Pages from the fire

Foreword: Blogging in the age of GenAI (2026)

Projects

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

Elegant inferences

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

  1. Beyond infinity (Cantor’s diagonal argument)
  2. Proof that there are infinitely many prime numbers

Science / Mathematics / Computers

  1. AI text watermarking
  2. Part 1, Part 2 of Squishy squares: A mathematical curiosity
  3. The Marvellous Bee odometer

Opinions

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

Grab-bag of computer stuff

  1. Linux notes
  2. Thinkpads
  3. Text mode magic

Links

  1. Other people’s cool stories, demos and websites
  2. Marginalia search
  3. Kagi smallweb
  4. ooh.directory

Backlog

(Things I’d like to learn and write about)

  1. Holographic universe (Physics)
  2. Generative AI and compression
  3. Inferring ionic channel function during an action potential
  4. Measuring the speed of light
  5. Measuring the radius of the Earth
  6. Inferring where we are in the galaxy
  7. Inferring the shape of our galaxy
  8. The speed of light and magnetism
  9. Deducing how bee odometers work
  10. Geometric proof of the Pythagorean theorem