Grumpy Old Nerd

It really hasn't been a great couple of weeks for the Vancouver Canucks. With the team sidelined due to COVID-19 and literally every active roster player on the protocol list, it seems that the team...

I'm very much a kinaesthetic learner which means that I learn best by getting hands on and trying things, making mistakes and figuring out where I've gone wrong. As such, I figured the best way...

This is the second part of a 5-part blog series on reinforcement learning. In part one we learned a bit about what reinforcement learning was all about and set the stage for implementing a handful...

I am a member of the Victoria District Cricket Association (VDCA) here in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Given the relative popularity of the sport here in Canada the association and it's members are made up...

One of my learning objectives for 2021 was to figure out just what the hell this reinforcement learning thing is and how it works. Having built a couple of chess games in the past I...

I wrote this during quarantine in late 2020 when I had literally nothing better to do

It started with a viral Tweet asking people to name three perfect albums. It spawned a ton of responses from people I follow on Twitter, and prompted a good deal of discussion among my family...

It's no secret that the Canucks have mismanaged themselves into salary cap hell over the last few years. Albatross contracts abound, handed out to guys who are now, and in some cases were even then,...

An Australian living in Canada, I joined the local cricket association and found a weekend club a few seasons ago because I'm a masochist. After leaving the game cold turkey a decade ago I dipped...

I was pumped for this record to come out, having been a longtime fan of A Perfect Circle and Tool, but honestly when I first listened to it it was underwhelming. That may have had...