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Brad Montague Brad Montague is an illustrator, speaker, picture book author, video creator, and all-around maker....
5th Sep 2024
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Brad Montague

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5th Sep 2024
Brad Montague is an illustrator, speaker, picture book author, video creator, and all-around maker. He’s a self-proclaimed dreamer and doer. Above all, he’s a storyteller, “working to create a better world for kids with kids” through Montague Workshop, the creative studio he runs...
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Rambles I: The AI Onion
3 days ago
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Rambles I: The AI Onion

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3 days ago
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When Do Viewers Get Hooked on a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis When do TV viewers become committed fans?
3rd Apr 2025
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When Do Viewers Get Hooked on a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis

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3rd Apr 2025
When do TV viewers become committed fans?
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Your audiobook Here’s a useful habit that’s more than a hack… The next time things are going well, when a project...
1st Sep 2024
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Your audiobook

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1st Sep 2024
Here’s a useful habit that’s more than a hack… The next time things are going well, when a project is about to launch, when a meeting has been successful, when the sun is shining… take your phone and go for a walk. Hit record on an audio app and make a twenty-minute audiobook....
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Rafael Espinal Rafael Espinal was just 26 when he became an elected official. For the next 10 years, he worked...
9th Oct 2024
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Rafael Espinal

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9th Oct 2024
Rafael Espinal was just 26 when he became an elected official. For the next 10 years, he worked within the halls of government, first as a New York State Assemblymember and then as a New York City Councilmember, advocating for artists, independent workers, and underserved...
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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
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Remembering Jane Goodall (RIP): Watch Jane, the Acclaimed National Geographic Documentary

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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...
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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
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LED Matrix Materials Guide

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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...
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Means and Meaning We have the technology. Cool, now what?
29th Jul 2025
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Means and Meaning

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29th Jul 2025
We have the technology. Cool, now what?
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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
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Making music from death row

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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.”
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Preparing your paper and press for etching When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your...
8th May 2024
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Preparing your paper and press for etching

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8th May 2024
When you’ve created an aluminium or zinc plate etching, you’ll want to have a go at pulling your first print. To do this, you’ll need to learn how to prepare your paper and how to set the correct pressure on your press. This blog is part of a series featuring tips and techniques...
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Using a Thermal Screen to Print Festive Wrapping Printing your own bespoke wrapping paper or fabric can be very rewarding especially when the gift is...
1st Dec 2022
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Using a Thermal Screen to Print Festive Wrapping

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1st Dec 2022
Printing your own bespoke wrapping paper or fabric can be very rewarding especially when the gift is for a loved one. This week we're printing our own kraft wrapping paper using a Thermal Screen.  Here at Handprinted we use a MiScreen Machine to make our Thermal Screens. You can...
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Costless Sacrifice Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
5th Mar 2026
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Costless Sacrifice

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5th Mar 2026
Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
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Cooking with Dom DeLuise The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
29th Apr 2025
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Cooking with Dom DeLuise

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29th Apr 2025
The dream of the ‘90s is alive and portly
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On the Arts: A Three Month Review And a Thank You to Subscribers
6th Sep 2023
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On the Arts: A Three Month Review

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6th Sep 2023
And a Thank You to Subscribers
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Harris/Waltz, tenant unions, Bangladesh, UBI Red Round-up #1
11th Aug 2024
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Harris/Waltz, tenant unions, Bangladesh, UBI

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11th Aug 2024
Red Round-up #1
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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
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Ten Blue Links "Toxic optimisation" edition

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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...
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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
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What I learned from building autonomous model race cars for a year

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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...
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Gift interfaces, an interview, and how you found me Some updates on things that have happened and that are coming in the escape the algorithm cinematic...
14th Nov 2024
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Gift interfaces, an interview, and how you found me

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14th Nov 2024
Some updates on things that have happened and that are coming in the escape the algorithm cinematic universe:
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Funeral do you have a better system? The funeral is attended by 30 people. It's a military...
10th Dec 2012
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Funeral

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10th Dec 2012
do you have a better system? The funeral is attended by 30 people. It's a military funeral because he was in Korea, and in the front chairs are his wife and two grown children, and they are quietly crying. When it ends, people disperse hesitatingly, after all, they...
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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
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Meet The Maker - Angela Hall

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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...
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RECIPE: Pizza Ranch Or, if you must: “pizza-flavored ranch."
25th Jan 2026
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RECIPE: Pizza Ranch

