On a Soundtrack coincidence and some books
I happens to be listening to the Braveheart soundtrack recently, a few days ago, and I can say I haven't heard it anywhere else, in the last two decades. Today while we were in Lahaina, near the…
System of the Sun
This is not running a very localized observation (I've noticed this both where I stay in the south bay area, and also during our recent short trip to Hawaii), but still: among the bright objects s…
"Digits of Pi"
Saw a recent post on how "digits of Pi add up to 666" and decided to investigate. These days I'm finding Mathematica super-useful for stuff like this, so: That does NOT add up. But th…
Farmer's Almanac
I don't know why I do it, exactly, but I started this five years ago and it's just "something I do" now. I buy the Farmer's Almanac for the year. It has zero practical necessit…
The state of scheme
I check out the "Scheme universe" every couple years or so, and it's a big and varied place now! I was aware of "Guile and Chicken" a decade ago. Since then: * Chez was ope…
Monthly recap (Oct 2021)
Major update * Halloween trick 'n' treating (after a lull last year) Minor updates * Weekend trip to Santa Cruz (again) * My grandfather passed away (will write more about this soon) *…
Monthly recap (Sep 2021)
Major update * Weekend trip to Santa Cruz Minor updates * Finished a (sixth) 1000-piece puzzle * Had a family "no phone day", which went well * Bunch of dental stuff * Walked to the…
Generally interesting links - Oct 2021
Science Ancient flash floods on Mars Moths taking off, very slowly The "earth blobs" Some unknowns about water History The story of the Tsar Bomba Vikings in America, except with pro…
Prime Palindromes
Came across this on the "Programming Praxis" blog I thought I'd use something other than a "typical" programming language, by which I mean not "an esoteric language"…
On different paths with similar outcomes
I had the following experience recently (hiding names and details because reasons): * I came across a repository implementing something that I found interesting, from a decade ago * The person had…
Templar
Finished reading the one I'd mentioned earlier and it ... was ... spectacular. The way I randomly stumbled on this and picked it up and found it wildly exceeding my expectations is hard to replic…