Apparently NASA recorded the sound of wind on Mars this week with its be Insight rover, and SpaceX delivered a shipment of Christmas goodies -- including candied yams -- to the International Space Station this weekend. In my book, that's enough space-centric news to be a good excuse for wearing a pair of constellation-oriented socks … Continue reading Socks and Space

I spent most of yesterday twisting my brain around, attempting to wrangle something called a "predictive recursive decent parser" for work. The good news is that I eventually succeeded, and somehow managed to produce an algorithm capable of both parsing what needs parsing while also putting it back together again. Which is to say, all … Continue reading Here’s One For All My Heir Of Salazar Pals