invitation from the popular French literary talk...
Not Boring by Packy...
Bad Analogies
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
2nd Apr 2026
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
Haterade
RECIPE: The Cucumber Shark
Harvey Rosen's gift to the world
11th Jan 2024
Harvey Rosen's gift to the world
Seth's Blog
The lazy jugglers
The best jugglers don’t seem to be trying very hard. That’s because they understand what the work...
1st Jul 2024
The best jugglers don’t seem to be trying very hard. That’s because they understand what the work involves, and they don’t confuse effort with results. Some approaches to keep in mind: Focus on the work at hand Don’t take on more than you can handle Establish a spec, and ignore...
John Reynolds -...
Mammoth Life - Wanna Be Loved
Music Video
Title: Wanna Be LovedArtist: Mammoth LifeYear: 2014
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30th Aug 2017
Music Video
Title: Wanna Be LovedArtist: Mammoth LifeYear: 2014
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Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links "Toxic optimisation" edition
1. Your job is making you anxious. ChatGPT isn't helping
If 21st-century capitalism has one central...
3rd Nov 2025
1. Your job is making you anxious. ChatGPT isn't helping
If 21st-century capitalism has one central tenet, it's that innovation rules and disruption drives progress. And generative AI is one of the most disruptive innovations of our lifetime. Which is why, as Morra Aarons-Mele...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
Open Culture
What Makes Picasso’s Guernica a Great Painting?: Explore the Anti-Fascist Mural That Became a...
A painting is not thought out and settled in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s...
1st Sep 2025
A painting is not thought out and settled in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it goes on changing, according to the state of mind of whoever is looking at it. — Pablo Picasso In a famous story about Guernica, Pablo...
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!
Buy Cinema 4D, Get Red Giant Complete for 50% Off
Red Giant Complete is free for students and teachers
TGNTR;
If it weren’t for COVID-19, the newly-combined...
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...
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #209
World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
2 weeks ago
World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
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...
Haterade
Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here?
A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
A treatise on restaurant design.
Haterade
Divorce Licorice
Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
3rd Jun 2023
Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
Blog - Mac Pierce
USB C to 12vDC Adaptors for Camera gear
Making converters to power all of my camera accessories off of USB-C
2nd Feb 2021
Making converters to power all of my camera accessories off of USB-C
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?
Infinite Scroll
JOB - A theatrical review
A Broadway play about Content Moderation
1st Nov 2024
A Broadway play about Content Moderation
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Rachael Haggerty
Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly...
3rd May 2023
Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly print in monochrome or bright primary colours. My work celebrates family life, nature and the local area.
Describe your printmaking process.
I normally sketch out a composition...
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...
Haterade
Introducing: Barbecue Running Gel
It's time to smoke the competition.
29th Feb 2024
It's time to smoke the competition.
escape the algorithm
love letters to places i'll never meet
a spooky digital seance
1st Nov 2023
Prolost
New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro
My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my...
14th Nov 2019
My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my fascination with this on-device development environment has been rekindled thanks to a new app called ToolBox Pro.
ToolBox Pro is a free iOS/iPadOS app that adds powerful new actions...
WHAT'S ANU
25.10 HUMANWASHING
Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
11th Dec 2025
Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
Prolost
Slugline 2
From the Slugline Blog:
Slugline 2 is a new app that replaces the old Slugline for Mac. It has a...
6th May 2020
From the Slugline Blog:
Slugline 2 is a new app that replaces the old Slugline for Mac. It has a slick new UI, which includes a lovely dark mode. Big new features include: a drag-and-drop outline, an awesome new timeline, color-coded notes, Final Draft import/export, and Live...
The Last...
The Dove Sketches Beauty Scam
the only way to win is not to play
"Dude, are you doing the Dove ad now? That was so April...
8th May 2013
the only way to win is not to play
"Dude, are you doing the Dove ad now? That was so April 15th...?" Yes, I realize I missed the meme train, but it's better to be right than part of the debate, especially when there is no debate, this is all a short con inside a 50+ year long...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Curved Line Jellyfish
I had pictured something quite bold, graphical and geometric but I ended
with gradients and...
