The Adventures of Short Round & Sallah
Famous Fictional, 2022: And it’s back! With the theme, “SECOND BANANAS”.
I AM HERE @AGO
The grocery lists are part of ‘I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces’, an exhibit at AGO.
PAPR WOPR (Ode to WarGames)
Famous Fictional, 2020: Archaic computer technology reproduced on archaic photographic technology.
Are you ready to vote?
The great folks I work with at Tremendousness made this important video about mail-in voting.
Indie Rockers in Quarantine playlist
If you listen to this while staring at a wall, 6.5 hours will pass by.
Pair of Jacks are Wild
Famous Fictional, 2019: Jack Torrance & Jack Skellington meet in a most tedious way—one letter at a time.
Design for a Cause, 2019
I was invited to create a piece for an AIGA St. Louis Design Week charity auction with the theme of “Unity”
“The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement”
My pix of some of the Dirt Bros. in the second edition of this landmark BMX history book.
Relaxation Roulette
Do you crave a nap, but also anxiety and terror? Then you are ready to play Relaxation Roulette.
Every Missouri State Park
In 2019 I hiked, biked, swam, ran, floated, or backpacked every accessible State Park in Missouri. 51 in all!
LOST DOG (Now I Wanna Be Your)
Created for a charity art auction benefiting St. Louis area dog shelters.
Let’s get visual.
Our days are full of conversations. And phone calls. And emails. Words, words, and more words.
Meditation bench, #1
This waterfall bench is 95% reclaimed materials: walnut, ladder rungs, shim and dowel scraps.
Indomitable Spirit
A primitive multi-person armless seat—aka a “bench”—made for Famous Fictional 2017.
‘Artifical Limb’ bench, #1
I’m not sure why it occurred to me to use tree limbs as legs in furniture, but now I can’t stop.
What is gaslighting?
…and is the Trump administration gaslighting America? A video and infographic by Tremendousness.
Bad Brains: A Band in D.C.
I designed the poster for the STL showing of a doc about the legendary hardcore band Bad Brains.
Finding gratitude
OK, here’s a break in the intermission: an infographic and animated video on The Science of Gratitude.
The Gateway Arch
Over at Tremendousness, we celebrated the Gateway Arch’s 50th birthday with an info-packed poster.
#STLTHOMASSONS 2015
Thomassons are architectural relics that have lost their purpose, but not their place. October’s Daily Instagram.
MY DAY, YESTERDAY — #4
Watch us go from Fez to Barcelona—90 seconds of fast-cut, ephemeral documentary video.
#UNEXPECTED 2015
Daily slices of something little, something quiet, something #unexpected. August’s Daily Instagram.
#DeadWormAlphabet 2015
Dead worms. Various shapes. Found letters (hopefully). Daily Instagram project for June.
Undensed book #3: Longfellow’s Limericks
Hidden within Longfellow’s epic “The Song of Hiawatha” is a dirty, limerick-style poem.
Rudy Charisma
All the other music projects were just a prelude to becoming the untalented, atonal, non-cool Rudy Charisma.
The Available Tool (Screwdriver)
You know how occasionally you need that one tool but can’t find it?
#theunfinished 2015
I’m going to use March 2015 to post an image a day of my many unfinished projects.
#50foundstates 2015
Trying to do a new Instagram photo project every month this year. February is found U.S. states.
Desk Eater Convention
The 4th music project. A collaboration in which my friend Andy did the heavy lifting & heavy riffing.
#dailyabstraction 2015
I shot an abstract photo of sidewalk ice and suddenly realized I wanted a little direction in my Instagram posts.
The Oops Collection, 2014
Every video that I accidentally shot while trying to take a photo. These are getting so much less interesting—and shorter.
The Belts
My first foray into lo-fi “cassette culture” home recording. Here’s a 1995 album made with Mr. Josh Andra.
So Many Adventures
This is my piece for Dan Zettwoch’s annual Famous Fictional show, themed in 2014 as “From the Womb to the Tomb.”
The Origin of Mathematics
TED-Ed just posted another video Tremendousness did with them. I storyboarded and CD’d it.
Empire Uncut
Who’s scruffy-looking? Us nerf-herding Keaggys, actually. Holy shit we’re in scene 64 in “Empire Uncut!”
What the heck is kombucha?
I didn’t design this—the amazing Chris Roettger did. Posted here for the greater Tremendousness.
The MMMIODSTLRT
aka: “The Miniature Museum of Mostly Inconsequential Objects Discovered Along the Saint Louis Riverfront Trail.”
