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 and an understanding of the self-referential nature of perceiving one's...

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 to make (and practical advice in how you could exploit those blindspots)

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 others get to work with. 1 What is an LCOS SLM? There are two acronyms here, so I...

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 Student To Industry Good afternoon everyone, my name is Cameron, I am a somewhat...

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 culture and the espresso, so as a coffee enthusiast and a nerd, I figure it is...

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 technology, and Doctorow expertly identifies the problems, their causes and their...

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 Reddit without getting sucked into the Enshittified Torment Nexus™️? It seems like...

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.