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Inktober 2017
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Inktober 2017
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Penguins ... in Spaaaace
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Inktober 2018
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Inktober 2018
Blacker-House
Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements Pt. 2
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CAD
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Engineering in Extremistan
Caltech
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Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements Pt. 2
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DARPA
Inktober 2018
DIY
Documentation Dilemma
Ditch-Day
Ditch Day: The Plot Thickens
Ditch Day Chronicles - Breakfast!
Ditch Day Chronicles - All About the People
Door Bangin'
Ditch Day: Ditch Day Eve
Ditch Day: Battle Plans
Announcements Pt. 3
Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements Pt. 2
Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements pt. 1
Ditch Day Chronicles: Themes
Ditch Day Chronicles: Long Laid Plans
Ditch Day Chronicle - Prehistory
Links of the Week 8/3
Ditch Day Details
Drawings
Inktober 2021
Inktober 2020
EC-actuators
Some Tech Talk
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
A taste of things to come
Sucky Stiffness...in Spaaaace
EM-actuators
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
EconTalk
Optimism! It's just more fun.
Academic Self-Sufficiency
Europe
Links of the Week 8/17
Freedman-Dyson
Some Quotes
Fragile Five
Future
Never Say Never
GANs
Inktober 2018
Grasshoper
Vertical Integration ... in spaaaace
Hayek
Hayekian Engineering Problems
IA
Important Things
ISS
Some Tech Talk
ITAR
Chillin' in Space
Indiana-Jones
Ditch Day Chronicles: Long Laid Plans
Intellectual-exhaust
Precocious Young People Should Do Deep Technical Training
Thinking through semiconductors — old nodes and AI chips
LaTeX
Danger, Here Be Maths
Computers + Equations = :-(
Links-of-the-Week
Links of the Week 9-21
Lord-of-the-Rings
Ditch Day: The Plot Thickens
Announcements Pt. 3
Ditch Day Chronicles: Themes
LyX
Computers + Equations = :-(
MS-Word
Computers + Equations = :-(
Manhattan Project
Principles for Innovation Orgs
Mario
Ditch Day: The Plot Thickens
Matlab
Why Teachers Need to Be Human
Metascience
Grants Only Go So Far
Misperceptions
Spacecraft Takes Thanksgiving Break
Moores-Law
Fragile Five
Musk
AI
NASA
Aggravating Acronyms
Making Space
Links of the Week 9-14
Links of the Week 9-7
Fun with Funding
Links of the Week 8/24
Links of the Week 8/3
News
Spacecraft Takes Thanksgiving Break
OOS
Links of the Week 9-28
Shameless Research Plug
PR
Links of the Week 9-7
Progress
Grants Only Go So Far
Rockets
Spacecraft Takes Thanksgiving Break
SES8
Spacecraft Takes Thanksgiving Break
SSDS
Shameless Research Plug
STEM
Science!
SpaceX
Spacecraft Takes Thanksgiving Break
Casualties Expected!
Links of the Week 8/24
Vertical Integration ... in spaaaace
Coolest. Inverted Pendulum. Ever.
Star-Wars
Revenge of the Fifth
Swords
Ditch Day Chronicles: Themes
TFHL
TFHL Musings
Todo
Some Tech Talk
Tolkien
Links of the Week 9-28
UX
All Things Voice
AI Breakfast
VC
Networking for Nerds
VR
Inktober 2017
WeLiveInTheFuture
Will-it-Blend
Announcements Pt. 3
abstract
A taste of things to come
academia
Inktober 2018
Links of the Week 9-28
Academic Self-Sufficiency
acronyms
Aggravating Acronyms
actuator
What's an actuator?
alternatives
Skinning Cats
ambitious-plans
Space Settlement
analogies
Have you cleaned your filters?
antifragility
Easy-to-Fix
Volatility? Bring it on.
Fragile Space Exploration is Fragile
Technology Tradeoffs
asides
Ditch Day Chronicle - Prehistory
asteroid-mining
Volatility? Bring it on.
baby-steps
Little Steps to Victory
basics
What's an actuator?
behavior
C-c-c-connections
best-practices
Polished vs. Pliable
biases
Inktober 2018
big-data
Inktober 2017
Links of the Week 9-21
big-picture
TFHL Musings
Space Settlement
Visceral Video Games
big-questions
Tinkering
black-pepper
Don't Try This at Home
black-plastic
Ditch Day: Ditch Day Eve
black-swan
Engineering in Extremistan
blackboxification
BlackBoxification
blogging
More Communication Conundrums
brains
Have you cleaned your filters?
