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2020

1. My new fitness routine
   date: Mon Oct 19 2020
   tags: [fitness,public,draft]
2. 2020 Week 42 review (11-17 Oct)
   date: Sun Oct 18 2020
   tags: [weekly review,progress report,private,diary]
3. Blogs I enjoy very much
   date: Thu Oct 08 2020
   tags: [draft]
4. Pair work: the One Weird Trick to finally ship your side projects
   date: Thu Oct 08 2020
   tags: [exploration,productivity,scratchpad,public,draft]
5. Projects to-do list
   date: Wed Sep 30 2020
   tags: [draft]
6. Home gym ideas
   date: Sun Sep 27 2020
   tags: [public,draft,build]
7. Virtual workspaces --- working in a Minecraft office?
   date: Sat Sep 26 2020
   tags: [exploration,game design,scratchpad,public]
8. Clustering GPS trip data
   date: Fri Sep 11 2020
   tags: [programming,public,internship,consulting,inzura]
9. Julia Path Tracer
   date: Tue Sep 01 2020
   tags: [project,draft]
10. Board Game Engine
    date: Tue Sep 01 2020
    tags: [project,draft,in progress]
11. Three years in Oxford: a review
    date: Mon Aug 31 2020
    tags: [review,milestone,private,diary]
12. Building a Python parallel processing pipeline package (R-3PO)
    date: Sat Aug 29 2020
    tags: [programming,build,public,internship,inzura]
13. GSoC 2020 report: implementing a new feature for MGGG's Districtr app
    date: Fri Aug 28 2020
    tags: [programming,build,public,project,mggg,gsoc,internship]
14. A market-based mechanism to preserve Indonesia's forests (or any other resource)
    date: Wed Aug 19 2020
    tags: [exploration,game theory,mechanism design,economics,incentive,public]
15. Rebuilding this website
    date: Mon Aug 03 2020
    tags: [programming,public,project]
16. Building a code sharing MVP with React and the WebSockets API
    date: Sun Aug 02 2020
    tags: [programming,build,interview,mvp,react,public,project]
17. Letter to Bassel in August 2020, after my Finals results
    date: Sat Aug 01 2020
    tags: [private,diary]
18. 2020 Semiannual Review
    date: Fri Jul 31 2020
    tags: [annual review,progress report,milestone,oxford,private,diary]
19. Thoughts on a trip to Kuhlenbronn
    date: Wed Jul 29 2020
    tags: [post,trip-report,private,diary]
20. Plan for Summer 2020
    date: Fri Jul 24 2020
    tags: []
21. How many solar panels would be needed to 100% solar-power Singapore?
    date: Fri Jul 24 2020
    tags: [exploration,data-science,explorable,d3.js,public]
22. Singapore's GRC system likely advantages the PAP: a game-theoretic analysis
    date: Tue Jul 07 2020
    tags: [exploration,political science,game theory,public]
23. 2019 Annual Review
    date: Wed Jan 01 2020
    tags: [annual review,progress report,oxford,private,diary]

2019

1. Building a deep learning pipeline + model with Keras and PlaidML
   date: Tue Sep 17 2019
   tags: [programming,deep learning,data science,internship,public]
2. Building an Bayesian SMS sender
   date: Mon Sep 16 2019
   tags: [programming,data science,statistics,multi-armed bandit,bayesian inference,behavioural economics,project,internship,inzura,public]
3. Doing distributed data analysis on a Raspberry Pi cluster
   date: Thu Sep 12 2019
   tags: [programming,build,making,data science,internship,inzura,apache spark,GIS,scala,raspberry pi,minio,public,project]
4. Email to Bassel telling him about my internship and thesis during July 2019
   date: Sun Jul 28 2019
   tags: [progress report,private,diary]
5. 2019 Semiannual Review
   date: Fri Jul 19 2019
   tags: [annual review,progress report,oxford,diary,private]
6. The beta-Bernoulli bandit, Thompson sampling, and Bayesian inference
   date: Fri Jul 12 2019
   tags: [academic,economics,behavioural economics,quantitative economics,statistics,explanation,bayesian inference,explanation,public,draft]
7. Breaking up
   date: Sun Jun 23 2019
   tags: [post-mortem,milestone,oxford,private,diary]
8. HT 2019 report and plans for the summer
   date: Sun Jun 23 2019
   tags: [progress report,quarterly report,goal-setting,oxford,private,diary]
9. A gentle introduction to the IS-PC-MR model
   date: Sun Apr 21 2019
   tags: [academic,economics,macroeconomics,explanation,draft]
10. Explaining Acemoglu's model of directed technical change: a primer
    date: Sat Apr 20 2019
    tags: [academic,economics,macroeconomics,explanation,public,draft]
11. Building an automated, blockchain-connected model train diorama
    date: Thu Jan 31 2019
    tags: [programming,build,making,hardware,internship,imda,public]
12. MT 2018 report and plans for 2019
    date: Tue Jan 01 2019
    tags: [quarterly report,progress report,goal-setting,private,diary,oxford]

