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May 3, 2021

A Calf Born in Winter

Reflecting on death, growing up, and my grandfather’s farm — The Cows The calf was born in winter. My grandfather’s neighbour, Alan, had interrupted our dinner and ushered us into this drafty corner of his barn, following the irritated mooing of a mother cow in the throes of labour. …

Memoir

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A Calf Born in Winter
A Calf Born in Winter
Memoir

16 min read


Published in Age of Awareness

·Apr 20, 2021

What Happened to ‘New Math’?

‘New math’ is remembered as “a dismal mistake”, and has been called “one of the worst ideas of the 20th century” — but, to many of the brightest minds in education and mathematics, it seemed like a good idea at the time. So, where did ‘new math’ come from…

History

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What Happened to ‘New Math’?
What Happened to ‘New Math’?
History

24 min read


Published in Curious

·Oct 29, 2020

Axioms of the self

How rewriting the rules you live by can help you overcome your self-imposed limitations. — There’s a concept in mathematics and the sciences called an “axiom” or a “postulate” — it’s a technical term meaning a statement that is taken to be true. That statement then provides the logical foundation for a system of thinking. For example, the laws of thermodynamics are well-known axioms. …

Creativity

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Axioms of the self
Axioms of the self
Creativity

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Published in Curious

·Sep 7, 2020

Life and Death at the White Cliffs of Dover

On a clear day, peering across the English Channel from atop the White Cliffs of Dover, you can just make out the coast of France as a strip of pale land flecked with white, like paint peeling from a picket fence. …

Travel

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Life and Death at the White Cliffs of Dover
Life and Death at the White Cliffs of Dover
Travel

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Nov 21, 2018

Past Futures: Nostalgia in the Age of Escapism

This short was listed as one of the best video essays of 2017 by Sight & Sound. The following is a transcript: I recently came across a collection of old home movies in an obscure corner of the internet. There are thousands in the collection, comprising a digital museum…

Movies

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Past Futures: Nostalgia in the Age of Escapism
Past Futures: Nostalgia in the Age of Escapism
Movies

6 min read


Nov 16, 2018

The Immersive Realism of Studio Ghibli

The following is a transcript of the video essay. In order to tell a compelling and effective story, storytellers must construct an immersive world in which the story takes place; a process known as worldbuilding. …

Animation

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The Immersive Realism of Studio Ghibli
The Immersive Realism of Studio Ghibli
Animation

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Nov 12, 2018

The Story of Tabby’s Star: “The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy”

A couple years ago, a few amateur astronomers digging through a trove of Kepler data made a peculiar discovery: it was a misbehaving star in the constellation Cygnus; one which erratically dimmed in unpredictable and unprecedented ways. They flagged the star, which perplexed astronomer after astronomer and became a…

Astronomy

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The Story of Tabby’s Star: “The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy”
The Story of Tabby’s Star: “The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy”
Astronomy

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Nov 2, 2018

Kessler Syndrome: What Happens When Satellites Collide

This is a transcript of the documentary above. Donald Kessler: The worst case scenario is that you end up creating enough debris that it’s not cost-effective to depend on space. Now, that may take a long time, but because it’s a non-reversible process, once you’ve reached a certain threshold…

Space

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Kessler Syndrome: What happens when satellites collide?
Kessler Syndrome: What happens when satellites collide?
Space

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Jul 24, 2018

Video metalogging & project organization in Premiere Pro

An essential guide — In late 2015, I was the only video editor at a mobile fitness app startup called Fitplan, which provides workout programs by well-known athletes. There was a lot of video content being shot for these programs — mostly instructional exercise videos, interviews, and b-roll. One single shoot could bring in…

Video Editing

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Video metalogging & project organization in Premiere Pro
Video metalogging & project organization in Premiere Pro
Video Editing

10 min read


Apr 15, 2018

The *Finished Search for a Man Named Satoshi

In 2005, a portrait was distributed to hundreds of people around the world as part of an online “Alternate Reality Game”, initiating a global game of hide and seek w̶h̶i̶c̶h̶ ̶s̶t̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶n̶’̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶o̶l̶v̶e̶d̶.̶ which has finally been resolved! More information below. December 2020 update: Satoshi has been found…

Games

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The *Finished Search for a Man Named Satoshi
The *Finished Search for a Man Named Satoshi
Games

35 min read

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