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25th Jan 2026
Or, if you must: “pizza-flavored ranch."
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #130 CT-179, Deep Research, NanoCas, Replit Agent, Go Birds
7th Feb 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #130

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7th Feb 2025
CT-179, Deep Research, NanoCas, Replit Agent, Go Birds
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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
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Screen Printing with Speedball Night Glo onto Fabric

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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...
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My App Will Harm You Physically, Using Math Log your nog with Drinking Buddy. I made an app! A real, native iPhone app coded in Swift and...
8th Dec 2025
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My App Will Harm You Physically, Using Math

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8th Dec 2025
Log your nog with Drinking Buddy. I made an app! A real, native iPhone app coded in Swift and SwiftUI. It’s a thing of beauty. I love it and use it every day. But I can’t share it with you, because Apple rejected it from the App Store due to “Physical Harm.” Don’t worry, I...
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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
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Actionable feedback

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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...
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If it takes a village, let's build one What would a world with free children and supported parents look like?
22nd Mar 2026
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If it takes a village, let's build one

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22nd Mar 2026
What would a world with free children and supported parents look like?
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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
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What I Want to Do in Apple Vision Pro

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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...
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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
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Computer Vision and Robotics Demo with Raspberry Pi

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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...
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What Makes Picasso’s Guernica a Great Painting?: Explore the Anti-Fascist Mural That Became a... A painting is not thought out and settled in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s...
1st Sep 2025
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What Makes Picasso’s Guernica a Great Painting?: Explore the Anti-Fascist Mural That Became a Worldwide Anti-War Symbol

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1st Sep 2025
A painting is not thought out and settled in advance. While it is being done, it changes as one’s thoughts change. And when it’s finished, it goes on changing, according to the state of mind of whoever is looking at it. — Pablo Picasso In a famous story about Guernica, Pablo...
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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
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Meet the Maker: Rachael Haggerty

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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...
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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
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Are wind turbines ugly? Could they be beautiful?

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13th Jun 2023
How to make ugly things appear less ugly – or appear like something else entirely.
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Collagraph Printing Collagraphy is a really versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put...
2nd Aug 2023
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Collagraph Printing

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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,...
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Which Songs Do We Replay the Most? A Statistical Analysis Which songs do we listen to on repeat? And how does binge-listening behavior change with age?
3rd Dec 2025
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Which Songs Do We Replay the Most? A Statistical Analysis

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3rd Dec 2025
Which songs do we listen to on repeat? And how does binge-listening behavior change with age?
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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
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Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020

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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...
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Credulous Where do con men come from? There are three conditions that need to be met: First, there needs to be...
1st Apr 2025
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Credulous

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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...
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The Weariness of Work Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
4th May 2024
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The Weariness of Work

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4th May 2024
Why I've been away; why I'm anti-work as well as pro-labor
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XL Flex Arms, posable mounting for cameras and lighting. Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
4th Nov 2019
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XL Flex Arms, posable mounting for cameras and lighting.

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4th Nov 2019
Making a few custom mounts for cameras and camera accessories.
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Learning x86-64 Assembly with Advent of Code - Day 1
24th Aug 2025
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Learning x86-64 Assembly with Advent of Code - Day 1

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24th Aug 2025
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Reflections on Urban Isolation
16th Jul 2024
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Reflections on Urban Isolation

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16th Jul 2024
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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
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Connecting my fish tank to the Internet of Things – Part 1: Hacking an automatic fish feeder

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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...
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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
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Midjourney takes on Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings

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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.
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25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST Forever young
9th Jun 2025
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25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST

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9th Jun 2025
Forever young
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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
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The fundamental error that doesn't exist

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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...
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Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the...
15th May 2025
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Meet the Maker: Ian O' Halloran

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15th May 2025
My name is Ian O’Halloran. I am a professional Artist and Printmaker living and working in the Sussex Weald near Herstmonceux (UK). I am and always have been inspired by the British landscape. I came to art later in life than most, having had a career in civil engineering first...
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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
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New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro

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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...
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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
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Playing dice: Randomness, determinism and the quantum world

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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?
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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
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The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils, 1952-1967

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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...
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Marching Age This is a short story about something delightful. In 2014, I did a bunch of music for my friends...
26th Dec 2023
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Marching Age

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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...
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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
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Are you doing what you said you wanted to do?

