https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/atom.xml 2026-06-26T22:06:52.882004+00:00 Alistair Turnbull blog at minworks.co.uk python-feedgen All posts https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/follow-voice/index.html 2025-03-28T12:10:04+00:00

This post is about swing dancing: one of my main hobbies. The pertinent swing dance is Lindy Hop, but I'm sure the ideas generalise to other partner dances. The subject is "follow voice", which we can define to include all aspects of the dance which are decided by the follow, as opposed to the lead.

2025-03-25T15:43:20+00:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/local-branch/index.html 2025-04-19T02:14:53+01:00

This post is about computer science, and in particular about branch prediction. It describes a local branch predictor with just eight bits of state, that exhibits some sophisticated behaviour.

2025-04-19T02:14:53+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/gearbox/index.html 2025-05-16T21:01:50+01:00

This post is about a design for a compact gearbox with a high ratio and low friction.

2025-05-16T21:01:50+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/shnam/index.html 2025-05-31T23:26:21+01:00

This post is about computer science. Specifically, it discusses a way of designing programming languages to make them safer and easier for people and the computer to understand.

2025-05-23T02:22:40+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/ocularity/index.html 2025-06-06T18:33:04+01:00

This post is about an online experiment I'm doing. The purpose of the experiment is to measure what colours humans can distinguish. This post explains my experimental design, and compares it to previous work.

2025-06-06T03:43:21+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/new-cat/index.html 2025-07-01T17:59:09+01:00

This post is about Stuben, my new cat. She has been very much in my thougths this week as we build a relationship, and some of those thoughts are interesting enough to share.

2025-07-01T17:59:09+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/herrang2025/index.html 2025-09-20T02:31:00+01:00

This post is about swing dancing. I just got back from Herräng Dance Camp: an event in rural Sweden that I attend every year. This post is about my experience this year.

2025-09-20T02:31:00+01:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/welly-parser/index.html 2025-12-19T11:22:00+00:00

This post is about Welly, the programming language I am inventing. Specifically it is about Welly's syntax and parser.

2025-12-19T00:16:00+00:00 https://www.minworks.co.uk/blog/petersen/index.html 2026-06-26T22:32:00+01:00

This post is about error-correcting codes. Specifically, it is about highly symmetric codes whose length is a multiple of five.

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