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Being a TA was perhaps one of the more interesting and enjoyable adventures of the last 6 months. I had to grade presentations and essays written for the Chinese Culture class by international students of Shanghai Jiao Tong University /...
To break up our long drive back to Tokyo from Mt Haku, we decided to stop off at Kanazawa's National Crafts Museum. Actually I'd never visited Kanazawa - my only impression of it had been that huge structure that lives outside Kanazawa's...
Both play audio well. One is $12. One is $250.
Architectural Diversity – New York, New York As someone who loves architecture, the High Line is more than an elevated linear park. It’s a stroll through diverse architecture. Here is exhibit number one. On the left, we see old converted...
I recently visited my local public library and got a library card. I walked in and sheepishly explained to the nice librarian that yes, I used to have a card (issued in 1994, when I was but a wee lad) but alas: it's gone missing. No, I...
Tags: #sketches #attention #placesThere were a few small straggly bits, not much magnetic tape was missed. I looked for any other remains of the huge mess from last week along the center median of 85. Some few pieces of it fluttered and...
In Physics simulations or game engines it’s sometimes useful to determine the speed with which two objects are approaching each other. This post will discuss the concept of closing speed, which is the normal component of the relative...
Tonight, we were headed over to a dinner party at our friends' place after hanging at a circus pool party.But they had to reschedule at the last minute, so we pulled a place off our "to check out" list and headed to Milly's Wine Bar.It...
I went on a podcast last week! I got invited onto a podcast a couple months ago and we finally recorded it last week. I’ll be honest that had/have some reservations about doing but.. never say no to an opportunity. And I’ve decided I...
pi is my favourite agent so far (mostly) I really like the claude harness. I think it writes pretty good code and I like to shape it as it writes in my IDE - rejecting bad stuff early. But I reflect that I mostly do this because its soo...
🚲 Now I get it just worked out Ryan and I cycled 12km today. No wonder I am aching all over. Meanwhile the 8½ year old isn’t feeling a god damn thing.
New premier Ben Carroll is busy putting his stamp on the state Labor government he took the leadership of last week. After distancing himself from his predecessors ("I'm not Daniel Andrews. I'm not Jacinta Allan") his first action was to...
Another new-to-me book to-read…someday.
Taking a test…
I’ve written previously about gene drive technology, which allows gene editing of entire species. This works by engineering alleles that are inherited at greater than the expected Mendelian frequency of 50%. One example is a CRISPR gene...