Blargh

A brief history of the Lindy Effect, some thoughts on our relationship with the things that we make, and a rough outline of what I like to call 'Lindy Curation'.

Some thoughts on my on-again-off-again relationship with Neo-luddism and my pursuit of some sort of middle ground in a world inundated with technology that seems mostly interested in trying to rot my mind.

Editor's note: this was originally posted as a 'Channel 6' news item, because I wanted to talk about the new content types I'd added to the site. Instead, it sort of devolved into a rant. I've decided to move it to the blargh section, which I think is probably a better fit.(Since I didn't have any images on it originally, and have no real ideas for images now, I've just inserted some pictures of Alice from the Brady Bunch.)

A meditation on the bittersweet joy of discovering great bands only to find their discographies cruelly finite. Suburban Lawns and Longpigs both made brilliant music, got their shot, and then just... stopped, without the dramatic narratives we usually use to explain why good things end. How many other bands like this are out there, vanished for reasons that have nothing to do with their music?

We sometimes mistake the nostalgia for simpler times as a longing for simpler things. The old internet wasn't better because it was simpler; it was better because it hadn't yet been corrupted. What about building something useful without the corruption?