Ars Nihil

I follow several independent animators on YouTube (favorite is Ian "Worthikids" Worthington , who's probably more famous than I realize...

It's the end of 2024 and again time for giving some kind of an annual wrap-up and a preview of things to come for 2025. Here's what I got...

This blog's not dead but I've been busy for the last several months and will be until mid-December/early January. Here's what I'm...

One of the strongest memories that feels alien to me was how many restaurants during my childhood had the same kind of décor:...

One of my favorite genres of music is both pretty ubiquitous and mostly unremarked about other than every once in a while by other music...

This subject is one that I’ve wanted to cover for quite a while, since it reminds me of watching all kinds of late-night weirdness during...

A by-product of stress is often nostalgia, which I won’t lie and say I’m somehow above falling into that trap. The last several years...

Petrichor is one of my favorite scents. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s the smell that occurs after rain has hit soil and mixes with...

I haven’t posted in a while, so I’m making a housekeeping post until autumn. Summer always becomes a time for other – primarily good -...

A month ago, my YouTube algorithm brought up a video called “Japan in 1960 was insane” and I knew I had to check it out. While it covers...

Recently, I got sucked into listening to another podcast that’s been around for a while but also one I’ve overlooked since I didn’t care...

Earlier today, I checked out the video I posted above from Middle 8  and it brought back a flood of memories. The last round of...

It’s been a while since I last wrote here but I’m not completely gone – just focusing on finding new topics, carving time to actually...

"At any given time, some significant percentage of people are working on the wrong things. The challenge is knowing which ones." - Aaron...

This past January saw me returning to a city that seems to be a big part of life during the last three years: New Orleans. The first time...

As part of my commonplace book, I collect a number of quotes I find all over the place. Once I've gotten a good deal of them, I'd like to...

As a treat for myself, I sometimes get sucked into watching those stupid "You remember these things from your childhood?!" kind of...

One of my favorite authors online (Ted Gioia) posted a year-in-review of his most-viewed articles on December 30th, which I didn't see...

I like to play music to stay focused while working and one of the genres I've been listening to lately is New Orleans R&B, with one of my...

I've been fond of Peter Gabriel's music since college when I sought it out during one of my "Must listen to everything I can!" phases....