writings catalog
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suboptimalism & optimalism
- the suboptimalist manifesto
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incomplete perfection; complete imperfection
philosophy, short
- behold! the optimalists
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checking in with the other side
collection and commentary, ongoing, medium
- Optimalism
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my nemesis kit anderson a.k.a. "the optimalist" briefly takes over the site to post his pathetic drivel
optimalism, long
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otaku studies
- is databased culture debased?
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reviewed: "otaku: japan's database animals"
cultural criticism, medium
- cult of the character
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tracking a trend in otaku culture
cultural criticism
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literature
- reading lists
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doesn't actually contain much writing but whatever
literature, ongoing
- the review of internet literature
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surveying internet contributions to literature
literature, ongoing, long
- literature is divine revelation
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an approach to literary criticism
meta lit crit, incomplete, medium
- the strange secret literary history of the da vinci code
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the real conspiracy to create a fake conspiracy
literature?, medium
- some selections from flaubert's dictionary of received ideas
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still relevant well over a century later
literature, medium
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canned coffee
- canned coffee collection
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canned coffee
canned coffee
- canned coffee chronicles: a visit to the UCC coffee museum
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a rare report from the field
canned coffee, short
- canned coffee field reports
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harrowing reports from my expeditions
canned coffee, medium
- february canned coffee "news" roundup
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dubiously-newsworthy canned coffee stuff i saw in february
canned coffee, short
- march "canned" coffee "news" roundup
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featuring fewer cans than ever before
canned coffee, short
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annual q&a
- end-of-year reader mailbox replies (2022)
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featuring: chatgpt, book burnings, colorblindness
q&a, medium
- start-of-year reader mailbox replies (2024)
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titled for maximum confusion
q&a
- new year reader mailbox replies (2025)
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the longest and least hinged edition yet
q&a
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neoshitties stuff
- some undocumented neocities mechanics
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techno-mystic reveals esoteric secrets from year
s of research
collection and commentary, ongoing, medium
- what happened to yesterweb?
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an investigation and case study
internet anthropology, long
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deep memetics, social media, and internet theory
- tlön, uqbar, orbis internetius
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borges and the internet
deep memetics, internet theory, literature, medium
- bootstrapping tlön: the internet's underlying insanity
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invisible masses & visible outliers
deep memetics, internet theory, short
- parable of the cube
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the outrage is the point
social media ecology, short
- good news, the internet as we know it may be doomed
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nothing is forever
internet theory, long
- how the touchscreen transformed the internet
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opening the portal
internet theory, short
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travel
- hawaii "picture" diary
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i tried, i REALLY tried to take lots of pictures
hawaii, travel
- the los angeles notebooks: an urban odyssey
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faithfully transcribed from the typewritten manuscripts
travel, blog
- six stunning photos that will make you rethink North Dakota and possibly Life
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words evaded me for once so i took some pictures
north dakota, photography
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advice (?)
- learning japanese: the suboptimalist perspective
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tl;dr literally everything is trying to prevent you from learning japanese
and it has not yet been demonstrated under satisfactory controlled experimental conditions that it is even possible to learn it
advice?
- i reduced my phone screen usage by 50% using this one weird trick
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it really works!
advice, blog, medium
- (un)conventional wisdom
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do not try to organize a fan convention
advice
- site design notes
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when you work alone, you're allowed to make whatever unmaintainable mess you're willing to put up with
site meta, blog, advice?
- doing one thing at a time
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also: how my addiction to competitive pokemon breeding was cured
blog, advice?
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new american mythos
- disneyland apotheosis
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Disney Magic is real magic
new american mythos
- yodie land: complicity with anonymous spaces
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this land is your land, this land is my land
new american mythos, short
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eclectica
- non non sequitur
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cracking the japanese concrete conundrum
investigation, incomplete, long
- hyperstimulation (I)
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birds & bees and bugs & bottles
possible literary forgery, short
- "the world is made of crossword puzzles"
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it's more likely than you think
metaphysics, short
- top 10 reasons why pump it up is better than dance dance revolution
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the definitive and final refutation of a senile dance game
"music", incomplete, long
- MUJI portland grand opening, 2018
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HAPPY?
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