Summer 2024 Wrapup 2024-08-25 I flew home. To spend the summer in Shanghai. Reasons: Reunion with family Everything cheaper I need to order a bunch of PCBs and parts which are also cheaper By "summer" I mean 2024-05-07 thru 2024-08-25 inclusive. Projects I Did Reflow Workshop 2 In 2023, me and my buddies at TechJI did Reflow Workshop and it was a huge success. Which begs the question: If Reflow…
Review of Radiohead Discography I got into Radiohead, a band with three decades of history, this January, due to a shitpost youtube video, as discussed in How I Discover a Band . In this post I will review every Radiohead album I listened to, in the order of discovery. The Bends Guitar album, excellent dynamics. The energy pulses up and down throughout the album to keep you from boredom or…
Fedi Shitpost Compilation As you may know, I occasionally engage in a recreational activity known as Shitposting, on the Federated Universe (Fedi). Here are some notable cases: (Typesetting notes: if the first line is bold , then it is a mastodon feature called "content warning"; clicking it expands the rest of the post.) 2022-10-29 predict the stock market ??? prophet! 2022-11-03 evil polya be…
If Academia Worked Like Music 2024-07-06 You are an associate professor at the Fakeland University of Common Knowledge (FUCK). After years of hard work with your best friends Ethan and Albert (they go by Et and Al), you have 12 manuscripts you call "demos". You rent a lab space, larger and more professional than the one in your basement. The staff help you with cameras and stuff. After a…
At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb "At The Risk Of Feeling Dumb" (ATR hereafter) is the second-to-last track on twenty one pilots' 2024 record, Clancy . I've discussed it in Review of Clancy (2024) that it Starts off like circus music, but I feel it's the most serious song on the record. It tells you to check on your friends' mental health, no matter what they say — even at the risk of feeling dumb. It's…