Dear L, I have been thinking a lot of software, how we write software, consume software and use it to augment our minds as people; The general approach, is fraught with danger and in worst cases, fatal. One flaw with creation of software is that the the largest chunk of…
Dear L, Let's start this weekend with something that I found extremely confounding recently. A pattern made out of a handful of pieces that never repeats itself. The underlying mathematics is absolutely mind boggling and beautiful, although I don't have the faintest idea about how to…
Dear L, I was a reading quite a bit about Rilke, and the power of melancholy in our lives. Today, I wanted to slice and dice some surrounding aspects of melancholy. Mainly pessimism, despair, hope; From a video essay about music from the Canadian musical outfit "Godspeed You Black…
Dear L, This week, it’s mostly a bit of a hodge podge of topics and thoughts. I’m guilty of being too preoccupied to keep the thoughts coherent this past week. But let’s start with a little philosophy of game design. After that, let’s move on to…
Dear L, When I was a kid, I was exposed to mountaineering, and being born somewhat close to the Himalayas, mountaineering stories were always the most fascinating of stories; and with that, naturally came all the exposure to the mountains, and it has shaped the lens through which I perceive…