I'm Andrew. I write about the past and future of tech, music, media, culture, art, and activism. This is my blog.
When Geoff Bozo’s out of control Green Terminus rocket threatens the home of striking Amazing Warehouse workers, union organizers band together to pilot Kumiai-Ki, The Mighty Labor Union Mech. The fight for fair conditions has a new champion, power to the workers. In case you missed it, I’ve been making toys , and one of our recent toys, Kumiai-Ki The Mighty Labor Union Mech is about to start…
Long before Astroboy, animation in Japan was already thriving. A lot of early anime is lost today, but we have some examples dating as far back as 1917, and we can see the roots of what would become “modern” anime swirling around the Paper Theater stage and the early Manga/Comiku industry.
My latest gameboy color game is out now, it’s a loving homage to Metroid II, and is available on cartridge and digital download . I’m immensely proud of it, and I hope you’ll give it a look.
I’ve been thinking (and that’s not good for anyone, and everyone should be holding their breath) about technology again. I can’t help myself; every time I think I’m out, they pull me back in. Mostly, I’m thinking about technology right now because I’m contemplating the ways that the US is a failed state, and thinking about the kinds of technology that we’re going to need to get through to whatever…
This is a post about running your own streaming media server, and why you might want to do that. I will discuss some surface-level strategies for how you might go about it, and how you might source media to fill it with, but this is not a step-by-step guide. It’s a “why to”, rather than a “how to” So hop in, and let’s talk about streaming media in 2025, and what you can do to take back control.
Joelanta is an annual toyshow with a long history where folks who like vintage action figures and especially, but not only GI Joe, get together and celebrate or toys. The 2025 show just ended, and I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly from this Joelanta, reminisce about previous Joelantas, and consider the future of the show. It’s a little bit Inside…
The wait is over. Expedition Sasquatch Episode 20, “Betrayed by Mothman,” is now available. This episode serves as the direct conclusion to the cliffhanger from Episode 19, “Bugs and Such.”
This post is a guide to using some independent streaming platforms. It’s part of a series I’m working on about leaving the control of massive corporations. I will follow it up in a few days with a post about running a personal Video on Demand platform, and a couple of ways you can set up personal IPTV stations, and why you might want to do that. Until then, this is an article about leaving…
It is a peculiar kind of tragedy to watch the thing you love be dismantled for parts, sold off as scrap, and then have the very people doing the dismantling throw up their hands and ask who could have possibly let this happen. The web I fell in love with is fading, and I think we all know who is holding the smoking gun.
The Following is a Guest Post from Jackson QRST Sinclair, the acclaimed Cryptid Hunter, and star of the hit podcast Expedition Sasquatch. (Yes, Jack is a fictional character that I write. Yes. This is just a blog post I wrote announcing the return of the Expedition Sasquatch podcast. If you’re not a fan of my fiction, skip this one.)