building
Mental Tinkering
bureaucracies
E-shop Efficiency
chaos
Inktober 2017
charisma
Inktober 2018
charts
Inktober 2018
climbing
Inktober 2018
comics
Unchanging Nature
Links of the Week 9-14
communication
More Communication Conundrums
Academic Self-Sufficiency
complaints
Waves of Crashing
complex-systems
Inktober 2017
complexity
Engineering vs. Economics (a response)
compliance
Sucky Stiffness...in Spaaaace
computers
HAL the Engineer
Pesky Parameter Points
Links of the Week 9-21
Colloquium Considerations
Computers...in hiiiiistory pt. II
Computers... in Hiiiiiistory
connections
Helping Out
C-c-c-connections
constraints
Startup Constraints
construction
You do what??
control-loops
Right vs Best
counterfactuals
Inktober 2017
crazy-ideas
'The Documenter' is Not a Sexy Title
Volatility? Bring it on.
creative-process
Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge
cubesats
Specialization Surprise!
Links of the Week 11-9
Wind Tunnel Vision
curiosity
Yawns as a sign of Progress
definitions
What is Innovation?
What's an actuator?
demos
Inktober 2017
Spinning > Not Spinning
design
Elder Care: Dyads, Wicked Problems, and System v Story Thinking
Mental Tinkering
Building with a Madman
Science!
dinosaurs
C-c-c-combo!
Links of the Week 8/17
dissertation
Sliding into testing
Danger, Here Be Maths
Some Tech Talk
distributed-systems
Making Space
do-it-yourself
DIY Eddy Currents
documentation
Documentation Dilemma
Misleading Models
'The Documenter' is Not a Sexy Title
Pesky Parameter Points
Hayekian Engineering Problems
Prototyping Practices
dragons
Inktober 2018
drawings
What is Innovation?
driverless-cars
Look, no hands!
dumb-conventions
easy-to-fix
HAL the Engineer
Easy-to-Fix
economics
Engineering vs. Economics (a response)
Optimism! It's just more fun.
eddy-currents
Some Tech Talk
Quirky Eddy Currents
education
Useful Questions?
Engineering Philosophizing
Links of the Week 11/2
efficiency
Use Tuning
Idea-->Implementation Tools
E-shop Efficiency
Bipolar Technology
Vertical Integration ... in spaaaace
Media Mail... in Spaaaaaaaaaaace
elder-care
Inktober 2018
eldercare
Elder Care: Dyads, Wicked Problems, and System v Story Thinking
engineering
Engineering vs. Economics (a response)
Have you cleaned your filters?
Engineering Philosophizing
Casualties Expected!
engineering-follies
Casualties Expected!
engineering-practices
Idea-->Implementation Tools
Casualties Expected!
Engineering in Extremistan
entrepreneurship
Tinkering
Computers...in hiiiiistory pt. II
epic-music
Links of the Week 8/24
equity
Innovation Channels
experiments
Sliding into testing
Don't Try This at Home
Data. It's complicated.
DIY Eddy Currents
expert-opinions
Studies Can't Show
explanations
What is Innovation?
All Things Voice
Inktober 2017
explorations
What is Innovation?
extremistan
Colloquium Considerations
failure
Technology Tradeoffs
fallacies
Misleading Models
Studies Can't Show
fantasy
Links of the Week 9-28
feedback
Data. It's complicated.
Sausage Factory Tour
flatulance
Important Things
AI
food
Inktober 2018
fragility
Technology Tradeoffs
framework
Type I and Type II Progress
frameworks
Inktober 2017
frontiers
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
funding
Startup Constraints
Innovation Channels
Fun with Funding
fusion
Inktober 2018
fusion power
Fragile Five
future
Some Quotes
garlic
C-c-c-connections
generalists
C-c-c-connections
grad-school
Spinning > Not Spinning
Sliding into testing
Danger, Here Be Maths
Some Tech Talk
In Space You Can Fall Up
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
Data. It's complicated.
A taste of things to come
For Science!
Computers + Equations = :-(
Sausage Factory Tour
Possibilities of Feasibility
DIY Eddy Currents
Closed Loop Considerations
Skinning Cats
Quirky Eddy Currents
grants
Innovation Channels
greatest resource
Iceland is a Weird Place
hard-to-break
HAL the Engineer
harderThanYouThink
Data. It's complicated.
hardware
Wind Tunnel Vision
health
Don't Try This at Home
heuristics
Misleading Models
history
Type I and Type II Progress
Inktober 2018
Why are Rockets like Amphorae? Pt 1.
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
Never Say Never
C-c-c-combo!
