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
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...
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?
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....
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...
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...
Anarchy Unfolds
March '24 Myths & Recs
Sleep deprivation, Kim Petras, the Anthropocene, and more
23rd Mar 2024
Sleep deprivation, Kim Petras, the Anthropocene, and more
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...
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...
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
Anarchy Unfolds
The rich don't have authority
On the myth of power and money
1st Feb 2025
On the myth of power and money
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
Haterade
Tastes Like Cancer
(And potato salad.)
21st Jul 2025
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
Anarchy Unfolds
We Don't Need Conspiracies
The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
12th Jan 2025
The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
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...
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...
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
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...
Ánh
Nháp
Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
20th May 2026
Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
Blog - Mac Pierce
p5.js on Squarespace - The Basics
A quick guide on how to get p5.js guides working on Squarespace.
2nd Mar 2022
A quick guide on how to get p5.js guides working on Squarespace.
WHAT'S ANU
25.9 CHARISMA CAPITAL
Rizz is the new intelligence
4th Aug 2025
Rizz is the new intelligence
escape the algorithm
Foreskin’s Comment
What a Billie Eilish Youtube comment diarist can teach us about forging meaningful online rituals
1st Aug 2023
What a Billie Eilish Youtube comment diarist can teach us about forging meaningful online rituals
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...
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...
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...
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.
Haterade
The Haterade Test Kitchen Makes Depression Tots™
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
4th Jun 2022
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
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...
WHAT'S ANU
25.5 ASPIRATIONAL HUMANITY
Soulfulness as luxury
7th May 2025
Seth's Blog
A persistent sense of being correctly located in time
Word salad is actually nutritious when consumed in small amounts. Placebos are real, they’re...
1st Apr 2026
Word salad is actually nutritious when consumed in small amounts. Placebos are real, they’re effective and they often help us find solace or perhaps to heal. If they do no harm, there’s no problem. “Placebo” isn’t an insult. It’s a category, one to live up to and improve. Here’s...
escape the algorithm
love letters to places i'll never meet
a spooky digital seance
1st Nov 2023
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,...
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
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
Prolost
Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020
You May Have Seen This Image Before.
In The DV Rebel’s Guide, I used this still frame as an example...
31st Jul 2020
You May Have Seen This Image Before.
In The DV Rebel’s Guide, I used this still frame as an example of guerrilla filmmaking taken too far. Which may also be an apt description of the entire film from which it was taken.
In the summer of 1992, while I was home in Minnesota between...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Haterade
Introducing: Flucker
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
26th Oct 2025
Ruin your Vitamix with xanthan gum
Handprinted - Blog
Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric
Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you...
4th Jun 2025
Block printing onto fabric is such a fun way to create your own designs. Jigsaw printing allows you to carve just one block to print a multi-coloured design. By cutting our carved block into jigsaw pieces we can ink them up separately and print onto the fabric, knowing they'll...
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...
Infinite Scroll
Midweek Scroll: Some very unfortunate AI news
Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
3rd Jun 2026
Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
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...
Rectangle
Coming soon
A newsletter about rectangles, but mostly design.
12th Dec 2022
A newsletter about rectangles, but mostly design.
Stat Significant
Is Music Stardom in Decline? A Statistical Analysis
Is music stardom dying?
6th Nov 2024
Handprinted - Blog
Screen Printing a Repeat Pattern
Printing a length of your own designed fabric is so exciting but most of us do not have the luxury...
2nd Feb 2023
Printing a length of your own designed fabric is so exciting but most of us do not have the luxury of a fabric registration table. Here's an easy step by step guide to printing a repeat pattern on a length of fabric using an A4 43T screen.
Draw the design motifs onto...
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, "the wrong timeline" edition
1. Data sovereignty as a global issue
You are probably already aware of the EU’s (slow) moves...
13th Jul 2025
1. Data sovereignty as a global issue
You are probably already aware of the EU’s (slow) moves promoting data sovereignty, and of course China’s efforts to ensure it has independence from western tech. But they aren’t the only parts of the world worried about
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...
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Hazel McNab
Hi I’m Hazel, I live in Cornwall. I moved down just before Covid, very lucky me! And spent lockdown...