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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 […]
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The Tao of Taylor Lorenz Plus: Trump death hoax and a very good self defense guide
3rd Sep 2025
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The Tao of Taylor Lorenz

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3rd Sep 2025
Plus: Trump death hoax and a very good self defense guide
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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
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Ten Blue Links, "the wrong timeline" edition

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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
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Weekly Scroll: YouTube Communism Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
1st Feb 2026
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Weekly Scroll: YouTube Communism

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1st Feb 2026
Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #169 BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space...
7th Nov 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #169

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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
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Is Substack exaggerating its network effects? The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?
6th Feb 2024
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Is Substack exaggerating its network effects?

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6th Feb 2024
The data tells the story writers want to hear... but is it true?
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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
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Martin Mull (RIP) Satirically Interviews a Young Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Night (1977)

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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...
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Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events. A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
22nd Apr 2020
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Understanding the work - Thoughts on one day with three art events.

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22nd Apr 2020
A few thoughts on a few art events that happened around Boston Feb. 22nd.
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NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos + A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron...
8th Apr 2025
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NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos +

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8th Apr 2025
A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.
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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
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Self-driving, Tesla and the influence of brand

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

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
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3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
3rd Nov 2024
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3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics

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3rd Nov 2024
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #209 World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
4th Sep 2026
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #209

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4th Sep 2026
World Models, Astra 6, Fervo, Cybercab, Lettuce Robot, Space Telescope, PSI + Extra Doses
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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
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The Snacks & Cereals of 2024

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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...
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“Welcome back” What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if...
1st Aug 2026
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“Welcome back”

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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...
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When a Drunken Charles Bukowski Walked Off the Prestigious French Talk Show Apostrophes (1978) Charles Bukowski didn’t do TV — or at least he didn’t do American TV. Like a Hollywood movie star...
3rd Jun 2024
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When a Drunken Charles Bukowski Walked Off the Prestigious French Talk Show Apostrophes (1978)

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3rd Jun 2024
Charles Bukowski didn’t do TV — or at least he didn’t do American TV. Like a Hollywood movie star shooting a Japanese commercial, he did make an exception for a gig abroad. It happened in 1978, when the poet received an invitation from the popular French literary talk...
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What if distraction IS the distraction? Red Round-up Oct '25
13th Oct 2025
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What if distraction IS the distraction?

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13th Oct 2025
Red Round-up Oct '25
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The rich don't have authority On the myth of power and money
1st Feb 2025
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The rich don't have authority

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1st Feb 2025
On the myth of power and money
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Bad Analogies Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
2nd Apr 2026
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Bad Analogies

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2nd Apr 2026
Not Every Money-Burning Company is Amazon
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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
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Ten Blue Links, "I'm off for a bit" edition

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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
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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
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The Olympics in the 2020s Versus 1912: See Side-by-Side Comparisons of the Athletes’ Performance Then & Now

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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...
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The Godkiller Forge
13th Feb 2026
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The Godkiller Forge

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13th Feb 2026
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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
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Hear Flannery O’Connor Read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1959)

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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,...
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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
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Do Actors Get Better With Age? A Statistical Analysis

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3rd Sep 2025
How does an actor's age influence critical acclaim, commercial success, and casting opportunity?
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Turns Out, Nobody Needs A Restaurant Critic The Haterade diss track
2nd May 2024
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Turns Out, Nobody Needs A Restaurant Critic

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2nd May 2024
The Haterade diss track
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Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key...
1st Nov 2024
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Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

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1st Nov 2024
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for...
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6 Culture Trends: Google’s Decline, Pokémon’s Price Boom, and AI Music Scammers Plus: Nathan Fielder’s Oscar chances, TV’s renewal crisis, YouTube’s aging audience—and recommended...
2 days ago
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6 Culture Trends: Google’s Decline, Pokémon’s Price Boom, and AI Music Scammers

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2 days ago
Plus: Nathan Fielder’s Oscar chances, TV’s renewal crisis, YouTube’s aging audience—and recommended reads and datasets.
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Carving and Printing a Simple Wood Engraving Wood engraving is a relief technique using fine tools to carve intricate designs into the end-grain...
3rd Jun 2026
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Carving and Printing a Simple Wood Engraving

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3rd Jun 2026
Wood engraving is a relief technique using fine tools to carve intricate designs into the end-grain of dense hardwoods like boxwood. Gorgeously fine details can be achieved. We now have a brand new range of tools and materials available to buy in our shop, plus a lovely selection...
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The Vertical Beauty of Hong Kong An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze
4th Oct 2023
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The Vertical Beauty of Hong Kong

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4th Oct 2023
An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze
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Quadcopter Lightpainting Die Fotos wurden mit einem beleuchteten Quadrocopter, einem Stativ und 15 Sekunden Belichtung...
7th Oct 2013
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Quadcopter Lightpainting

