Pixel Recess Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/pixel-recess Pixel Recess is creative podcast playground., with a very brief "interviews" with industry leading designers, developers, artists, writers, musicians, bacon and anyone creative, asking questions void of inspiration, education, insight or good taste. © Copyright 2024 RenewVC® 733d7d2a-87ad-5a91-8aae-64e1599717ba no en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:36:56 -0400 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:03:23 -0500 https://wiseacre.me/podcast https://img.transistor.fm/LRjeLrx9-u6uxt7XS4ho5kF_yjc1a7Z-9wJDHOStRGo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Yjdj/MGFhMWQwNGIzMzVm/YWU1NDZlMzEwYzQ2/OTA5Mi5wbmc.jpg Pixel Recess https://wiseacre.me/podcast episodic Pixel Recess Pixel Recess is creative podcast playground., with a very brief "interviews" with industry leading designers, developers, artists, writers, musicians, bacon and anyone creative, asking questions void of inspiration, education, insight or good taste. Pixel Recess is creative podcast playground., with a very brief "interviews" with industry leading designers, developers, artists, writers, musicians, bacon and anyone creative, asking questions void of inspiration, education, insight or good taste.. design, graphic design, humor, silly Wiseacre wiseacredesign@gmail.com No No Ryan Essmaker Wants You To Remain Miserable 12 12 Ryan Essmaker Wants You To Remain Miserable full 002a5d14-e005-44c7-a854-8664984fab59 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc0587b2 Our very special Monday guest is Ryan Essmaker, the mind behind The Great Disconnect, sorry, The Great Connect Four, sorry, The Great Discontent, a blog about depressed and unhappy creative people. Ryan also works at Crush + Lovely, where he probably makes wine.

When Ryan isn't canoeing around the streets of lower Manhattan dressed as a viking, he can be found in a top secret location creating S's and searching for his next fix of bourbon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by The Mild Inconvenience (because it doesn't exist ... yet).

]]> Our very special Monday guest is Ryan Essmaker, the mind behind The Great Disconnect, sorry, The Great Connect Four, sorry, The Great Discontent, a blog about depressed and unhappy creative people. Ryan also works at Crush + Lovely, where he probably makes wine.

When Ryan isn't canoeing around the streets of lower Manhattan dressed as a viking, he can be found in a top secret location creating S's and searching for his next fix of bourbon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by The Mild Inconvenience (because it doesn't exist ... yet).

]]> Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:07:27 -0500 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 506 Our very special Monday guest is Ryan Essmaker, the mind behind The Great Disconnect, sorry, The Great Connect Four, sorry, The Great Discontent, a blog about depressed and unhappy creative people. Ryan also works at Crush + Lovely, where he probably makes wine.

When Ryan isn't canoeing around the streets of lower Manhattan dressed as a viking, he can be found in a top secret location creating S's and searching for his next fix of bourbon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by The Mild Inconvenience (because it doesn't exist ... yet).

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Chris Glass Wants Your Gratuity 11 11 Chris Glass Wants Your Gratuity full 9228a0b9-b77e-42f3-9609-f217557db3ac https://share.transistor.fm/s/cac130fe On Today's special live edition of the show I welcome fellow Cincinnatian Chris Glass. When Chris isn't busy making various goods from fire and wine, you might find his beard performing magic or attempting to find the perfectly fitting bathrobe.

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In his spare time Chris is a high security designineer for The President and the gatekeeper to Aaron Draplin. Chris is tall, carries a camera so that he doesn't have to talk to you, and enjoys farming.

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Today's episode is not sponsored by seasons or billboards.

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A special thanks to Aaron Dowd for helping with the audio (albeit, I provided him terrible quality audio)

]]> On Today's special live edition of the show I welcome fellow Cincinnatian Chris Glass. When Chris isn't busy making various goods from fire and wine, you might find his beard performing magic or attempting to find the perfectly fitting bathrobe.

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In his spare time Chris is a high security designineer for The President and the gatekeeper to Aaron Draplin. Chris is tall, carries a camera so that he doesn't have to talk to you, and enjoys farming.

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Today's episode is not sponsored by seasons or billboards.

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A special thanks to Aaron Dowd for helping with the audio (albeit, I provided him terrible quality audio)

]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:28:35 -0500 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 583 On Today's special live edition of the show I welcome fellow Cincinnatian Chris Glass. When Chris isn't busy making various goods from fire and wine, you might find his beard performing magic or attempting to find the perfectly fitting bathrobe.

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In his spare time Chris is a high security designineer for The President and the gatekeeper to Aaron Draplin. Chris is tall, carries a camera so that he doesn't have to talk to you, and enjoys farming.

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Today's episode is not sponsored by seasons or billboards.

