Although I had an absolute ball with the ticker.art project (and I’m very proud of the work we created), I’ve got to say, I think the NFT crazy probably peaked in 2021. Still, this overview is a fun way to see what’s out there and to acquaint yourself with what folks are spending countless millions of dollars to acquire:
(more…)Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Those Omnipresent Names
Here is an interesting graphic about the companies that dominated the news (and our lives) in 2021. I think it varies from person to person. For instance, I seriously doubt Tik Tok meant a thing to anyone reading this, whereas Tesla was a bit more relevant.
This Is When They Made Their Choice
The cover curse abides.
They’re Starting Early
The world hates bears. The people of Earth would rather the market go up 20% every year, without interruption, and anything or anyone getting in the way of that is a problem. Therefore, if we actually get an honest-to-God bear market going, I fully expected that eventually there would be the typical horseshit of making short-selling illegal, trying to shut down people like me, and so forth.
I figured it would take a pretty severe slaughter to get them going, but, no, here we are maybe 2% off the highest levels of the history of the universe, and these pantywaists are already screeching and shrieking and getting their panties in a bunch:
Endings That Bring Tears
There’s no reason you should know this, and perhaps no reason to care, but I am a hopeless romantic. I am sentimental to a fault. I cry with joy very easily. And I am easily moved by music, sight, and sound.
My love of movies runs deep, and there are many movie endings I adore. I was thinking today about three particular endings which always make me well up, and I was curious what they had in common.
