What I'm up to

Things that have been occupying my time as of late.

Personal projects

• A document templating tool I've been wanting to work on for a long time.
• Articles for Notes by Val.

Reading

• Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy : Case studies of unheeded warnings followed by catastrophes, and a suggestion on how to avoid them.
• Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck : A travelogue by an American icon wanting to have his finger on the pulse of his country, while accompanied by his dog.
• Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino : A part memoir, part film criticism tour of New Hollywood films by the great auteur.

Hobbies

In an attempt to stratch an old itch, I decided to have a go at solving problems from the American Mathematics Competitions. Problem sets and solutions are available online for the years 1950-2021.