Book Stuff and a Little Bit About Me
Using AI for Illustration
A while back I wrote a short story for a contest but it didn't really go anywhere. The story was always missing something to add to the creepiness factor. I wasn't going to hire an illustrator for 5000 words so it just sorta... sat. Enter: AI art. Midjourney specifically. [...]
WAXWORKS
Thought I'd pop in here to give an update on what I've been up to. This blog might be sleepy for now but my other site WAXWORKS sure isn't! I just concluded running a NFT Music Competition with Yoshidrops over on the WAX Blockchain. We got 13 full length and [...]
I am Now a Web3 Published Author!
What’s that, you may ask? Well, it’s self-publishing but on the blockchain! My new Five Dollar Crypto Primer is for sale on traditional ebook sites like Kindle and more, mainly so the cryptocurrency averse don’t feel left out. The web3 part means the entire book has been published to a [...]
Jack Dorsey’s “Block” and the Tragedy of the Commons
Jack Dorsey wants to bring crypto mining to the masses, but it could have catastrophic consequences for the environment. It’s probably not for the reasons the news has led you to believe. Crypto energy consumption isn’t a blockchain problem but an unfortunate consequence of the arms race between miners to [...]
Drive Fast, Rock On
The WAX NFT community has been excellent. I'm meeting tons of cool people, the latest being a crypto-poet. We had a friendly chat which inspired me to write a concise story. This is my homage to Turn and Burn by Christian M. Coli: Lenny kissed his lucky fordite pendant and [...]
I spent a month embedded in the digital jungle observing the apes
The art NFT community might surprise you both for their wholesomeness and ruthlessness. I’ve noticed a trend in media lately: treating NFT enthusiasts the same way a racist explorer might an undiscovered tribe by criticizing them without trying to get to know them. I did something that seemed out of [...]