Hinterland (2): The Beatles Live at the BBC
I’ve been listening through the early Beatles albums, admiring – as ever – the complete mastery of classic rock and roll that they demonstrate over… Read More »Hinterland (2): The Beatles Live at the BBC
Iteration
Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
Via Eric Gilliam‘s excellent FreakTakes. I got to Princeton, and the first thing, when I was there and I went to the physics building, I… Read More »Richard Feynman: “Fiddling around is the answer”
Popeye and Bluto: film’s first superheroes?
What is the true identity of the world’s first superhero? Should we look back to Gilgamesh? Achilles? Hanuman? Samson? Robin Hood? Ōgon Bat? Buck Rogers?… Read More »Popeye and Bluto: film’s first superheroes?
Animation History: The Surprising History of Mickey Mouse
The evolution of Mickey Mouse’s appearance is interesting… but not nearly as interesting as his pre-history and the business and technical factors wrapped up in… Read More »Animation History: The Surprising History of Mickey Mouse
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (4): Reading list, playlist
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (4): Reading list, playlist
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (3): Little Omega, Omega Combinator, Y-Combinator
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (3): Little Omega, Omega Combinator, Y-Combinator
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (2): Boolean Logic
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (2): Boolean Logic
Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (1): Basics
Disclaimer: I’m not a computer scientist or mathematician. This post is about what I’ve learnt so far about Lambda Calculus. Most of the resources I’ve… Read More »Lambda Calculus for people a step behind me (1): Basics
Wonder Stories: Early Science Fiction
“I tried questioning him. I pointed at a pyramid and asked ‘People?’ and indicated the two of us. He set up a negative sort of… Read More »Wonder Stories: Early Science Fiction
Marc Andreessen on Scar Tissue, Trying and Failing in the Probabilistic Domain
This was a good interview on Farnham Street’s The Knowledge Project – listen here. Marc Andreessen: It’s the most natural thing in the world to… Read More »Marc Andreessen on Scar Tissue, Trying and Failing in the Probabilistic Domain