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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: ...
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What Makes a Song Catchy? A Statistical Analysis Is there a scientific formula for catchy songs?
1st Jul 2026
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What Makes a Song Catchy? A Statistical Analysis

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1st Jul 2026
Is there a scientific formula for catchy songs?
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“Won’t get fooled again” Alas, we probably will. Recurring scams, hustles and deceptions work because we’re eager to be...
1st Nov 2024
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“Won’t get fooled again”

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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...
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Artisinal white noise Shhhhhhhh
3rd May 2024
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Artisinal white noise

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3rd May 2024
Shhhhhhhh
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Food Waste is Bad Actually How we frame the problem makes all the difference
7th Dec 2024
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Food Waste is Bad Actually

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7th Dec 2024
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
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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
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The Business of the Olympics: Rising Revenues, Diminishing Cultural Reach. A Statistical Analysis

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24th Jul 2024
How does the Olympics remain relevant (and make money) in a world full of digital distractions?
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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
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Lego Part Designer

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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...
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Thinking about jobs Since I was born, the planet has invented 6 billion jobs. Technology is said to threaten the...
1st Dec 2024
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Thinking about jobs

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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...
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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
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Jigsaw Block Printing on Fabric

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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...
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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
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Recalculating the cost of convenience

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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...
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #155 Personal Superintelligence, Iron-Air Batteries, OpenCRISPR-1, Figma, Zipline
1st Aug 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #155

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1st Aug 2025
Personal Superintelligence, Iron-Air Batteries, OpenCRISPR-1, Figma, Zipline
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Designing a Lego orrery I've always been a fan of the Lego Technic series, especially those models that have gears and...
1st Jun 2024
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Designing a Lego orrery

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1st Jun 2024
I've always been a fan of the Lego Technic series, especially those models that have gears and cranks and moving parts. But it seems that Lego is shifting the focus of the Technic series away from functional models, so I had to take matters into my own hands. I think an orrery is...
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Coding my Handwriting Coding my handwriting in Javascript - how I did it and what I’m doing with it.
17th May 2024
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Coding my Handwriting

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17th May 2024
Coding my handwriting in Javascript - how I did it and what I’m doing with it.
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How to Write a Proper Haiku A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
8th Nov 2023
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How to Write a Proper Haiku

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8th Nov 2023
A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form
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Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
7th Jan 2025
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Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers

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7th Jan 2025
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
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Ten Blue Links, “Peter and the whales” edition 1. Required reading of the week Let’s start with something a little doom-laden: how societies...
3rd Aug 2025
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Ten Blue Links, “Peter and the whales” edition

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3rd Aug 2025
1. Required reading of the week Let’s start with something a little doom-laden: how societies collapse. How “civilisations” meet their ultimate end isn’t just an academic exercise, for two reasons. First, with climate change starting to bite, it’s easy to see how
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Rehearsing emotional state If you walk into the Parthenon or paddle at dawn on Joe Lake, it’s easy to feel a sense of wonder....
1st Dec 2025
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Rehearsing emotional state

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1st Dec 2025
If you walk into the Parthenon or paddle at dawn on Joe Lake, it’s easy to feel a sense of wonder. And waiting in a long line for an important flight can trigger frustration. But much of the time, our state is automatic. What’s your default? Satisfied, bitter, anxious, sad,...
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Knowledge is Power
19th Oct 2025
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Knowledge is Power

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19th Oct 2025
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Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall I'm Sam Marshall, an artist, printmaker, author and creative coach based in rural Northamptonshire....
9th Jul 2026
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Meet the Maker: Sam Marshall

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9th Jul 2026
I'm Sam Marshall, an artist, printmaker, author and creative coach based in rural Northamptonshire. My work centres around drawing and printmaking, particularly linocut and etching, and alongside my own practice I teach workshops both from my studio and online to students around...
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Red Giant & Maxon, Sitting in a Tree Red Giant, where I’ve been Chief Creative Officer for a couple of years now, but making filmmaking...
18th Dec 2019
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Red Giant & Maxon, Sitting in a Tree

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18th Dec 2019
Red Giant, where I’ve been Chief Creative Officer for a couple of years now, but making filmmaking tools for you for 17 years, is merging with Maxon, makers of Cinema 4D. From the Red Giant blog: Hi folks — by now you’ve probably heard the news that Maxon and Red Giant are...
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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
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The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vintage Film

