Published in Synth time·Aug 18Adding a matrix mixerI hit a snag while building this patch. I wanted to route filtered sound back into my Morphagene. This bit of circular signal flow would let me capture and layer some of the more interesting filter movements, and without devolving into a messy feedback patch.Eurorack4 min readEurorack4 min read
Aug 16Gout.fyiI bought gout.fyi. Why? I’m tired of googling “<food> gout” after my first but probably not last gout flareup. I’d like to do two things with this: Give a recipe or a description of a meal to receive something between “go for it” and “no” A straightforward data table with…Gout1 min readGout1 min read
Published in Synth time·Aug 16August filter/delay bonks evolution patch notesI’ve been working a sound built around a bread-and-butter FM’d oscillator (258t) through a lo-pass gate (Natural Gate), then through layers of delay and filtering. I find myself reaching often for this style of patch. The formula sounds great, and admittedly without much work. …Eurorack3 min readEurorack3 min read
Feb 10, 2015Tinkering with Marcel (Pt. 1)Part One: Reconstructing a Skeleton ENIAC photo taken by Dennis S. Hurd. Used under CC BY-NC-ND. I’ve long — probably too long — been fascinated by Tom Tango’s Marcel projection system. It’s so simple: three years of data regressed toward the mean, weighting recent performance more heavily than past, and…2 min read2 min read
Dec 25, 2014Jinja2's “recursive” modifier and django-mpttI recently found myself staring at django-mptt’s template tags, thinking about how I could use recursetree inside of a Jinja2 template. django-mptt’s template tags are (totally reasonably) tied to Django’s own templating language, which means they aren’t immediately compatible with Jinja2. C’est la vie. As I was about to port…1 min read1 min read
Jun 12, 2014Saber Archive on Effectively Wild PodcastListen now at Baseball Prospectus — Yesterday, the gents at Baseball Prospectus’s Effectively Wild podcast had some questions for Saber Archive. You can listen here.1 min read1 min read
May 27, 2014Slides from my talk about Pitchfork at Grind Chicago…in which I talked about doing a lot with a little — Photo: http://bit.ly/1pvVdBU Last Thursday, I did a talk for Grind’s monthly #rethink series. I was invited to come share some experiences building first software and then a team at Pitchfork. You can find the slides on here, via Speakerdeck. The talk itself is centered around three big topics: That before…2 min read2 min read
May 27, 2014Home Runs Onlyor, the Only Homers Club — Over the long holiday weekend, I had some time to put together a project I’d wanted to build for a long time: homerunsonly.com. This site displays a list of all* home run videos, updated frequently. The idea came from watching my fantasy baseball teams each night, and the work it…1 min read1 min read
Published in Saber Archive·May 10, 2014Changelog: 5/10 — Updates and New TopicsRecent updates on Saber Archive — Before diving into this changelog, I’d like to say thank you. The reaction to Saber Archive has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you to everyone who’s come with suggestions and praise. Now that Saber Archive is live and has put some daylight between its launch and this post, I think it’s…2 min read2 min read
Published in Saber Archive·Apr 28, 2014Welcome to Saber ArchiveA community-powered archive for Sabermetric research — Today, I’m happy to share with you a more permanent home for Sabermetric research on the web. This archive is called, simply enough, Saber Archive. The site is now available to the public, in beta. About a year ago, I was talking with a few friends who make their living…2 min read2 min read