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A special thanks to Aaron Dowd for helping with the audio (albeit, I provided him terrible quality audio)

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Dave Rupert Is Fun Time USA 10 10 Dave Rupert Is Fun Time USA full 6b121ff9-460b-4e4a-883d-d9d72dbe5b24 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1bc35954 If you've ever wondered how weird and crazy this show could get, then you'll love today's episode with Austin treasure hunter Dave Rupert. Dave is best known for having the first successful animatronic beard transplant and for creating nearly lifelike portraits purely from CSS code.  

When Dave isn't practicing foreign accents, he can be found writing code while wearing gloves at Paravel in Austin BBQ TX and hosting his own talkshow about things and other things and maybe bacon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by the film "Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Present Coming Back To The Future In America".

]]> If you've ever wondered how weird and crazy this show could get, then you'll love today's episode with Austin treasure hunter Dave Rupert. Dave is best known for having the first successful animatronic beard transplant and for creating nearly lifelike portraits purely from CSS code.  

When Dave isn't practicing foreign accents, he can be found writing code while wearing gloves at Paravel in Austin BBQ TX and hosting his own talkshow about things and other things and maybe bacon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by the film "Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Present Coming Back To The Future In America".

]]> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:06:57 -0500 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 488 If you've ever wondered how weird and crazy this show could get, then you'll love today's episode with Austin treasure hunter Dave Rupert. Dave is best known for having the first successful animatronic beard transplant and for creating nearly lifelike portraits purely from CSS code.  

When Dave isn't practicing foreign accents, he can be found writing code while wearing gloves at Paravel in Austin BBQ TX and hosting his own talkshow about things and other things and maybe bacon.

Today's episode is not sponsored by the film "Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy Present Coming Back To The Future In America".

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Jay Fanelli Weaves T-shirts Made of Paper and Gold 9 9 Jay Fanelli Weaves T-shirts Made of Paper and Gold full 2bcfdee0-5caf-49cd-b6e8-f433c28c3678 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03aacd01 On today's very special Friday edition we have the man of the sea Jay Fanelli. You might know Jay for his work making gold encrusted t-shirts with United Pixel Workers, making design things at Full Stop Intercreative Things and doing voice-over work for trampolines and broccoli.  

When Jay isn't weaving and sowing, he spends his time in the City of Pitts collecting drumsticks and donating used clothing to people in countries that need used clothing while following his true passion in life, the open sea and studying to be a sea captain.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by T-shirts or Flat Design.

]]> On today's very special Friday edition we have the man of the sea Jay Fanelli. You might know Jay for his work making gold encrusted t-shirts with United Pixel Workers, making design things at Full Stop Intercreative Things and doing voice-over work for trampolines and broccoli.  

When Jay isn't weaving and sowing, he spends his time in the City of Pitts collecting drumsticks and donating used clothing to people in countries that need used clothing while following his true passion in life, the open sea and studying to be a sea captain.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by T-shirts or Flat Design.

]]> Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:19:07 -0500 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 391 On today's very special Friday edition we have the man of the sea Jay Fanelli. You might know Jay for his work making gold encrusted t-shirts with United Pixel Workers, making design things at Full Stop Intercreative Things and doing voice-over work for trampolines and broccoli.  

When Jay isn't weaving and sowing, he spends his time in the City of Pitts collecting drumsticks and donating used clothing to people in countries that need used clothing while following his true passion in life, the open sea and studying to be a sea captain.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by T-shirts or Flat Design.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Greg Storey Is The MENSA Eskimo 8 8 Greg Storey Is The MENSA Eskimo full 5b40fc5c-f797-4b1e-b72a-4ff8e97c240f https://share.transistor.fm/s/46abc540 There's no need to introduce our guest today because I don't feel like it. Regardless, he's Gergory Storey, a beardless Eskimo who came to America on the back of a whale looking for gold in California but became best known for wearing Jeffery Zeldman's blue beanie on the first Thursday and third Monday of every other month.

Greg is also known for eating steak, wearing snowshoes, building igloo's, collecting iPads, avoiding the wrath of Jesus and being the only officially sanctioned AARP MENSA member under the age of 75. Did I mention he's from Alaska? He's from Alaska aka The Australia Of The North.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by MENSA, the AARP or diabetes.

]]> There's no need to introduce our guest today because I don't feel like it. Regardless, he's Gergory Storey, a beardless Eskimo who came to America on the back of a whale looking for gold in California but became best known for wearing Jeffery Zeldman's blue beanie on the first Thursday and third Monday of every other month.

Greg is also known for eating steak, wearing snowshoes, building igloo's, collecting iPads, avoiding the wrath of Jesus and being the only officially sanctioned AARP MENSA member under the age of 75. Did I mention he's from Alaska? He's from Alaska aka The Australia Of The North.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by MENSA, the AARP or diabetes.

