Blog

Notes, essays, and link roundups. Posts marked archive were carried over from my old blog, Well Clockworked.

• 2026
• Reviving the blog
  28 Aug I’ve pulled the posts over from my old WordPress blog, Well Clockworked, and folded them into this site. Anything dated 2016–2022 is from that arch...
• Doctor Zhivago
  28 Aug Notes for my book club on Doctor Zhivago
• 2022
• 2022 January
  24 Feb This is almost a full month too late, but it isn’t! archive
• 2021 December
  11 Jan Christmas archive
• 2021
• 2021 November
  3 Dec Learning React.js archive
• 2021 October
  2 Nov Life updates are back, baby! archive
• 2019
• What I Talk About When I Talk About What I Talk About At Parties (Part One)
  28 Jan Recently I went to a party when I was fairly tired. (I’d spent most of the week not sleeping very well, and most of the afternoon at some sma... archive
• 2018
• David Graeber’s Bullsh*t Jobs
  31 Dec David Graeber suggests that there are too many administrative jobs which do not add any value to the world. His main economic argument for why they... archive
• October Links
  17 Nov 1. The 10/10/10 Rule For Tough Decisions The entire article: How will we feel about it 10 minutes from now? How about 10 months from now? How about... archive
• September 2018 Links
  14 Oct 1. Most transformative meds originate in curiosity-driven science, evidence says https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/most-transformative... archive
• ERM Anki Cards
  16 Sep I have uploaded the flashcards which I have created and used for Enterprise Risk Management subjects: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0149609soflgzgt/ERM... archive
• On Death
  26 Apr I’ve been thinking about tragedy and death recently. This post is meant to bookmark my thinking so far, so that I can look back at it in the ... archive
• 2016
• Week 48 Edition 30
  4 Dec Effective Altruism Retreat Around 15 EAers from Australia came to Sydney for the week to talk about EA stuff. Birthday Party Me and a friend had a ... archive
• Week 45 Edition 29
  12 Nov Was Going to do a Giving Festival I was going to run a fundraiser to raise money for charity this Christmas, but mum warned me people might have &#... archive
• The Right Move vs the Rational Move
  12 Nov If you’re playing poker, there are two ways to evaluate performance after a hand is played: Did you win? Was it the right move? Based on the ... archive
• Week 44 Edition 28
  6 Nov Went to a march for asylum seekers Centred upon doctors who don’t support the detention centres, but supported by many non-health professiona... archive
• Week 43 Edition 27
  29 Oct I’m back! Who knows for how consistently? Actuarial Exams, Part One I recently sat the last two exams of my Part One’s for actuarial ac... archive
• A quick question about article formats
  2 Aug If I post a non-blog, information-based article on this blog and I send out an email notification about it: How much more likely are you to read it... archive
• Week 24 Edition 26
  30 Jul   Effective Altruism Conference Went down to Melbourne for an EA conference. EA is a lot more diverse than I thought! Artificial intelligence,... archive
• Week 21 Edition 25
  10 Jul Busy at Work! End of Financial Year means we’re all very busy. Caitlin came to Sydney We hung out lots and she stayed over at my apartment. S... archive
• Week 18 Edition 24
  19 Jun Not Coming Down to Melbourne 😦 So I’m not coming down to Melbourne any more for the month. New Old Glasses Went to eye doctor to complain bec... archive
• Edition 17 Week 22
  5 Jun Ate at Ippudo Yummy Japanese food. Highlight was a cooked salmon roll. Back pains Woke up this morning with a back pain! It was really weird and I ... archive
• Edition 16 Week 20
  24 May Ate out at Mercado It’s a Spanish restaurant, hidden in an alley (Ash St) in the city. It’s pretty expensive – I ended up spendin... archive
• Edition 15 Week 19
  14 May Grease: The Musical My sister was Jan (one of the Pink Ladies) in the musical Grease. The entire musical was awesome. Her accent was on point, and ... archive
