Personal

Personal Essays

October 14th, 2024 — Surrealism turns 100 today. Welcome to the Miasma.

September 7th, 2024 — I don't consider this art, and I don't consider this non-art, but more of a 'confection'.

February 18th, 2024 — More and more people want flow, they want control over their computing. They want calm computing.

January 13th, 2024 — I confused "I have valuable thoughts" with "I need to publish valuable thoughts for others".

January 2nd, 2024 — Quiet Productivity requires several things to be in place before it can succeed

January 9th, 2020 — Someone asked about my simplicity hacks. Here’s my advice.

Miscellany

May 1st, 2026 — Here’s a great old boat we found while walking to get groceries in Reykjavik.

February 8th, 2026 — An animated graph comparing the average American family's net worth to Billionaires. Rendered as a murmur of starlings.

May 16th, 2025 — Crap stock photos and Midjourney images devalue thoughtful use of editorial image. In protest, mine are utterly random.

August 9th, 2023 — Why I don't use trackers or crap like that.

April 19th, 2023 — I can't stop making pages like the Clarks Trained Bears can't stop performing, even in winter.

June 8th, 2022 — I'm thinking about the individual as a brand and how toxic it is to free thought and exploration.

May 8th, 2021 — Today, I’m making barbecue rub.

January 8th, 2021 — What is the web like without the web?

March 18th, 2020 — I'm making spruce syrup. I was foraging in our nearby Benedictine monastery gardens

May 22nd, 2019 — An afternoon in Pesaro

May 1st, 2018 — Ruthie somehow got ahold of Grandmama's checkbook and wrote checks to Mary and Frank.

July 2nd, 1992 — Photo of a garage door in Kolín CZ