22nd Mar 2021
I had pictured something quite bold, graphical and geometric but I ended
with gradients and floatiness.
Open Culture
Martin Mull (RIP) Satirically Interviews a Young Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Night (1977)
These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under...
1st Jul 2024
These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under the age of 60 recalls, for example, the cultural phenomenon that was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, an absurdist satire so faithful to the soap-opera form it parodied that it aired...
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...
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.
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.
Ian Betteridge
The worst of us
Credit where it's due. Anthropic's system card for Claude Mythos Preview is a genuinely interesting...
7th Apr 2026
Credit where it's due. Anthropic's system card for Claude Mythos Preview is a genuinely interesting and thoughtful document. Most AI companies publish safety evaluations the way governments publish freedom of information responses. They're technically compliant but strategically...
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...
escape the algorithm
Should this be a map or 500 maps?
500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale
11th Jun 2024
500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale
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
Befriending neighbors and beneighboring friends
The Casement Window Theory of community building
1st Aug 2024
The Casement Window Theory of community building
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.
Haterade
All Soda Yearns to Be Red
A selective history of the “suicide”
28th Jul 2026
A selective history of the “suicide”
Stat Significant
Do Actors Get Better With Age? A Statistical Analysis
How does an actor's age influence critical acclaim, commercial success, and casting opportunity?
3rd Sep 2025
How does an actor's age influence critical acclaim, commercial success, and casting opportunity?
Haterade
The Cinnamon Gum Olympics
Haterade is a newsletter for bus drivers and looksmaxxers.
23rd Mar 2026
Haterade is a newsletter for bus drivers and looksmaxxers.
Blog - Mac Pierce
Enclosing a Prusa MK3, or how to completely overbuild an Octopi setup.
Overbuilding a Prusa enclosure
10th Oct 2019
Overbuilding a Prusa enclosure
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...
Stat Significant
What Makes a Song Catchy? A Statistical Analysis
Is there a scientific formula for catchy songs?
1st Jul 2026
Is there a scientific formula for catchy songs?
Handprinted - Blog
Meet The Maker: Lorna Rose
Hello, I’m Lorna, a self-taught artist working with printmaking and collage based in Devon,...
3rd Sep 2025
Hello, I’m Lorna, a self-taught artist working with printmaking and collage based in Devon, Southwest England. Themes of movement, how we inhabit and speak into public and domestic spaces are threads which regularly run through my work. My wider practice uses creativity as a...
Seth's Blog
1981 time machine
If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the...
1st Jan 2026
If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the haircuts. Except you’d quickly notice that there were no personal computers and no smart phones. That for seven or ten hours a day, every day, people were interacting in real life,...
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?
Seth's Blog
Versions of reality
A sea slug sees far more colors than you do, and you probably see more than a profoundly color-blind...
1st Jul 2025
A sea slug sees far more colors than you do, and you probably see more than a profoundly color-blind person. Who’s right? We each carry our own version of reality, our own story about what happened, what’s around us and how things work. Our chosen reality serves two useful...
Ánh
Product contentment
Joyful consumerism.
19th Jul 2026
WHAT'S ANU
2025 MIDYEAR MACROTREND UPDATE
+ Paid perks
1st Jul 2025
Handprinted - Blog
Carving and Printing a Simple Wood Engraving
Wood engraving is a relief technique using fine tools to carve intricate designs into the end-grain...
3rd Jun 2026
Wood engraving is a relief technique using fine tools to carve intricate designs into the end-grain of dense hardwoods like boxwood. Gorgeously fine details can be achieved. We now have a brand new range of tools and materials available to buy in our shop, plus a lovely selection...
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
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...
Prolost
Introducing Prolost Beta
Prolost Beta is a new subscription offering on the Prolost Store. It's an occasional email from me...
17th Sep 2020
Prolost Beta is a new subscription offering on the Prolost Store. It's an occasional email from me containing a download or a link to something cool I'm working on, that's not quite ready to become a product yet. Or maybe ever. This will most often be Lightroom presets or...
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.
