I just finished reading Feynman’s “QED: The Strange Theory of Light And Matter” (henceforth ‘QED’) and, in the context of my post on reading more, I would like to give you a writeup of my thoughts. ‘QED’ is a pop-sci book covering the quantum theory of electromagnetism known as quantum electrodynamics.

The popular culture picture of quantum mechanics is highly inaccurate. The word “quantum” has become synonymous with weird and wacky physics. “In quantum physics, a cat can be dead and alive at the same time!”, people say. In this article I will attempt to explain QM in a way that people can understand as well as shed light on the infamous cat, while utilising minimal notation and mathematics.

So, I know that it is very likely that no-one actually reads this blog, but I will make this commitment public nonetheless: I want to read more. If I recall correctly, I read something like 3 books last year. That is not bad in and of itself, given that the things I read were of reasonable difficulty and I had quite a full year at university.

Translation is a necessary cog in the wheel of a world where we have to operate with a multiplicity of languages. However, in spite of its recent ubiquity, we typically forget that translation is as much an art, as it is a science.

So, another quick post in the vein of quick, Emacs-related content. I just set up E-Mail in Emacs with mu4e! That, I feel, is a great step in the journey to doing everything in Emacs. Albeit I still believe that I won’t ever switch to Emacs as my primary web browser or PDF viewer.