Robert’s blog

Islamic Republic of Japan

I have an idea for a flag:

The art of the deal

Just paying for stuff is boring. Making deals is fun.

Molìni di Triora in October 2022

Blossoms: Other plants: Empty wall planter: Nature all around: Windows: “Butcher”: Rook: Bench: Inside a museum:

Hue-swapped flags

Better

Profit-making prophet.

Copypasta?

No, cutpasta ! Cut pasta out completely!

Brain overload?

Nap.

Beeps

⋅⋅ o-pen ⋅ close

The Journey into Color

The Giracolore is a spin-art machine pertaining to the new popular tradition of Italian toys: Raffaele Cesano, the Giracolore’s creator, asked me to make a book with its history and practical uses. “The Journey into Color” ( Il viaggio nel colore ) is now the first book I have fully designed, and perhaps even my biggest design work yet. Its copies now come with every device put on sale. The client…

Nice in 2024

Tobacco-free beach: Flightcraft above beach: Dog beach: The great SNCF timetable: Deli & …CIA?! Top-notch lemonade: Good typography in Benburger’s logo:

Israel

Is real?

Sigma Boy symbol

2025, the number

The number 25, as I brought up forn , has a magical appearance. 2025 is the first perfect square number year since 1936, and thus also the first year to be a product of two squares since then. 2025 = 45² = 9² × 5². Coming back to 45², Donald Trump, the 45th president of the USA, will start his 2nd term in 2025 as the 47th president. 45 + 2 = 47. 2 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 9, which is the number of…

GPT

Glitch-Producing Transformer.

Painful lessons

Painful lessons are learnt lessons.

Based logo

Based , full name Base Democratica , is an Italian movement for direct democracy. Its founder asked me to give it a logo. I made it base d : No extant political parties in Italy use the color orange.

God and war

There is no god of war and no war of god. God is oneness, not division.

Paper straws

Paper straws suck... NOT! In the worst way mightly.

Naples

On October 26, 2024, I was in Naples to speak at Linux Day 2024. I also had a few hours to see the city. It is a place unlike any other in Italy; it’s a semi-anarchic country of its own. “Math diplomas in 3 minutes, only in Naples” is an advert I saw there. Free entrepreneurship runs wild. Folks don’t follow the rules of the road at all. Everyone must pay attention to not be hit by a car or…

The Vance–Walz debate in one image

Why is “nucular” Walz friends with school shooters?