The Ultimate Home Laser Show
Note: instructions for an even-more-ultimate laser show are coming soon, in the meantime check out a sneak peek of it in action. This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever made. It’s quite a step up...
View ArticleClever as a Fox
Sometimes we see things so often that we simply forget to ask “why are they like that?” For instance, let’s take a closer look at domestic animals. Dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs – animals that we live...
View ArticleColor and Reality
When I was a kid, I used to wonder if everyone saw the world in the same way. We can all look at the same grass, but maybe the color I called green showed up in my brain as the color my friend called...
View ArticleTriumph of the Golden Rule
We live in a world with other people. Almost every decision we make involves someone else in one way or another, and we face a constant choice regarding just how much we’re going to trust the person...
View ArticleRiver Crossing Problems and Discrete State Spaces
A brain teaser goes as follows: a farmer is returning from market, where he has bought a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. On his way home he must cross a river by boat, but the boat is only large enough...
View ArticleGraph Theory, Algorithmic Consensus, and MMA Ranking
I’ve been working on an objective ranking system lately that could be applied to groups with large numbers of individual competitors, like the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). The biggest issue...
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