linked list wednesday part 1: corrupt parking tickets, what can generative AI...
It’s been so long, gonna split this up into two parts again! An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink – Perhaps I am hopelessly naive, but how are police union “courtesy...
View Articlelinked list wednesday part 2: bone-marrow transplants, iodized salt,...
The Bone-Marrow-Transplant Revolution – From the article: “Under this looser standard, Arias’s registry matches multiplied from one to more than 200.” – more hooray for science! How the arrival of...
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Old Man’s War review
Old Man’s War by John ScalziMy rating: 4 of 5 starsThis was a fun book and also made me think about my own mortality which I wasn’t expecting! The only other Scalzi book I had read was Redshirts,...
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow review
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI really got sucked into this book and enjoyed it a ton! It felt epic in scope but still very readable. I haven’t made any...
View Articlelinked list saturday: coal miners’ safety, Disney corporate intrigue, air...
The Canary: Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of Labor – This is a fascinating (long!) story by Michael Lewis about coal mine safety and one man’s quest to improve it. Cannot recommend...
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The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s...
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq by Steve CollMy rating: 4 of 5 starsA very detailed look at Iraq leading up to the 2003 US invasion. As...
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New project: WordPress single page tag generator
Check it out! (just a GitHub repo this time) I read a lot of books, and for nonfiction books I like to take notes as I go on the interesting parts and write it up in a review (like the giant Iraq book...
View ArticleSome election yard sign anecdata
I’m incredibly nervous about the upcoming election, because the polls are so close and the consequences of Trump getting a second term are incredibly dire. But, some signs (pun intended!) of hope: My...
View ArticleA quick rant about kids sports
My son is 6 and plays soccer. He has a one-hour practice each week and one game on Saturday. This is fine, although it does mean we can’t travel much during the season. My daughter is 8 and plays...
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goodbye (again) Twitter, hello Bluesky!
I left Twitter almost two years ago, but only recently decided to go ahead and delete all my Tweets since after November 15, it’s changing its Terms of Service to allow training LLMs on them, and...
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