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
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...
2024-07-28 Note: This is a transcript for a talk I delivered to Joel Carpenter's UQ Optics class in 2022. I found it in my notes and did not bother to re-read it before uploading. Feel free to yell at me if I've made any mistakes. From...
1 Anatomy of the Espresso There are dozens of methods of brewing coffee, from the humble filter, plunger, aeropress and cold brew. But here in Australia, when we hear "coffee", we think espresso. There is a lot of mysticism around coffee...
Rating: ⭐ Type: Non-Fiction Typically I am a very materialist (philosophically, not literally) person, and as a results this was one of the more impactful political books I have ever read. In many cases power is downstream from...
UPDATE I built a widget to generate the feed url for you. See it here 1 How and Why to Use RSS to Improve Your Reddit UX Did you know you can subscribe to subreddits via RSS? Maybe you did, but did you know it’s the best way to use...
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction Of all the books I've read about beer (3) this remains my favourite. Probably because it was written by a physicist.
Rating: ⭐ Type: Fiction I never thought I would take "Astro-socialogy" as a serious concept before reading this. Read the whole series, seriously.
Rating: 🟩 Type: Fiction I read Dune, and Dune Messiah where it got a bit too weird. The original is where it is at. The book is at its most interesting when it is talking about real politik.