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now
28 Sep 2025
## nostr I am always working towards decentralizing information flows. To that end I am working on various components in the [nostr](https://plantimals.org/nostr/) ecosystem. -
nostr
19 Feb 2023
## the protocol [nostr](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr) is a protocol for establishing pseudonymous identities and using them to cryptographically sign messages and pass them around via
soundscape meditation
15 Nov 2021
mindfulness meditation with the goal of scanning the soundscape from internal to progressively larger spheres. mindfulness in this context implies an attempt to change one’s perspective from
siddhartha dialogue
18 Oct 2021
by: GPT-3 **Siddhartha and Govinda are discussing Being and Becoming, the voice of the river, and the meaning of life.** Siddhartha: Wisdom cannot be communicated. It can be only hinted at.
papers
28 Sep 2021
[books](https://plantimals.org/100/) are civilization’s best way of transmitting ideas across the centuries. there is a parallel tradition, alongside books, of circulating papers with succinct
self sovereign identity
5 Sep 2021
on the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. [self-sovereign identity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sovereign_identity) can allow this dog to participate in the secure commerce and activity of
starlink
24 Aug 2021
 long exposures of starlink satellites technology is useful to the degree that it changes behavior.
charter cities
14 Jun 2021
 there’s been a lot of discussion about how new firms are created and find their way to becoming self-sustaining. I’m thinking of [paul
a financial fable
9 Jun 2021
in the early 2000’s I came across a reference to an old donald duck comic book as an explanation of the causes and effects of inflation and wealth redistribution. the story is titled “a financial
epicycles
5 Jun 2021
in the geocentric models of the solar system (universe?), planets were said to move in circular paths. it was observed that the planets did not appear to move in this way, as during certain periods
managed complexity
2 Jun 2021
the following dream descriptions and interpretations are produced via the [GPT3 playground](https://beta.openai.com/playground) from [openai](https://plantimals.org/posts/openai/). the algorithm was
filecoin
27 May 2021
I’ve mentioned [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/#why) in the [past](https://plantimals.org/posts/ipfs-pinning-service-api/) as a distributed storage network. a simple way of stating what IPFS is, is to say
on aphorisms
16 May 2021
GPT3 prompt: > aphorisms GPT3 completion: > The life of man is so complex and the causes of his behavior so obscure that one cannot even predict from one moment to the next what the next moment
Ada and Rainbow
15 May 2021
Once Ada met a unicorn. Ada made it her pet and they went on adventures. Its name was rainbow. They explore new places. They watched volcanoes erupt. They had a picnic at the park. They went to the
openai
14 May 2021
today’s feed friday is the blog of an organization that set out to safely improve the field of artificial intelligence. it remains to be seen whether or not their advances will be seen as safe, but
uncle lovecraft
13 May 2021
continuing from yesterday’s [GPT3 generative content](https://plantimals.org/posts/welcome-to-the-apocalypse/), I present an absurd dialog generated by artificial intelligence. I provided the
welcome to the apocalypse
12 May 2021
a long while ago I applied for the private beta of [openai](https://openai.com/), and was recently granted access. the openai API is a way of making use of
how much land does a man need?
9 May 2021
by [Leo Tolstoy, from the public domain](https://gutenberg.org/files/6157/6157-h/6157-h.htm#link2H_4_0016) [
feed friday: mike solana
7 May 2021
this week’s feed friday is mike solana. mike is a [vp at founders fund](https://foundersfund.com/team/michael-solana/) and someone involved in building things in the real world, yet he still seems
what the moon brings
6 May 2021
 [A Ruined Castle on an Outcrop by Moonlight in the Scottish
iris
5 May 2021
the revelations
4 May 2021
a few weeks ago my copy of [“the revelations” by erik hoel](https://plantimals.org/posts/the-revelations-begin/) arrived. here I relate some of the subjective experience of reading the book, with
hugo
3 May 2021
if you want to get into blogging, want to retain control of your content, and don’t want to write something from scratch, a static site generator is a pretty good way to get this done. there have
38th parallel lineament
2 May 2021
I have greatly enjoyed reading [roadside geology of missouri by charles g. spencer](https://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Geology-Missouri-Charles-Spencer/dp/087842573X/?tag=plantimals-20). spencer assumes
franklin county mo 1878 plat: part 3
30 Apr 2021
published from the public domain. previous page [here](https://plantimals.org/posts/franklin-county-mo-1878-plat-continued/) 
franklin county mo 1878 plat: part 2
29 Apr 2021
published from the public domain. previous page [here](https://plantimals.org/posts/franklin-county-mo-1878-plat/)  ## HISTORY OF FRANKLIN
franklin county missouri, an 1878 plat book: part 1
28 Apr 2021
from images ([found here](https://digital.shsmo.org/digital/collection/plat/id/1673)) of the original book. republished public domain ## HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY A vast region of country in North
third vcp appearance
27 Apr 2021
vance invited me back on the podcast. I always enjoy my conversations with vance, and I hope you will too. it’s hard to know if the language and topics are of interest to other people, but this is
in the desert
22 Apr 2021
by [Stephen Crane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Desert) In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it.
