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10 Crypto Commandments

Every year on March 9th I try to think of a different way to honor Christopher Wallace aka the King of Bed-Stuy. This year, since...

Notorious DGB

Mar 27, 20202 min read

I Need My Space

In December 2019 President Trump announced the creation of the United States Space Force and the proposed budget for 2021 allocates $18...

Ghee Money

Feb 23, 20202 min read

The PetroSatoshi Thought Experiment

From Investopedia: Petrodollars are U.S. dollars paid to an oil exporting country for the sale of the commodity. Put simply, the...

"Oil Can" Boyd

Sep 24, 20192 min read

Vernia- Erick Sermon (2019)

This image is the official and exclusive cover art of Erick Sermon's eighth full-length studio album, Vernia.

Erick Sermon

May 19, 20191 min read

Koyaanisqatsi aka your hour & ten of Zen

This clip of Koyaanisqatsi ( Life out of Balance) is dedicated to everyone in these fraught political times who just need a few minutes...

Notorious DGB

Mar 3, 20191 min read

The Dystopian Future of Malibu Wildfires

Public Enemy's Chuck D once rapped, "Burn, Hollywood ,Burn"; UC Irvine professor Mike Davis is not by any accounts a rapper but he's...

Prof. Mike Davis

Dec 4, 20181 min read

The Longest Read

Clocking in at over 900 pages, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon tops the list of longest books I've ever read, surpassing the 840 pages...

Goto Dengo

Nov 29, 20181 min read

O Canada, Where Art Thou Gold?

For all its millennia as the world's most valuable/ useful/ rarest precious metal, Canada has seen fit to part with most of it store of...

George Loonie

Aug 30, 20181 min read

InfoGraphic Wars

In one corner, the fine folks at Demoncracy.info help you visualize otherwise unfathomable amounts of money: In the other corner, Jeff...

Notorious DGB

Aug 4, 20181 min read

The Case for Crypto College Scholarships

The NCAA has a dilemma on its hands: revenues from televised college sports have exploded, enriching the institutions but not sharing the...

Notorious DGB

Jul 10, 20182 min read

In Praise of Artemis

Artemis' Roman counterpart DIana de Versailles. Photo by Peter Mulligan via Flickr at the Lourve. In Greek mythology, Artemis is the...

Sunset Nice

May 15, 20181 min read

#NeverUsetheInternetAgain

Homeboy Sandman & Edan

May 13, 20180 min read

Ladies & Gentlemen, May I Have your Attention Tokens, Please

[Ed note: This blog post is not to be construed as advertising but the author of this post may have a financial interest in the product...

Sunset Nice

Feb 4, 20182 min read

Friends with (Receding) Benefits

When social networking became popular, I remember the impact it had on a few friends who discovered things about people they thought they...

Notorious DGB

Dec 19, 20172 min read

Seven wild dystopian realities in Lionel Shriver’s The Mandibles

The Mandibles: A Family 2029-2047 is the story of a family in East Flatbush, Brooklyn dealing with the decline of the United States...

Sunset Nice

Aug 26, 20172 min read

Intenshynal Mizzpellings come to Nielsen

Intentional misspellings, or as the Mau Mau crew from Spike Lee's Bamboozled might put it, Intenshynal Mizzpellings, are often utilized...

Jonathan Dough

Jul 11, 20172 min read

Sorry Ozzy, There's Another Prince of Darkness

Films about finance have had their fair share of the limelight in recent years, from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, to The Big Short,...

Notorious DGB

Jun 13, 20172 min read

Why Transportation Agencies Should Embrace Bitcoin

Switzerland is doing it. New York is thinking about following London’s lead and doing it. So other cities around the world with large...

Ghee Money

Apr 8, 20172 min read

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mixtape

It's Black HIstory Month, so schoolchildren around the country are (likely, hopefully) getting a refresher on the Civil Rights Movement....

Notorious DGB

Feb 14, 20171 min read

LA Art Show 2017

A few candids from this year's show, shot on my brand new Google Pixel :) If you like words with your pictures (along with proper photo...

Ghee Money

Feb 3, 20171 min read