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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...
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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
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An (overbuilt) 10" mini rack for a LAN Party

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11th Aug 2025
Plans, files, and BOM to build your own 10” mini rack using T-slot extrusion and 3D prints.
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Primer: From Software to Schools Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
5th Mar 2025
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Primer: From Software to Schools

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5th Mar 2025
Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
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Curved Line Jellyfish I had pictured something quite bold, graphical and geometric but I ended with gradients and...
22nd Mar 2021
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Curved Line Jellyfish

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22nd Mar 2021
I had pictured something quite bold, graphical and geometric but I ended with gradients and floatiness.
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Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event was Shot on iPhone — With Panavision Lenses Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video. Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a...
9th May 2024
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Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event was Shot on iPhone — With Panavision Lenses

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9th May 2024
Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video. Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a pre-recorded video titled “Let Loose.” As with the previous “Scary Fast” MacBook Pro launch video, “Let Loose” ends with a tag proclaiming “Shot on iPhone” — this time adding “Edited on...
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🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 11.2.26 Selections for the week
2 days ago
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🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 11.2.26

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2 days ago
Selections for the week
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The Ant-ssembly Line
22nd Mar 2026
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The Ant-ssembly Line

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22nd Mar 2026
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Batik on Paper Batik is a fun, dynamic way of creating bold and beautiful designs on cloth but did you know batik...
3rd Jul 2024
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Batik on Paper

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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...
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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
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A nearly perfect score

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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...
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TREND RADAR #9 Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
6th Nov 2025
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TREND RADAR #9

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6th Nov 2025
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
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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
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Ten Blue Links “Life, the UAE, and Everything” Edition

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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
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MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION It's not just the algorithm, it's us
18th Apr 2025
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MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION

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18th Apr 2025
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
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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
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The Maintenance Of Certification Exam As Fetish

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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...
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Ten Blue Links, “this one’s for you, Ian” edition One of my favourite people on social media is Darth. Darth takes an annual hibernation, in which...
11th Jul 2026
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Ten Blue Links, “this one’s for you, Ian” edition

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Jul 2026
One of my favourite people on social media is Darth. Darth takes an annual hibernation, in which time they do not post or, presumably, read. I’d love to say that I have not posted anything for months with the same level of intention, but alas not. It just&
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Early Computer Art in the 50’s & 60’s A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light...
11th May 2023
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Early Computer Art in the 50’s & 60’s

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11th May 2023
A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.
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ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so...
22nd Jul 2018
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ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model

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22nd Jul 2018
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so far. It's a model of ESA's ExoMars rover. You can have a closer look at the model on Sketchfab: There is also a download option on Sketchfab so you can get the original .blend file and...
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Ramblin’ Rod Long ago, I was in the studio audience of a local PDX TV kids show called Ramblin’ Rod. “Local kids...
12th Jun 2025
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Ramblin’ Rod

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12th Jun 2025
Long ago, I was in the studio audience of a local PDX TV kids show called Ramblin’ Rod. “Local kids show” is a format that is completely lost to time, which is pretty wild, because it was such a thing. Think Krusty the Clown — kids sitting in a studio, a goofball host, time...
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The Song of Achilles A beautiful novel that deserves its accolades, but still misses something big
2 weeks ago
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The Song of Achilles

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2 weeks ago
A beautiful novel that deserves its accolades, but still misses something big
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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
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The lazy jugglers

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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...
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Poetry in Pieces Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
5th Jul 2026
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Poetry in Pieces

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5th Jul 2026
Hi readers, this post is something a bit different.
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A Life Laid Bare
30th May 2025
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A Life Laid Bare

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30th May 2025
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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
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Apple’s “EDR” Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays

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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...
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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
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Discover Hannah Arendt’s Syllabus for Her 1974 Course on “Thinking”

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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...
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Human Error
8th Apr 2026
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Human Error

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8th Apr 2026
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Introducing Prolost Beta Prolost Beta is a new subscription offering on the Prolost Store. It's an occasional email from me...
17th Sep 2020
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Introducing Prolost Beta

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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...
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Adjacent meanings Someone is someone’s friend.
20th Feb 2026
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Adjacent meanings

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20th Feb 2026
Someone is someone’s friend.
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Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here? A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
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Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here?

