link roundup Do I listen to too many remixes? (Link Roundup: September 2023) It's been a bit since I last did a link roundup, so I wanted to share some media I've been enjoying lately. This time, the unintentional theme is both cyberpunk and solarpunk. And things are weighted heavily in the direction of electronic song remixes and books
Blog Tech talismans and commonplace nostalgia Last time, I wrote about my fascination with a late 2000s "what's in my bag" photograph I stumbled across on Pinterest. The everyday objects that a stranger carried around made me feel such a strong sense of nostalgia that I ended up scouring Pinterest for more
Blog The Aesthetics of Commonplace Nostalgia A set of everyday objects sprawl on a slab of cardboard, surrounded by a moat of beige carpet: a yellow iPod Nano slung atop an iPod Classic; the two-tone purple disc of a Advair inhaler; a faded mass market paperback of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; a phone with
Blog Low-effort Link Roundup (July 17, 2023) On Mondays, I usually give updates on various projects that I'm working on, but it's been a week and I don't have much interesting to say about 'em. I've been doing a lot of writing and I dropped an episode of
Solarpunk Cyberpunk, cautionary tales, and imagination This week, I'll be writing about science fiction, solarpunk, and imagining better futures.
Learning Things Randonauting, synchronicity, and lost batteries (Learning Things: June 19, 2023) The New Blood Kickstarter campaign is still going strong this week! (It'll be running until July 9 at 8:08 am EST.) Last week, I appeared on a livestream with the rest of the cast and crew of New Blood and Inhuman Beings, two brand-new paranormal shows that
Nostalgia Feelin' nostalgic: emotions and analog paranormal investigation tools Continuing my deep dive into nostalgia and the paranormal! Does the way we feel about paranormal investigation tools change their efficacy? How do our emotions (especially nostalgia) interact with the paranormal? Highlights include: * My continuing fascination with whether the ghosts of living people can haunt us * Looking at nostalgic paranormal
Blog Digital camera nostalgia, remote viewing, and digital gardening (Learning Things: June 12, 2023) I'm back from Iceland and back in the swing of things. It's shaping up to be a busy month, but a good one! One big ongoing project: I mentioned this last week, but the New Blood Kickstarter is still in progress! In case you missed it,
Episodes The hype around the Panasonic RR-DR60 A look at lore surrounding the legendary Panasonic RR-DR60. How did the late 1990s audio recorder become a device that now sells for $4,000-5,000 USD on eBay? What makes the DR60 so special? Highlights include: * plenty o' nostalgia (and skepticism) * a digression about hard drives (everyone'
Blog A meandering week (Learning Things: May 22, 2021) This past week has felt especially meandering to me. Time seems slightly twisty; I've found myself repeatedly writing the date as either March 2023 or May 2025, so I'm not sure what that's about. I suppose I should just be grateful that my brain
link roundup Dark forests and notable trees (Link Roundup: May 9, 2023) Here's some stuff I've enjoyed reading, playing, and listening to lately.
Episodes Spirit boxes and paranormal nostalgia A deep dive into nostalgia, liminality, and the paranormal.
Blog Following a vintage automatic writing planchette ad down a rabbit hole Digging into the backstory of an ad in Mystic magazine.
Blog Starting the biodata sonification build (Learning Things: April 10, 2023) Biodata sonification supplies and Erik Satie-inspired automatic drawings.
Blog I asked ChatGPT to create and code paranormal investigation gear for me I wouldn't say that it went "well."
Blog DIY REM pod initial build (Learning Things: March 27, 2023) Things I learned and made this week (including an initial DIY REM pod build.)
Blog Accidentally overriding reality: untrustworthy and automatically faked photos If smartphone cameras are increasingly depicting "idealized" images of the world, smoothing out anomalies and removing variations from what an computer might consider "normal," what does that mean for paranormal photography?
Blog Taking pictures of ghosts: Polaroids, instant photography, and paranormal investigation Instant photography has become increasingly popular when trying to photograph ghosts—but can we trust it?
Blog Spirit boxes, radios, and analog ghost hunting I'd like to explore different popular ghost hunting tools through the lens of nostalgia. First up: the spirit box.
