Monthly recap (December 2018)
Major updates: * Trip to India to visit parents/friends/relatives * A unicorn-themed birthday party for Tara at home! Minor updates: * A first movie night for me and Shivi (i.e. also a first for…
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Interesting links: November 2018
* An extremely in-depth comparison of Apple Maps and Google Maps * An account of an underwater adventure, including befriending an Octopus. Another account of too much bonding with a Dolphin. * Get…
Monthly recap (November 2018)
Major updates: A week in Cabo! * A lot of hanging out at the pool * A lot of eating * Wandering into the towns, encountered some music * A boat ride and just randomly walking around (nice and wa…
Interesting links: October 2018
* A Soyuz rocket malfunctioned, and … the astronauts managed to escape (!) * “Memetic tribes and culture war” * “Mega-Tunnels Dug by South American Megafauna” * A camera taking 10 trillion frames…
Monthly recap (October 2018)
Major updates: * Ran a 10K! (Stevens Creek Trailblazer at Shoreline Park) * Fun weekend trip to Seattle * Visited the Monterey Aquarium and finally saw the Giant Pacific Octopus moving around! Mi…
Interesting links: September 2018
* A 73,000 year old cave painting * A piece in Nautlius (along with Quanta and Aeon my best source of “science” stuff) on time. * Historical piece of the month: the Mamluks * Matt Taibbi talks abo…
Monthly recap (September 2018)
Major updates: * Fun times in Maui! (Spent a lot of time in the pool, half of the road to Hana, small submarine tour(!), a Luau, lots of eating) Minor updates: * Spent most of a week alone with T…
General interesting links: August 2018
Last month’s bunch of interesting links: * A psychedelic temple * William Gibson on recent dystopias * Creating the dreamscapes of Ghost in the Shell * Ted Chiang (of the book behind Arrival) sha…
Monthly recap (August 2018)
Major updates: * Mostly a lot of Tara-related milestones :-) * I quit coffee for a month! (and then went back …) Minor updates: * Tara got a new bike * First board game with Tara * A day at Ha…
General interesting links: July 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * Predator as an unacknowledged masterpiece Predator * The oldest stone tools outside Africa have been found in … China! * I agree with the rhetorical questio…
Monthly recap (July 2018)
Major updates: * My parents were here for a couple of weeks, we had a mid-week trip to Monterey around 4th July, where we stayed near the beach. Good walks, good food, good fun. * Visited the Legio…
General interesting links: June 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * Musical selection for the month #1: an old song with many versions: “The Windmills of Your Mind” * Picked up an interesting graphic novel, a fictionalized acco…