In the aftermath of the devastating wildfires that swept through Lahaina Town on Maui, a sense of urgency stirred within me. The vision of Hawai’i as a haven defined by collective well-being resonates deeply within my soul. In early 2023, this vision materialized as Notes from Nowhere, my novel portraying the future Mutual Nation of…
Category: Books
On Book Collecting – A Tiring Hobby
I’ve been collecting books for my entire life. Mostly, I’ve gotten rid of them, tens of thousands of them – maybe hundreds of thousands. They’re just too heavy to carry around and I don’t own a home. Never have and possibly never will – like so many others. So it’s pretty ridiculous that I have…
Surfball – The Novel. An AI experiement in creating the world’s greatest sport and a novel/movie about it
I’ve decided to take the concept of ‘Surfball’ the sport I’ve been envisioning for more than a decade and which I think I may have perfected into a playable sport with the assistance of ChatGPT – and to write a cinematic novel about it – also with the assistance of ChatGPT. I’m doing much of…
Notes from Nowhere – on Creatokia. The Art, the Story, and Audio Book
For the past six months, I’ve been working with my collaborators Carsten Lambrecht of Creatokia and Honolulu based digital artist Femmebot to bring my book Notes from Nowhere to life. This has been an immersive process that has involved all of us exploring new technologies and ways of telling stories – which is fitting since…
Author’s Note from my serialized novel Sly Doubt of Uranus: The History of a Lovable Asshole
A Brief Explanation. In mid-2021, I minted an NFT from a Pixel Vault collection then called Metahero (now Inhabitants). My understanding at the time was that those who minted the NFTs would own the IP of their NFT and as the holders of that IP would be empowered to create the shared universe of the…
The Nuns of Baboob. An offensive novel by CD Damitio. Available for Pre-Order on Kindle.
My inappropriate and offensive novel The Nuns of Baboob is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It is the story of a pig of a man, called Pig (among other things) who goes on a comical journey to a far off land that most people have never heard of. Order it here —> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQ328ZYY This…
A Year of Living Bald Jesusism (Now Baldism)
A Year of Practicing Baldism 1. Introduction to Baldism The goal of this article is to introduce the religion of Baldism (formerly Bald Jesusism) and the benefits it can bring to those who practice it. Baldism is a decentralized religion that was built by a process of crowdsourcing, trial and error, and adopting what works…
2022 — Winding Down & Winding Up Things are changing — Here’s some hints as to how….
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Telling Stories in Web3 – A Look at the State of the Web3 StoryVerse
I’m still on this trip around the world, still sharing the mission of Bald Jesus, and still trying to introduce people I meet to NFTs – but I haven’t been writing about NFTs much lately – although – I have been creating free, time limited NFTs about my journey and the people and places I’ve…
NFT Travel Thursday – Austin Edition – 3/17/2022
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