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5th May 2026
A treatise on restaurant design.
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Announcing the Escape the Algorithm ᵐⁱᶜʳᵒsupporter Program Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
5th Feb 2025
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Announcing the Escape the Algorithm ᵐⁱᶜʳᵒsupporter Program

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5th Feb 2025
Welcoming tiny acts of codependence
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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
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Ten Blue Links, Jazz-hands Edition

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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
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Enter the gift interface An archive of generosity
11th Jun 2025
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Enter the gift interface

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11th Jun 2025
An archive of generosity
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Weekly Scroll: MrBeast Games The System Plus! A Momfluencer Horror Story and an Important Orca Update
2nd Dec 2024
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Weekly Scroll: MrBeast Games The System

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2nd Dec 2024
Plus! A Momfluencer Horror Story and an Important Orca Update
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Meet the Maker: Sue Lewry How and where did you learn to print? A decade ago, when I first stepped into a print workshop, I...
7th Dec 2023
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Meet the Maker: Sue Lewry

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7th Dec 2023
How and where did you learn to print? A decade ago, when I first stepped into a print workshop, I met print technician and artist India Ritchie, who taught me various printmaking methods while studying at Arts University Plymouth. India taught me intaglio, relief, and screen...
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🟠 TREND RADAR #14 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is...
8th Mar 2026
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🟠 TREND RADAR #14 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS

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8th Mar 2026
Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is the Outlet. Nostalgia is the Tonic.
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March '24 Myths & Recs Sleep deprivation, Kim Petras, the Anthropocene, and more
23rd Mar 2024
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March '24 Myths & Recs

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23rd Mar 2024
Sleep deprivation, Kim Petras, the Anthropocene, and more
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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
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Using Pearl Ex Metallic Pigments to Enhance Screen Prints

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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...
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A Message Drifts This series continues my explorations of the ways meaning can emerge from randomness. Each image is...
26th Jun 2025
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A Message Drifts

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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...
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Glossary of Printmaking Terminology Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking...
2nd Mar 2023
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Glossary of Printmaking Terminology

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2nd Mar 2023
Scroll through the list below to find definitions and explanations of common printmaking terms: Acid-free – refers to papers that are made with an alkaline pulp, usually with calcium carbonate added. Acids contribute to the deterioration of paper and therefore of prints. Aisuki –...
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How Movies Make Money After Leaving Theaters: The Economics of a Film on Streaming Unpacking a film's financial afterlife once it leaves theaters.
6th Nov 2025
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How Movies Make Money After Leaving Theaters: The Economics of a Film on Streaming

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6th Nov 2025
Unpacking a film's financial afterlife once it leaves theaters.
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Weekly Scroll: We're Back! An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
1st Jul 2026
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Weekly Scroll: We're Back!

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1st Jul 2026
An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
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“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
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“The most exciting mobile trend is full Qwerty keyboards”

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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...
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MILAN DESIGN WEEK :: BY THE MACROTRENDS An inspirational interlude
3rd May 2026
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MILAN DESIGN WEEK :: BY THE MACROTRENDS

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3rd May 2026
An inspirational interlude
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Meet The Maker: Frankie Brown I’m an illustrator and printmaker based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. I’m inspired by nostalgic...
2nd Apr 2025
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Meet The Maker: Frankie Brown

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2nd Apr 2025
I’m an illustrator and printmaker based in Portsmouth, Hampshire. I’m inspired by nostalgic storybooks and I love to create whimsical hand-printed illustrations. I used to work part-time at Handprinted, but in November 2024 I decided to give being a full-time artist a try! It’s...
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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
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Circle of Stone

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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...
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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
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Raspberry Pi powered fishtank

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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....
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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
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Meet the Maker: Mari Hunt

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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...
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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
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No Man’s Starfield

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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...
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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
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Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap

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10th Feb 2020
Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
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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
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Meet the Maker: 2025 Round Up!

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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...
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Happy Birthday, Haterade The Terrible Twos. Plus, new merch!
23rd Nov 2022
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Happy Birthday, Haterade

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23rd Nov 2022
The Terrible Twos. Plus, new merch!
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It's Okay to Be a Mediocre Cook The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
30th Sep 2023
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It's Okay to Be a Mediocre Cook

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30th Sep 2023
The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
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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
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What does reality look like?

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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...
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Ten Blue Links “who’s afraid of the ten blue links?” edition 1. Google eats the web, finds it’s not very filling Alphabet fell 12.6% on 29 Oct, wiping out about...
3 days ago
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Ten Blue Links “who’s afraid of the ten blue links?” edition

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3 days ago
1. Google eats the web, finds it’s not very filling Alphabet fell 12.6% on 29 Oct, wiping out about $500bn, after Google's chief business officer said AI Mode makes less money than traditional search. Reddit — which has been the big winner for search
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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
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Monotype with Natural Materials

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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...
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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
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6 Reasons to Be (Cautiously) Optimistic About Movies in 2025: A Statistical Analysis

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2nd Jan 2025
Six reasons to be optimistic about the film industry.
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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
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Meet the Maker: Pia Bramley

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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...
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How could anarchy prevent bad people from taking control? “Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
9th Nov 2025
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How could anarchy prevent bad people from taking control?

