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making computers better using brains and making brains better using computers. computational neuro and dumb little web apps sticking a steam wand directly into my brain and frothing it like a cappuccino at @kordinglab. senior research scientist at JHU/APL

an etched hologram of Suzanne the monkey from the Blender 3D software. It looks like just random scratches on a CD case, but when the light hits it right, you can see it's a 3D view of a cartoon monkey
the blueblocks game (which i freakin made) doesn't accept the word "ediacaran"
small donuts for a conference snack that look like the classic blenderguru tutorial donut
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A screenshot of the fdroid donation receipt showing 2052 financial contributors and a $50 donation
TRIPLE CUDDLE BUDDY THREE NEURONS GETTING SUPER CUDDLY
a synapse in EM, color coded.
a slice of microscopy, with a dominant red tint showing that astrocytes in the syncytium are basically ubiquitous
Fraction of nearby cells that are already direct contacts, as a function of radius.
a neuron with increasing halos around it showing radii of 1um, 2um...
Two totally separate green/blue clusters, showing that glia have lower volume-to-SA ratios than neurons.
log-log contactome degree vs synapse degree plot shows a linear, ~5x relationship
a single cyan neuron
a bunch of zoomed out electron microscopy data
a single dendritic spine with a handful of synaptic partners but a HUGE number of contact partners
a gooey looking cell division animation from a zygote
screencast of updating my bsky username from "jordan jordan jordan" to "dr jordan jordan jordan"
small integrity crew capsule against a backdrop of the ocean
A pen plotter draws a tongue-in-cheek variant of the cover of Newton's Principia but with the Latin translation "principia architecturæ neuralis" — the title of my dissertation is principles of brain architecture
screenshot of Strava showing they forgot to replace the string interpolation of segment titles with the actual text
the famous "cameraman" demo image showing a guy looking through a camera on a tripod
meme graphic of a soldier shielding a sleeping person with his body; the bullets are labeled "IT DEPT TRYING TO REMOTELY FORCE-REBOOT MY LAPTOP" and the soldier is labeled "BLENDER SAVE CHANGES BEFORE CLOSING DIALOG"
A time lapse video of the pen plotter drawing the art from my previous post
a tesselation of gold ink line art of the hand of an iguanodon, tiling a cardstock canvas in different rotations
An orthographic projection of what looks like a floor plan, but is comprised exclusively of impossible shapes a la MC Escher. simple black pen on white card stock. if you're reading this alt text I will send you a postcard if you DM me your address!
An ink sketch of a kettle with an aluminum gray fountain pen in the foreground
The instructions for my blue blocks game which unfortunately is not a very accessible or screenreader-friendly game at all. If you would like to play this game but that's a barrier for you please get in touch at game@matelsky.com I would love to make it better but I need help knowing what that means to you!
an electron micrograph slice of human brain tissue from the "H01" dataset showing neurons
a purple four legged unidentifiable cartoon animal looking at the camera. they're goofy with big googly eyes, and a shiny tush. they have one foreleg off the ground like they're doing a dance, or pretending they're an airplane.
A pencil sketch of a mosasaur fossil skeleton from the snout back to the start of the rib cage
A photograph of the interior of the Philadelphia 30th Street station showing that the majority of the open space in the hall is consumed by scaffolding for ceiling repairs.
a "party favors" putty giveaway on a Target shelf. The product label reads "Party Favors. Putty. Hyphenate glow in the dark." Like, there is the word "hyphenate" on the label. Sorry idk that probably didn't communicate well via screen reader. But yeah like someone probably forgot to check the copy and just dropped it into an LLM or something
An excerpt of a book, focusing the text, "Machiavelli: WTF?!?! Conclusion: must invent Political Science." You should really read this book. Also hi alt-text people :) I haven't heard the audiobook version of this book but it seems like it would probably slap, based on stuff like this.
two letter-tile puzzle grids, one with densely packed letters captioned "GOOD" and one with lots of empty space, captioned "BAAAAAD" which is partially funny because one of the puzzle's words is "goat" but that's not really a fully formed joke I guess
A pencil sketch looking down a canal in Amsterdam with three bridges lined up consecutively. The closest bridge has several bikes locked up along its banister.
loose pencil sketches of three zebras. a mommy, a daddy, and a baby. the baby is quite small and should be given a treat
two albatrosses (waved; not the same species as in the Ocean documentary) doing a little "hi are you my girlfriend?" dance
a beautiful 3D relief map of the ocean floor, showing its depth in a hand-drawn style with pen marks. the region shows the British Isles and north of Europe
eagles fans after the super bowl standing on a garbage truck outside The cheesecake factory on the second floor of the Verizon store in downtown Philadelphia
the "thank you" page of wikimedia foundation, showing a donation receipt to wikipedia and title text "thank you! your generosity means so much to us."
a black and white line drawing of a googly-eyed squid wearing a birthday hat
a line drawing in ink of a keyboard button that says "F12: PRINT SCREAM", riffing on the common "printscreen" button on computer keyboards
a comically large dump truck towering over a (much less enormous) construction vehicle
a colored pencil drawing of a cat licking itself — but oh no! it's been interrupted and is now staring sheepishly at the viewer.
An Adobe Illustrator popup reading, "Some Pantone colors may no longer be available due too changes in Pantone's licensing with Adobe."
the beginning of a water color of the Penn campus, with a tower emerging out of frame and all snow capped roofs
a dramatic perspective sketch in pencil of a desk with a keyboard and mouse and a brain on the monitor
those unmistakable chisel-tip scented "mr sketch" markers that we all used in K-5. Or at least WE did... anyone else?
President-elect Trump appointed businessman Massad Boulos as his Middle East and Arab world adviser on Sunday. Why it matters: Boulos' appointment is another signal that Trump is expected to engage in a diplomatic push in the Middle East after he assumes office next year.
apple tarts where the apples have been cut to look like roses
black and white image that looks like a neuron with branching neurites; programmatically generated with p5.js
a colored pencil drawing of a bunny wearing a duck beak mask, and a duck wearing a bunny ears headband, they're playing scrabble and the letters spell "duck" intersecting with "bun"