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
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...
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...
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.
Haterade
The Haterade Test Kitchen Makes Depression Tots™
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
4th Jun 2022
Combating nihilism with crispier crowns.
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
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...
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...
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...
Haterade
All Soda Yearns to Be Red
A selective history of the “suicide”
28th Jul 2026
A selective history of the “suicide”
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...
cabel.com
Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made...
13th Feb 2024
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made up of mostly Disney employees, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. But along the way, I accidentally discovered an incredible lost song that was cut from Walt Disney’s Cinderella. And...
Anarchy Unfolds
The razor edge of balance between effort and injury
Exercise as a metaphor for life
19th Apr 2026
Exercise as a metaphor for life
Anarchy Unfolds
What if distraction IS the distraction?
Red Round-up Oct '25
13th Oct 2025
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...
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
Anarchy Unfolds
Harris/Waltz, tenant unions, Bangladesh, UBI
Red Round-up #1
11th Aug 2024
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...
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.
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...
Open Culture
How Henri Matisse Scandalized the Art Establishment with His Daring Use of Color
Even those of us not particularly well-versed in art history have heard of a painting style called...
1st Oct 2024
Even those of us not particularly well-versed in art history have heard of a painting style called fauvism — and probably have never considered what it has to do with fauve, the French word for a wild beast. In fact, the two have everything to do with one another, at least in the...
Haterade
Cooking with Dom DeLuise
The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
29th Apr 2025
The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
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, […]
WHAT'S ANU
25.10 HUMANWASHING
Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
11th Dec 2025
Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
Anarchy Unfolds
Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems?
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
3rd May 2026
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
Ánh
Navigating the chaos
That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
Haterade
Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here?
A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
A treatise on restaurant design.
Blog - Amy Goodchild
A strange kind of physical reality
A long-form generative art project coming to fxhash in partnership with FAB DAO on 11th Jan 2024....
11th Jan 2024
A long-form generative art project coming to fxhash in partnership with FAB DAO on 11th Jan 2024.
This series is inspired, in the abstract, by the images I visualise when reading about quantum theory. Particularly thoughts of particles spreading out as waves and then collapsing...
Handprinted - Blog
Projects for the Year Ahead
Are you looking to start the year by learning a new skill or starting a fresh project? Perhaps you...
2nd Jan 2025
Are you looking to start the year by learning a new skill or starting a fresh project? Perhaps you just need a boost of inspiration? We've put together some projects to get you going for the year ahead.
Introduction to Linocut
Did you get some new tools for Christmas and you'd...
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.
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...
WHAT'S ANU
🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
3rd Aug 2026
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
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...
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...
Ian Betteridge
Ten Blue Links, "I'm off for a bit" edition
Well yes, I am indeed off – but not for long. I'm going on a trip to China for a week, so won't be...
14th Sep 2025
Well yes, I am indeed off – but not for long. I'm going on a trip to China for a week, so won't be around next weekend to do any writing. In the meantime, here's some good stuff. Two thousand, three hundred words of
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.”
Seth's Blog
Invite: Behind-the-scenes webinar for the new book
In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting...
1st Mar 2023
In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting people to get serious in discussing the new way of work. The details are here. I hope you can make it. It’s possible that I’ve now written more bestselling business titles than any...
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...
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
Kinds of courage
Courage is a generous act that involves risk. It’s not courageous to hang out with friends and make...
1st Apr 2024
Courage is a generous act that involves risk. It’s not courageous to hang out with friends and make a crank phone call. The risk involved might be actual risk (it took courage to go to the moon) or it might feel risky (raising your hand at a meeting to ask a useful question...
cabel.com
Woz × Wooz
When I was kid, on a road trip with my family, we stopped in Vacaville, California. And there,...
15th Jan 2026
When I was kid, on a road trip with my family, we stopped in Vacaville, California. And there, drawing us off the freeway with a wooden glow, was a brand new roadside attraction: Wooz. The pitch? It was a maze. A big maze. Wooz stood for “Wild Original Object with Zoom” (!),...
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...
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
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...
Seth's Blog
What does reality look like?
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early...
1st May 2024
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early days of photography, the world was black and white, and sort of flat. It’s worth noting that no one who saw these pictures complained about the fact that they didn’t exactly match...
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...
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.
Anarchy Unfolds
3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
3rd Nov 2024
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
Seth's Blog
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...
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.
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
Forecast
Forecast is a long-form generative art project released on fxhash on 16th
Feb 2023. This article...
15th Feb 2023
Forecast is a long-form generative art project released on fxhash on 16th
Feb 2023. This article contains info about techniques and some rambling
about concepts and emotions.
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...
Stat Significant
6 Culture Trends Worth Watching: Madonna, Avengers Doomsday, Million-Dollar Jackets, and More
A data-driven look at the Emmys’ cultural relevance, Hollywood’s latest layoffs, country music’s...
3rd Aug 2026
A data-driven look at the Emmys’ cultural relevance, Hollywood’s latest layoffs, country music’s mainstream rise, and an overpriced leather jacket—through data. Plus recommended reads and datasets.
WHAT'S ANU
MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
18th Apr 2025
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
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.
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
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...
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...
Infinite Scroll
Weekly Scroll: Striking Out
General strikes, Opinion Blunders, and Yassified Shrek
3rd Mar 2025
General strikes, Opinion Blunders, and Yassified Shrek
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...
Anarchy Unfolds
Are we returning to 1926?
Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
11th Jan 2026
Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #160
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
5th Sep 2025
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
Anarchy Unfolds
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?
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...
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...
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
Infinite Scroll
JOB - A theatrical review
A Broadway play about Content Moderation
1st Nov 2024
A Broadway play about Content Moderation
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...
Open Culture
The Olympics in the 2020s Versus 1912: See Side-by-Side Comparisons of the Athletes’ Performance...
The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on...
1st Aug 2024
The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on longer than any of us has been here. Even the fifth Summer Olympics, which took place in Stockholm in 1912, has passed out of living memory. But thanks to the technology of the...
WHAT'S ANU
2026 MACROTREND REPORT
A Return to Soulfulness
9th Jan 2026
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...
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
What I learned from building autonomous model race cars for a year
I was part of a university project group that develops autonomous model race cars.
We are a group of...
3rd Jan 2020
I was part of a university project group that develops autonomous model race cars.
We are a group of twelve students working on the project in part time for year.
We were provided with a car that meets the requirements for the F1/10th competition.
Even though competing in F1/10th...
WHAT'S ANU
TREND RADAR #5
Humanwashing is here
10th Sep 2025
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...
Not Boring by Packy...
Bad Analogies
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
2nd Apr 2026
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
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
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...
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...
On the Arts
What does Wabi-Sabi really mean?
Explaining an often misunderstood idea in Japanese aesthetics.
5th Jul 2023
Explaining an often misunderstood idea in Japanese aesthetics.
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...
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
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...
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:
...
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...
welcome to not boring world
introducing not boring's first paid product
6th Jan 2026
introducing not boring's first paid product
Stat Significant
Does 'Avatar' Have No Cultural Footprint? A Statistical Analysis
Investigating claims of Avatar's cultural irrelevance.
2nd Oct 2024
Investigating claims of Avatar's cultural irrelevance.
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
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...
Marian's Blog
No Man’s Starfield
This is a shader I made that renders a flight through a starfield. It’s meant to look like the...
18th Sep 2016
This is a shader I made that renders a flight through a starfield. It’s meant to look like the galactic map that you can see in No Man’s Sky. Here is a link to the project on shadertoy:
No Man’s Starfield
The cool thing about this is that it runs inside a shader. A shader is a...
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
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.
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
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
Anarchy Unfolds
The Weariness of Work
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
4th May 2024
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
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
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’.
Open Culture
Remembering Jane Goodall (RIP): Watch Jane, the Acclaimed National Geographic Documentary
Jane Goodall, the revered conservationist, passed away today at age 91. In her honor, we’re...
1st Oct 2025
Jane Goodall, the revered conservationist, passed away today at age 91. In her honor, we’re featuring above a National Geographic documentary called Jane. Directed by Brett Morgen, the film draws “from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the...
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
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
25.5 ASPIRATIONAL HUMANITY
Soulfulness as luxury
7th May 2025
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...
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...
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
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
Marian's Blog
LED Matrix Materials Guide
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and...
8th May 2017
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and which I tried with no success so you don’t have to.
Case
For the case, I used a custom made photo frame. The main purpose of the case is to look good, which is...
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."
Ánh
Product contentment
Joyful consumerism.
19th Jul 2026
Stat Significant
Do Movie Trailers Actually Sell Tickets?
Measuring the box-office impact of movie trailers and the cultural value that numbers can’t quite...
2 weeks ago
Measuring the box-office impact of movie trailers and the cultural value that numbers can’t quite capture.
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...
Seth's Blog
What to do with firm footing
If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with...
1st Feb 2024
If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with it? One option is to race to the bottom, to chase short-term self-focused outcomes and to see how much we can get away with. (Probably, quite a bit). The other is to take this rare...
escape the algorithm
The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
9th Jan 2024
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
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,...
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?
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.
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
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...
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...
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...
Rectangle
Coming soon
A newsletter about rectangles, but mostly design.
12th Dec 2022
A newsletter about rectangles, but mostly design.
Hall of Impossible...
PhysicsForums and the Dead Internet Theory
24th Jan 2025
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...
Blog - Mac Pierce
Magic Wheelchair - a Frozen sled for Angelle
Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
3rd Oct 2020
Working on a Frozen themed costume for Angelle.
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
On the Arts
The Necrologs of Bulgaria
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
2nd Aug 2023
Remembering the Dead in Daily Life
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...
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...
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
Food Waste is Bad Actually
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
7th Dec 2024
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
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.
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...
