Red and Black Knights

Numberphile has recently published a video on YouTube called "Red & Black Knights". The idea is to explore what happens when knights of two factions are placed on a chessboard according to a few simple rules.

I wrote some python code so I could see it in action for myself.

Ascending the Giants

I recently watched an Oregon Public Broadcasting video on YouTube called "The search for Oregon's tallest tree".

This video was originally aired on OPB in October 2017.

Pluribus Season One

I watched season one of Pluribus starting in late 2025, and I have just a few thoughts. Spoiler warning: spoilers are ahead so don't continue reading if that's a concern for you.

NFL Week 10 Has Been Strangely Unpredictable For 30+ Seasons

I've been working on NFL Elo models for the past few years, and noticed week 10 seems to have an awful lot of upsets.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)

The night of October 20th was clear here, so I got a chance to photograph Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) just after sunset with both a simple star tracker and with my Seestar S30.