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This is Cosmic Plates, a print project for Artemis II footage

Cosmic Plates is a little site I made to host print-ready poster layouts of space footage in the public domain. Starting with the Artemis II mission.

I build a 3D Gaussian Splat viewer and generator with Apple's new code

In December, Apple published Sharp, a technique for generating 3D Gaussian Splats from a single photograph. With that, I've built a set of tools to generate 3D Gaussian Splats on the fly for my blog posts using hosted ML systems, custom frontend renderer and CMS widgets.

Breaking MindAR out of its cage (and sharing it with you)

Why I revamped a popular, but complex, AR image tracking library to be a better performing and decoupled, free alternative to 8th Walls now de-funded engine.

A tool to make AI better at Magic: The Gathering deckbuilding

I like to deckbuild with AIs, but they hallucinate if you only give them a list of card names. So I made this "enricher" that fetches card details and organizes the decklist logically. It makes AI collaboration much more useful for deckbuilding.

Turn newsletters into RSS feeds with 2025 fix

There are ways to combine the Newsletter into the RSS feeds, but a few things has made that more tricky lately and broken workarounds. Through trial and error I've found a free solution that works in 2025.

Trump, Tariffs and a Tired World

Bullies, tariffs, and nuclear codes. What happens when America's friends get treated like enemies? A grownups response to the toddler in chief.

CherryPicks: Free Safari File Blocker for iOS | Selective Content Control

CherryPicks is a lightweight, privacy-focused Safari extension for iOS that lets you selectively block specific files, file types, and domains while browsing. Unlike comprehensive ad blockers, CherryPicks gives you granular control to block exactly what you want – from individual JavaScript files to entire websites.

AI prompt: You are a Nuclear expert. Your job is to hoard every nuclear warhead on earth

The “paperclip problem” on steroids. What happens when we task AI to control every nuclear warhead “for defence”.

Taking control of your search experience with Kagi

If you are trying to create more healthy digital habits, one decision you must make, is how you find information online. The past year I've completely replaced Googling with Kagi.

Your AI chat- & work-buddy is a war machine now

OpenAI's partnership with weapons manufacturer Anduril should raise serious ethical concerns for organisations and people worldwide.

National Danish Radio interviewed me in prime time on how I approach Creative Technology

This is a transcript, turned into a Q&A, of an interview I did with the Danish public service broadcaster, DR.

A new component for the blog: Experiments

Very often I want to test small things like shaders, etc. Here's some work on a custom component.

Can an independent Europe better predict our more extreme weather?

There is a lot of talk about how Europe can grow more independent from the US. Lately I've been thinking a lot on the extreme weather situations in Spain and how we could be better prepared. Is that an example of an area we should develop our own independent technology?

Harvesting and analysing Magic the Gathering (MTG) cards

Magic: The Gathering card tracking and price prediction using Google Sheets.

Extending RealityKit with new easing functions

For an Apple Vision Pro project I'm building, I was in need of more easing functions than the ones AnimationTimingFunctions come with in SwiftUI / RealityKit.

Once again, Apple proves that less is more

How the Apple Vision Pro use less design to enhance immersion, and reduce cognitive load with use of natural dead zones.

Building for Apple Vision Pro. How I’m adjusting and what I think.

My experience with iOS app development is very basic. Here’s how I’ve been using my experience in other languages to my advantage.

How will we design the talent that will design our future media landscapes?

Reflections on DMJX's new campus opening, insights from Danish Royalty on AI/design, embracing lifelong learning, and innovation in design education.

Exploring node based webgl design

Trying out the cables.gl webgl framework. Balancing lots of particles and performance.

Getting on threads

Thoughts on getting on the new Threads platform and using it as a live catalogue for my research.

What could a "personal" spatial computing device do to a society?

The Apple Vision Pro raises questions about public access to technology. How will personal spatial computing affect digital equality?

A book about the world of code, written right before it all changes.

This mindblowing book on live coding & creative tech arrived just before AI changes everything!

Separating Objects in Gaussian Splatting Scenes

A look at Mask3D and how it might enable us to separate and animate objects in Gaussian Splat scenes.

The Death of Genuine Conversation in the Age of AI

As AI tools become more integrated into our daily communication, I reflect on the consequences for genuine human interaction and why I'm concerned about where we're heading.

NeRF Segmentation as Distilled Feature Fields

NeRF technology achieves object segmentation with DFF, allowing separate control of captured 3D elements. Could Apple be next to adopt it?

Neural Radiance Fields exploration

Explore Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), a groundbreaking 3D capture technique that captures light behavior instead of polygons, revolutionizing realistic 3D modeling.

My journey through 10 years at Molamil/Manyone

What I thought would just be a student job, turned out to be quite a bit more. One day you wake up and realize how much has changed.