Mountain Bike LP/CD
Buy this Belgian garage pop record now! The music’s great and that’s me on the front and back cover.
2013 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity
I was asked to create an exhibit for the 2013 Cannes Lions event.
The GR/ASS Chair
Find awful rattan chair in alley. Modify & restore. Reinforce & fill with dirt. Add sod.
Twentyy Fiverr
Here’s what happens when you send the same photo to 25 different Fiverr portrait artists.
The iEat™
My latest invention: iPhone iUtensils for hungry iBusy mobile iPeople on the go with a hearty iAppetite.
Soulard School Trivia Night
For the last several years I have designed posters for one of my kids’ school fundraisers. Weirdness is encouraged.
But I Still Feel Empty
A meta-motivational poster made from mashed up type+photography images from the Web.
Lé Oops du 2013
The latest clips resulting from me accidentally attempting to shoot a photo while in video mode.
Something small, every day
This year I am going to try to make something small, every day. Some will be bigger.
My Day, Yesterday — #3
Scenes from the Cannes Lions Festival of creativity, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Cannes, France.
The 12 Days of Keefmas!
Tremendousness wrote a (holiday) song in honor of Keith Richards’ 70th birthday.
Filmage
I designed the poster for the STL showing of “Filmage,” the documentary about Descendents and ALL.
Louisville trip, 2013
Took a road trip with a group of friends to eat good food and watch horse races.
Reddy Kilowatt & Mr. Happy Crack
My contributions to the ‘On the Famous Fictional Payroll’ 2013 exhibit.
DART STL
You throw a dart at a giant map of the city then go to that spot and shoot a photo within a one block radius.
The Tremendousness Collective
Ohio University ➞ St. Louis Post-Dispatch ➞ XPLANE ➞ Dachis Group ➞ Tremendousness!
North Carolina trip, 2012
Spent some time in the Great Smoky Mountains and Asheville. More on Flickr.
Ask-O-Matic! The Decision-Maker App.
Ask-O-Matic is a fun iPhone app that helps you make difficult decisions.
200 WILHELMS
“200 WILHELMS” was created in 2012 for Dan Zettwoch’s annual Famous Fictional show in St. Louis.
National Sandwich Month
Starting in August 2003 I began an independent celebration of National Sandwich Month.
‘THUMBS UP’
If you’ve ever posted to Flickr a Creative Commons licensed photo tagged with “thumbs up,” thank you.
Springfield, Illinois trip, 2012
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Abraham Lincoln and I took the photos.
Branson, Missouri trip, 2012
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about outdoor adventures and I took the photos.
Arkansas trip, 2012
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about art in Arkansas and I took the photos.
Morning to-do list for kids
For best results, frame behind glass and check off with a dry erase marker.
St. Louis’ City Museum slides in ascending order of speed
10 slides. Some slow. Some medium. Some fast.
Holiday card, 2011
This year’s card was a realistic parody of some people’s year-end status update letters.
Undensed book #1: ‘His Name Was Gentle’
I took an old Reader’s Digest Condensed Book and cut up the 1965 story “May You Die In Ireland.”
Chicago trip, 2011
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Chicago and I took the photos.
The MILK EGGS VODKA book trailer
So… I never made a video for the hardcover edition back in 2007, but since MILK EGGS […]
The official soundtrack of grocery shopping
I made a compilation CD of completely original music without singing or playing anything.
Johnson’s Shut-Ins trip, 2010
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Johnson’s Shut-Ins reopening and I took the photos.
Homemade camera pole extender thingy
I made a 12′ camera extension from scrap stuff in the basement.
Madison, Wisconsin trip, 2010
Diane wrote a story for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about Madison, Wisconsin and I took the photos.
Wash U Rare Books Collection
A Gutenberg bible page; classic Caslon, Baskerville, Gill, type samples; an El Lissitzky book…
SXSWi 2010 + The Found Type Photowalk
As instigated by Dan Rubin at SXSW Interactive 2009 in Austin, Texas.
eRYTHROPOETIZINUM
A super-awesome 80s-tastic photo of me riding my BMX bike in an urban sports zine.
Sketchnotes from The Economist’s Media Convergence conference
They were captured semi-live and projected at the end.
Robert Atwan’s ‘Convergences’
The Grocery List Collection is in the third edition of Robert Atwan’s Convergences.
This is waves.
Yes, I ran out of ideas so I took some pictures of fucking waves and cross-processed them.
100 pieces of paper and the stories behind them
A personal archaeology project with with ephemera and hazy memories.
