New Post from BiteofanAppleMailing Things Is FunSometimes I can't tell if I'm discovering a cool new hobby, or just getting old. Regardless, today I come to you with a tale of a little endeavor of mine.In early 2020, a family member took a job far f...

New Post from BiteofanAppleTake Better Notes, By HandResearching a topic is hard, because not only are you trying to puzzle together the causes and effects of a given problem or historical series of events, you're also looking out carefully for lea...

New Post from BiteofanAppleYou Have Access To Almost Any BookI read a fair bit of non-fiction that spans a number of different genres. But the trouble with non-fiction is that it never answers a question without raising further questions. Non-fictio...

New Post from BiteofanAppleLoad-Bearing WallsMarch 10, 2026We like to believe that we can predict the future. We believe it because it's true, at least in part. Physical systems obey known physical laws and so even fairly complex systems can be unde...

New Post from BiteofanAppleAn Age Of Promethean AmbitionsIn a recent post, I wrote the following:[Without] the context of history, we're blind to the reality that we live in a world… deeply connected and familiar to the worlds of the past.Perha...