I’ve had an idea kicking around at the back of my mind for years and finally spent a few hours over the last couple of weekends building it. It’s a probabilistic spreadsheet.
Jellyfish clouds
I saw these amazing jellyfish clouds at sunset over Sea Ranch, CA last week. Their shape - with solid bodies and flowing tentacles - together with the beautiful sunset colors (each photo is completely unfiltered) really grabbed me.
I made a spreadsheet
Visicalc, the world’s first spreadsheet, was also the original killer app. Steve Jobs said that Visicalc “propelled the Apple ][ to the success it achieved”. As one of the first mainstream digital tools, I’m fairly sure the first spreadsheet inspired Jobs’ later quote that “β¦the computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with.
I wrote a compiler
I have a Computer Science degree. I attended a whole course of lectures on compilers (and have a certain fondness for “the red dragon book” as a result). However, I had never actually written a compiler from start to finish until a rainy day last weekend.
ο§BBQ ribs /
My BBQ ribs recipe - a continuous work in progress.
Wine update and 2020 vintage
Amid the pandemic and California fires, September saw a flurry of activity on the wine-making front. We bottled our 2019 primativo and picked, crushed, fermented and pressed our 2020 vintage - a (tricky) pinot noir.
ο§Chicken Tikka Masala /
Authentic Chicken Tikka Masala. Authentic to British takeaway curry houses, that is.
ο§Non-alcoholic "spirits" /
I'm trying to make something better than seedlip.