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The other day, I learned about The Explorers Club, a unique professional society of approximately 3,500 explorers, scientists, and students that comprise 34 chapters around the world. Established in 1904, its alumni include some of …

Last week, I wrote about my experience at a meditation retreat, in which a man fainted and reminded me of the preciousness of life. Another lesson I learned that day came from observing the leader …

While working on a changelog-generation script for my vsvg project, I wanted to display the list of contributors as circular avatars, just like GitHub does in multiple places. After a few Google searches and some …

Here are some interesting articles, blog posts, videos, podcasts, and GitHub repositories I’ve run into over the last week (April 15, 2024 - April 21, 2024) Microsoft / Dotnet / Azure - Other Software Dev …

I just watched the Numberphile video about Apocalyptic Numbers. An apocalyptic number is a power of two whose decimal representation contains the digits "666". I nodded along: of course, Christian folks would get interested about …

44 years ago (22 May 1980 to be precise), the first Puck Man machine was placed in an arcade in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, starting a worldwide global videogaming phenomenon. Today, Namco’s Pac-Man remains one of …

Recently I had a bus ride that was a little out of the ordinary. A few minutes after boarding, the bus missed a turn. I realised after a minute or two, and checked with the …

Buy bread in waxed paper and then lounge about with it while wearing a gown designed by Pauline Trigere. Life - June 7, 1954

Late last year I started looking at a microtonal pitch quantiser for my modular synth setup, and then I remembered that I had an Arduino Nano and an Adafruit MCP4728 Quad DAC sitting in a …

Building upon the legacy of subscription libraries and Mechanics’ Institutes, public libraries (as democratic, publicly-funded institutions) started appearing across North America towards the end of the 19th century. In the British colonies that would soon …

I’ve finished reading More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech by Meredith Broussard. The book is a polemic that explores technology, algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence and asserts that …

Another nice sunny day in RI. It was a little on the cold side due to winds coming out of the north. Tomorrow is supposed to rain starting in the afternoon so I'll try to …

The Valencia Street center bike lane is finally open and ready for use in San Francisco. Finally those annoying “Bike Lane Closed” signs are no longer blocking the bike lane (that was ridiculous) and you …

This website just passed its twentieth birthday. In web years, that’s more like a centennial. At the risk of waxing nostalgic, I’m posting a few highlights from our first year.

In my opinion, Swift UI is a fantastic jumping-off point for less experienced developers wanting to get into iOS development. It reminds me of my earliest days of programming; just turn the clock back 15 …