I’m a dreamer
這是我的「 BlogBlog 同樂會 - 2026 年 6 月 」的投稿文章。本月主題是「 音樂與記憶 」,由 柚子 主持。如果你有自己的部落格,歡迎一起來參加! I’m a dreamer. 每當心情失落的時候,我的腦中便不時回憶起坂本真綾演唱的〈白金〉(プラチナ)。這首歌是動畫片《魔卡少女櫻》的片頭曲之一。幼時看動畫時,或許只是覺得旋律明快、歌詞閃閃發亮;長大以後再聽,卻愈發覺得,這句「I’m…
Looking at Artemis
Did you know NASA JPL has a service called Horizons which lets you look at mission statistics, here we try to predict the orbit and compare with Artemis I stats.…
40-10m OCF Antenna: A Simple, Multi-Band Wire Antenna
Learn how to build a simple and effective 40-10m Off-Center Fed (OCF) Dipole antenna. This guide covers the design, the crucial 4:1 balun, and construction tips for your ham radio station.…
computer customization
as you can probably tell from my website's design, i've been told to "be myself" a few too many times growing up, so i take expressing myself very seriously. thus, whatever customization options i…
Proof of the Sunflower Conjecture (5)
In this post, we show Lemma 2.1 of Step 2 that proves (4.5): \( |\sigma_-(\mathcal{M})| < 3^\beta \gamma |\sigma_+(\mathcal{N}) ||\) seeing the description figure given…
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
A badly written romance that draws you in with really strong fantasy that quickly peters out
Omphalos
Omphalos. San Francisco, 2025.
Security Advisories, a Sync Gap, and Health Badges for Your README
LaraPlugins rolled out security advisory scanning for Laravel packages , then found a 2-month sync gap. Here's what broke, what we fixed, and how to add a health badge to your plugin README.
I went to the Uneed Residency in France
A month ago I went to France for the Uneed founder residency. Thomas Sanlis had been inspired by the Hacker Residency event he went to in Vietnam
AI, 6mm holes and asking "why?"
People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill bit. They want a quarter-inch hole. Theodore Levitt (Harvard Business School) Why ask why? There is a line every product person knows. “People don't want…
ICYMI: Updates from the 6/28 meeting
ICYMI Arizona – Arizona held a special election to fill in a vacancy for AZPP Lookout/Outreach Director. Their IT committee also met to…
Birthday Wander: 73 to 73
74 today. Data from my family tree indicates that I’m doing all right by still breathing: I’ve lived longer than any man in my paternal line going back to one Johann Andreas Duntemann 1729-1808. He…
Nepal Part 1 - Culture of Kathmandu Valley
I came to Nepal with a pictures of mountains in my head, and left with so much more - so much in fact I decided to split the blog of this trip into two parts. This is the first one, covering the…
Happy Pride
Happy Pride. I'm glad that I'm still here, that you're still here. I'm proud of who you are and who you are becoming. Thank you for being here. The world is scary, but you are not alone. You are…
Taking the unconventional path
Two weeks ago I quit my job. I had been working as a staff engineer at this startup for the last 2.5 years. The people, pay, and workload were all good but it was time to move on. I have worked with…
Thoughts on Dancing Mad (Ultimate)
As previously hinted at, in this blog post I’m discussing the Final Fantasy XIV encounter Dancing Mad (Ultimate) from a mechanical, technical, and narrative perspective. In order to understand…
Life Snapshot
Heya all. So, once more I feel the need to blog something but didn’t have any singular impactful event, so here’s a bunch of shit that happened to me recently. Feel free to skip around. I’m almost…
Quicksim: simulation of resistive circuits
There are plenty of circuit simulators available, that give detailed analysis of circuits with capacitors, inductors and semiconductors, and these can be used to simulate a purely resistive circuit…
The End of Static Information
Information is shifting from something we retrieve to something that responds to how we understand it — and what that means for software, accessibility, and truth.