Haterade
It's Okay to Be a Mediocre Cook
The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
30th Sep 2023
The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
Seth's Blog
Rehearsing emotional state
If you walk into the Parthenon or paddle at dawn on Joe Lake, it’s easy to feel a sense of wonder....
1st Dec 2025
If you walk into the Parthenon or paddle at dawn on Joe Lake, it’s easy to feel a sense of wonder. And waiting in a long line for an important flight can trigger frustration. But much of the time, our state is automatic. What’s your default? Satisfied, bitter, anxious, sad,...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Loading, please wait... Starting the 1A2A3D project.
Starting out on a project looking at the first amendment, second amendment,
and 3-D printing.
2nd Sep 2020
Starting out on a project looking at the first amendment, second amendment,
and 3-D printing.
Handprinted - Blog
Staining a Block with Sumi Ink
When carving traditional lino it can be difficult to see your lines. Staining the block first can...
6th Nov 2025
When carving traditional lino it can be difficult to see your lines. Staining the block first can enable you to have more visibility, and therefore a more accurate design. Sumi Ink is a great option for block staining, and it's simple and quick.
Brush some Sumi ink onto your...
Prolost
Lightroom Adds Video Color Editing, with Prolost Presets
From the Lightroom Blog:
The same edit controls that you already use to make your photography shine...
15th Jun 2022
From the Lightroom Blog:
The same edit controls that you already use to make your photography shine can now be used with your videos as well! Not only can you use Lightroom’s editing capabilities to make your video clips look their best, you can also copy and paste edit settings...
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
Prolost
What I Want to Do in Apple Vision Pro
Still frame from Hello! by Goro Fujita, created in VR using Quill
Today’s the day to pre-order Apple...
19th Jan 2024
Still frame from Hello! by Goro Fujita, created in VR using Quill
Today’s the day to pre-order Apple Vision Pro, Apple’s first “spatial computing” device. It’s an expensive VR headset that either represents an opportunity to beta-test the future, or double down on past failings...
Ánh
Design about design
So big and terrifying.
28th Dec 2025
Stat Significant
Why Do People Hate Creed So Much? A Statistical Analysis
How did Creed become "The World's Most Hated Band"?
6th Aug 2025
How did Creed become "The World's Most Hated Band"?
WHAT'S ANU
25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST
Forever young
9th Jun 2025
WHAT'S ANU
🟠 TREND RADAR #18 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS
Youth Rebellion, The Realness Premium & Recentering Taste
4th Jun 2026
Youth Rebellion, The Realness Premium & Recentering Taste
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...
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #130
CT-179, Deep Research, NanoCas, Replit Agent, Go Birds
7th Feb 2025
CT-179, Deep Research, NanoCas, Replit Agent, Go Birds
Haterade
Thoroughly Modern Mämmi
Bake off your sparge water for this finicky Finnish dessert
27th Aug 2022
Bake off your sparge water for this finicky Finnish dessert
The Great Discontent...
Luke Zahm
“Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the...
27th Mar 2024
“Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the ethos of Luke Zahm. The James Beard-nominated chef, host of the hit PBS show Wisconsin Foodie, and owner of the widely acclaimed Driftless Café in Viroqua, Wisconsin, believes food...
escape the algorithm
So you want to escape the algorithm
A primer
16th Jan 2025
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,...
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...
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.
Stat Significant
The Rise and Fall of TV Sitcoms: A Statistical Analysis
The decline of the sitcom: from mainstream television staple to nostalgic relic.
18th Jun 2025
The decline of the sitcom: from mainstream television staple to nostalgic relic.
Handprinted - Blog
Making a Stamp with Japanese Transparent Stamp Carving Block
This new Japanese Transparent Stamp Carving Block enables you to carve your design and bake it in...
3rd Nov 2022
This new Japanese Transparent Stamp Carving Block enables you to carve your design and bake it in the oven until it appears clear. Clear stamps are so handy as they let you see where you’re printing! This is great for repeat patterns, accurate registration, multi-colour designs...
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...
Seth's Blog
Stopping a runaway train
It feels urgent because it is. But by the time the train is running away, it might be too late. The...