]]> Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:22:03 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 503 There's no need to introduce our guest today because I don't feel like it. Regardless, he's Gergory Storey, a beardless Eskimo who came to America on the back of a whale looking for gold in California but became best known for wearing Jeffery Zeldman's blue beanie on the first Thursday and third Monday of every other month.

Greg is also known for eating steak, wearing snowshoes, building igloo's, collecting iPads, avoiding the wrath of Jesus and being the only officially sanctioned AARP MENSA member under the age of 75. Did I mention he's from Alaska? He's from Alaska aka The Australia Of The North.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by MENSA, the AARP or diabetes.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Kyle Steed Might Give You A Sponge Bath 7 7 Kyle Steed Might Give You A Sponge Bath full 5bf212f0-25f6-48bd-878c-294d54fd62c9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d79690e5 Today's guest is Kyle Steed, best known for his work with the photo iPhone application program Over where he makes hand-drawn typewriters. Kyle is also known for his illustrations of cereal and pizza. Kyle is a tall man with a hat who enjoys juggling on his unicycle and watching Tom Cruise films.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by Frito's or John Deere.

]]> Today's guest is Kyle Steed, best known for his work with the photo iPhone application program Over where he makes hand-drawn typewriters. Kyle is also known for his illustrations of cereal and pizza. Kyle is a tall man with a hat who enjoys juggling on his unicycle and watching Tom Cruise films.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by Frito's or John Deere.

]]> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:25:09 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 402 Today's guest is Kyle Steed, best known for his work with the photo iPhone application program Over where he makes hand-drawn typewriters. Kyle is also known for his illustrations of cereal and pizza. Kyle is a tall man with a hat who enjoys juggling on his unicycle and watching Tom Cruise films.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by Frito's or John Deere.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Josh Long Is A Teleporting Executioner 6 6 Josh Long Is A Teleporting Executioner full 50c40748-cc7e-4cf3-a31e-a6ff10d8ea26 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf2d7190 Josh Long is best known for the fictional story about his time as an executioner (of ideas) and his ability to teleport &mdash allowing him do tackel an inhuman number of side projects.

In his spare time Josh creates bonsai trees, spends hours marveling at the majesty of horses, is a master treehouse architecture or something and also mentors future hobos. As a southern gentleman Josh is required to say "y'all" at least 15 times a day and lives under a weeping willow.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by chitlins or grits.

]]> Josh Long is best known for the fictional story about his time as an executioner (of ideas) and his ability to teleport &mdash allowing him do tackel an inhuman number of side projects.

In his spare time Josh creates bonsai trees, spends hours marveling at the majesty of horses, is a master treehouse architecture or something and also mentors future hobos. As a southern gentleman Josh is required to say "y'all" at least 15 times a day and lives under a weeping willow.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by chitlins or grits.

]]> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:20:45 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 473 Josh Long is best known for the fictional story about his time as an executioner (of ideas) and his ability to teleport &mdash allowing him do tackel an inhuman number of side projects.

In his spare time Josh creates bonsai trees, spends hours marveling at the majesty of horses, is a master treehouse architecture or something and also mentors future hobos. As a southern gentleman Josh is required to say "y'all" at least 15 times a day and lives under a weeping willow.

Today's episodes is not sponsored by chitlins or grits.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Krystyn Heide Is Neither Square Nor A Girl 5 5 Krystyn Heide Is Neither Square Nor A Girl full 757841f1-9cbd-4d77-848e-9cc530fbea8f https://share.transistor.fm/s/58461dc2 On today's show thing I welcome the lady Krystyn Heide, better known as Nicki Clyne's best friend or as SquareGirl™ on Twitter. Krystyn is a Designer at SquareSpace, just recently ended a long term affair with Papyrus. In her free time she designs websites for spas and lesbian coffeehouses.

While Krystyn might only (approximately) 2,300 followers on Twitter, she does follow just 136 people therefore making her more important. She found all of my questions stupid. Today's episode is not sponsored by SquareSpace.

]]> On today's show thing I welcome the lady Krystyn Heide, better known as Nicki Clyne's best friend or as SquareGirl™ on Twitter. Krystyn is a Designer at SquareSpace, just recently ended a long term affair with Papyrus. In her free time she designs websites for spas and lesbian coffeehouses.

While Krystyn might only (approximately) 2,300 followers on Twitter, she does follow just 136 people therefore making her more important. She found all of my questions stupid. Today's episode is not sponsored by SquareSpace.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:33:11 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 506 On today's show thing I welcome the lady Krystyn Heide, better known as Nicki Clyne's best friend or as SquareGirl™ on Twitter. Krystyn is a Designer at SquareSpace, just recently ended a long term affair with Papyrus. In her free time she designs websites for spas and lesbian coffeehouses.

