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.
Latest Posts
My Wireless Plant Monitor! (Prototype) I just wanted to do a quick write-up on a side project I'm working on and share photos of an early prototype. What is it: I am working on an IoT system to monitor my plants and let me know when they...
Keep Your Ego In Check (Above The Robots) In order to use LLMs effectively, you need a bigger ego than the AI. That's the secret. There's a lot of talk about the rise of "GPT slop" on the internet. People use it as evidence that AI...
Rating: ⭐ Type: Non-Fiction This book is GREAT. It had me absolutley obsessed with a topic I previously knew nothing about. The book is covers the bilogoy, ecology and biotechnology of algea. It somehow had me turning pages faster I...
1 ChiScraper: Personalised ArXiv Assistant Keeping up with the latest research papers can feel like drinking from a firehouse - Especially if you are following the current LLM trend. ChiScraper is an open-source tool that helps...
Introducing ChiCurate: Your Personalized ArXiv Feed In the fast-paced world of scientific research, staying up-to-date with the latest publications is crucial. However, with hundreds of papers published daily on ArXiv, finding the most...
Rating: 🟩 Type: Fiction A surprisingly humanist piece of Sci-Fi. This piece manages to both be both VERY accurate in the science, yet mostly interested in the humanity of is characters
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction I really liked this one. It is a history of the last 20 years in Afghanistan, told biographically through the eyes of the authors collegues. This method of history is deeply personal, and I think an...
The Case For Power Generation Supplier-Cooperatives Authors Note: I do not work in the power industry. I am not an expert in power generation. I'm just some dude with ideas. Keep this in mind The invention of Photovoltaic devices (i.e.,...
...They just aren't talking to us I read a paper exploring a novel explanation for why the universe is so darn quiet. For those unacquainted, the Fermi Paradox is the simple question. "Why is the universe so quiet???". This follows the...
Four Coffee Observations in Two Studies There is something beautiful about scientists being given the freedom to apply their skills to passion projects. High-impact science is valuable, but the purity of studying a hobby out of sheer...
1 Announcing My LoFi Terminal Radio This was a short weekend project I threw together to replace the perpetually open YouTube Tab for lofi beats to relax/study to. The result? A minimalist audio player that does its job without any...
1 What Is RSS and why might your readers want it? The acronym for RSS is "Really Simple Syndication". Essentially, it is a way better method of alerting your readers to your new blog posts, without requiring an email address. 1.1 How it...
Observing the observer: Perception in Philosophy Psychology and Physics What Do Descarte, Buddhists and Astrophysicists have in common? The Answer? To give a short answer. Fundamental appreciation of one's own epistemologic limitations...
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction This one was really good. The central premise is that humans are really bad at true randomness, and we fall into very predicatble patterns while trying to do random. The book then outlines the mistakes we tend...
From my time at Finisar I got to work extensively with Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS), Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs). This page is my attempt to share a little of what I've learned, because it is such a cool technology that I hope...