Hogwarts Math
I created the following for my daughter (all generated, courtesy of Claude Opus and Venice.AI). Hogwarts MathDownload Feel free to use it as you like, in case you too have a young Harry Potter fan a…
Sharing snippets
Was recently inspired by Dylan who has an "open notebook" account on X. I do have a blog -- but I don't want to start dumping a massive pile of micro-posts there. Instead, my Readwise…
Scribing Along
I've gone through a few phases with my Kindle Scribe I started using it several months ago, but it didn't stick at first, and I even stopped using it for a while, thinking "my paperwhite…
Monthly Recap: July 2024
Major Update Short but memorable trip to San Diego * Really the best place (city + beach + lots of things nearby) * Torrey Pines beach * La Jolla beach park * Lots of family fun Minor update (…
Wesley Yang's story
(clearing out old posts, this one is from three years ago ...) I'm enjoying Wesley Yang's Substack these days -- it's well-written, comprehensive, and inspiring. How did this come about?…
Clouds and trees
A guide to the sky
Apps on our smartphones get a bad rap for wasting our time, and deservedly so. Most apps are either harmful, neutral, distracting, or just offer minor conveniences. But there's a special categor…
The scariest table …
… is the one showing the extent of US Debt (You should remind yourself that all those numbers are in the unit of millions of millions)…
Code blocks in Tana …
… are broken. I understand that we’re moving away from Markdown, all good. There’s no good way to quickly add a code block I would have liked to be able to quickly enter backticks and start writing…
Party switch
A comment in a recent NYT article, that sums up the current moment: When I was a much younger man, the party of "progress" and "the future" and "youth" was the Democrati…
Monthly recap: June 2024
Major update Yosemite trip with parents * Tenaya lodge * Park reservations made a big difference this year Minor update(s) * Jury duty (showed up, postponed to September) * Monter…
A sobering blog rant
An engineering blog-post with a title like “the death of the junior developer”? Written by Steve Yegge? Gotta read it, right? Sourcegraph has their own chat assistant, Cody, but the point is more gen…