Sunday, July 31, 2022

Implementing a "mini-LaTeX" in ~2000 lines of code

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A preliminary note The previous blog post on this subject got posted to hackernews. The comments were roughly like the following (contains ...
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Thursday, July 28, 2022

That time when I accidentally social engineered myself to a film set

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I spent the last week in Toronto in the Cpp North conference . It was so much fun just to hang around with people after such a long pause.My...
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Monday, July 11, 2022

Further adventures in creating a custom math-themed jigsaw puzzle

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In the previous post we looked at creating a custom jigsaw puzzle from scratch using a laser printer and engraver because jigsaw puzzle man...
Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Attempting to create an aesthetic global line breaking algorithm

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The Knuth-Plass line breaking algorithm is one of the cornerstones of TeX and why its output looks so pleasing to read (even to people who ...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Creating your own math-themed jigsaw puzzle from scratch

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 Don't you just hate it when you get nerd sniped? I don't either. It is usually quite fun. Case in point, some time ago I came upon ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

A look in the game design of choose-your-own-adventure books

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After a long covid pause I visited my parents' house. I took some things back with me, such as this: This is a choose your own adventure...
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Sunday, May 22, 2022

Sometimes the real world gives you unexpected comedy gold

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(FTR: I did not write either one of those tweets, these are just two consecutive items that showed up on my timeline.)