Winston Kodogo
@kodogo.bsky.social
A villain. And a jail-bird. Currently resident at 55 Mercer Road.
The albatross sanctuary was one of my favourite things in the South Island. People tell me that Zealandia in Wellington is not to be missed if you're going there, although it is somewhat lacking in corvids.
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The albatross sanctuary was one of my favourite things in the South Island. People tell me that Zealandia in Wellington is not to be missed if you're going there, although it is somewhat lacking in corvids.
Welcome to NZ! I hope you have a great trip. Will you be giving any public talks in Auckland? All the best.
February 5, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Welcome to NZ! I hope you have a great trip. Will you be giving any public talks in Auckland? All the best.
35 million is probably enough to keep the lights on. Last I heard they were looking to raise ~200 million for their "Tahi" phase for "fusion-relevant" technology, not fusion itself, then maybe a billion more for fusion. I wouldn't invest myself, but wish them luck.
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 AM
35 million is probably enough to keep the lights on. Last I heard they were looking to raise ~200 million for their "Tahi" phase for "fusion-relevant" technology, not fusion itself, then maybe a billion more for fusion. I wouldn't invest myself, but wish them luck.
Slightly depressing to be reminded of the days when people cared about typography. Nowadays pretty much every book I see in maths or physics is the LaTex default of badly printed ugly Computer Modern. It was refreshing to find that your most excellent Crick Book was nicely printed in Palatino.
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Slightly depressing to be reminded of the days when people cared about typography. Nowadays pretty much every book I see in maths or physics is the LaTex default of badly printed ugly Computer Modern. It was refreshing to find that your most excellent Crick Book was nicely printed in Palatino.
Michael Caine, with the possible exception of "Zulu". Kingsley Amis had this to say.
January 18, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Michael Caine, with the possible exception of "Zulu". Kingsley Amis had this to say.
Happy to be blocked, but I'm finding LLMs very helpful for self-study in maths. I'm reading Tom Körner's outstanding "Companion to Analysis", and if I get completely stuck on an exercise (these are an integral part of the text) find that ChatGPT etc will often point the way through, even when wrong.
January 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Happy to be blocked, but I'm finding LLMs very helpful for self-study in maths. I'm reading Tom Körner's outstanding "Companion to Analysis", and if I get completely stuck on an exercise (these are an integral part of the text) find that ChatGPT etc will often point the way through, even when wrong.
The only ad I can recall for the orange drink is this one, which was shown in cinemas before pretty much every film in the UK in the 1980s. youtu.be/ASxGt9VlUF4
Kia ora - Ronnie Barker
YouTube video by The Logo Guy
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January 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
The only ad I can recall for the orange drink is this one, which was shown in cinemas before pretty much every film in the UK in the 1980s. youtu.be/ASxGt9VlUF4
From CUP there's a single postage charge of $13.50, and if you're a Cambridge graduate and know the magic code you get 20% off the books. They are often print on demand in Oz and can take 2-3 weeks to get here
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
From CUP there's a single postage charge of $13.50, and if you're a Cambridge graduate and know the magic code you get 20% off the books. They are often print on demand in Oz and can take 2-3 weeks to get here
Weird. You could try the US amazon.com site which often works for me in these cases and usually gives free shipping (but loads up the stated price a bit with GST) or for the Tong books try CUP direct - eg. www.cambridge.org/nz/universit...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Weird. You could try the US amazon.com site which often works for me in these cases and usually gives free shipping (but loads up the stated price a bit with GST) or for the Tong books try CUP direct - eg. www.cambridge.org/nz/universit...
I'm Team Robin all the way.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm Team Robin all the way.
Personally not a fan of operator algebra, because I was always baffled as a physics student by the casual approach to the commutation relations and the delta functon. Talagrand's book on QFT does a heroic job of trying to make it clearfora person with a logical conscience.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Personally not a fan of operator algebra, because I was always baffled as a physics student by the casual approach to the commutation relations and the delta functon. Talagrand's book on QFT does a heroic job of trying to make it clearfora person with a logical conscience.
Probably not what unsettles you, but what strikes me is that your big sister's legs are twice as long as yours, and yet her top half is only a little taller than yours.
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Probably not what unsettles you, but what strikes me is that your big sister's legs are twice as long as yours, and yet her top half is only a little taller than yours.
Hopefully it wll make it to NZ in time for Christmas.
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hopefully it wll make it to NZ in time for Christmas.
You are a preux chevalier
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You are a preux chevalier
I can't hear the word in any context without thinking of this. youtu.be/j6KzdMUo430
Inflation comedy sketch on banana republics (Inflaytion) from British satire The Fast Show
YouTube video by Satirical TV
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October 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I can't hear the word in any context without thinking of this. youtu.be/j6KzdMUo430
It was Arsène. He’s done it before.https://youtu.be/fBkcdJvYyXo?si=fApKJM09Yqoic6Ul
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It was Arsène. He’s done it before.https://youtu.be/fBkcdJvYyXo?si=fApKJM09Yqoic6Ul
And it even works if you write the date correctly as 16/9/25
September 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And it even works if you write the date correctly as 16/9/25
I'm surprised we haven't yet had a memorial song set to the tune of the Horst Wessel Lied.
September 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm surprised we haven't yet had a memorial song set to the tune of the Horst Wessel Lied.
I very much enjoyed the book, although I was a bit puzzled why she had GE Moore, by all accounts a most modest person, stuck in Pride.
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I very much enjoyed the book, although I was a bit puzzled why she had GE Moore, by all accounts a most modest person, stuck in Pride.
Always insert the word "Kiwi" in front of words relating to things that every other country has as well - "Kiwi ingenuity", "Kiwi hospitality" etc etc
September 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Always insert the word "Kiwi" in front of words relating to things that every other country has as well - "Kiwi ingenuity", "Kiwi hospitality" etc etc
I'm not totally convinced by the theory that this is a British/US distinction. The English literary critic FR Leavis was a great user of the dash, and in those of his books published by CUP or Chatto they are always printed as an em dash without space. Penguin OTOH uses the en dash with spaces.
September 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm not totally convinced by the theory that this is a British/US distinction. The English literary critic FR Leavis was a great user of the dash, and in those of his books published by CUP or Chatto they are always printed as an em dash without space. Penguin OTOH uses the en dash with spaces.
I was unaware of the distinction between hyphen, en dash, and em dash until I read the excellent "The Mac is not a Typewriter" in 1990. I imagine everything Knuth writes would get flagged as well. He has an excellent explainer in the TeXbook. I wonder how many LaTeX users observe the distinctions.
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I was unaware of the distinction between hyphen, en dash, and em dash until I read the excellent "The Mac is not a Typewriter" in 1990. I imagine everything Knuth writes would get flagged as well. He has an excellent explainer in the TeXbook. I wonder how many LaTeX users observe the distinctions.
There are zillions of these in the park at the end of my street in Auckland. You could check them out if you came for a book tour when th Crick bio drops. youtu.be/HJdQt7Z6oLE?...
Welcome Swallow / warou
YouTube video by Tony Palmer
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August 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There are zillions of these in the park at the end of my street in Auckland. You could check them out if you came for a book tour when th Crick bio drops. youtu.be/HJdQt7Z6oLE?...
This would be a reasonable main.
August 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This would be a reasonable main.