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9th Nov 2025
“Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
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“Can’t complain” (but it might be worth considering) Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer...
1st Feb 2025
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“Can’t complain” (but it might be worth considering)

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1st Feb 2025
Complaining is a cultural phenomenon, but it’s particularly prevalent in societies with a consumer culture (the customer is always right) and those where comfort is coming to be expected. Given all the complaining we do (about the weather, leadership, products, service and...
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Weekly Scroll: Politics Yet Again GOP 4channers, more Twitch drama, and a Very Mad Laptop Company
28th Oct 2024
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Weekly Scroll: Politics Yet Again

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28th Oct 2024
GOP 4channers, more Twitch drama, and a Very Mad Laptop Company
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Woz × Wooz When I was kid, on a road trip with my family, we stopped in Vacaville, California. And there,...
15th Jan 2026
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Woz × Wooz

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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” (!),...
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Which Songs Are Frequently Featured in Film and Television? A Statistical Analysis Which songs have become staples of film and television?
5th Mar 2025
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Which Songs Are Frequently Featured in Film and Television? A Statistical Analysis

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5th Mar 2025
Which songs have become staples of film and television?
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Peace, Love, & Ass
19th Mar 2024
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Peace, Love, & Ass

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19th Mar 2024
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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
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10 Billion Minus 1 - Making a 10 digit 7 segment display for Lovepop

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9th Jun 2019
The process and steps of making a multi-digit display.
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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
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And around we go... Making We're So Over, We're So Back

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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.
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The Forged Apple Employee Badge Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught...
16th May 2024
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The Forged Apple Employee Badge

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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...
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Ten Blue Links – "Platforms, promises and bad habits" edition Hello! And welcome back. I have had an extended break over Christmas and the New Year. The one...
10th Jan 2026
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Ten Blue Links – "Platforms, promises and bad habits" edition

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10th Jan 2026
Hello! And welcome back. I have had an extended break over Christmas and the New Year. The one benefit of being useless at taking my holiday allowance is that I usually end up taking December off, and so it proved again this year. This one is a bit of an
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #126 Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg,...
10th Jan 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #126

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10th Jan 2025
Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg, Telepathy Tapes x Jesse Michels
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Introducing: Barbecue Running Gel It's time to smoke the competition.
29th Feb 2024
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Introducing: Barbecue Running Gel

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29th Feb 2024
It's time to smoke the competition.
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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
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Using ChatGPT to implement Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings

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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
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Midweek Scroll: Some very unfortunate AI news Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
3rd Jun 2026
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Midweek Scroll: Some very unfortunate AI news

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3rd Jun 2026
Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
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Milwaukee Maker Space - Iron Pour photos+ Photos from an iron casting event held at Milwaukee Maker Space in September 2026
21st Sep 2026
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Milwaukee Maker Space - Iron Pour photos+

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21st Sep 2026
Photos from an iron casting event held at Milwaukee Maker Space in September 2026
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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
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Two Definitions of Color (Or, the Meaning of Analog Art in 2023)

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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.
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Pride, noise, and fear Sleep deprivation is a social justice and public health issue
7th Sep 2024
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Pride, noise, and fear

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7th Sep 2024
Sleep deprivation is a social justice and public health issue
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Meet the Maker: Dave Buonaguidi Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal...
6th Feb 2025
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Meet the Maker: Dave Buonaguidi

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6th Feb 2025
Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal language of advertising and propaganda with unique imagery and materials of found objects and ephemera. In a previous life, Dave worked in advertising for over 35 years, founding...
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Does anarchy break down in crisis? Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
14th Dec 2025
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Does anarchy break down in crisis?

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14th Dec 2025
Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
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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
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The other kind of magic

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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...
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2026 MACROTREND REPORT A Return to Soulfulness
9th Jan 2026
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2026 MACROTREND REPORT

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9th Jan 2026
A Return to Soulfulness
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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
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Loading, please wait... Starting the 1A2A3D project.

