Playground experiments and Thoughts essays.https://mattmoed.com/en-ushttps://mattmoed.com/playground/marginalia/https://mattmoed.com/playground/marginalia/A reading tracker built as a printed library ledger — currently-reading cards, a commonplace book of saved passages, and a 26-week reading heatmap.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlaygroundhttps://mattmoed.com/thoughts/rising-vocabulary-of-distress/https://mattmoed.com/thoughts/rising-vocabulary-of-distress/A reading of Google Books, Google Trends, and the CDC.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThoughtshttps://mattmoed.com/playground/record-in-passing/https://mattmoed.com/playground/record-in-passing/The feel of letting a record go — momentum without weight.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlaygroundhttps://mattmoed.com/playground/off-hours/https://mattmoed.com/playground/off-hours/Twelve years of public GitHub commits show which languages cluster around the workday and which live on weekends.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlaygroundhttps://mattmoed.com/thoughts/flood-floor/https://mattmoed.com/thoughts/flood-floor/Ten million AI tracks generated every day. The number anyone actually hears is two orders of magnitude smaller. The money is smaller than that.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThoughtshttps://mattmoed.com/playground/generative-type/https://mattmoed.com/playground/generative-type/Three interactive variations on letterforms — a word you can drag, a manuscript that leans toward the cursor, and a clock face built of rotating type.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlaygroundhttps://mattmoed.com/thoughts/mtg-essay/https://mattmoed.com/thoughts/mtg-essay/Universes Beyond, mass reprints, denser text boxes — a data essay on what Magic: The Gathering is made of in 2026.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTThoughtshttps://mattmoed.com/playground/watch-bubble/https://mattmoed.com/playground/watch-bubble/The "watch bubble" was a bubble in maybe ten grail models. Half popped, half didn't, and most of the watch market just kept going.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTPlayground