Finance is everywhere in the cultural imaginary; it represents itself largely on its own terms, a set of appearances that do not correspond to its practise. John MacIntosh, Finance Aesthetics
Month: March 2025
xQc on AI Generated Art
Why would I care? I don’t consume the method, I consume the product. xQc
Cory Doctorow on AI Generated Art
Today I read Cory Doctorows latest post, Why I Don’t Like AI Art, and really appreciated his approach to defining art and how the use of AI tools diluted the meaning within works of art. …the prompt given to an AI to produce creative writing or an image is the sum total of the communicative
March 2025
Housing Over the course of February, we finished unpacking everything in the living areas of the house and have gotten settled in to the new place. We were able to host friends for the first time mid-month in February which was a great feeling. Late February in Calgary saw a very rapid thaw after a
Edward Tufte on Interface Design
No matter how beautiful your interface is, it would be better if there were less of it. Edward Tufte
Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce on Canadian Winters
To survive the Canadian winter, one needs a body of brass, eyes of glass, and blood made of brandy. Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce, Baron de Lahontan