2018

1. Blocktrain
   date: Wed Aug 01 2018
   tags: [project]
2. Phonics Game
   date: Sun Jul 01 2018
   tags: [project]
3. 2018 Semiannual Review
   date: Sun Jul 01 2018
   tags: [annual review,progress report,private,diary,post-ord,oxford]
4. Hilary 2018 report
   date: Sat Mar 10 2018
   tags: [progress report,quarterly report,oxford]

2017

1. Michaelmas 2017 report
   date: Tue Dec 05 2017
   tags: [progress report,quarterly report,private,diary,oxford]
2. Sep 2017 report
   date: Sun Sep 24 2017
   tags: [progress report,monthly report,milestone,private,diary]
3. Dropship Chess
   date: Fri Sep 01 2017
   tags: [project]
4. Aug 2017 report
   date: Tue Aug 22 2017
   tags: [progress report,monthly report,private,diary]
5. Inspector's Gadget
   date: Tue Aug 01 2017
   tags: [project]
6. Building a Raspberry Pi console
   date: Tue May 30 2017
   tags: [programming,build,making,programming education,hardware,raspberry pi,public]
7. May 2017 report
   date: Mon May 29 2017
   tags: [progress report,monthly review,private,diary,post-ord]
8. 2017 Quarterly Report I
   date: Fri Mar 31 2017
   tags: [quarterly review,progress report,monthly review,private,diary]

2016

1. 2016 Annual Review
   date: Tue Dec 27 2016
   tags: [annual review,progress report,private,diary]
2. 2015 Annual Review
   date: Mon Dec 26 2016
   tags: [annual review,progress report,goal setting,private,diary]
3. ORD lo
   date: Tue Dec 06 2016
   tags: [monthly review,progress report,milestone,private,diary]
4. October in review; plans for November
   date: Fri Oct 28 2016
   tags: [monthly review,progress report,private,diary]
5. An eventful Saturday
   date: Sat Oct 08 2016
   tags: [private,diary]
6. Building my first Telegram bot
   date: Tue Sep 20 2016
   tags: [programming,software,public]
7. September 2016 report
   date: Mon Sep 05 2016
   tags: [progress report,private,diary]
8. Long-overdue update
   date: Thu Aug 11 2016
   tags: [progress report,private,diary]
9. Automated Transaction Tracker
   date: Mon Aug 01 2016
   tags: [project]
10. On Brexit, and the unreasonable effectiveness of demagoguery
    date: Fri Jun 24 2016
    tags: [private,essay]
11. An update on my life so far
    date: Thu May 26 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
12. Meeting with iDA staff (Oscar, Kiranjit and Eric)
    date: Wed May 11 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
13. Meeting with Mrs Hauw, swimming with Xiao Hui and future plans
    date: Tue May 10 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
14. daily report: I talk about what I've done for the past two weeks
    date: Thu May 05 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
15. daily report
    date: Sun Apr 24 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
16. daily report: my first post
    date: Sat Apr 23 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
17. Form Emailer and Form Letterer
    date: Fri Apr 01 2016
    tags: [project]