Okayfail Library Released
I'm dropping a little library called "okayfail" implementing a Result<Value, Error> type for TypeScript. (Like the Rust Result type, or the NeverThrow TypeScript library.) My…
It’s Hip to Be Square
Self-promotion of my day job may have waned, but I’m still out here designing rad icons! In case you’ve been living under a sadly icon-less rock, we’ve been pushing out brand new Icon Packs regularly…
When Freaks Were Chic - Danceteria remembered
Fun and fascinating - with fabulous fotos - Danceteria oral history by Joy Press , aka the missus, who was a regular at the legendary New York club in the 1980s. Everyone from Madonna and Fab 5…
Reconstructing My Faith: Postmodernity, Bullies, and Uncle Carl
Well, you knew we'd eventually get to Mark Driscoll if we started talking about deconstructing and reconstructing my faith, right? [insert heavy sigh here] Postmodernity In the spring of 1997, I…
The macOS toolbox you need
Project link This toolbox is a collection of small utilities that solve common annoyances on macOS. Demo Features Game Launcher – Launch Steam games more conveniently, especially when using…
The Complete Kubrick: The Ultimate Box Set for Lovers of Film Design
The Complete Kubrick is coming, and for anyone fascinated by the relationship between cinema and interiors, this may be one of the most exciting home entertainment releases of the year. Released on…
Way Up Waucoba | Sky High #3
While Tacoma troubles may have prevented me reaching the summit of Waucoba Mountain on the first day of my trip, my failure to reach the top of Mt. Tom on the second day had me hoping for a bit of…
Reflections on 1,000 days of math
I finally hit 1,000 days of doing math daily! Early on in my journey I was a lot more aggressive with my XP targets, but settled into a low-volume rhythm as my goals evolved. I worked from MF1 (Math…
Monday links, science, medicine, and a bit of something extra
Max Kozlov for Nature: Inside the new political screening that’s stalling NIH grants. The plot to murder American science in the style of Rasputin (poisoned, shot, shot again) is well under way, and…
Ox eye spiral
Don't get dizzy The Leucanthemum vulgare is considered in some places to be an invasive species. That does not prevent one from taking a closer look at the spiraling floret of the ox eye daisy.
(89) wishing, is to want, is to live
i wish i may, i wish i might...
Making Eraser Carving Design Transfers with a Plotter and a Pencil
Exploring an overly-complicated way to transfer designs to an eraser for lino-style carving using a plotting cutter and a pencil. The post Making Eraser Carving Design Transfers with a Plotter and a…
Power BI Date Picker
The June release of Power BI Desktop includes a preview of a new Power BI slicer configuration – Date Picker. It’s meant to solve two issues with report design. The […]
On being an ass
The kindness that's aware of itself is usually a performance.
Europe at the Crossroads: Will the Law Strengthen Authors’ Rights or Surrender the “Crown Jewels” of Human Creativity? @Helienne Lindvall’s ECSA Keynote
ECSA President Helienne Lindvall argues that Europe's AI future depends on protecting authors' rights, transparency, consent, and the value of human creativity.
RocketLab flips the table…
Today’s announcement that RocketLab is acquiring Iridium represents a bolt from the blue, not because Iridium is being sold (which had been the subject of speculation for several months), but…
Chomp
The more I think about it, the more I think it was self defense. The post Chomp appeared first on nerd's eye view.
Built my own smart home panel – Tessera
Some of my projects end in disappointment, but this one is a nice success. I was scrolling AliExpress, as one does, when I came across a little 4-inch touchscreen with an ESP32 built right into the…
my dreams have been very confusing lately but i’m like 97% sure that last night i dreamt i was…
my dreams have been very confusing lately but i’m like 97% sure that last night i dreamt i was either DOING or DEALING cocaine with all my friends i’ve ever had, and that for some reason…
A TacoSprint 2026 Retrospective
This is my retrospective of TacoSprint 2026 that took place in June 2026 at La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico.
Wallet threat: June 29, 2026
Hyperwired caught my eye in recent showcases. It’s a twin-stick shooter with the twist that you’re flying around with a giant plug hanging from your ship. When you get low on power, you have to plug…
Physical Graffiti, Wilczynski und damaa.beats – Ava…
Heute darf ich euch einmal Physical Graffiti näher bringen. Habe ich schon länger auf dem Schirm und erschreckenderweise festgestellt, dass ich sie hier auf dem Blog noch gar nicht gefeatured habe.…
Fun With Sliders and Compose
I noticed a pretty neat UI interaction in Ayah for iOS that I wanted to see if I could replicate in Android. Your browser does not support the video tag. You’ll notice a few different things…
Celebrating midsummer – A photo essay
‘At midnight, in the month of June, I stand beneath the mystic moon.’ Edgar Allan Poe (The Sleeper) June gets sunnier every year but two things ensure I look forward to this wonderful month despite…
So You Want to Fix Your All Hands
I will now explain why at least 50% of your team finds your current All Hands to be a waste of their time. They believe: Now, I will describe how to build an All Hands that will exceed their…
AI Says: Epstein is Alive
AI will not let you post possibly defamatory material. However it is not possible to defame the dead. AI won’t let you post possibly defamatory images of Jeffrey Epstein. Therefore, AI believes…
Weekly Reading List 29 June 2026
Technical Reading List
Space Junk: Taking the Cosmos Back from the Guys in Cowboy Hats
When Bezos went to space in a cowboy hat, someone had to laugh. Space Junk magazine (256 pages, Bottega Veneta ad) is making the case that the cosmos belongs to everyone. Even the people who can’t…
Spyderco Sage 6 in S90V Review
Note: This review, as with all content I write on this site, is my opinion. It does not reflect the opinion of others, including the American Knife and Tool Institute (AKTI), the cutlery trade group…
Here comes the Summertime Sadness
For as long as I can remember I’ve wrestled with Major Depressive Disorder. It was fairly predictable when I was a kid. But then puberty hit and suddenly…