January 2022

This seems like precisely the sort of follow-the-money deep dive I want to see on this topic, but it’s written as an essay, not a video. By now, enough ink has been spilled about 21st century economics and crypto to make clear that words alone won’t demystify them, and a YouTuber reading the words aloud against a blank backdrop doesn’t change that. The incredibly dry presentation is a poor fit for the arcane financial and… See more →

Say hello to Maude! We brought her home this afternoon and so far she’s settling in like a champ. 😍

I could never have believed how boring this is if I hadn’t seen it for myself.

My 2021 in review: v6.robweychert.com/blog/2022/01/t…

Let me begin by saying I promise this post is mostly good vibes. Skip ahead if you like, but if you’ll momentarily indulge my pessimism: What a stupid time to be alive.

2021 was supposed to be the year the vaccine gave us our lives back, and while it did for some of us to some degree, its international distribution predictably favored wealthy nations, and the long-simmering anti-vax movement here in the wealthiest nation of… See more →

I was pretty excited for this one. Emma de Swaef, Marc Roels, and Niki Lindroth von Bahr are doing the most interesting work in narrative stop-motion animation today, and while the bizarre nature of that work probably precludes it from attracting much more than a cult following, having some Netflix money thrown at it hopefully bodes well for its sustainability.

The House’s first segment, a fable about a 19th century family selling its soul,… See more →

Looks like it resets the streak after 50 💅🏻

Rough day in the neighborhood.

This time around, I decided to overthink isometric projection.

The fourth issue of Plus Equals, my algorithmic art zine, is out now! plusequals.art/04/