Science, Stories, and Humans
Links of the Week 9-7
Bipolar Technology
Computers... in Hiiiiiistory
history-of-technology
Why are Rockets like Amphorae? Pt 1.
Possibilities of Feasibility
Computers...in hiiiiistory pt. II
human-filters
Have you cleaned your filters?
Yawns as a sign of Progress
Pesky Parameter Points
Ditch Day Chronicles - All About the People
human-nature
Studies Can't Show
human-organization
Inktober 2018
humanity
Unchanging Nature
humans-vs-robots
Why Teachers Need to Be Human
Unchanging Nature
hyperloop
Links of the Week 8/17
ice-wall
Ditch Day: Ditch Day Eve
idea-transfer
More Communication Conundrums
ideas
Type I and Type II Progress
Counterfactuals
'The Documenter' is Not a Sexy Title
Media Mail... in Spaaaaaaaaaaace
impact
C-c-connections II
implementation
Hayekian Engineering Problems
incentives
Startup Constraints
Principles for Innovation Orgs
inefficiencies
Fun with Funding
innovation
Inktober 2018
Startup Constraints
Innovation Channels
Principles for Innovation Orgs
What is Innovation?
Iceland is a Weird Place
Bipolar Technology
inspiration
Revenge of the Fifth
intuition
Spinning is More Confusing Than Not Spinning
inventions
Tinkering
jobs
Jobs For Humanity
kalman-filters
Have you cleaned your filters?
lab
Hayekian Engineering Problems
language
Aggravating Aggregation
legos
Links of the Week 10-5
lessons
AI Breakfast
Networking for Nerds
lifting
Inktober 2017
linearization
Misleading Models
links
Links of the Week 8/11
Links of the Week 8/3
links-of-the-week
Links of the Week 11-9
Links of the Week 10-26
Links of the Week 10-19
Links of the Week 10-12
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luck
Links of the Week 8/24
machines
You do what??
macronutrients
Inktober 2018
magnets
Links of the Week 9-21
making
Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge
Right vs Best
mars
Links of the Week 11-9
Links of the Week 9-21
massless-space-exploration
TFHL Musings
massless-space=exploration
Massless Space Exploration
math
Danger, Here Be Maths
Computers + Equations = :-(
mechanisms
With their powers combined....
medicine
Links of the Week 8/11
medieval-tech
Inktober 2018
mediocristan
Colloquium Considerations
mental models
Predictably Successful Ideas
mentoring
Helping Out
metrics
Links of the Week 8/24
middle ages
Computers... in Hiiiiiistory
modeling
Misleading Models
models
Inktober 2017
Misleading Models
Pesky Parameter Points
motivations
Penguins ... in Spaaaace
musings
Unchanging Nature
Engineering Philosophizing
HAL the Engineer
Sci-fi Startup
TFHL Musings
Fragile Five
Aggravating Aggregation
Visceral Video Games
An open question
myths
C-c-c-combo!
networking
Networking for Nerds
news
Coolest. Inverted Pendulum. Ever.
nutirion
Inktober 2018
nutrition
Inktober 2017
Nutritional Shenanigans
open source
Innovation Channels
open-source
Polished vs. Pliable
Quirky Eddy Currents
optimism
Never Say Never
organizations
Principles for Innovation Orgs
overengineering
Use Tuning
paradigms
Massless Space Exploration
Media Mail... in Spaaaaaaaaaaace
people-vs-robots
Useful Questions?
philanthropy
Innovation Channels
pictures
Links of the Week 9-7
planning
A taste of things to come
Ditch Day: Battle Plans
plumbing
Inktober 2018
BlackBoxification
political-correctness
E-shop Efficiency
prediction
Useful Questions?
Technology Tradeoffs
predictions
AI
Fragile Five
pretty-pictures
Quirky Eddy Currents
principles
Principles for Innovation Orgs
private-space
An open question
probability
Casualties Expected!
process
AI Breakfast
productivity
Jobs For Humanity
progress
Type I and Type II Progress
Counterfactuals
Yawns as a sign of Progress
proof-of-concept
DIY Eddy Currents
Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge
prototypes
Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge
prototyping
Mental Tinkering
Use Tuning
Prototyping Practices
Little Steps to Victory
Building with a Madman
questions
Why Teachers Need to Be Human
Useful Questions?
Idea-->Implementation Tools
An open question
rants
Why are Rockets like Amphorae? Pt 1.
