Nehaveigur

Category: Pointers

  • Paul Auster Has Died

    Paul Auster is dead. I keep returning to two of his novels, Mr. Vertigo and Moon Palace. Their protagonists, even though they are fictional, are more alive than many of us. Their lives aren’t anything to envy but they hint at what it means to live life to its fullest.

  • Democracy

    The beauty of democracy is that it’s the only acceptable form of governance if you agree that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and that they are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. While…

  • Ash Jogalekar’s 100 Desert Island Books

    This is a good list. Plenty of inspiration. I’ll have to make a list like this eventually. Stay tuned.

  • Map of California Fossil Sites

    I made an interactive map of California fossil sites based on data by Don Kenney.

  • Ken Ilgunas’ Podcast Journey

    Ken Ilgunas’ experience of how podcasts have influenced him is similar to my own but he’s more articulate in describing it. He has also recently appeared on one of my favorite podcasts.

  • Spiders on Drugs

    Effect of different drugs on cobwebs

  • Podcasts

    The Google Podcasts app is going away on April 2nd, which suits me fine as I’ve been trying to escape to Google ecosystem of apps and devices. I’ll use Pocket Casts instead, which is free and has no ads. Here are the podcasts I’ll migrate:

  • Can AI Solve Science?

    To this ultimate question we’re going to see that the answer is inevitably and firmly no (Stephen Wolfram).

  • Vernor Vinge Has Died

    This week, science fiction writer Vernor Vinge died. Rainbows End (2006) is one of the best science fiction novels of all time.