All posts

1. My new fitness routine
   date: Mon Oct 19 2020
   tags: [fitness,public,draft]
2. 2020 Week 42 review (11-17 Oct)
   date: Sun Oct 18 2020
   tags: [weekly review,progress report,private,diary]
3. Blogs I enjoy very much
   date: Thu Oct 08 2020
   tags: [draft]
4. Pair work: the One Weird Trick to finally ship your side projects
   date: Thu Oct 08 2020
   tags: [exploration,productivity,scratchpad,public,draft]
5. Projects to-do list
   date: Wed Sep 30 2020
   tags: [draft]
6. Home gym ideas
   date: Sun Sep 27 2020
   tags: [public,draft,build]
7. Virtual workspaces --- working in a Minecraft office?
   date: Sat Sep 26 2020
   tags: [exploration,game design,scratchpad,public]
8. Clustering GPS trip data
   date: Fri Sep 11 2020
   tags: [programming,public,internship,consulting,inzura]
9. Julia Path Tracer
   date: Tue Sep 01 2020
   tags: [project,draft]
10. Board Game Engine
    date: Tue Sep 01 2020
    tags: [project,draft,in progress]
11. Three years in Oxford: a review
    date: Mon Aug 31 2020
    tags: [review,milestone,private,diary]
12. Building a Python parallel processing pipeline package (R-3PO)
    date: Sat Aug 29 2020
    tags: [programming,build,public,internship,inzura]
13. GSoC 2020 report: implementing a new feature for MGGG's Districtr app
    date: Fri Aug 28 2020
    tags: [programming,build,public,project,mggg,gsoc,internship]
14. A market-based mechanism to preserve Indonesia's forests (or any other resource)
    date: Wed Aug 19 2020
    tags: [exploration,game theory,mechanism design,economics,incentive,public]
15. Rebuilding this website
    date: Mon Aug 03 2020
    tags: [programming,public,project]
16. Building a code sharing MVP with React and the WebSockets API
    date: Sun Aug 02 2020
    tags: [programming,build,interview,mvp,react,public,project]
17. Letter to Bassel in August 2020, after my Finals results
    date: Sat Aug 01 2020
    tags: [private,diary]
18. 2020 Semiannual Review
    date: Fri Jul 31 2020
    tags: [annual review,progress report,milestone,oxford,private,diary]
19. Thoughts on a trip to Kuhlenbronn
    date: Wed Jul 29 2020
    tags: [post,trip-report,private,diary]
20. Plan for Summer 2020
    date: Fri Jul 24 2020
    tags: []
21. How many solar panels would be needed to 100% solar-power Singapore?
    date: Fri Jul 24 2020
    tags: [exploration,data-science,explorable,d3.js,public]
22. Singapore's GRC system likely advantages the PAP: a game-theoretic analysis
    date: Tue Jul 07 2020
    tags: [exploration,political science,game theory,public]
23. 2019 Annual Review
    date: Wed Jan 01 2020
    tags: [annual review,progress report,oxford,private,diary]
24. Building a deep learning pipeline + model with Keras and PlaidML
    date: Tue Sep 17 2019
    tags: [programming,deep learning,data science,internship,public]
25. Building an Bayesian SMS sender
    date: Mon Sep 16 2019
    tags: [programming,data science,statistics,multi-armed bandit,bayesian inference,behavioural economics,project,internship,inzura,public]
26. Doing distributed data analysis on a Raspberry Pi cluster
    date: Thu Sep 12 2019
    tags: [programming,build,making,data science,internship,inzura,apache spark,GIS,scala,raspberry pi,minio,public,project]
27. Email to Bassel telling him about my internship and thesis during July 2019
    date: Sun Jul 28 2019
    tags: [progress report,private,diary]
28. 2019 Semiannual Review
    date: Fri Jul 19 2019
    tags: [annual review,progress report,oxford,diary,private]
29. The beta-Bernoulli bandit, Thompson sampling, and Bayesian inference
    date: Fri Jul 12 2019
    tags: [academic,economics,behavioural economics,quantitative economics,statistics,explanation,bayesian inference,explanation,public,draft]
30. Breaking up
    date: Sun Jun 23 2019
