Category: The Orchard
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The Framework and the Build
I read Ultralearning and found a framework worth trying. Arbor is partly what happened when I did. Here is what worked, what didn’t, and where the logic runs out.
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Reading Mere Christianity
I came to Mere Christianity as a reformed atheist. What stays with me isn’t the argument, but Lewis’s idea that transformation and improvement are two completely different things.
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Systems, Votes, and Grace — Reading James Clear
Reading James Clear alongside Dallas Willard and wondering whether the identity I think I have is fixed or just a set of habits that never got questioned.
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How to Pray by Pete Greig: Notes
Reading Pete Greig on prayer, and realising that when I pray for time with my dad and Ken, what I’m really asking for is conversations, walks, ordinary moments. Presence, not…
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How to Hear God by Pete Greig: Notes
Notes from Pete Greig’s book on hearing God. Practical and honest. The question isn’t whether God speaks — it’s whether we’re paying attention.
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AlgoArt — Yasmin: Weaving Threads of Code
Yasmin is a generative art experiment in making threads weave over and under each other. The technical challenge turned out to be the interesting bit: how do you get code…
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AlgoArt — Zara: On Process Over Outcome
Zara didn’t look the way I hoped it would. That turned out to be the point. A reflection on what you learn from algorithmic art that doesn’t come out impressive.
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Weaving Threads of Code: My Journey into Algorithmic Art
How I ended up writing Python code to draw yarn on a screen at eleven o’clock at night. The story of getting started with generative art, and what kept me…