February 14, 2019
Women Work: Computer Programmers
The explicit discrimination in seeking a corporate “culture fit”.
January 17, 2019
Sorting Books
If you love it, keep it. If you don’t, don’t. Make room for the things you love.
December 12, 2018
Distinctions: Squash vs Quash
Words: Squash vs Quash You squash bugs. You quash rumors. ———— Change: “The about-to-launch campaign was also squashed by Mayor Boris Johnson.” ———— Technically squash can be used in place of quash (to put an end to; suppress). But isn’t it nicer to make the distinction?
December 6, 2017
And Justice for All
December 6, 2016. Congress Ave. Austin, Texas. Taken on my walk to the post office.
September 7, 2017
Self-Imposed Limits in Science Fiction
Science fiction is defined by a spirit of curiosity in a story where everything is just enough different that your initial biases are suspended and you, the reader, become alert to possibility.
August 6, 2017
Lost
迷 Three random incidents this week wove themselves together under the theme of “lost”. I. In one of my Japanese lessons, the vocabulary list included the word for enigma, puzzle, or riddle: nazo 謎 「なぞ」。 When I looked up the kanji, it turned out to be rather arcane (that is, not in the standard school set). On the left-side, is the radical “word” (to say). On the right side is
July 31, 2017
A Commonplace Book
In the last couple of years have I become more systematic in trying to synthesize my “highlighted” passages by trying to summarize them, paraphrase them, or otherwise actively engage with my reading.