The end is nigh (that's how you say it, right?)
I almost forgot to write a newsletter today (got bogged down in coursework), but here I am, typing away at the keyboard. This week in First World Problems, I...
I can see the end (almost)
I was really tempted to skip this week’s newsletter, cause that would have meant that I could spend less time in front of my screen typing away. After almost...
Project Month
Around this time last year, the first term of my last year of undergrad was over, and I was probably madly preparing for final exams. Fast-forward to the...
Goodbye November
Today is November 29, and it's nearly the beginning of the last month of 2020. I honestly have a hard time believing that nearly an entire year has passed...
Week ???
Unfortunately, I don't have much to write about this week. For the past few days, I've been running moss on student projects for the course I TA for. I'm not...
Rick Astley and Church Encodings
This past week was both fun and stressful. In this newsletter, I'm gonna move back a bit to the format I had when I initially started writing, i.e. write...
A Return to Programming
This past week was a bit of a blur. With the exception of the obvious (the US Presidential Elections), things were pretty quiet. As courses ramp up and...
The "Fragility" of Science
Yesterday was October 31, 2020. Halloween 2020. The images I posted above would be a common scene on that day any other year. People dressed up as their...
Reflecting on Teaching
For the last two newsletters, I’ve been writing about how I got into CS and some of the decisions that I’ve made to get to this point in my life. Taking a...
How I Got Here (2/n)
Last week I wrote about the first half of my first year at university. I think I ended off right before the beginning of winter break. I guess this week will...
How I Got Here (1/n)
Recently I’ve been reflecting on how I got started in computer science; from a guy whose worst subject in school was math to a first year Master of Science...
The Either Monad
The past week has been pretty quiet. Without a looming CPSC 509 homework deadline, I’ve found that school is somewhat relaxed. I’ll probably regret saying...
Rules and Trees
What a week. I've been consumed for the past few days by CPSC 509, and I can't believe that I even finished it ("finished" might be a bit of a stretch, I do...
Super Mario 64 and Binary Decision Diagrams
Another Sunday means it's time for me to sit down and talk about what happened between the last newsletter and now. I have to say: not much has happened. The...
Help, everything is on fire
Last week was my first foray into grad school and I have to say, it's kinda weird. I thought I'd be used to everything being online (since the last quarter...
Day 0
I've never been one for blogging but I guess this year is as good a year to start as any. There's a lot going on in the world right now: The COVID-19...