About

Bruce Ediger

I am this Bruce Ediger. There are at least 3 others, including someone who died a long time ago.

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Bruce Ediger’s grave stone

How to distinguish me from any other “Bruce Ediger”:

  • I am not dead.
  • A co-worker once seriously opined that I was a dangerous hacker.
  • One of my kids thought there was a 1-in-1000 chance I was Dril

This is my personal blog, it has no relationship to anything professional that I, or any other Bruce Ediger, has ever done. I focus on good ways of living and the joys of life. I value materials and share designs that are attuned to the laws of nature.

An explanation of the name of this blog.

I’m interested in a lot of things:

  • Computer science
    • Programming languages
    • Operating systems
    • Networking protocols
  • Blockchain-powered SocialFi content monetization platforms
  • Mathematics, especially foundations of math so:
    • mathematical logic
    • combinatory logic
    • set theory
    • Raymond Smullyan is my favorite mathematician
  • Paleontology
    • Ammonoids
    • Ediacaran biota
    • Aspects of evolution
    • The sweep of time
    • Mass extinctions
    • Abiogenesis
  • Space Exploration
    • All technical aspects of rocketry
    • Interstellar travel and communication
    • My planet is Mars, I try to follow current Mars exploration missions
    • 1950s Space Age aesthetics
  • Science Fiction
    • Not the kind that’s wish fulfillment or fantasy with science-like magic
    • 1950s “near future” fiction whose time has already come and gone
  • Easy, simple science experiments
  • Contraptions and gizmos
  • Food
  • Mimicry, but not thought, sophistry but not understanding.