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Some Layers of a Seemingly Simple Interaction
November 7 2018
We Wouldn’t Have Planes Without Birds
November 5 2018
Dates When the World Was Supposed to End
November 2 2018
This Tree’s Leaves Look Like Hibernating Butterflies
November 1 2018
Yawn Tally
November 1 2018
Sweat
July 15 2018
Recommended Poems
June 21 2018
Fireproof
June 8 2018
Bookless
April 5 2018
The Guy with the Giant Business Card
February 22 2018
43 Perfectly Valid Excuses for Not Going to the Gym Today
November 15 2017
10 Alternatives to Saying “What Bug Crawled Up Your Ass?” When Someone Acts Irritated
November 8 2017
“Feel” Project Part 12: Knowing How Much To Do
November 3 2017
James Franco Tongue Twisters
November 1 2017
“Feel” Project Part 11: Total Breakthrough
October 28 2017
“Feel” Project Part 10: A Path is Emerging
October 26 2017
“Feel” Project Part 9: Tear gun, a pleasure-maximizing algorithm, remembering an abandoned idea of sharing creative processes, and searching through notes
October 24 2017
“Feel” Project Part 8: A List and a Mess
October 23 2017
“Feel” Project Part 7: Colors, Making Cuts, Memes and Such
October 19 2017
“Feel” Project Part 6: Looking for Glimmers
October 18 2017
“Feel” Project Part 5: “You can’t make a mistake”
October 17 2017
“Feel” Project Part 4: Don’t We Usually “Feel” Neutral and When We Do It Actually Makes Us Closer to the Universe?
October 17 2017
“Feel” Project Part 3: Using Pop Song Lyrics to Write “Feeling it”
October 15 2017
“Feel” Project Part 2: I’m Not Going to Pretend
October 12 2017
“Feel” Project Part 1: A New Project About “Feel”
October 11 2017
“The engine of our discontent”
October 10 2017
“…making sure you carry your necessary rectangles…”
October 7 2017
Album Cover Art: Naïve Art/Doodle Edition
October 6 2017
TL;DR: Memes Imitate Art, Art Imitates Life
October 5 2017
Album Cover Art: Face Edition
September 29 2017
Here’s a GIF-based Mini-Game to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing
September 28 2017
What If You Could Only Use One Word for the Rest of Your Life?
September 27 2017
How I Accidentally Started Riding the Clout Goggles Trend in 2014
September 21 2017
When You Don’t Have It
September 18 2017
Which of These Rhymes Define Your Life?
September 16 2017
Unedited Twitter Rant Expressing Some Thoughts on Tech
September 13 2017
Wear the Same Thing Every Day and Become a Cartoon Character
September 12 2017
What the Hex is That Blue?
September 8 2017
Goodbye Idea Channel. Hello Idea Channel.
September 7 2017
Stock Photos Who Believed In Themselves Enough to Become Memes
September 5 2017
Pollution Art
September 4 2017
@baseballcardvandals
August 31 2017
“…and this odd nostalgia for memories of the future.”
August 30 2017
TRAPPED IN DEJA VU TV
June 15 2017
back again
April 30 2017
simple cyborg pleasures
October 16 2016
“Blah blah blah” he accused.
October 15 2016
Dear God Four
October 15 2016
Dear God Three
October 15 2016
Dear God Two
October 15 2016
Dear God One
October 15 2016
Common
October 6 2016
2016 Emmys Reactions
September 19 2016
When the Verizon Guy Switched to Sprint
September 15 2016
If You Stream Nelly’s Songs Then Nelly Didn’t Do Anything Wrong
September 13 2016
This Is What Will Happen When the Goddamn Robots Take Our Jobs
September 13 2016
Oh, Gary Johnson Knows Aleppo Alright
September 11 2016
Sweet Schedule
September 11 2016
A Day in Little USA
September 10 2016
The Difference Between Ok and Okay
September 3 2016
Off the Air Reminding Me Why I Love 15 Years of Adult Swim On the Air
September 2 2016
Ephemera and Error
September 1 2016
seth rogen movie plots
August 25 2016
Musical Genius Has a Vision
August 18 2016
Ellen Makes a Meme Mistake
August 18 2016
Angel and Devil Grab a Drink After Work
August 17 2016
Detective Hardball on Milwaukee
August 16 2016
How JP Morgan Became So Rich
August 14 2016
Swimmers from Different Countries Compete at the Rio Olympics
August 12 2016
A Fireside Chat with FDR
August 11 2016
“I Apologize for My Sandwich Breath Here”
August 9 2016
Gold Shavings Day
July 29 2016
Barely There and Mostly Gone Day
July 28 2016
Limited Friction Day
July 28 2016
Ice Cream Day
July 26 2016
Skin
May 16 2016
Arousal
May 15 2016
Overstimulating
May 14 2016
Static
May 13 2016
Spicy
May 12 2016
Endurance
May 11 2016
Lifestreaming
May 10 2016
Dolphins
May 9 2016
Mother
May 8 2016
Spell
May 7 2016
Perfect
May 6 2016
Ghostwrite
May 5 2016
Unknown
May 4 2016
Undo
May 3 2016
Untitled
May 2 2016
Undiscovered
May 1 2016
Unceremonious
April 30 2016
Everything
April 29 2016
Octopus
April 28 2016
Scenarios
April 25 2016
Brand
April 18 2016
Want
April 17 2016
Warmth
April 11 2016
Birthdays
April 10 2016
Building
April 8 2016
Certified
April 5 2016
Saggy
April 4 2016
Musket
April 2 2016
Stars
April 1 2016
Answers
March 13 2016
Waste
March 6 2016
Leap
February 29 2016
Tolerate
February 22 2016
Trust
February 14 2016
Anthem
February 5 2016
Tint
February 3 2016
An Unlikely Ally in Beets
January 19 2016
Wrestlemania I-V
December 29 2015
better by foot
December 6 2015
“why did you do that?”
