New blog post from me!
A year ago, I started reading about the history of California. I wrote a blog about it. A year later, here is a sequel.
If you've ever wondered what went on before the Gold Rush, I hope you find it interesting!
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
A year ago, I started reading about the history of California. I wrote a blog about it. A year later, here is a sequel.
If you've ever wondered what went on before the Gold Rush, I hope you find it interesting!
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
California: 1769-1848
History of California from 1769 to 1848
www.henrydashwood.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
New blog post from me!
A year ago, I started reading about the history of California. I wrote a blog about it. A year later, here is a sequel.
If you've ever wondered what went on before the Gold Rush, I hope you find it interesting!
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
A year ago, I started reading about the history of California. I wrote a blog about it. A year later, here is a sequel.
If you've ever wondered what went on before the Gold Rush, I hope you find it interesting!
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
LA gives subway car deal to Japan’s Sumitomo.
US manufacturer Morrison Knudsen mounts lobbying blitz to overturn the deal.
Transit board rescinds the contract.
MK refuse to submit new tender bids. No other US firm can meet specs.
Contract is given back to… Sumitomo.
US manufacturer Morrison Knudsen mounts lobbying blitz to overturn the deal.
Transit board rescinds the contract.
MK refuse to submit new tender bids. No other US firm can meet specs.
Contract is given back to… Sumitomo.
May 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
LA gives subway car deal to Japan’s Sumitomo.
US manufacturer Morrison Knudsen mounts lobbying blitz to overturn the deal.
Transit board rescinds the contract.
MK refuse to submit new tender bids. No other US firm can meet specs.
Contract is given back to… Sumitomo.
US manufacturer Morrison Knudsen mounts lobbying blitz to overturn the deal.
Transit board rescinds the contract.
MK refuse to submit new tender bids. No other US firm can meet specs.
Contract is given back to… Sumitomo.
Apparently we live in space with the only number of dimensions where you can create knots
www.quantamagazine.org/dimension-12...
www.quantamagazine.org/dimension-12...
Dimension 126 Contains Strangely Twisted Shapes, Mathematicians Prove | Quanta Magazine
A new proof represents the culmination of a 65-year-old story about anomalous shapes in special dimensions.
www.quantamagazine.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Apparently we live in space with the only number of dimensions where you can create knots
www.quantamagazine.org/dimension-12...
www.quantamagazine.org/dimension-12...
RIP Mark Darcy you’d have loved Pret’s latest innovations
April 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
RIP Mark Darcy you’d have loved Pret’s latest innovations
Harald Hardrada goes skiing
April 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Harald Hardrada goes skiing
The government have made a python package called uwotm8 for converting LLM outputs from American to British spelling
i-dot-ai.github.io/uwotm8/
i-dot-ai.github.io/uwotm8/
uwotm8
Converting American English to British English
i-dot-ai.github.io
April 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The government have made a python package called uwotm8 for converting LLM outputs from American to British spelling
i-dot-ai.github.io/uwotm8/
i-dot-ai.github.io/uwotm8/
Fun to imagine the expletives this engendered
April 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Fun to imagine the expletives this engendered
“this deficiency of plowing may rank as mankind’s single greatest waste of time and energy”
April 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“this deficiency of plowing may rank as mankind’s single greatest waste of time and energy”
@jamierumbelow.bsky.social and I have decided to close down Tract, the startup we've been working on for the last year and a bit.
We've written a post mortem going over what we've learnt. You can read it here:
buildwithtract.com
We've written a post mortem going over what we've learnt. You can read it here:
buildwithtract.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
@jamierumbelow.bsky.social and I have decided to close down Tract, the startup we've been working on for the last year and a bit.
We've written a post mortem going over what we've learnt. You can read it here:
buildwithtract.com
We've written a post mortem going over what we've learnt. You can read it here:
buildwithtract.com
I've had these links floating around for months and never got around to posting them
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/25-02-...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/25-02-...
25-02-21 Roundup
Some links from the last month
www.henrydashwood.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I've had these links floating around for months and never got around to posting them
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/25-02-...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/25-02-...