• Jaywalking Is Cool
  6 May   If you ever want to cross the road, here are the laws around it: 1. You can cross the road whenever it’s safe if you are not within 20... archive
• Edition 14 Week 17
  1 May Grad Dinner! We had another Grad Dinner and we ate at Bar Luca. It had really good burgers: Blame Canada 200g wagyu beef pattie, maple glazed strea... archive
• Tarot Cards
  1 May Wands -> Microphones. Microphones represent the willingness to be the centre of attention, to excite everyone with ideas, to bring a crowd toget... archive
• Edition 13 Week 16
  27 Apr Went Bushwalking The reason for this late post is that I did a 3-day solo hike this long weekend! It was a 46 km trek from Katoomba to the Jenolan ... archive
• Edition 12 Week 15
  17 Apr I wrote a short story It’s called Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before, about a man who is put up on stage and told he has to think of s... archive
• Stop Me If You’ve Heard This Before
  17 Apr “Stop me if you’ve heard this before.” The audience sits in silent expectation. “A horse walks into a bar. The bartender as... archive
• Plot ideas, themes
  15 Apr Superman Superman is invincible and that makes people feel inadequate e.g. Lex Luther and wanting to be self sufficient. Superman needs a world whi... archive
• Edition 11 Week 14
  10 Apr Science Party Foreign Aid Policy At one of the EA meetings, someone from the Science Party asked me to help figure out their foreign aid policy. It... archive
• Edition 10 Week 13
  6 Apr Go away, I’m busy. If you want to know what I’m thinking… I’ve written something short here https://wellclockworked.wordpre... archive
• The nature of knowing
  6 Apr I’ve been expressing to people the difference between knowing something mentally and knowing something on a gut level. Trying to narrow down ... archive
• Edition 9 Week 12
  28 Mar Climbed the Blue Mountains Went to the Blue Mountains and did the Wentworth trail. It was perfect weather for it, and we managed to walk the 3-5 ho... archive
• What the World Needs Now
  28 Mar I’ll update this infrequently with things I think would make the world better, were in charge of everything. It’s a page that’s o... archive
• Edition 8 Week 11
  19 Mar No Labour Day We didn’t get labour day. UoM Alumni Event I went to a University of Melbourne Alumni Event. I knew some people who have moved ... archive
• Edition 7 Week 10
  13 Mar A short edition. Soul Burger I went to a restaurant called Soul Burger and got a “plant-based” burger. It tasted like beef! It was grea... archive
• Edition 6 Week 9
  7 Mar Mardi Gras I went to Mardi Gras, which was happening right outside my house anyway. Met up with Monica (friend from UoM, now at UNSW) and Peter (le... archive
• Edition 5 Week 8
  28 Feb   Trying to Prioritise I am trying to figure out how to use my time outside of pure work. I have the following goals: Programming – Prog... archive
• Email Courtesy
  23 Feb This is based on what I’ve been taught at Finity. Why email courtesy? Easier for them Faster responses from them Makes sure you know why you ... archive
• Edition 4 Week 7
  20 Feb Working Work has been good. Everything is done on a project basis, and your main goal is around billable hours – so everyone is working on ma... archive
• Quantember
  20 Feb I introduce to you the Quantember calendar: Take a moment to savour the symmetry of this calendar. What’s the idea? Basically, rather than ha... archive
• Edition 3 Week 6
  14 Feb New Workplace So I started work on Monday! The entire week was dedicated to induction and training, getting us up to speed with what the company di... archive
• Edition 2 Week 5
  7 Feb New Furniture for the New House I have bought a desk and a chair for my new room. It is all very compact – minimialist, even. Pictures are im... archive
• Edition 1 Week 4
  7 Feb New house I have a new house at 150 Goulburn St in Surry Hills. It is a great location but terrible size which I thought made better sense for my f... archive