September 14 2015
the invisible store
August 14 2015
attracted to a cactus
July 30 2015
a floating row of glow-red letters (exit sign)
July 17 2015
forced relief from a future belief
July 12 2015
i go overboard
July 9 2015
Rain Tan
July 2 2015
secret control station panic picnic
July 2 2015
leave as is (off center)
July 2 2015
parade her around like a day-old pastry
June 29 2015
i want to complain
June 28 2015
the suffering of another
June 27 2015
here’s a list of forbidden places
June 23 2015
i doubt the dinosaur drought
June 23 2015
look up
June 19 2015
middle america
June 18 2015
i don’t know the wood smell of the shore
June 17 2015
mood ring
June 17 2015
ad nauseam
June 16 2015
preach about cheap peaches
June 12 2015
blade of steel (buns)
June 11 2015
loungeberry
June 9 2015
Cower Inside and Avoid the Sun
June 8 2015
tonight my lamp
June 7 2015
you are not what you do, and you are not you
June 3 2015
steam room
May 31 2015
Spacebeach
May 30 2015
Rebuilt
May 26 2015
If I Die in Brooklyn
May 23 2015
How Original Do We Have to Be?
May 21 2015
IMAX Screen
May 20 2015
briefly
May 17 2015
Keep Your Eye on the Ball
May 16 2015
horizon
May 14 2015
new york sitty sidewalking
May 13 2015
Positive Worries (What If)
May 10 2015
No one will ever get you
May 9 2015
5 Things I Believe In (Early 2015)
May 8 2015
Red Tape Race
May 7 2015
Smart is Pain
May 6 2015
Binge-Watching
May 5 2015
555
April 29 2015
Baseball Baguette
April 26 2015
The Friendly B&E
April 26 2015
Insomnimmortality
April 25 2015
Drag Ideas Through the Mud
April 23 2015
Revisiting Abandoned Ideals on Earth Day 2015
April 22 2015
A Tap Dancing Delinquent
April 21 2015
Stuck in a Cement Truck
April 20 2015
A Bear Falls in the Woods
April 20 2015
Almost Sold-Out Crowd
April 18 2015
Versus
April 5 2015
Skipping Songs
April 5 2015
It’s Already 4:30 vs. It’s Only 4:30
April 2 2015
The Life of the Eiffel Tower
April 1 2015
experience
March 28 2015
5000th Time Looking at Mona Lisa
March 28 2015
What Does Repetition Do to Symbols?
March 21 2015
Melon Cereal
March 20 2015
No
March 18 2015
Magical Internet Night
March 15 2015
Cheer Up Morning Soldier
March 15 2015
Can You Handle Me When I Ship Myself to You?
March 13 2015
You Didn’t Save Your Important Work But You Did Save Me
March 11 2015
Mutant Deadline
March 10 2015
The Evolution of “Data Graves”: a poem about a world after the internet collapses
March 8 2015
I’m Not Listless
March 8 2015
Bad Key Copies
March 2 2015
What Will You Do With Your Third Arm?
February 28 2015
Go Smell Something
February 26 2015
Publicity Stunt Double
February 24 2015
24/7
February 17 2015
Pennies Are Lucky, But Not for Us
February 13 2015
Positive Anonymous Acts
February 11 2015
Lazy Research into What I’ve Recently Read Online
February 7 2015