The many Nostalgias of Harry Potter
(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.…
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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
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…
Mixed in utensils
Couldn’t resist buying this
Sparkling dewdrop
Couple of evening pics indoors
(No filters used, only cropping)…
Shiro Protagonist
I thought this was a cool combination of skills. This is Shiro, the author of Gauche Scheme, a Scheme implementation you may not have heard of (and if you're unfamiliar with Scheme itself, some o…
Of messages and Medium
I've gone back-and-forth with different "posting workflows" over the years, and had receded into "Wordpress-only" over the last year. Various recent alternatives: 1. Complet…