A Time-Traveler's Guide to Affordable Computing

Thu 17 July 2025

Greetings! If you are reading this, it means you were selected by TODD (the Temporal Observation Directorate Division) for a temporal excursion. Since you're a member of the Computing Sciences History Reading Room, you will no doubt want to brush up on how to procure computing resources in your assigned …

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Some thoughts on Android launchers, or, The Need For Spatial Regularity In Touch Interfaces

Sun 13 July 2025

Background

I've used android as my main mobile OS for about four and a half years, and used it previously for about a year and a half before then. In total, I've spent eight and two thirds years on iOS, and six and one third years on Android (so far …

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The Scenes that Made Me: Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Sat 24 May 2025

Lars looking on wistfully while ingesting his sister-in-law's retort to his rant (AVIF format) Lars looking on wistfully while ingesting his sister-in-law's retort to his rant
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Content warning: this post unavoidably and briefly touches on some "mature" topics

If you had told me six months ago that one of my favorite movies of all time would be a bout a man who …

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