E-shop Efficiency
Aggravating Aggregation
reference-frames
Spinning is More Confusing Than Not Spinning
reinforcement-learning
Inktober 2018
relationships
Inktober 2018
research
Innovation Channels
The scientific process and the Internet
Spinning > Not Spinning
Documentation Dilemma
Sausage Factory Tour
Shameless Research Plug
research-proposals
More Communication Conundrums
Fun with Funding
resources
Iceland is a Weird Place
risk
Chillin' in Space
robotics
What's an actuator?
With their powers combined....
robots
Inktober 2017
Look, no hands!
Links of the Week 11/2
Colloquium Considerations
Jobs For Humanity
Links of the Week 8/17
rockets
Coolest. Inverted Pendulum. Ever.
sales
Inktober 2018
sausage-factories
Sausage Factory Tour
schemes
Ditch Day Chronicles: Long Laid Plans
sci-fi
Some Quotes
HAL the Engineer
Links of the Week 9-28
science
Inktober 2018
Links of the Week 10-5
More Communication Conundrums
Science, Stories, and Humans
science-communication
More Communication Conundrums
More Communication Conundrums
science-fiction
Sci-fi Startup
science-papers
More Communication Conundrums
science-writing
A taste of things to come
scientific-communication
Links of the Week 11-9
search-algorithms
More Communication Conundrums
sensors
Colloquium Considerations
shameless-plugs
Data. It's complicated.
DIY Eddy Currents
Massless Space Exploration
Skinning Cats
sleep-deprivation
With their powers combined....
smallsats
Links of the Week 11-9
software
Wind Tunnel Vision
space
Danger, Here Be Maths
Yawns as a sign of Progress
TFHL Musings
Massless Space Exploration
Links of the Week 10-5
Making Space
Fragile Space Exploration is Fragile
Chillin' in Space
With their powers combined....
Penguins ... in Spaaaace
Links of the Week 8/17
Vertical Integration ... in spaaaace
Links of the Week 8/11
Aggravating Aggregation
Space Settlement
Media Mail... in Spaaaaaaaaaaace
Visceral Video Games
An open question
space environments
Why EM is Especially Useful in Space
space-politics
Links of the Week 11/2
Links of the Week 8/11
spacecraft
Inktober 2018
Easy-to-Fix
spaceflight
Inktober 2018
specialization
You do what??
Specialization Surprise!
C-c-connections II
C-c-c-connections
Academic Self-Sufficiency
speech-tech
All Things Voice
spinning-magnets
Spinning > Not Spinning
startups
Predictably Successful Ideas
Inktober 2018
Startup Constraints
Innovation Channels
Sci-fi Startup
stiffness
Sucky Stiffness...in Spaaaace
stories
Studies Can't Show
C-c-c-combo!
storytelling
Ditch Day: The Plot Thickens
Science, Stories, and Humans
Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements Pt. 2
studies
Studies Can't Show
systems
Inktober 2017
tactics
AI Breakfast
Networking for Nerds
teaching
Why Teachers Need to Be Human
tech-trends
Polished vs. Pliable
BlackBoxification
technology
Never Say Never
Waves of Crashing
Unchanging Nature
Some Quotes
C-c-connections II
Polished vs. Pliable
Idea-->Implementation Tools
Technology Tradeoffs
BlackBoxification
Engineering in Extremistan
Bipolar Technology
Computers...in hiiiiistory pt. II
Computers... in Hiiiiiistory
technology-trends
Optimism! It's just more fun.
Look, no hands!
testing
Wind Tunnel Vision
the-creative-process
Building with a Madman
the-future
Jobs For Humanity
themes
Tinkering
theory
Engineering vs. Economics (a response)
Hayekian Engineering Problems
things-people-are-good-at
Science!
thought-lock
Skinning Cats
time
Ditch Day: Battle Plans
timescales
Startup Constraints
tinkering
Prototyping Practices
tools
Quirky Eddy Currents
trade
Academic Self-Sufficiency
tradeoffs
Elder Care: Dyads, Wicked Problems, and System v Story Thinking
Idea-->Implementation Tools
Technology Tradeoffs
BlackBoxification
tradition
A taste of things to come
Ditch Day Chronicles: Announcements pt. 1
transportation
You do what??
trends
Elder Care: Dyads, Wicked Problems, and System v Story Thinking
C-c-connections II
Technology Tradeoffs
Computers... in Hiiiiiistory
trust
Inktober 2018
twitter
More Communication Conundrums
university
E-shop Efficiency
vc
Startup Constraints
Innovation Channels
venture-capital
Inktober 2018
video-games
Visceral Video Games
videos
Spinning > Not Spinning
Links of the Week 9-14
Links of the Week 8/3
weddings
Inktober 2018
whatsInAName
Aggravating Acronyms
writing