Berlin, Pen Pals and Desk Doodles
Do you care if the person you write or talk to is a human being?
24
Aug
2026
Digital Package Waste and Two Kinds of Image Sizes
Image file sizes explained as vacuum-packed pillows, speeding up websites.
31
Jul
2026
Construction Site Thoughts (Notes/Fragments)
Fragmentary thoughts about construction sites: are their aesthetics the real urban art?
30
Jun
2026
Absences: Mia Couto and Nelio Biedermann
The Cartographer of Absences and Lázár: two novels filling in the blanks of history
23
May
2026
Light Walking at Night, a Fox in Berlin, and Cold Ray Photography
Vacant spaces, lamps, streets, and gas stations in art, and the fox in popular culture
21
Apr
2026
Laila Lalami’s Surveillance Dystopia: The Dream Hotel
A spoiler-free review of Laila Lalami’s novel The Dream Hotel, exploring ambiguity, literary aesthetics, and subtle power
08
Apr
2026
Web Colors, Weaving Threads and Web Design
Constraints and concepts that weaving and web design have in common, and what alpacas have to do with color contrast accessibility.
26
Mar
2026
Information Intoxication and Toxic Pop Culture
Lossy loops, echo chambers and robotic pipe dreams plus retrofuturistic AI artwork
12
Mar
2026
AI Art: Barista Memes
"I'd rather do her job" and other funny AI-generated cartoons
23
Feb
2026