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?
escape the algorithm
howdidyoufind.me
a website about how people found this website
24th Sep 2024
a website about how people found this website
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.
Seth's Blog
There are no stupid mistakes
There are mistakes. These are moments when reality teaches us something. And there’s stupid. This is...
18th Jan 2023
There are mistakes. These are moments when reality teaches us something. And there’s stupid. This is what happens when we refuse to learn from our mistakes. “Don’t be stupid” is a fine mantra. It’s particularly apt when talking about cultural forces, political agendas and our...
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?
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
Stat Significant
Which Decade(s) Saw the Greatest Change in Popular Music? A Statistical Analysis
Which decades saw the greatest shifts in mainstream music?
2nd Jul 2025
Which decades saw the greatest shifts in mainstream music?
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #125
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
20th Dec 2024
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
Neocha – Culture &...
Reflections on Urban Isolation
16th Jul 2024
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...
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...
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?
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
Seth's Blog
The other kind of magic
We wait and hope for the first kind, the magic that arrives just when we need it. This is the magic...
1st Nov 2025
We wait and hope for the first kind, the magic that arrives just when we need it. This is the magic of inspiration, or of good fortune. The magic of opportunties offered and connections made. There never seems to be enough of this sort of magic. The other kind, though, is...
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...
Not Boring by Packy...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #169
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space...
7th Nov 2025
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space DJ, and Three Things I enjoyed
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...
Seth's Blog
Market insulation
It’s possible that your day will be more enjoyable if you are insulated from the market. If you have...
1st Jun 2024
It’s possible that your day will be more enjoyable if you are insulated from the market. If you have a boss who has a boss… If you don’t have to review the sales numbers for the products you created or edited… If you have raised a ton of venture investment… If you are embracing...
Infinite Scroll
Internet Book Club: Careless People
Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
3rd Apr 2025
Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
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...
On the Arts
On the Arts: A Three Month Review
And a Thank You to Subscribers
6th Sep 2023
And a Thank You to Subscribers
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....
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.
escape the algorithm
Artisinal white noise
Shhhhhhhh
3rd May 2024
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?
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
Open Culture
A 5‑Hour Journey Through North Korean Entertainment: Propaganda Films, Kids’ Cartoons, Sketch Comedy...
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of...
1st May 2024
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of the twenty-first, it’s become a global cultural superpower. The same can’t be said for North Korea: after a relatively strong start in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, its economy...
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.
The Last...
No Self-Respecting Woman Would Go Out Without Make Up
For some reason, one of the most emailed articles from the NYT was an article about whether women...
14th Jan 2013
For some reason, one of the most emailed articles from the NYT was an article about whether women should or should not wear make up. "New York Times? Sounds progressive." Yes.
Seven
people were asked their opinion in a column called "Room For Debate,"
liars, there was no...
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...
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.
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”
Haterade
Introducing: Barbecue Running Gel
It's time to smoke the competition.
29th Feb 2024
It's time to smoke the competition.
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
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
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...
Prolost
Maxon Autograph
Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics...
15th Apr 2026
Today Maxon announced the return of Autograph, a modern compositing and motion graphics tool.
Autograph is incredibly powerful, and it’s been a thrill to work with the original creators to fold it into the Maxon and Red Giant ecosystem. Even more exciting:
Autograph is completely...
Anarchy Unfolds
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.”
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”
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Chaos in the medium: watercolour plotting
Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with painting in watercolours using my AxiDraw...
12th Jun 2024
Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with painting in watercolours using my AxiDraw plotter. Watercolour is a medium I enjoy painting in (by hand) as a personal hobby, kind of separate from my public art making, so it’s been interesting to combine it with code. I’ve...
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...
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.
Anarchy Unfolds
May '24 Myths & Recs
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
1st Jun 2024
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
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...
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?
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?
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.
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
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...
Open Culture
Hundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches...
If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings...
1st Aug 2025
If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings up leeches. And it turns out that the centrality of those squirming blood-suckers to the treatment of disease in the Middle Ages isn’t much overstated, at least judging by a look...
escape the algorithm
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?
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
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"?
Marian's Blog
Uni-Timer
Ich bin seit diesem Semester Student und in der Uni dauern Vorlesungen immer 90 Minuten, von...
30th Nov 2013
Ich bin seit diesem Semester Student und in der Uni dauern Vorlesungen immer 90 Minuten, von “viertel nach” bis “viertel vor”. Da kam mir die Idee, dass man eine Uhr bräuchte, die nicht den Fortschritt der aktuellen Stunde, sondern den der aktuellen Vorlesung zeigt. Dazu habe ich...
Blog - Amy Goodchild
Maplands
Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th
Jan 2022. It sold out...
13th Jan 2022
Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th
Jan 2022. It sold out 256 pieces in exactly 2 minutes.
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 […]
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...
Haterade
Crème de Mouthwash
What price, enlightenmint?
25th Sep 2022
What price, enlightenmint?
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
Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
7th Jan 2025
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
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...
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
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.
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