The thrift store book project
The My Dad: A Photolog Book book is not about my dad. Or me. or my son.
Me, brain sandwiches, and ‘Weird Missouri’
Earlier this year the folks who make the “Weird” series of books contacted me about using a photo.
“Generation F”
This book is a history of the early days of BMX freestyle and my old ‘zine is featured in it.
‘Self Promotion Online’
In 2000 I was interviewed about how I helped XPLANE become a better known brand.
20th Century Anonymous
One lost family snapshot from every year of the 20th century. Update: In the 10+ years since […]
’50 SAD CHAIRS’ — the book
Arrived back from San Francisco to find a copy of my new book waiting for me.
‘Milk Eggs Vodka: Grocery Lists Lost and Found’
I wrote a book. A real one. With a hardcover and everything.
‘No One Cares What You Had for Lunch’
My found lists as inspirational thingamablogs in Maggie Mason’s new blogging book.
My web history
I decided that I should write down some web-related memories and milestones before they fade away.
MIT & Alphabet City present ‘Trash’
Professor Gay Hawkins gets philosophical about my (and your) sad chairs.
3 drawings of me sitting in chairs
All of these were drawn by people somehow connected to XPLANE, strangely enough.
Fine objects / Found art
Originally presented live in the flesh at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Morning After: The Big Storm of 2006
Hundreds of trees were damaged in Tower Grove Park (these are just a portion of them).
Infographics in the real world
I started a Flickr Pool that features photographs of informational graphics in public places.
(bits)
From 200-–2008 I used to find a cool weblog or some useful, interesting web site for the entertainment section in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
50 SAD CHAIRS
This is the goal: To collect 50 cool photos of sad chairs seen around town. Then stop.
The Sign Collection
There are a lot of great collections of sign photography out there. This is not one of them.
Sorena Rose Keaggy
My second living project! Born one month early, March 5, 2005, after Diane ate some spicy Peruvian food.
70 Morris Avenue
A short photographic sequence 70 Morris Avenue, Athens, Ohio 45701 Mark, Adam & Lynn, 1993
Words highlighted in dictionaries
This project features two dictionary specimens, each with multiple words highlighted.
Wireless Country
Wired Magazine asked XPLANE to create an infographic about the wireless spectrum, with text by Xeni Jardin.
PHTGRPHY: The photography of Liam Keaggy
We bought Liam a JamCam—a totally cheap digital camera that takes totally cheap photos.
The unspectacular doors of Saint Louis
Everyone’s seen the posters of “The Great Doors Of Ireland”—but what about STL?
Rimbaud or Babelfish?
A quiz. Is the translation by a French Symbolist-loving human being—or a machine?
Wisconsin trip, 2001
On the last day of the trip we woke up on September 11, 2001 and drove home to St. Louis just listening to the news on the radio.
The Grand Canyon trip, 2001
It was snowing like crazy as we arrived—more than they’d had in over 15 years, they said. 18 inches.
Crap I found on the street during the month of May
This is the kind of project that really needs no introduction. Why? Because it’s just too stupid.
‘Information Architecture for the World Wide Web’
xBlog gets a mention in the 2nd edition of this wonderful book.
Live music
A terribly incomplete archive of show reviews, album reviews, interviews, articles, and photos.
Mageirevo: A collection of vague recipes
The Mageirevo page is just some cooking notes for myself… basically some awkwardly vague recipes.
Presenting ‘shirtFactory’
All the shirt designs you see here are custom-built and for sale through cafepress.com.
Four portraits from The Union Bar & Grill
These photos were taken with a Kodak film camera at The Belts’ one and only live show.
The Rudy Charisma Musical Disorder Area
To celebrate the double CD release of Rudy’s “Best of” album I made this tribute page.
Behind the Curtain: 24 hours in the life of XPLANE
“Behind the Curtain: A day in the life of webloggers.”
The Missilefits Model Rocketry Club
We are headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and we get together once a year and launch crappy rockets.
Billy & Diane
Here’s our wedding reception page. We got married on the Greek island of Santorini on May 15, 2000.
The Grocery List Collection
St. Louis, 1997: I found an abandoned grocery list. So I decided to keep them every time I came across one.
Presenting xBlog | The visual thinking weblog
Founded in 1999, xBlog is a place to find (mostly) visual communication links.
hey! url! — the blog
I started a blog called hey! url! with the theme of “Backdoors for bad people.”
The Webcam!
I bought a crappy webcam in 1996 but never really used it. Now that I’m fulltime XPLANE it’s a go!
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