On Friday we launched the first version of Scout, our free tool for visualising planning data and infrastructure data. Lot's more to come - but hopefully you find what's up there now quite interesting!
buildwithtract.com/blog/announc...
buildwithtract.com/blog/announc...
Announcing Scout | Build with Tract | Free, Instant Property Appraisals
We are thrilled to announce the beta launch of our land viewer tool, Scout | We build tools to navigate the planning system, understand the potential of your land, and find you partners to help develo...
buildwithtract.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
On Friday we launched the first version of Scout, our free tool for visualising planning data and infrastructure data. Lot's more to come - but hopefully you find what's up there now quite interesting!
buildwithtract.com/blog/announc...
buildwithtract.com/blog/announc...
Reposted by Henry Dashwood
I first heard Stephen Davies give a version of this essay as a talk over decade ago and it changed my life. If you could give a teenager one thing to change their life I’d pick this
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
History is in the making
It's technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect that.
www.worksinprogress.news
November 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I first heard Stephen Davies give a version of this essay as a talk over decade ago and it changed my life. If you could give a teenager one thing to change their life I’d pick this
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
I first heard Stephen Davies give a version of this essay as a talk over decade ago and it changed my life. If you could give a teenager one thing to change their life I’d pick this
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
History is in the making
It's technology and ideas, not politics, that change our lives the most. History should reflect that.
www.worksinprogress.news
November 29, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I first heard Stephen Davies give a version of this essay as a talk over decade ago and it changed my life. If you could give a teenager one thing to change their life I’d pick this
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
www.worksinprogress.news/p/history-is...
Has anything good been written on how to document a codebase?
I don't mean tools for hosting docs etc. I mean advice for writing well so that a newcomer can learn how everything fits together at a high level and can then efficiently find whatever details they need to contribute.
I don't mean tools for hosting docs etc. I mean advice for writing well so that a newcomer can learn how everything fits together at a high level and can then efficiently find whatever details they need to contribute.
November 26, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Has anything good been written on how to document a codebase?
I don't mean tools for hosting docs etc. I mean advice for writing well so that a newcomer can learn how everything fits together at a high level and can then efficiently find whatever details they need to contribute.
I don't mean tools for hosting docs etc. I mean advice for writing well so that a newcomer can learn how everything fits together at a high level and can then efficiently find whatever details they need to contribute.
Reposted by Henry Dashwood
Here's something I wrote recently about the early history of California
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
California: the first three centuries
History of the settlement of California
www.henrydashwood.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Here's something I wrote recently about the early history of California
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
Here's something I wrote recently about the early history of California
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
California: the first three centuries
History of the settlement of California
www.henrydashwood.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Here's something I wrote recently about the early history of California
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/califo...
Reposted by Henry Dashwood
Some notes I made about why the University of Waterloo seems to do so well
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
University of Waterloo
Some thoughts on the University of Waterloo
www.henrydashwood.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Some notes I made about why the University of Waterloo seems to do so well
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
Some notes I made about why the University of Waterloo seems to do so well
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
University of Waterloo
Some thoughts on the University of Waterloo
www.henrydashwood.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Some notes I made about why the University of Waterloo seems to do so well
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/univer...
On how Eric Mazur became the best teacher of physics at Harvard
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/notes-...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/notes-...
Notes on Generative Auto-Didacticism
Notes on a better way to teach
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November 20, 2024 at 2:22 PM
On how Eric Mazur became the best teacher of physics at Harvard
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/notes-...
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/notes-...
Reposted by Henry Dashwood
New social media app means an opportunity to repost my very occasional blog posts.
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
On Beowulf
Notes on Beowulf
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November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
New social media app means an opportunity to repost my very occasional blog posts.
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
New social media app means an opportunity to repost my very occasional blog posts.
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
On Beowulf
Notes on Beowulf
www.henrydashwood.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
New social media app means an opportunity to repost my very occasional blog posts.
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...
Here's something I wrote during Covid about Beowulf and Tolkien, mostly based things Tom Shippey has written and said.
www.henrydashwood.com/posts/on-beo...