David Friedman

The Harold Hill of Movie Making

You've got Trouble! With a capital T and that rhymes with C and that stands for Cinema!

Idea: Procedurally Generated DJs

Because we listen to music in the future.

Can you identify these movie and TV stars?

Not actors. Stars.

Norbert Wiener’s Magazines: Part II

Concluding our visit to the cybernetics pioneer's attic

Norbert Wiener’s Magazines: Part I

A visit to the cybernetics pioneer’s attic

A Vanity Supercut of Your Name

As long as your name is David

Everybody Still Hurts

The comment section on R.E.M.'s video is a special place. But something is missing.

Wheels Down on YouTube

In which my first ever YouTube video gets half a million views

Adventures in Stereograms

A Cross-Eyed Story

Manna Manna 6-5000

And Other Tiny Mashups

Inventors I've Known

Starting with Inventor #23

Vaccines At The Movies

(And on TV)

Unnecessary Novelizations

Plus: The Inventor of the Massage Chair

Showrunners On Couches

Nobody taught these people how to sit

The Time I Loaned A Billionaire $20

Plus: A Better Pizza Box

Clownfall

A true story of crime, infatuation, betrayal, and death. And also clowns.

Smörgåsbord

A selection of tasty leftovers

The Tragic Genius of Brent Lee Farley

What happens when invention meets obsession

Fun With Celebrities Holding Signs

Make your favorite celebrities say anything!

The Cause of and Solution to All of Life’s Problems

A Story About Long Island Iced Tea

The Other Victims of Lincoln’s Booth

The President's fate wasn't the worst of those who were there

You’re looking for what now?

Plus: The nutty Nobel Prize winner we can thank for the COVID test

The Boxing Philosopher

A tiny teacher by day. A badass boxer by night.

A Biography in Buttons

Plus: A Button With A Mystery

At the Old Video Store

The only time I ever worked as an illustrator