Japan 2023 Photos
Japan 2023 Photos Posted 2023-11-08. I took a trip to Japan in September & October 2023 along with 7 friends. The trip was over a month long and I walked over a half-million steps. Here’s some...
View ArticleGoodbye Twitter, Hello Blog!
Goodbye Twitter, Hello Blog! Posted 2022-11-07. It’s quickly become clear that the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk means the end of the site as I’ve known it since 2008. Instead I’m going to...
View ArticleDownvotes & Dislikes Considered Harmful
Downvotes & Dislikes Considered Harmful Posted 2021-07-21. If you’re letting users rank content, you probably don’t need and don’t want downvotes. Here’s why. (This post inspired by news that...
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A new year & a sneaky new project
A new year & a sneaky new project Posted 2020-02-09. I can’t believe it’s here so quickly, but: today marks a year since my last day at Google. That seemed like a good occasion to dust off this...
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My first paper in 10 years?!
My first paper in 10 years?! Posted 2019-04-03. It’s been nearly two months since my last day at Google, so I guess I should finally make use of this newsletter :) I wrote a paper which was published...
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93% of Paint Splatters are Valid Perl Programs
93% of Paint Splatters are Valid Perl Programs Posted 2019-04-01. TLDR: read the paper and view the gallery of pretty Perl programs. In this paper, we aim to answer a long-standing open problem in the...
View ArticleVim Tips
Vim Tips Posted 2007-08-07. Here’s some links about learning/mastering vim. Why use vim? The vi input model - laptop keyboards suck Why, oh WHY, do those nutheads use vi? Tutorials Graphical vim cheat...
View ArticleLaTeX Tips
LaTeX Tips Posted 2007-05-22; updated 2021-07-01. Note that these instructions are over a decade old. Some documentation may be out of date. :) Embedding fonts in PDFs To check whether fonts are...
View ArticleGnokii Tips
Gnokii Tips Posted 2007-05-22, updated 2021-07-01. I own a Nokia 6102i phone (provided by Cingular). gnokii is a Linux program that lets me interface with the phone. Here are some recipes: File I/O...
View ArticleEmacs Tips
Emacs Tips Posted 2007-05-22, updated 2021-07-01. These are some emacs keybindings (and other functions) that I once found useful. I’ve mostly used Sublime Text for the last few years, however....
View ArticleCreating robot behaviors with Python generators
Creating robot behaviors with Python generators Posted 2007-05-02. Generators are a powerful feature of the Python programming language. In a nutshell, generators let you write a function that behaves...
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