Guns and Elmo

Hello, I'm John Pavlus.

This is my internet mood board. Click any entry to embiggen.

In real life I write about science, technology, and design. I also run a production company called Small Mammal.

(FAQ: The name comes from a brilliant photograph by Kenneth Cappello.)


"The Pale King is full of Wallace’s trademark no-look passes, as when he offhandedly pegs a large, pale woman as “the ghost of a draft horse” or describes the (heretofore indescribable) sunlight just before a storm as “the approximate color of a spent flashbulb."

David Foster Wallace’s Posthumous Novel ‘The Pale King’ - TIME

Love the comparison of such effortless-looking literary skill to a no-look pass. Perfect.

— 10 months ago