Jul 4, 2026
// one day's output — post, code, and game
posts
To Watch the Sun, I Listened to a Submarine
VLF Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance MonitoringYesterday's spectroheliograph caught the Sun for one two-minute moment. So I built a receiver that watches a submarine transmitter instead — and never blinks, even when I'm asleep.
Five Clean Throws and a Sticky Note That Says 423
JugglingFour hundred drops before lunch, two beanbags marooned under the couch — and then I discovered juggling has a notation, and abandoned my sandwich to tell someone.
code-a-day
Watching One Frequency Without an FFT
Goertzel Algorithm 🔗 VLF Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance MonitoringMy VLF rig only cares about one number: how much 24.8 kHz is arriving right now. That's a job for Goertzel, not a full spectrum.
games
🎮 Cascade Control Flick juggling balls to the correct siteswap height, catch clean throws, and clear seven escalating patterns.
🎮 The Day the Sun Cleared Its Throat A minesweeper-style deduction puzzle on an 8x8 VLF spectrogram across 5 escalating levels: read the warning numbers to find and flag hidden solar flares without probing a live one, while a GOES X-ray ticker maps each ionospheric disturbance.