Antikythera Mechanism Schematic
This is a schematic of the gearing of the Antikythera mechanism, from Tony Freeth's 2021 Nature paper, "A Model of the Cosmos in the Ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism". In my…
Fifteen Years in Fifty Minutes
On January 16, 2026, an impossible bug was solved. A bug in a library downloaded over a billion times every year, with a wall of comments asking for help, several…
The Secret Garden of Rock-Paper-Scissors
Summary: People have tried extending rock-paper-scissors to more than 3 options, with some success. If you allow more pairings to be ties, this uncovers a rich garden of different game…
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me…
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me…
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me…
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me…
The Dog Park Sabbatical: Monthly Logs
I'm taking a year off work in what I'm calling the Dog Park Sabbatical, and here are summaries of what happened each month. Prior to work ending: Serving a long…
Virtual Trackballs: An Interactive Taxonomy
Rotating 3D objects on a 2D screen is a fundamental building block of human-computer interaction. Being able to reach through a pane of glass and touch virtual objects is absolutely…
Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy?
No. But they don't need to. In preparation for the 5th test flight of Starship, SpaceX announced that they would try to catch the booster using "Mechazilla's chopsticks.” Later during…