My friend asked me what I got at Humble Bundle today:
I enjoyed this article linked by Al Williams over on Hackaday: Understanding Linear Regression.
It is my ambition, one day, to understand all the math in this: The Dirac Equation: The Most Important Equation You’ve Never Heard Of.
This is what learning the art of electronics looks like. I am so far behind! Trying to catch up so I’m ready to release the first lab exercise on Tuesday… fingers crossed!
I have a new post on Hackaday: Web Dashboard And OTA Updates For The ESP32.
I have a new post on Hackaday: Superconductivity News: What Makes Floquet Majorana Fermions Special For Quantum Computing?
Today Louis Rossmann announced his Consumer Rights Wiki over here: US Senator wakes up to the fact that we don’t own things anymore, writes letter to the FTC about it. I wish him every success with this project!
Oh man, Elle Cordova is so insanely creative. It’s gonna be a long time before the AI puts her out of work! This recent one was brilliant: Grammarian vs Errorist II (it’s part II in Grammarian vs Errorist series). Here’s my favorite so far: Virtual Assistants.
I just received some sad news from my friend Shahriar: our old school teacher Rick Morris has passed away.
The funeral is 2pm in Leura today, 7th May.
Mr Morris was perhaps the most central figure in putting me on the path to computer programming. He used to run the computer lab at our high school and he was our computers teacher in junior high. I had him as my advanced mathematics teacher too.
You know how in Excel if you want a relative reference you use something like ‘B8’ and if you want an absolute reference you use the dollar sign as e.g. ‘$B$8’. Well it was Mr Morris who taught me that, some time back in the early 90s. I’ve been using that syntax my whole life, and every time I do I think of Mr Morris.
It wasn’t so long ago that Shahriar and I caught up with Mr Morris for drinks at the Lappo. Of course we didn’t know at the time that would be the last time we’d ever see him. At least we did have that time together before we lost him.
I will miss his quiet intelligence and his big laugh.
p.s. I just got back from the funeral. Apparently he died suddenly from a stroke on 24th April. It was a beautiful ceremony. 50/50 laughing and crying. They had speeches, poems, photos, and music. They even played the Star Wars anthem! I was confused and accidentally went up with the family when it was time for family members to come to the front and pay their respects. Whoops! I think Mr Morris would have laughed.
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In this video I tell you about the new ITL Wiki.
The notes for Learning the Art of Electronics are there: ITL Wiki § Learning the Art of Electronics.
I am running late with Lab #1 from Learning the Art of Electronics. That video was meant to come out today, but I’ve pushed it back to next Tuesday so I have time to prepare the notes and record the lab.
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