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2nd Sep 2020
Starting out on a project looking at the first amendment, second amendment, and 3-D printing.
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #160 Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
5th Sep 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #160

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5th Sep 2025
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
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Virtual NAB at C4DLive TLDR; Hi! C4DLive is happening this week! Already! Watch my talk at noon PDT on Thursday, April...
20th Apr 2020
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Virtual NAB at C4DLive

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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...
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Tastes Like Cancer (And potato salad.)
21st Jul 2025
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Tastes Like Cancer

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21st Jul 2025
(And potato salad.)
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Raising a Special Little AI The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
3rd Feb 2026
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Raising a Special Little AI

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3rd Feb 2026
The actual lesson from Clawdbot/Moltbook
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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
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Meet the Maker: Angela Chalmers

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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...
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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
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Should I use Caligo Extender or Opaque White?

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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...
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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
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Unpacking the Rise of Fan Fiction: From 'Star Trek' to 'Twilight'—A Statistical Analysis

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4th Dec 2024
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
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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
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How Are Hit Songs Rediscovered Decades Later? A Statistical Analysis

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4th Sep 2024
How does music undergo a cultural revival long after its original release?
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The worst of us Credit where it's due. Anthropic's system card for Claude Mythos Preview is a genuinely interesting...
7th Apr 2026
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The worst of us

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7th Apr 2026
Credit where it's due. Anthropic's system card for Claude Mythos Preview is a genuinely interesting and thoughtful document. Most AI companies publish safety evaluations the way governments publish freedom of information responses. They're technically compliant but strategically...
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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
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Meet the Maker: Ingrid Nilsson

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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...
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Book Review - The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poet's Craft Book (1936 Edition)
11th Oct 2024
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Book Review - The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poet's Craft Book (1936 Edition)

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11th Oct 2024
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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
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No Self-Respecting Woman Would Go Out Without Make Up

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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...
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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
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Meet the Maker: Ieuan Edwards

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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...
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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
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Back into the FE-AL: Iron Pour at Sculpture Trails Indiana

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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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Is anarchy compatible with modern society? Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
8th Mar 2025
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Is anarchy compatible with modern society?

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8th Mar 2025
Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
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🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26 + A Crisis of Fashion
7th Sep 2026
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🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26

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7th Sep 2026
+ A Crisis of Fashion
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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
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Infinite procedurally generated city with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm

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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...
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Navigating the chaos That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
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Navigating the chaos

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17th Mar 2026
That is ADHD.
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Family First
3rd Jan 2024
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Family First

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3rd Jan 2024
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Weekly Scroll: Doom and Gloom Ben Shapiro's downfall, Salary Fights, and a fascinating movie trend
8th May 2026
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Weekly Scroll: Doom and Gloom

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8th May 2026
Ben Shapiro's downfall, Salary Fights, and a fascinating movie trend
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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
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Christians have joy and sadness upside-down, thank God

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3rd Aug 2025
Or: Chesterton's "gigantic secret" is not Christian at all — it belongs to all of humanity
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The Snacks & Cereals of 2025 Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies,...
21st Apr 2026
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The Snacks & Cereals of 2025

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21st Apr 2026
Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies, cereals, and assorted garbage I found in the wild during 2025!! Last year, we started a new (temporary?) Panic tradition — at the very end of our Monday status meeting, I run...
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The making of A Scanner Darkly How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using spotlights in the...
2nd Aug 2021
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The making of A Scanner Darkly

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2nd Aug 2021
How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using spotlights in the shape of security cameras.
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Choose your customers …choose your future. It’s an odd way to think about your project, your job, your startup, but...
1st Aug 2023
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Choose your customers

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1st Aug 2023
…choose your future. It’s an odd way to think about your project, your job, your startup, but there’s little that matters more. There are two key elements: At one extreme is the first few years of Google’s growth. The salesforce didn’t matter–the customers showed up on their own,...
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The razor edge of balance between effort and injury Exercise as a metaphor for life
19th Apr 2026
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The razor edge of balance between effort and injury

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19th Apr 2026
Exercise as a metaphor for life
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Who Can Know How Much Randi Zuckerberg Is Worth? cue hatred Part 1 here IV. Off topic: Randi strongly believes Facebook has a legitimate place in...
1st Mar 2014
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Who Can Know How Much Randi Zuckerberg Is Worth?

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1st Mar 2014
cue hatred Part 1 here IV. Off topic: Randi strongly believes Facebook has a legitimate place in the business world, and this makes me think Facebook is finished.  I realize this is a speculative trade to make.  The usual anxiety about Facebook's future is that teenagers aren't...
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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
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Lightroom Adds Video Color Editing, with Prolost Presets

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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...
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