Mathematician, linguist, poet, Ex-CERN mac/iOS dev. Made @NastyWriterApp, @NiceWriterApp, @RhymeScience. Best in terms of pants 2014, 2021. @ASongAbout. She/her

Joined August 2007
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Curry for lunch again. It’s popular with groups of programmers because currying leads to fewer arguments.
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A big week ahead. It all starts Monday morning! #AppleLaunch
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[Download 698-page PDF eBook] Everything You Always Wanted To Know About #Mathematics* (*But didn’t even know to ask) A Guided Journey Into the World of Abstract Mathematics, Theorems, and the Writing of Proofs: math.cmu.edu/~jmackey/151_12…
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Orbital motion of the ISS, visualized by sequentially adding the still frames of my star trails. Seen are stacking golden streaks of city lights and straight-line stars in our orbital direction. A surreal perspective of our Earth!
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17 Dec 2025
[mid acceptance speech] I'd also like to thank Nord VPN
The Oscars will stream exclusively on YouTube, starting in 2029.
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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
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2 Nov 2025
GPT-5 Pro taking a break in the middle of its chain of thought (in response to a question about non-Abelian Hodge theory) to write a children’s operetta?
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Dear NYT I was rather touched by the Connections game today. IS IT A TRAP? I hope not. I enjoyed it. Best wishes VCM / #OnlyConnect
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Your name goes here! We’re collecting names to fly around the Moon. 3.4 million of you joined us for Artemis I. How many of you would like to come along with the Artemis II mission? go.nasa.gov/artemisnames
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Today’s NYT Connections game brought back happy memories of Christmas 2024. Honestly, these coincidences mount up and up.
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Yesterday I went to Chihuly Garden and Glass, where I saw a demo of how to enable tinted mode in liquid glass.
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Yay, the iOS version of my app Lifetiler was just approved! apps.apple.com/us/app/lifeti… I also released an update to the macOS version, with a small new feature, some bug fixes, and dark mode, VoiceOver, and performance improvements. 😊

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The topological part of my brain Finds Möbius strips quite a strain. But I make you this pledge: I’ll glue one at its edge And build a real projective plane. By Richard Elwes
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A sounding rocket carrying student experiments is scheduled to launch Thursday, June 26, with a launch window beginning at 5:30 a.m. EDT. Livestream will begin on the Wallops YouTube channel 15 minutes before scheduled launch time. go.nasa.gov/4nf2Ik9
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