Hello
I'm Alex, a technologist from Calgary, Canada. This is my blog.
For information about myself & my philosophy, see the About, Design, and Values pages.
Miniposts are bookmarks, snippets of thought, and syndicated content from elsewhere.
Longform articles are below, sorted by date.
You may also peruse the archive.
Projects
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Mixtape MakerPrepare music playlists for recording onto an analog cassette.
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Film Development CalculatorCalculate the time between film baths automagically.
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Timewaste Tracker for Reddit & …A memento mori for how much time you're wasting on Reddit.
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French Republican Calendar ToolsTrack time the old, old fashioned way.
- More Projects
All These People Are Vampires - Building the Contra-Economy
In the 1980’s, Robert L. Crandall, head of American Airlines, removed one single olive from the salad they served passangers. He thought they wouldn’t notice - and he was right. This removal of the olive saved the company $40,000 a year.1 and began the downfall of Service Capitalism....
Read more ⟶2024 in Review - 100 Books
I read 100 books this year as a challenge to myself. The hardest part about reading 100 books in a year is fomatting them cleanly afterward on your website. The second hardest part is tracking them all. The actual activity is a cinch.
Reading 100 books this year was directly inspired from stories of...
Read more ⟶The $500 Question - How Media Framing Shapes Our Reality
“In this season of giving, what are we to make of a billionaire with a soft spot for striving graduates who draws a hard line on being present for the pomp and circumstance, no matter the circumstances?” - New York Times
The modern media apparatus doesn’t just report news - it...
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