Note Reflection on the VGR bookclub

This bookclub is the most fun thing I’ve done in a decade… this includes starting, expanding, and leaving a startup ;) The last fun thing was post-PhD rapid exploration of applying AI for bio, which …

Note Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji

Finished chapter 1 of Shadows at Noon. A very dense 83 pages. I can see why Joya Chatterji won the Wolfson History Prize. Reading with a pencil, not a single page is unannotated!

Note There is sadness in the Long Earth

I’m on the last book of the Long Earth Series, The Long Cosmos and reading it makes me sad and wistful. Perhaps it’s knowing that Terry Pratchett didn’t live to see it published, perhaps it’s the …

Note Norah Jones + Anoushka Shankar 😍

Most people know my love for Norah Jones (I bought the cassette for Come Away with Me before all the awards), most people don’t know that I’m a long time fan of Anoushka Shankar also. To hear the …

Note Sheep goes? Baa! Cow goes….

Little feet waddle over the bookshelf. Little hands grab books made for little hands. It’s his favourite, a cardboard box of four books: numbers, animal sounds, alphabet, and objects. Illustrated by …