THE NOTEBOOK / TYLER RHODES
Topic: musings
From the notebook, collected by topic.
2018
SICP Update 11-2018
My continuing journey to finishing SICP has slowed to a crawl the last month or so. I made it through most of section 3.3 in October before slowing down for some travel and rest. It’s definitely a meaty book to work through,…
Read the articleGetting Motivated Again
Well after taking it easy on SICP for the month of September to read WACIG, it’s been a little tough to get motivated to return to SICP. But I’m not giving up yet. I’m determined not to become one of the next people on the…
Read the articleSICP Update 9-8-2018
I started working through SICP back in the middle of June, and now, in the beginning of September, I’ve finished the first two chapters. This includes doing around 90% of the problems or so, and I’m leaving the last exercises…
Read the articleCompiler Time
Well I’ve found another distraction from SICP which I’m going to pick up after I finish the exercises in chapter 2, but I’ve already started reading it a little bit. Thorsten Ball has released his sequel to Writing an…
Read the articleStaying Focused on SICP
It’s been a month and a half, give or take, since I started SICP. I’m about half way through the second chapter now, about to start the section that makes use of the “picture language.” I’ve been able to remain fairly focused…
Read the articleWeek in Review 7-14-2018
Well this week wasn’t quite as productive as I had hoped, but it wasn’t all bad. My goal for waking up early and doing stuff before heading to work didn’t quite pan out – I got up at 6am on Monday, but the rest of the week I…
Read the articleNetflix Update
Since my last post I’ve made some progress in my quest to cut back on my Netflix and Twitter habit. I’ve read two books and have started a third. All in all, I’ve probably watched about 45 minutes of Netflix, a significant…
Read the articleMy Netflix Habit
I have a few habits that I have trouble controlling. Some of them are probably net good (although expensive), such as buying books on Amazon. Some of them however are most definitely bad, such as my habit of using the Juul…
Read the articleStatus Update 7/1/2018
Well it’s time for another blog entry. I don’t have too much to add at this point, but in the spirit of blogging and writing more, I’ll try to come up with something to write about.
Read the articleOn Blogging
Is writing a blog worth it? I guess I’ve decided to some extent that it is. The cost of hosting a blog is pretty low (1-2 dollars a month for this one on AWS) and while chances are that this will become another unvisited…
Read the articleInterpreter Planning
In the past few weeks I’ve been continuing on my “learning plan”, slowly, at that. I’m slowly building the energy to relearn some of the math I once knew. I’ve been working through my old college text book on Algebra, and…
Read the articleThe Beginnings of an Interpreter
One of the projects I’ve always wanted to work on has been developing my own programming language. From a practical perspective at this point it serves of little value besides the academic exercise of how it’s actually…
Read the articleWhat to Learn? continued...
My bookshelf is overflowing with technical book that I’ve accumulated over the years. A lot that I’ve read and a fair number that have gathered dust only to be flipped through. They have served me well, and those books, some…
Read the articleWhat to Learn?
Frequently, in my personal time I’m torn on what I want to spend time learning. I often feel compelled to try to learn the latest trendy technology. This leads to me purchasing books and playing around with things on my own…
Read the articleThe GUI Development Dilemma
In my perfect world GUI development would end at the creation of a command line interface for my program.
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