Archive - Counting Atoms

Learning Stuff Is Supposed to Be Fun

On living the dream

Jul 1 •

June 2025

New Music Is Just (Background) Noise

And also some recent-ish stuff I liked

Jun 27 •

Growing Up Weightless, by John M. Ford

Speculative fiction parenting and trains on the Moon

Jun 25 •

Founder Effects in Physics

The legacy of Dan Kleppner and Norman Ramsey

Jun 23 •

Sinners in the Hands Of

Expectations, Tenacious D and my Inverse Mike Ford problem

Jun 20 •

Overextended Term in Review

In which I make extra work for myself

Jun 19 •

May 2025

Grand National Road Trip

Merry Christmas to The Pip

May 11 •

LLM's as Samizdat Jackson

And do we want to be in the teaching business or the grading business?

May 8 •

On Politics in Class

Minimizing obligation, maximizing intentionality

May 5 •

April 2025

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