When my body says, “Nap,” I say, “How high?”

TIL that not *every* character in the game The Outer Worlds 2 talks like this: "Pray elucidate the exact nature of your tiff of contention" or "Pardon my slowing your ingress" (actual quotes). A few speak in normal, colloquial language, and I hang my ornaments on their dialog trees.

I just finished Moonbound by Robin Sloan. A delight from start to finish, a combination of epic fable, science fiction, and fantasy. Every word honed, every sentence weight-bearing, nothing wasted. Characters that mattered. Sparse and lovely.

I came home with a new friend yesterday. Looks gorgeous, and sounds beautiful.

AI seems everywhere today. Curious how it works? My friendly book explains it all clearly, with no math and tons of pictures. Get 25% off until Dec 25 with code DLVA25 from nostarch.com/deep-learnin...

I love everything about this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxk...

An over-the-door coat hook I bought yesterday. Right: the back of the packaging presumably showing how to use it. What the what?

They call it Daylight Savings. I call it Night Theft.

Either very old dogs, or the editor needs more sleep.

Halloween tip for the sugar conscious: buy popular candy that you don’t like. Then you won’t be tempted to eat what’s left over.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from impossible nonsense." -Dr. Patricia Tannis, Borderlands 3 (and ACC)

Shackleton's 1914-15 Antarctic expedition is an incredible story. In tinyurl.com/4u4ndshu is his famous advertisement for crew: "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success."

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Occam's Safety Razor: The best explanation is the simplest one that doesn't get you into trouble.

I discovered the wonderful Book Warehouse on Broadway in Vancouver BC yesterday, and came home with 4 diverse recommendations from David! New books! What a great day!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE... A fabulous street performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in Paris. Wonderful in every way.

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Today's reminder: The only P's permitted in the salvage yard are profit, processor, and potassium trifluoromethanesulfonate. (from Hardspace: Shipbreaker)

This book was written by me, not AI. From the introduction to my new book "Quantum Computing: From Concepts to Code" from No Starch Press nostarch.com/quantum-comp...

“…‘We have demonstrated, beyond scientific doubt, that the process is completely safe for the animal and effective in making the horn detectable through international customs nuclear security systems’ …horns could even be detected inside full 40-foot (six-metre) shipping containers…”

Interested in #QuantumComputing? My book just came out and it looks beautiful! This is exciting, mind-stretching stuff. Don't worry that it's too hard - if you remember high-school math, you're all set. Get a printed or e-book now from nostarch.com/quantum-comp... or from your favorite bookstore.

When I shopped with Pandora She bought so much angora That even Narcissus Drowned her in kisses. When my buddy Poseidon Found a seahorse to ride on My friend Dionysus Indulged in his vices. -- Dr. Zeus

A course on quantum computing? Yes! At #SIGGRAPH2025 in beautiful Vancouver, BC! This math-free introduction will bring you up to speed on this super cool technology, and you'll be more than ready for the hands-on Lab on Wednesday. Everyone is welcome!

Coming up! My math-free introductory course to the Fourier Transform, at #SIGGRAPH2025 this August in beautiful Vancouver, BC. No math, just the key ideas for computer graphics. Everyone is welcome! 12 August, 9-10:30 PDT, Vancouver Centre rooms 301-305.

Come to my HANDS-ON Lab at SIGGRAPH 2025 and teleport a quantum state! Wednesday 13 August, 3:15-4:45, in the beautiful Vancouver Convention Center, West Exhibit Hall B s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...

I've just finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It excelled in art direction, writing, & music: environments that are a joy to spend time in; enemies that are creative, unexpected, and often gorgeous; a story and characters with life, depth, and purpose; and music that unites and enlarges it all.

One, two, Velcro my shoe; Three, four, Alexa, lock the door; Five, six, this game controller sticks; Seven, eight, not everyone's straight; Nine, ten, chatbot's down again.

W00t! My latest book, "Quantum Computing: From Concepts to Code" is off to the printer's! You can grab the PDF from the publisher right now at 25% off (nostarch.com/quantum-comp...) or hold on and buy the physical book in a month or so.

I'd like to see "success" used more often in ways that are not synonyms for "getting rich." Some people adopt the "more money = more success" fetish. But success can be grown from more meaningful, more personal seeds.

Today I rewrote -yet again- the section on phase kickback for my #QuantumComputing book (coming soon!). It was hard to find a clear, friendly way to explain just how this important technique works. I'm so happy to finally get there! It's simple in retrospect, as always. nostarch.com/quantum-comp...

Customer service agents: Repetition is not clarification.

Her: I'm so proud of going to church today. Him: I knew you had an altar ego.

I have a new library card! It's one of the greatest joys in moving to a new city. Being part of the library means being a part of the community. #VancouverPublicLibrary

Kids, I'm glad you're enjoying the presents that Santa brought you, but it's time you learned the truth: when you grow up, and you can have candy for dinner, you won't want to.

I just put peanut butter on a cracker and bit into it and the cracker broke, like it just cracked in half. What a ripoff, that... oh.

I only eat animals that deserve it because of their antisocial business ethics.

Let's try this again. [looking in mirror]: steppum. steppum. steppum. Nope, still no muppets.

I played the music. I lit the lights. I put on makeup. I dressed up right. There should be muppets. Why no muppets?

Every coffee shop in the world: our Wi-Fi password is espresso

Moving a household is a never-ending chain of side quests. Find the Missing Charger of Headphones. Unearth the buried, secret Printer Shutdown Sequence. Discover one bill from each of the Three Utilities of Modern Civilization.

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Chromaticity preserving analytic approximations to the CIE color matching functions jcgt.org/published/00...

Yesterday it snowed in Seattle, and in the morning I saw these tracks in the fresh snow in front of my door. Does anyone know what made them?

Me: I love you. Me (in mirror): Meh.

Aristotle's Lost Plot Types Discovered! Man vs. The brightest yellow you've ever seen Man vs. That condescending kid in the grocery store Man vs. Verses (Poetry edition) Man vs. Owls

Plant: Feed me Seymour Me: OK Plant: Oh no I forgot the comma

Thank you for calling customer support. Would you take a two-minute survey at the end of your call? Your name and contact information will be shared with your agent to facilitate their revenge.

My new mantra: the amazing art I see here is not to compare my work against and consequently feel talentless and unskilled and incapable. It's the opposite - it's to inspire and uplift and encourage me to practice more and make more art and love the process.

Honey may only be sold in bears. Or by bears. There must be a bear involved.

Auditioned for Naked & Alone. I've been out here for 12 years. Have I won?