1st Aug 2024
It feels urgent because it is. But by the time the train is running away, it might be too late. The better strategy is to not sign up for trains that are likely to run away. The first principle of risk reduction is to figure out if you can stop it later. If you can’t, […]
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: MrBeast Games The System
Plus! A Momfluencer Horror Story and an Important Orca Update
2nd Dec 2024
Plus! A Momfluencer Horror Story and an Important Orca Update
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
Hall of Impossible...
The x86 Inferno - A Descent into Advent of Code
16th Dec 2025
Stat Significant
How Long Does Music Stardom Last? A Statistical Analysis
When do music stars achieve fame, and how long does fame typically last?
7th Aug 2024
When do music stars achieve fame, and how long does fame typically last?
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...
Marian's Blog
Quadcopter Lightpainting
Die Fotos wurden mit einem beleuchteten Quadrocopter, einem Stativ und 15 Sekunden Belichtung...
7th Oct 2013
Die Fotos wurden mit einem beleuchteten Quadrocopter, einem Stativ und 15 Sekunden Belichtung aufgenommen.
Bei diesen Fotos stimmte die Einstellung noch nicht, sodass sie zu dunkel sind:
...
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...
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: We're Back!
An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
1st Jul 2026
An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
Haterade
Tastes Like Cancer
(And potato salad.)
21st Jul 2025
Anarchy Unfolds
Poetry in Pieces
Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
5th Jul 2026
Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
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
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...
Marian's Blog
Infinite procedurally generated city with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm
This is a game where you walk through an infinite city that is procedurally generated as you...
6th Jan 2019
This is a game where you walk through an infinite city that is procedurally generated as you walk.
It is generated from a set of blocks with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm.
You can download a playable build of the game on itch.io and you can get the source code on...
The Great Discontent...
Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor
When Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor came up with the idea for Ear Hustle, the podcast they’ve hosted...
10th May 2024
When Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor came up with the idea for Ear Hustle, the podcast they’ve hosted together since 2017, Earlonne was serving a prison sentence of 31 years to life—the result of California’s three-strikes law. The two met at San Quentin State Prison where Nigel, a...
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...
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
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 - 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...
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...
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?
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Doom and Gloom
Ben Shapiro's downfall, Salary Fights, and a fascinating movie trend
8th May 2026
Ben Shapiro's downfall, Salary Fights, and a fascinating movie trend
Hall of Impossible...
Book Review - The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poet's Craft Book (1936 Edition)
11th Oct 2024
Prolost
Magic Bullet Suite 14 and Trapcode Suite 16
It’s a big day at Maxon/Red Giant! We’re releasing huge updates to Magic Bullet and Trapcode...
17th Nov 2020
It’s a big day at Maxon/Red Giant! We’re releasing huge updates to Magic Bullet and Trapcode Suites.
Trapcode Particular continues to embody our ethos of power and ease-of-use, with a completely modernized simulation engine that allows particles to behave more naturally, with...
Stat Significant
Is Music Stardom in Decline? A Statistical Analysis
Is music stardom dying?
6th Nov 2024
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,...
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #125
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
20th Dec 2024
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p5.js on Squarespace - The Basics
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A quick guide on how to get p5.js guides working on Squarespace.
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Meet the Maker: Nicole Revy
I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create...
1st Apr 2026
I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create narrative-driven prints about femininity and women’s connection to nature. Using one-colour and reduction linoprint, my illustrative work blends story, symbolism, and soul to evoke intuition...
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New years bring resolutions, but those resolutions rarely stick. Creating change is difficult, and...
1st Jan 2025
New years bring resolutions, but those resolutions rarely stick. Creating change is difficult, and it’s hard to do it alone. New years remind us that we might need a better strategy. A philosophy of becoming, a clear vision on where we’re going (and why). Here’s an invitation to...
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Randi Zuckerberg Thinks We Should Untangle Our Wired Lives
how hard could it be, none of those circles are actually connected
Randi Zuckerberg is...
25th Jan 2014
how hard could it be, none of those circles are actually connected
Randi Zuckerberg is CEO of Zuckerberg Media, which, according to its 10-K, is an iphone. If you have no idea who she is, and you shouldn't, then the answer to your one and only question is yes.
In her...
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