6th Sep 2023
Hi I’m Hazel, I live in Cornwall. I moved down just before Covid, very lucky me! And spent lockdown cutting Cornish Landscapes and really getting into my printing. My background is Fashion and Textiles, St Martins School of Art and I think my love of pattern shows in my...
escape the algorithm
A complete guide to pretending you saw the total solar eclipse
I cannot relate to you
8th Apr 2024
Seth's Blog
Confusion and certainty
When facing a complex problem, it’s easy to become confused. Lately, it’s become socially acceptable...
1st Oct 2023
When facing a complex problem, it’s easy to become confused. Lately, it’s become socially acceptable to express your confusion with certainty. Untrained in the field, make a pronouncement that makes it clear that you have not just an understanding of what’s going on, but also...
Rectangle
The Linear effect
Is everything looking the same?
10th Jan 2023
Is everything looking the same?
Ánh
Design about design
So big and terrifying.
28th Dec 2025
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....
Anarchy Unfolds
Not today, pink elephants of doom
Blue Bulletin #1
13th Apr 2025
The Great Discontent...
Mira Nakashima
In 1970, Mira Nakashima joined the family business run by her father, renowned furniture designer...
21st Feb 2024
In 1970, Mira Nakashima joined the family business run by her father, renowned furniture designer and craftsman George Nakashima. Since his death in 1990, Mira has helmed Nakashima Woodworkers, now a 21-building complex and National Historic Landmark nestled among the trees in...
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, Jazz-hands Edition
1. The problem with cloud services is who owns them
Ahh, the cloud. Or, as we used to call it, The...
19th Oct 2025
1. The problem with cloud services is who owns them
Ahh, the cloud. Or, as we used to call it, The Cloud.
The cloud was the future! Apps were all going to be in the cloud! Clients would be thin! Everyone would use a Chromebook! Everything which could possibly have
Seth's Blog
The question book
In the old days, companies had a suggestion box. It was immortalized in cartoons, but the idea that...
1st Mar 2024
In the old days, companies had a suggestion box. It was immortalized in cartoons, but the idea that an employee could anonymously submit a suggestion to make things better is a first step in engagement. Some companies took this much further and paid employees for suggestions that...
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.
Not Boring by Packy...
Means and Meaning
We have the technology. Cool, now what?
29th Jul 2025
We have the technology. Cool, now what?
Seth's Blog
Actionable feedback
“Do you want to know what I think?” The best answer might be, “no.” Because this person is not very...
1st Jul 2023
“Do you want to know what I think?” The best answer might be, “no.” Because this person is not very good at offering useful feedback. Because you didn’t create this product or service or performance to please this person. They’re not the customer. Because you’re not going to...
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
WHAT'S ANU
🟣 TREND RADAR #13 :: HUMAN DRIVERS
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
10th Feb 2026
Cassette Cafes & Spiritual Raves
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?
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...
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.
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
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...
WHAT'S ANU
🟢 TREND RADAR #19 :: NATURE DRIVERS
Adaptation under pressure
8th Jul 2026
Adaptation under pressure
Haterade
Turns Out, Nobody Needs A Restaurant Critic
The Haterade diss track
2nd May 2024
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...
Haterade
I Hereby Disqualify Myself from the Olympic Pizza Luge Team
A Very Special Mailbag
5th Jul 2022
Handprinted - Blog
Meet the Maker: Mari Hunt
Mari is an artist and printmaker who lives with her family at the foot of the South Downs in West...
13th May 2026
Mari is an artist and printmaker who lives with her family at the foot of the South Downs in West Sussex. She has no formal art training but has always loved to draw - anything and everything! Her work is bold and distinctive with a vibrant use of colour.
For Mari, everything...
escape the algorithm
Artisinal white noise
Shhhhhhhh
3rd May 2024
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...
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
Apophenia cuts both ways
Apophenia is the uniquely human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or connections in random or...
2 weeks ago
Apophenia is the uniquely human tendency to perceive meaningful patterns or connections in random or unrelated data, events, or objects. Humans are story telling machines. And one thing we do is turn co-incident events into more than coincidences. When we see faces and shapes in...
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...
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.
Not Boring by Packy...
Raising a Special Little AI
The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
3rd Feb 2026
The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
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?
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...
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...
escape the algorithm
Enter the gift interface
An archive of generosity
11th Jun 2025
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.
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.
Ánh
Navigating the chaos
That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
Anarchy Unfolds
Pride, noise, and fear
Sleep deprivation is a social justice and public health issue
7th Sep 2024
Sleep deprivation is a social justice and public health issue
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...
