Pages from the fire

Foreword: Blogging in the age of GenAI (2026)

Projects

Computery projects (finished or not)
Home projects (and notes)

Articles

(This section is both a list of topics I have written about and a list I would like to, eventually, write about. If there is no link, it means I’m still working on the article, sorry.)

Elegant inferences

Experiments, interpretations of experiments and mathematical theorems that I thought have the genius of simplicity or great insight.

  1. Inferring ionic channel function during an action potential
  2. Measuring the speed of light
  3. Measuring the radius of the Earth
  4. Inferring where we are in the galaxy
  5. Inferring the shape of our galaxy
  6. The speed of light and magnetism
  7. Deducing how bee odometers work
  8. Geometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem
  9. Cantor’s diagonal argument
  10. Proof that there are infinitely many prime numbers

Computing

  1. Thoughts on generative A.I.
  2. AI and the law
  3. Generative AI and compression

Science / Mathematics

  1. Squishy squares
  2. The Marvellous Bee odometer (2017)

Misc

Linux notes
Thinkpads
Text mode magic

Links

Other people’s cool stories, demos and websites

Marginalia search
Kagi smallweb
ooh.directory