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Knowledge is the only good; ignorance the only evil.  Socrates

I can only understand things after I’ve thought about them for ages and made them very, very simple.  John Conway

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About
3 min
about
About me and the blog

Reading in 2025
23 min
about
vsi
reading
What I am reading in 2025.
Dec 31, 2025

Reciting the Elements
1 min
notes
Reciting the elements in under 2 minutes.
Sep 5, 2025

JavaScript for Recitation Testers
28 min
programming
llm
Explanation of the JavaScript behind recitation / memory tester websites for the Elements and…
Sep 3, 2025

Minerals
132 min
notes
llm
scienc
Composition, crystal structure, class occurrence, and uses of 100 minerals.
Sep 1, 2025

Acids and Bases
17 min
notes
science
llm
Quick introduction to acids and bases.
Aug 26, 2025

An Earth of Bacteria
7 min
notes
science
llm
In two days one e coli cell could multiply to the mass of the earth.
Aug 26, 2025

File Database Part I - Python Speedup
1 min
programming
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Aug 25, 2025

File Database Part II - Rust and Low Level OS Calls
1 min
programming
POST TEXT HERE
Aug 25, 2025

DNS Records
7 min
programming
Domain names are resolved through DNS, the Domain Name System, which acts as the internet’s…
Aug 24, 2025

Rehosting my websites
2 min
programming
llm
meta
Python
Re-hosting my websites from a dedicated provider to my own VPS.
Aug 24, 2025

Setting up a VPS
13 min
programming
llm
meta
What I learned setting up my own virtual private server.
Aug 24, 2025

Elements II
12 min
notes
llm
elements
science
More facts about the Elements, mostly from Mendeleev package.
Aug 21, 2025

Geography, Institutions, and Culture
6 min
notes
llm
reading
What drives wealth creation?
Aug 21, 2025

Living Well
2 min
about
reading
Knowledge first.
Pooh-sticks in time’s river,
Float around the rocks;
Don’t worry, they won’t get…
Aug 21, 2025
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