June 2017
Imaginary ‘energy slaves’ perform work on behalf of human beings. They are ‘hidden in plain sight’, because they make our lifestyles so effortless. Essay 1 / 7.
May 2017
With this post, I list the references that I used for by Energy Slaves comic. I also show the working that I used to calculate some of the figures of the comic.
May 2017
I joined Instagram and got creative with the 3-column grid format. I posted my comic Amusing Ourselves to Death, panel by panel.
May 2017
I am today relaunching this website, with a fresh new design! With this blog post I describe the redesign process, and the differences between the 2012-era website and the new 2017 version.
October 2015
I used the World War II as an analogy for responding to climate change in my comic Hitler Denial. In this essay, I discuss the merits and limitations of this comparison.
October 2015
I describe the storytelling philosophy I employed in my comic Hitler Denial. The comic is about climate change, but I deliberately avoided getting bogged-down in 'Climate Change 101' debates.
August 2015
I discuss the physics behind my comic about Buckminster Fuller's Chilling Domes. Is the phenomenon real? I outline the evidence for and against.
August 2015
I show and tell information about my first Patreon supporter postcard, and my first Patreon video Q&A session.
July 2015
Every two years I publish a list of the books which I read during that period. Here is my 2013-15 list, featuring the reasons why Feral by George Monbiot was my favourite book from that period.