Agam Brahma
1937 posts
Writing with constraints
This might be an extreme example of a maxim. I was dimly aware of a novel written without the letter “E”. Recently saw a mention of it and looked it up. "Gadsby" is a novel written by Erne…
Social Network Scores
The shape of things to come: (As seen in the Economist, April 13th edition)…
The many Nostalgias of Harry Potter
1 min read
(an old draft!) I first read the Harry Potter books when I was a teenager. I revisited them when my daughter read them recently. There are, as I realized, several layers of nostalgia within them.…
(Untitled)
Backyard bird
Recorded this birdsong https://videopress.com/v/Bf4uxas6?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Perhaps linked to this new bird feeder 🙂…
Hiking
1 min read
El Corte de Madera Creek open space preserve That three-pronged flower was a nice surprise at the end.…
Spider webs
RISC, 30 years ago
Heard this in a Lex Fridman interview (with George Hotz), wouldn't have believed it if I didn't find the clip. But, yes, it's true. Hackers. 1995. Angelina Jolie. "RISC architect…