Programming/Math/Science roundup: March 2018
Interesting stuff from last month (not a lot?): * Entanglement isn’t just across space, but across time too(!) * There is a new type of ice, occurring in the inclusions of diamonds formed hundreds…
On personal technology
I’ve slowly standardized on a few apps I use all the time; I was talking to someone about this and realized it might be generally useful to someone else (if nothing else, to save a few years of lookin…
Common Lisp nits/tips/libraries: Iteration
Background Every once in a while, I see a mention of how Common Lisp really does support “non-functional” styles, and then cl:loop is trotted in, with attendant examples that make your eyes glaze ove…
General interesting links: February 2018
Some random links from last month: * I read less news and more long-form articles these days, so here are a couple of the more politically-oriented ones that I found insightful:- “Why we’re underest…
... and the pursuit of Googleyness
The “I left Google” genre is quite over-populated so I won’t add much to it. Suffice it to say that I met a whole bunch of smart, talented, interesting, eccentric, helpful and just all-around wonderfu…
Programming/Math/Science roundup: February 2018
Interesting stuff I came across last month: * The giant shipworm (three foot long, lives on hydrogen sulfide, within a calcium carbonate tube that it secretes) has finally been located (by scientist…
Monthly recap (February 2018)
Major updates: * Started at a new place, Pure Storage … having a blast! * Visited my brother in San Diego (and saw the two-month baby!) Minor updates: * Tara getting a bit better at swimming, le…
General interesting links: January 2018
Meta note: decided to change the continuing title here from “Media Summary”, which made sense to me when I first started it in 2016 but just sounds a bit odd now. So, some stuff I read last month tha…
Monthly recap (January 2018)
Major updates * I guess the biggest highlight of this month was that it turned out to be my last month at Google after nearly eight years (!) there (might write more on that separately). Minor upda…
Sci/Math/Prog Summary: January 2018
Interesting stuff I came across last month: * It’s now possible to create a stable plasma ring without all the magnets The stream of water is an 85-micron-diameter jet blasting from a specially des…
Annual recap: 2017
(forgot to do this a couple of weeks ago! life was busy … anyway, a summary of highlights from 2017) Me: * Went back to work after my injury in 2016 * Finished the 1000 piece puzzle I got in Decem…
Media Summary: December 2017
Some interesting links for the month: * Apparently, millenials “hate Capitalism” * My “long read” pick of the month: Lapham’s Quarterly has an article called The Ghost and the Princess, discussion…