ivan bilibin
21 Apr 2021
the artist [beksinski](https://plantimals.org/posts/beksinski/) is challenging, but relatable to modern times. he presents dreamscapes, in many cases nightmares. but there’s something much more
morels
19 Apr 2021
mid to late april in the midwest is [morel mushroom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella) season. once you’ve seen one, they’re hard to mistake. if you’re out walking keep your eyes open
ozymandias
18 Apr 2021
by Percy Shelley > I met a traveller from an antique land > > Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone > > Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, > > Half sunk, a shattered visage
on buying a farm
17 Apr 2021
[cato the elder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_the_Elder) on buying a farm from [de agricultura](https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cato/De_Agricultura/A*.html) > When you are
wealth distribution
13 Apr 2021
let’s return to a recurring fixture in the startup/tech space, paul graham. previously [I noted](https://plantimals.org/posts/how-you-know/) the idea of building up a mental model of some worthy
beksinski
12 Apr 2021
I find myself returning to the theme of dreams and dreaming. when I come across art that has this quality it arrests my attention and I feel obliged to let it sink in. for example, my recent post
ceramic
11 Apr 2021
we live in a time great innovation in distributed systems. bitcoin, ethereum, IPFS, and many others worth tracking. [self-sovereign identity
ex oblivione by hp lovecraft
10 Apr 2021
trying to communicate the ultimate subjective experience, dreams, is a worthy goal. to that end, I reproduce here a short story by hp lovecraft, which has entered the public domain. for more of these
feed friday: 1729
9 Apr 2021
1729 is [ramanujan’s number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1729_%28number%29). 1729 is now also the name of [Balaji S. Srinivasan](https://balajis.com/)’s new
diffusion limited aggregation
8 Apr 2021
some algorithms have an attraction. beyond the straightforward utility of providing a measurable solution to a highly defined problem, some of them are satisfying analogs of natural processes, or
ipfs pinning service api
7 Apr 2021
I still owe you a detailed introduction to IPFS, as promised in my post [centralized fragility](https://plantimals.org/posts/centralized-fragility/), and that is on its way. in the mean time, for
the revelations begin
6 Apr 2021
I discovered the works of [erik hoel](https://www.erikphoel.com/writing.html), specifically his article “will the bitcoin bubble pop? or will it envelope us all?” which I wrote about previously
six spotted tiger beetle
5 Apr 2021
I spotted this beast yesterday and was able to approach close enough to take a picture of it eating something. if you can identify the prey, please let me know. it looks like an ant or a spider, but
phase changes
4 Apr 2021
pattern language entry: phase change the organization of matter progresses through a series of changes depending upon the temperature and pressure present. these changes are through a series of
360 experiments
3 Apr 2021
I’ve been tinkering with VR after getting an oculus quest 2 for christmas. I’ve previously mentioned using the [aframe](https://plantimals.org/posts/a-frame/) library to spin up basic content
feed friday: schneier on security
2 Apr 2021
this week’s feed friday is bruce schneier’s blog: website: [https://www.schneier.com/](https://www.schneier.com/) feed:
mountains of possibility
1 Apr 2021
sometimes twitter brings fodder for interesting conversation. I’m down on centralized social media a lot lately, but I’ve enjoyed it over the last 11 years, and still occasionally get some
samizdat
31 Mar 2021
get started fast with IPFS. self-publish a markdown document that renders into html and is hosted on the inter-planetary file system by pinata.cloud. link a domain name to it. access it via gateways.
networking
30 Mar 2021
the concept of *networking* gets thrown around a lot. I think the importance of it is often lost in the throw-away phraseology. it is not an accident that this word also applies to other things.
pater patriæ by h l mencken
29 Mar 2021
originally published in 1918, this work of H L Mencken is in the public domain If George Washington were alive today, what a shining mark he would be for the whole camorra of uplifters,
century books
28 Mar 2021
the phrase > it’s better to read 100 books 10 times than 1,000 books once is stuck in my imagination. for every book I read I use a 3x5 card as a bookmark and note on it when I started and when