This month, podcasts are urging us listeners to tell our friends about the podcasts we enjoy by using the hashtag #trypod. Here I go. Continue reading Podcasts: my #trypod
Category Archives: Design
2015 in Retrospect
I tend to start my years mentally in September, coinciding with the academic year. I leave the true Gregorian new years for reflecting on what’s happened in the year just ending.
Studying this week has negatively impacted my prose ability, but nonetheless, 2015 was great.
A Summer of Design
Today, the beginning of the second year of med school, also marks the end of a very curious summer. In particular, let me tell you about the graphic design part of it. Continue reading A Summer of Design
Can you always win 2048?
My intuition and experience tells me that, with optimal play, you can almost always — but not always — win 2048.
2048 is a wonderful puzzle game that I’ve spent far too much time playing (although probably not as much as what it’s based on, Threes.)
I’ve never done real proofs in my life, but I know that to prove that you can always win, I need to prove that a malicious and omnipotent computer cannot defeat you.
I’ll assume you know how the game works. The rules that are most likely to end your game are: Continue reading Can you always win 2048?
Packing for the Big Move
Today, for the third time in my life, I’m moving across the country, this time to Cornell med school and New York City. It’s up to me to bring the things to transform that empty dorm room into my home for the next four years. Continue reading Packing for the Big Move
Website Restyling
It’s been on my todo list for almost half a year now, but I finally updated my website’s theme to be responsive and display properly on small windows. Yay! Continue reading Website Restyling
Threes and beyond
This is a post about the game Threes, about design, and about taking life risks. Continue reading Threes and beyond
Stress Threes
We all have our ways of coping with stress. For me, it’s inane puzzle games, and I just started a new one: Threes. It’s an iPhone game, but a friend’s friend also ported a browser clone. The game is elegant. You slide tiles around a 4×4 board and combine tiles by shoving them against walls. Combine 1 and 2, combine matching numbers to get bigger numbers. Every swipe spawns a new number and you go until you lock up the board. Continue reading Stress Threes