Mike OlsonHow onAppear/onDisappear closures work in iOSThis post is to document some obscure stuff I learned about UIKit in iOS. I spent a bunch of time puzzling this out, and hope to save…May 10May 10
Mike OlsonRight-truncatable primes in other basesI’ve been playing with an idea in number theory that I came up with a while ago. I called it “steady primes,” but it turns out that it’s…Dec 26, 2023Dec 26, 2023
Mike OlsonDecimal digit frequency in steady primesYesterday, I wrote about a number theory project I’ve been playing with — steady primes. I was excited about having found all of the…Dec 20, 2023Dec 20, 2023
Mike OlsonSteady primesUpdate: There are two additional posts on this topic. The first is on digit frequency in right-truncatable primes in base 10, and the…Dec 20, 20231Dec 20, 20231
Mike OlsonCast iron electrolysisA little while ago, Benji was shopping at the Alameda Flea Market and came across a really neat rusty old waffle iron. The piece has a base…Jul 15, 2023Jul 15, 2023
Mike OlsonPrimetime!My pal Doug made a feature request for the solar metric clock: Add an indicator that tells you when the displayed time is a prime number…Feb 28, 20232Feb 28, 20232
Mike OlsonMy solar metric desk clock works!I’ve been working on this project, off and on, for most of a year, now. I’ve finally got the clock I promised myself!Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Mike OlsonBeating the WordlebotLike a lot of you, I discovered Wordle a while ago. I love the backstory — wrote it for his partner, opened it up to the world, game got…Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
Mike OlsonMy chat with Charles DickensI’ve lately been paying attention to AI-based systems that create media for ordinary consumers. ChatGPT is all the rage just now, but…Jan 13, 2023Jan 13, 2023
Mike OlsonTime, again!A while ago, I wrote a longish post about a clock I built to keep metric time. I promised I was going to polish it up, build a case for it…Dec 23, 2022Dec 23, 2022
