Random note: 198432
A could of random selections from the backmatter of the graphic novel omnibus "Do androids dream of electric sheep?"…
Of Androids and Electric Sheep
I’ve watched the original Bladerunner1 (many times) and the new one2 (once), but I hadn’t read the original novel3 (“Do androids dream of electric sheep?”) ever, despite repeatedly resolving to, and b…
Using Twitter the right way (!)
Apparently there was a massive Twitter hack1 yesterday, and some folks clearly made a bunch of money2 off it too. I didn’t notice this, though I do spend several minutes a day on Twitter. I guess it’…
Monthly Recap (Jun 2020)
Major updates * A few interesting excursions (picnic in Lexington reservoir and Loch Lomond, an afternoon at Greyhound Rock Beach. * Trips to parks (Tara playing, farewell to a close friend, some s…
Generally Interesting Links- June 2020
* The latest (and probably the last 😕) sequel to The Trip is out * File this under “labor of love”: Dune, the “novel cut” * A thorough review of spacecrafts in science fiction * An overview of Fu…
Optimized Sudoku solver- Haskell to Scala
Context As hinted at in the first post, I found Abhinav’s posts to be a great source material for learning and (over this weekend) recreation :-) I picked the second post, where the pruning process…
A triangular sand pyramid
Playing Sudoku
Doing the Sudoku solver made me want to play some myself. I ended up getting this app. It’s fun, the ads don’t bother me, it has levels (easy, medium, difficult, hard, and ... evil), and keeps track…
A simple Sudoku solver- Haskell to Scala
Context I found this excellent blog post by Abhinav Sarkar that lays out, step-by-step, writing a simple Sudoku solver in Haskell, and … it seemed a good idea to translate it, step-by-corresponding-s…
Journalling flow
I’ve been doing this for perhaps four years now, so … it’s something I can write about. Here’s a rough outline: * I use Day One1 * Every day, I write one entry on what happened that day * Optional…
The Highlight Zone
One of my favorite shows for Tara is Peg Cat. There is a glut of “kid-oriented shows”, and this is very refreshing. The “drawing quality” is similar to Pete the Cat (crayon-cartoon-ish), with grid…
On building
* An overview * Why America can’t build * On building * Building institutions * Towards a science of progress * Time to build * Fast * Managerial childhoods…