Monthly recap (June 2018)
Major updates: * Re-started my “run every Sunday morning” habit, for the first time since Oct 2016 * Successfully gave up regular coffee drinking after many, many years Minor updates: * Better s…
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Programming/Math/Science roundup: June 2018
Somehow, a lot of interesting stuff this month: * For Emacs enthusiasts, version 26.1 is out, with support for generators and threads * A new fundamental particle (?!) * You probably didn’t know t…
General interesting links: May 2018
Last month’s bunch of random stuff: * A look at how both Apple and Star wars have come to dominate our “tech aesthetic” in a very deep sense * Something about Nirvana (not the band) * Michael Pola…
Monthly recap (May 2018)
Major updates: * Australia trip! * Walked around Sydney * Great Ocean Road * Fed some kangaroos and wallabies (not yet sure about the difference) * Saw the Penguin parade * Ate lo…
Programming/Math/Science roundup: May 2018
* I haven’t been on Facebook in a while, but if you are, you might read this rant * Indeed, C is not a low-level language * Mixed feelings about this, but mostly agree: intuition is not always help…
General Interesting Links: April 2018
Bunch of random stuff that I liked this month: * Crazy tall palm trees in Colombia (this one made the picture above) * A “golden oldie” by Bill Joy (of Sun) on the future of technology (from 18 yea…
Monthly recap (April 2018)
Major updates: * Weekend trip to Monterey * Having fun at work :-) * Kite flying with Tara Minor updates: * Couple of birthday parties for Tara * Met some old friends after many years! * Anno…
Programming/Math/Science roundup: April 2018
* David Patterson does a wide-ranging interview on computer architecture (spoiler: RISC!) * Something about various extrasolar planets being “evenly spaced on a log scale” * There’s more than one b…
General Interesting Links: March 2018
Bunch of random stuff I liked this month: * A huge inspiration: as the title says, “An 81 year old Commodore Amiga Artist” … And she bought it for the first time 30 years ago! * A paean to text adv…
Monthly recap (March 2018)
Major updates: * None really (!) * Caught up with a few movies that were on the “to-watch” list, just “the usual” stuff Minor updates: * Mostly busy with work * Got myself a new fountain pen *…
Programming/Math/Science roundup: March 2018
Interesting stuff from last month (not a lot?): * Entanglement isn’t just across space, but across time too(!) * There is a new type of ice, occurring in the inclusions of diamonds formed hundreds…
General interesting links: February 2018
Some random links from last month: * I read less news and more long-form articles these days, so here are a couple of the more politically-oriented ones that I found insightful:- “Why we’re underest…