Maths, computers and stuff.
I've uploaded a digitised version of my recipe notebook to the site. To be clear, they're not my recipes, they're just recipes I've jotted down from cooking websites or that friends have shared with me. All of them are vegan-friendly. Check it out HERE ! Hopefully it's okay that I'm sharing other people's recipes as long as I give them credit?? It's not like this website is a serious competitor to…
A few years ago, I was seized by the sudden, irrational, and self-destructive urge to learn more about my family history. The software I've been using since then to construct my family tree is Gramps . It's offline, open source, and somewhat moddable, so it was a natural choice for my code-brained self. The alternative would be closed, paid, online-only services like Ancestry. Gramps has so much…
I was doing a sweep of Hacker News to see if any of my blog posts had been doing the rounds, and came across a thread concerning my hash collision post . The thread is closed to further comments, so I'm sharing my responses here instead. On the approximation proof being wrong One user writes: In 'Appendix A: Supporting proofs for approximations' the author justifies the approximation of 1-x with…
Day 25, Wednesday, November 1st, A Salceda (33.5km, 629.9km total) There was an early check-out, so we left the monastery around 7am. Canadian Rob and I found a bar and had breakfast there, accompanied by Chris, Monica and Nico. I didn't see Ivano or Jean after leaving the monastery, and I didn't get the chance to say goodbye to them. I ended up walking with Chris and Monica, enjoying the…
Day 20, Friday, October 27th 2023, Mondoñedo (19.37km, 492.08km total) As I left, Nicole pointedly reminded me where to find the donation box. More like 'coercion' box, amirite? I'd already left some money, anyway. Reading reviews for Granja de Calor, there seemed to be a lot of people complaining about how shabby the place was. I guess that's why they made it a donativo albergue. They couldn't be…
Day 15, Sunday, October 22nd 2023, Cadavedo (30.5km, 387.9km total) It was still mostly dark out when we left the albergue. Sergio and I happened to leave at the same time, but we separated when I took an Aurora-endorsed shortcut back to the main trail. I stopped at a café, where other pilgrims I knew gradually filtered in: A&W, Mira the Ukrainian, Kobi the Dutch 17-year-old, his Camino Dad Tony,…
Day 10, Tuesday, October 17th 2023, Priesca (28.6km, 291.7km total) I left Ribadesella around 9am/10am. This turned out to be a difficult segment, with lots of ups and downs. While descending one of the hills, I went over on my left ankle and hurt it. Another annoying injury, joining the blister on my left foot. I didn't see many pilgrims, besides an estandounidense whom I recognised as the…
Day 5, Thursday, October 12th, Santander (10.5km, 120.1km total) We departed early, after a short breakfast. I didn't sleep well due to the heat in the dorm. Aurora and Wesley left just before me, but I caught up with them after a while. I passed out 3 Spanish men on the way, more old faces from the first albergue. When they found out I was Irish, they mentioned James Joyce. I asked them who they…
Introduction See here for the packing list, route planning, and so on. Day 0, Saturday, October 7th 2023, Bilbao (0km) Arrived in Bilbao. It was roughly 30°C outside. Decided to stay the night rather than launching straight into the journey, so I had time to visit the Guggenheim museum. There happened to be a cool Yayoi Kusama exhibition on. Weird spider outside the Guggenheim. Weird tentacles by…
In October of 2023, I flew to Spain and walked over 600km along the Camino de Santiago . I kept a diary throughout this journey, writing in broken Spanish. Here, I'll give a brief introduction to the series of diary entries, which I have now transcribed and translated to less-broken English. Contents What's a Camino? Why did you do it? Which route did you take? What did you pack? How did you plan…