So, on more or less a dare that was intended as a joke that I heard secondhand, I have decided to write a lisp interpreter in a different language every day in the month of November. I've done two so far. Watch my progress here: nalintmo

I know I never post, but this is far too beautiful not to link to, and you should read it.

http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/

(I like it totally independent of the random dig at the practicality of type theory, near the end. But I did laugh.)

I live in Mountain View, California now.

Hi everyone!

I will be in the San Francisco Bay area from July 12 to July 19. I'll be staying in the Mountain View area, and looking for housing around there, for August (ideally) or September (less ideally) move-in. If you want to hang out with me while I'm around, or if you have housing tips, or know someone who needs a housemate, reply here. :-)

I have heard the refrain "everyone would understand quantum mechanics, if only it were explained thusly!" a surprising number of times recently, and I want to explore one such value of "thusly": The idea that quantum mechanics is just what falls out if you allow probabilities to be negative. (See e.g.I like the idea behind the Scott Aaronson link ( Read more... )

I guess I ought to make a PSA here: I am officially funemployed! By which I mean, I have departed from Google (of my own free will), and do not currently have anything else to replace it with. (Don't tell my grandmother. She'll kill me.) I'm planning to take a few months off, and then move out to the SF bay area around the time my lease expires in ( Read more... )

I am going to Frostburn!

It is a Burning-Man-related camping event, taking place over a weekend in February.

Are any of you going? If so, want to camp together? :-)

------------------------------------------------Unrelated postscript: I have a bunch of topics in mind I've been meaning to write about. This seems like a good place to publish such ( Read more... )

My house now contains chocolate chip cookies. I made them using this recipe ( Read more... )

TL;DR: Airlines suck, but I made it to HOPE despite them. Running ethernet cable is fun ( Read more... )

Photos of some items here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gwillen/sets/72157624238086575/with/4736546794/Read more... )