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…
Monthly recap (December 2017)
Major updates: * Spent the last week of December and the first week of January in India (also, a couple of days in Singapore). Mostly fun. Caught up with a lot of people. * Tara’s birthday party! A…
Sci/Math/Prog Summary: December 2017
Interesting stuff from the last month: * Meta: last month of the year, and one where I was busy with work and vacation * Very interesting deep-dive on “Type-Safe GraphQL with Ocaml” * Scaling up Q…
Media Summary: November 2017
Some interesting links for the month: * Opening with a L. A. Review post on Celebrity Warfare, with this quote: “I understood the mood of depression which had lain over the convention, because fina…
Monthly recap (November 2017)
Spent a week in Kauai. The first few days were surprisingly windy and rainy, but … improved a lot towards the end. There is nothing better than floating on your back under the sun (can come pretty cl…
Sci/Math/Prog Summary: November 2017
Interesting stuff from the past month: * Beginning with this headline, from the BBC: ”‘Big void’ identified in Khufu’s Great Pyramid at Giza” * I don’t honestly think there’s a “way back” to the “o…
Media Summary: October 2017
Some interesting links for the month: * Dan Brown’s new book came out, but unlike before, this time I just added it to the end of a long reading list. In lieu, this interview. * A niche link, ignor…
Setting up ZSH on a Mac
I’ve been using the excellent Fish shell for the last few (three? four?) years, but every once in a while I need bash-compatibility, and Zsh seemed like perhaps a sweet spot between the two. If you’r…