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
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
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...
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...
WHAT'S ANU
25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST
Forever young
9th Jun 2025
cabel.com
Wes Cook and The McDonald’s Mural
This post is about a found mural, a lost artist, and a conference talk. It’s the full story of Wes...
11th Feb 2026
This post is about a found mural, a lost artist, and a conference talk. It’s the full story of Wes Cook and The McDonald’s Mural. Grab a beverage, sit back, relax, and thank you for joining me. Ten years after giving my first talk at XOXO, Andy (Baio) and Andy (McMillan) asked if...
Anarchy Unfolds
What if distraction IS the distraction?
Red Round-up Oct '25
13th Oct 2025
The Last...
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...
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...
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
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?
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.
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, "Cometh the hour, cometh the man-baby" edition
Hi all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
It has been a week dominated by AI. Which is fitting because...
28th Feb 2026
Hi all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
It has been a week dominated by AI. Which is fitting because AI dominated the weeks before it and will dominate the weeks ahead. That’s part of the reason I haven’t written for a
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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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...
Anarchy Unfolds
Harris/Waltz, tenant unions, Bangladesh, UBI
Red Round-up #1
11th Aug 2024
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.
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...
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...
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
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...
Seth's Blog
The paradox of brittle
Optimizing a device or system means squeezing every drop of productivity out of it. In the...
1st Oct 2024
Optimizing a device or system means squeezing every drop of productivity out of it. In the short-run, optimization works as long as the world stays the same. We can optimize a device to work at capacity. However, something working at capacity blows up if you step on the gas when...
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...
The Last...
The Maintenance Of Certification Exam As Fetish
no need to wait for the receipt
(I had reworked an old post for a psychiatry trade journal, which I...
29th Apr 2014
no need to wait for the receipt
(I had reworked an old post for a psychiatry trade journal, which I would happily have linked you to, except that page 2 is behind a login wall. So here is the version I submitted before the editors edited it, slightly longer with more typos. I am...
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?
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
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
PERSONAL UPDATE ❤️🩹
On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
18th Mar 2025
On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
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
Ánh
The craft and the tool
Love the song, hate the artist.
20th May 2025
Love the song, hate the artist.
The Last...
How Does The Shutdown Relate To Me?
is Obama there?
Everyone knows ads are propaganda, but what happens
when you have an ad...
25th Sep 2013
is Obama there?
Everyone knows ads are propaganda, but what happens
when you have an ad for propaganda? While
you sip your first Guinness and try to figure out why China's
government can only ever shut down once, you can ponder this ad:
The
only reason you...
Marian's Blog
Raspberry Pi powered fishtank
My fishtank is now internet-connected. It is run by a Raspberry Pi that can do three things: Feed...
3rd Apr 2015
My fishtank is now internet-connected. It is run by a Raspberry Pi that can do three things: Feed the fish, switch the lights and take pictures.
To feed the fish, the Raspberry Pi sends commands to an automatic fishfeeder that I modified. It can empty any container in any order....
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.
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.
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...
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...
Haterade
Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here?
A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
A treatise on restaurant design.
Prolost
What Does and Doesn’t Matter about Apple Shooting their October Event on iPhone 15 Pro Max
A still from Apple’s “Behind the scenes: An Apple Event shot on iPhone” video
Apple Shot Their...
7th Nov 2023
A still from Apple’s “Behind the scenes: An Apple Event shot on iPhone” video
Apple Shot Their “Scary Fast” October Event Video on iPhones And We Had Feelings
You’re somewhere on the spectrum of occasionally shooting video on your iPhone to a professional-ish video maker with...
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”
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...
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
Seth's Blog
Walk away or dance
AI and LLMs pose a particularly visceral threat to the typing class. Writers, editors, poets,...
1st Sep 2025
AI and LLMs pose a particularly visceral threat to the typing class. Writers, editors, poets, freelancers, marketing copywriters and others are voicing reasonable (and unreasonable) objections to the pace and impact of tools like Claude, Kimi and ChatGPT. I think we have two...
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...
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.
Handprinted - Blog
Collagraph Printing
Collagraphy is a really versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put...
2nd Aug 2023
Collagraphy is a really versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put through a press. Different textures hold varying amounts of ink and print different tones. Anything with a low relief texture can be stuck down and used: wallpaper, leaves, fabrics,...
