Caffeine and Lasers
Caffeine and Lasers
Cam
I run a poruidly niche-less blog, where I talk about Science, Culture, Economics, Beer, Coffee, Technology and whatever else I feel like.
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🍫 Jump to Recipe The Intro I recently got my hands on a melanger and have been trying my hand at chocolate making. Only after starting this hobby, I found out that there are very few sources on the internet for home-scale chocolate...
Rating: 🟧 Type: Non-Fiction The book promises a lot, the concept is an investigation to how biology has shaped human society and history. For a while it manages to hold up to that promise, the first few chapters are genuinely really...
Despite being bullish on Quantum sensing applications, I have been known to be bearish on quantum computers for a few years now. This may be a bit of disillusionment from my undergrad research. Anyway, here is a fantastic bit of anti...
This blogpost may not last very long depending on how technology goes With the disturbing applications of Grok's image generation, I am becoming less and less comfortable with my pictures being online. Don't get me wrong - I understand...
This is a story through millions of years in its past to explain why humans are shaped the way we are, and millennia into the speculative future for why mechs should probably not replicate human geometry. So why are humans shaped like...
Source: Buisness Insider Channelling the legacy of Franklin D Roosevelt, the first 100 years of Trumps presidency was seen as an important benchmark to the success at his presidency. He promised to end wars, lower cost of living, fix...
I was doodling late at night, under some very warm light. In fact, I legitimately wasnt sure if the marker I was using was purple or black. (Glad it was purple) .art-piece { margin: 1.5rem auto; max-width: 75%; } .art-piece img {...
I am not an artist by any means. But, after watching Stuthless video on getting unstuck from a creative rut I decided it could be fun to walk down to the park and mess around with some art. First up was a tea-stain map. I threw tea onto...
Once again repurposing the corporate webs ideas as my own. Here is MY 2025 wrapped, according to my opinion. Minor editorial note, these are the things I liked this year, not neccessarily the best things which came out this year. Okay to...
KMCD Visualizing The Internet The theme for this months IndieWeb Carnival is where do you see the IndieWeb in 2030 and is hosted by V.H Belvadi. I thought this was a great excuse to yap about my politics, what I want to see in the world...
Rating: 🟧 Type: Non-Fiction I probably need to stop reading books with theses which I already agree with from the beginning. Turns out that economic protectionism and isolationism is bad for your economy. Who knew?
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction I knew Facebook did shady shit beforehand but the degree to which and the amount they knew that they were doing still managed to shock me. the metaphor the title implies, a reference to the Great Gatsby is...
Link to the full article from University of Leicester Leicester scientists are sending tiny worms to the International Space Station in 2026 to study the biological effects of space. The team at Space Park Leicester has designed and...
The Brain Of Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, (1791–1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer", Babbage...
The following post is from 4 Gravitons here, (not me). If you enjoyed it, go subscribe to them! 4 Gravitons Sometimes, the world is silly for honest, happy reasons. And sometimes, it’s silly for reasons you never even considered....