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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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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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
- i reduced my phone screen usage by 50% using this one weird trick
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it really works!
advice, blog, medium
- yodie land: complicity with anonymous spaces
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this land is your land, this land is my land
new american mythos, 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
- end-of-year reader mailbox replies
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featuring: chatgpt, book burnings, colorblindness
q&a, medium
- start-of-year reader mailbox replies
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titled for maximum confusion
q&a
- 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?