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
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
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”
Not Boring by Packy...
Bad Analogies
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
2nd Apr 2026
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
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
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.
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Pretty much all I want in life…
… is to make things and then have other people look at those things and be
like “woah, cool”
14th Oct 2021
… is to make things and then have other people look at those things and be
like “woah, cool”
Anarchy Unfolds
You're telling me I won't live forever?
Climate collapse, mortality, cosmic isolation - what's left when you leave the faith
18th May 2025
Climate collapse, mortality, cosmic isolation - what's left when you leave the faith
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...
WHAT'S ANU
TREND RADAR #9
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
6th Nov 2025
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
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 […]
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.
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
Prolost
M1 Max MacBook Pro Long-term Report
The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro
Back in October when I got a...
7th Mar 2022
The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro
Back in October when I got a chance to use a pre-release 14″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max processor, I openly questioned whether this laptop could replace my venerable iMac Pro. Four months later, I’m back with an...
escape the algorithm
Is Substack exaggerating its network effects?
The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?
6th Feb 2024
The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?
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.
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
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links “Life, the UAE, and Everything” Edition
1. Only Cook could go to China
Two hundred and seventy five billion dollars. That’s how much Apple...
18th May 2025
1. Only Cook could go to China
Two hundred and seventy five billion dollars. That’s how much Apple planned to spend in China from 2016-2021, and given the growth of the company and the Chinese economy, it probably actually spent more than that.
At the same time, of
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...
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...
WHAT'S ANU
🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26
+ A Crisis of Fashion
a week ago
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...
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.
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
Ian Betteridge
Self-driving, Tesla and the influence of brand
I've been a Stratechery subscriber since it started and one thing I have noticed about Ben is that...
27th May 2026
I've been a Stratechery subscriber since it started and one thing I have noticed about Ben is that he occasionally gets a little overexcited about stuff that is probably not totally close to his wheelhouse. This is one of those times.
In his opening about Tesla's
Handprinted - Blog
Using Pearl Ex Metallic Pigments to Enhance Screen Prints
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics,...
5th Jun 2024
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics, oils, encaustics and loads more. As printmakers we were keen to see how they could be used in various printmaking applications. We've tested them for relief printing and had some...
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...
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.
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.
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.
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #209
World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
a week ago
World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
escape the algorithm
Anti-viral with Alicia Kennedy
"People just want you to talk about yourself"
2nd Dec 2025
"People just want you to talk about yourself"
Neocha – Culture &...
Reflections on Urban Isolation
16th Jul 2024
escape the algorithm
The New Turing Test
Changing the AI conversation
7th Dec 2023
Changing the AI conversation
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
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...
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
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
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #172
Childhood nutrition, Dell Invests America, Amazon Leo, NASA finds life's building blocks, Levin on...
5th Dec 2025
Childhood nutrition, Dell Invests America, Amazon Leo, NASA finds life's building blocks, Levin on Lex Round 2 + The Thinking Game + Dose Fuel + Hearing Aids
Blog - Mac Pierce
Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap
Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via
facial recognition.
10th Feb 2020
Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via
facial recognition.
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
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...
escape the algorithm
Hrishikesh Hirway is Ready to be Heard
The creator of Song Exploder on releasing an album into the attention economy
13th May 2026
The creator of Song Exploder on releasing an album into the attention economy
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, […]
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...
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.
escape the algorithm
ETA's Best links of 2024
Relinking some Links links
22nd Dec 2024
Relinking some Links links
Handprinted - Blog
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.
Begin...
Seth's Blog
Find the others
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...
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...
Handprinted - Blog
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...
Haterade
Introducing: Barbecue Running Gel
It's time to smoke the competition.
29th Feb 2024
It's time to smoke the competition.
Seth's Blog
Can you believe it?
The standards have changed a lot in the last few millennia: The big man said it. The book said it....
1st Jul 2026
The standards have changed a lot in the last few millennia: The big man said it. The book said it. The newspaper said it. I saw a photo. I saw it on TV. I read it on the internet. That’s what the AI said. There has always been room for doubt. But the last century […]
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...
escape the algorithm
The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
9th Jan 2024
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #205
Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses
7th Aug 2026
Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses
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...
On the Arts
Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
11th Jan 2024
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
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