    tags: [post-mortem,milestone,oxford,private,diary]
31. HT 2019 report and plans for the summer
    date: Sun Jun 23 2019
    tags: [progress report,quarterly report,goal-setting,oxford,private,diary]
32. A gentle introduction to the IS-PC-MR model
    date: Sun Apr 21 2019
    tags: [academic,economics,macroeconomics,explanation,draft]
33. Explaining Acemoglu's model of directed technical change: a primer
    date: Sat Apr 20 2019
    tags: [academic,economics,macroeconomics,explanation,public,draft]
34. Building an automated, blockchain-connected model train diorama
    date: Thu Jan 31 2019
    tags: [programming,build,making,hardware,internship,imda,public]
35. MT 2018 report and plans for 2019
    date: Tue Jan 01 2019
    tags: [quarterly report,progress report,goal-setting,private,diary,oxford]
36. Blocktrain
    date: Wed Aug 01 2018
    tags: [project]
37. Phonics Game
    date: Sun Jul 01 2018
    tags: [project]
38. 2018 Semiannual Review
    date: Sun Jul 01 2018
    tags: [annual review,progress report,private,diary,post-ord,oxford]
39. Hilary 2018 report
    date: Sat Mar 10 2018
    tags: [progress report,quarterly report,oxford]
40. Michaelmas 2017 report
    date: Tue Dec 05 2017
    tags: [progress report,quarterly report,private,diary,oxford]
41. Sep 2017 report
    date: Sun Sep 24 2017
    tags: [progress report,monthly report,milestone,private,diary]
42. Dropship Chess
    date: Fri Sep 01 2017
    tags: [project]
43. Aug 2017 report
    date: Tue Aug 22 2017
    tags: [progress report,monthly report,private,diary]
44. Inspector's Gadget
    date: Tue Aug 01 2017
    tags: [project]
45. Building a Raspberry Pi console
    date: Tue May 30 2017
    tags: [programming,build,making,programming education,hardware,raspberry pi,public]
46. May 2017 report
    date: Mon May 29 2017
    tags: [progress report,monthly review,private,diary,post-ord]
47. 2017 Quarterly Report I
    date: Fri Mar 31 2017
    tags: [quarterly review,progress report,monthly review,private,diary]
48. 2016 Annual Review
    date: Tue Dec 27 2016
    tags: [annual review,progress report,private,diary]
49. 2015 Annual Review
    date: Mon Dec 26 2016
    tags: [annual review,progress report,goal setting,private,diary]
50. ORD lo
    date: Tue Dec 06 2016
    tags: [monthly review,progress report,milestone,private,diary]
51. October in review; plans for November
    date: Fri Oct 28 2016
    tags: [monthly review,progress report,private,diary]
52. An eventful Saturday
    date: Sat Oct 08 2016
    tags: [private,diary]
53. Building my first Telegram bot
    date: Tue Sep 20 2016
    tags: [programming,software,public]
54. September 2016 report
    date: Mon Sep 05 2016
    tags: [progress report,private,diary]
55. Long-overdue update
    date: Thu Aug 11 2016
    tags: [progress report,private,diary]
56. Automated Transaction Tracker
    date: Mon Aug 01 2016
    tags: [project]
57. On Brexit, and the unreasonable effectiveness of demagoguery
    date: Fri Jun 24 2016
    tags: [private,essay]
58. An update on my life so far
    date: Thu May 26 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
59. Meeting with iDA staff (Oscar, Kiranjit and Eric)
    date: Wed May 11 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
60. Meeting with Mrs Hauw, swimming with Xiao Hui and future plans
    date: Tue May 10 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
61. daily report: I talk about what I've done for the past two weeks
    date: Thu May 05 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
62. daily report
    date: Sun Apr 24 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
63. daily report: my first post
    date: Sat Apr 23 2016
    tags: [daily report,progress report,private,diary]
64. Form Emailer and Form Letterer
    date: Fri Apr 01 2016
    tags: [project]