While Krystyn might only (approximately) 2,300 followers on Twitter, she does follow just 136 people therefore making her more important. She found all of my questions stupid. Today's episode is not sponsored by SquareSpace.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Yaron Schoen Wants You To Enjoy The Whitespace 4 4 Yaron Schoen Wants You To Enjoy The Whitespace full a8b9bdba-c15c-4823-a1dc-6d38486dd1f4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0919fbd Today's Pixel Recess has guest Yaron Schoen also known as Ron Stone. Ron is best known for creating Twitter and killing people with design while serving in the Israeli Army. Yaron currently works at home, naked, while wearing just a yarmulke. He also probably makes an app and website and eats McDonald's while watching reruns of Murder She Wrote.

]]> Today's Pixel Recess has guest Yaron Schoen also known as Ron Stone. Ron is best known for creating Twitter and killing people with design while serving in the Israeli Army. Yaron currently works at home, naked, while wearing just a yarmulke. He also probably makes an app and website and eats McDonald's while watching reruns of Murder She Wrote.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:30:42 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 317 Today's Pixel Recess has guest Yaron Schoen also known as Ron Stone. Ron is best known for creating Twitter and killing people with design while serving in the Israeli Army. Yaron currently works at home, naked, while wearing just a yarmulke. He also probably makes an app and website and eats McDonald's while watching reruns of Murder She Wrote.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Noah Stokes Thinks That Awesome Takes Practice 3 3 Noah Stokes Thinks That Awesome Takes Practice full f40e8d3e-46f8-4785-b417-f0f06bae53cc https://share.transistor.fm/s/18049b28 Noah Stokes, perhaps better known by his birth name Mother Futon, is the founder and partner at Bold, where he creates "vintage" websites made out of balsa wood or something. Sadly Noah had no involvement in LOST, but does live in California (almost near Hollywood) and has long hair like a 80s metal god.

]]> Noah Stokes, perhaps better known by his birth name Mother Futon, is the founder and partner at Bold, where he creates "vintage" websites made out of balsa wood or something. Sadly Noah had no involvement in LOST, but does live in California (almost near Hollywood) and has long hair like a 80s metal god.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:11:48 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 307 Noah Stokes, perhaps better known by his birth name Mother Futon, is the founder and partner at Bold, where he creates "vintage" websites made out of balsa wood or something. Sadly Noah had no involvement in LOST, but does live in California (almost near Hollywood) and has long hair like a 80s metal god.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Adam Clark Has A Tender Anger 2 2 Adam Clark Has A Tender Anger full 170dd2cd-79f8-4ba5-a7f2-eaefa22c97aa https://share.transistor.fm/s/f8d88d2e Adam Clark is the host of the podcast The Gently Mad and is also a designeper at Bottlerocket Creative. I was once on his podcast, and I was amazing. Adam is a thoughtful and analytical man, with the quiet rage of a seagull. He also has a beard and the mouth of a sailor.

]]> Adam Clark is the host of the podcast The Gently Mad and is also a designeper at Bottlerocket Creative. I was once on his podcast, and I was amazing. Adam is a thoughtful and analytical man, with the quiet rage of a seagull. He also has a beard and the mouth of a sailor.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:07:23 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 330 Adam Clark is the host of the podcast The Gently Mad and is also a designeper at Bottlerocket Creative. I was once on his podcast, and I was amazing. Adam is a thoughtful and analytical man, with the quiet rage of a seagull. He also has a beard and the mouth of a sailor.

]]> design, graphic design, humor, silly No Phil Coffman Is The Non Texan Texan 1 1 Phil Coffman Is The Non Texan Texan full f0c802e9-1a86-46c8-84b3-1e708c273721 https://share.transistor.fm/s/7bb2dd31 Phil Coffman is better known for his huge failure, Method & Craft — a site, which aside from once being awesome, taught people how to craft things with a method and cure cancer and save lives. Phil currently is a partner (but not pardner, get it? GET IT?) at Element Creative in Austin TX where he might get drunk. Phil is also a hipster by requirement of city ordinance.

]]> Phil Coffman is better known for his huge failure, Method & Craft — a site, which aside from once being awesome, taught people how to craft things with a method and cure cancer and save lives. Phil currently is a partner (but not pardner, get it? GET IT?) at Element Creative in Austin TX where he might get drunk. Phil is also a hipster by requirement of city ordinance.

]]> Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:04:16 -0400 Pixel Recess Pixel Recess 405 Phil Coffman is better known for his huge failure, Method & Craft — a site, which aside from once being awesome, taught people how to craft things with a method and cure cancer and save lives. Phil currently is a partner (but not pardner, get it? GET IT?) at Element Creative in Austin TX where he might get drunk. Phil is also a hipster by requirement of city ordinance.

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