Phil Crissman
@philcrissman.bsky.social
It’s a league game, Smokey.
Software, Ruby, @ Cisco. Aspiring functional programmer.
Software, Ruby, @ Cisco. Aspiring functional programmer.
I don't have a lot to say about it yet, but the fact that the core std lib in Haskell is called the Standard Prelude just makes me like Haskell more
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don't have a lot to say about it yet, but the fact that the core std lib in Haskell is called the Standard Prelude just makes me like Haskell more
As I work through Graham Hutton's "Programming in Haskell", putting stuff in a github repo: github.com/philcrissman...
GitHub - philcrissman/PiH: Programming in Haskell
Programming in Haskell. Contribute to philcrissman/PiH development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As I work through Graham Hutton's "Programming in Haskell", putting stuff in a github repo: github.com/philcrissman...
Huh, Haskell has significant whitespace.
Also, apparently I'm learning Haskell.
Also, apparently I'm learning Haskell.
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Huh, Haskell has significant whitespace.
Also, apparently I'm learning Haskell.
Also, apparently I'm learning Haskell.
`cabal install Agda-2.7.0`
omg what am I even doing
omg what am I even doing
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
`cabal install Agda-2.7.0`
omg what am I even doing
omg what am I even doing
Somehow(???) this song came up in autoplay, and I instantly felt like I was 10 years old again. #canada
youtu.be/RWTHxt1XTfs?...
youtu.be/RWTHxt1XTfs?...
♫ The Littlest Hobo song ♫ (original video opening) - Terry Bush
YouTube video by cancionestv
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Somehow(???) this song came up in autoplay, and I instantly felt like I was 10 years old again. #canada
youtu.be/RWTHxt1XTfs?...
youtu.be/RWTHxt1XTfs?...
Care of your pet combinator: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
Care of your pet combinator (Appendix A4) - Lambda-Calculus and Combinators
Lambda-Calculus and Combinators - July 2008
www.cambridge.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Care of your pet combinator: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
No Kings Sammamish today
October 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
No Kings Sammamish today
Reading Knuth and seeing, again, that MIX has 6-bit bytes.
a man in a plaid jacket says cool cool cool cool .
Alt: a man in a plaid jacket says cool cool cool cool .
media.tenor.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Reading Knuth and seeing, again, that MIX has 6-bit bytes.
Finally got the first real step towards the backyard treehouse up this morning. 😃
September 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Finally got the first real step towards the backyard treehouse up this morning. 😃
I just learned that Cliff Burton action figures exist and I’m having a hard time not immediately buying one.
September 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I just learned that Cliff Burton action figures exist and I’m having a hard time not immediately buying one.
A very long time ago in some music or guitar magazine or another I read a little short article/review of something to do with Superchunk. In the band photo, one of the members was wearing a t-shirt that read “I LIKE BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC, HEAVY AND METAL” set in Cooper Black.
I am obsessed with making playlists for you.
Please don't make it weird.
merlin.ghost.io/gentle-intro...
Please don't make it weird.
merlin.ghost.io/gentle-intro...
Seven Little Pieces of My Heart
Merlin really likes music, and he has a delightfully economical way to share it with you.
merlin.ghost.io
September 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A very long time ago in some music or guitar magazine or another I read a little short article/review of something to do with Superchunk. In the band photo, one of the members was wearing a t-shirt that read “I LIKE BOTH KINDS OF MUSIC, HEAVY AND METAL” set in Cooper Black.
POGO by Walt Kelly was one of the all time great comic strips. So good.
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
POGO by Walt Kelly was one of the all time great comic strips. So good.
Went to half-price books last night.
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Went to half-price books last night.
Every once in a while I like to remember Dude Chilling Park in Vancouver. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude_Ch...
Dude Chilling Park - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Every once in a while I like to remember Dude Chilling Park in Vancouver. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dude_Ch...
Awhile back I heard a description of stable sort composed of other algorithms, described like this: a stable, in place, sort can be implemented by quicksort but with a stable partition.
August 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Awhile back I heard a description of stable sort composed of other algorithms, described like this: a stable, in place, sort can be implemented by quicksort but with a stable partition.
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social I just happened to see this: bookshop.org/p/books/exce..., which reminded me of the project that I hear you refer to periodically, which led me to look for the latter, and I need to just say: the Wisdom Project is really lovely, thanks for sharing it.
Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
bookshop.org
August 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social I just happened to see this: bookshop.org/p/books/exce..., which reminded me of the project that I hear you refer to periodically, which led me to look for the latter, and I need to just say: the Wisdom Project is really lovely, thanks for sharing it.
I made a thing github.com/philcrissman... which in turn makes use of SKI combinators (well: mainly just `Y` and `Phi`) from another thing: github.com/philcrissman...
I can't tell you that it's useful for anything.
I can't tell you that it's useful for anything.
GitHub - philcrissman/magick: Some toys with combinators and lambda calculus
Some toys with combinators and lambda calculus. Contribute to philcrissman/magick development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I made a thing github.com/philcrissman... which in turn makes use of SKI combinators (well: mainly just `Y` and `Phi`) from another thing: github.com/philcrissman...
I can't tell you that it's useful for anything.
I can't tell you that it's useful for anything.
Found some flyers I did for a show my band was in. Probably 2001.
August 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Found some flyers I did for a show my band was in. Probably 2001.
Just reread one of my favorite contemporary fantasy books: The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you like fantasy—and perhaps a good heist story, a good gangster story, and a go revenge story—you are in luck.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you like fantasy—and perhaps a good heist story, a good gangster story, and a go revenge story—you are in luck.
bookshop.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Just reread one of my favorite contemporary fantasy books: The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you like fantasy—and perhaps a good heist story, a good gangster story, and a go revenge story—you are in luck.
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
If you like fantasy—and perhaps a good heist story, a good gangster story, and a go revenge story—you are in luck.
youtu.be/E_5DRKZI1Ow?...
This song popped into my head the other day, and has been sort of stuck there.
I don’t listen to the Wall/Final Cut era of Pink Floyd very much, any more, but there are some really spectacular songs in there.
This song popped into my head the other day, and has been sort of stuck there.
I don’t listen to the Wall/Final Cut era of Pink Floyd very much, any more, but there are some really spectacular songs in there.
Pink Floyd: The Wall - When The Tigers Broke Free
YouTube video by Planet of the Crepes
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
youtu.be/E_5DRKZI1Ow?...
This song popped into my head the other day, and has been sort of stuck there.
I don’t listen to the Wall/Final Cut era of Pink Floyd very much, any more, but there are some really spectacular songs in there.
This song popped into my head the other day, and has been sort of stuck there.
I don’t listen to the Wall/Final Cut era of Pink Floyd very much, any more, but there are some really spectacular songs in there.
I tried to suggest the 1964 “The Pink Panther” as last night’s family movie but my family was not having it. youtu.be/cNBztAj006c?...
The Pink Panther (1964) | Official Trailer | MGM Studios
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I tried to suggest the 1964 “The Pink Panther” as last night’s family movie but my family was not having it. youtu.be/cNBztAj006c?...
I just realized this moment that “Come and get it” is a Badfinger song. Written by Paul McCartney, yes, and there is also a demo version, but now I’m really not sure which I heard first.
It was almost certainly the Badfinger version, and I just assumed it was the Beatles. But I don’t know for sure.
It was almost certainly the Badfinger version, and I just assumed it was the Beatles. But I don’t know for sure.
August 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I just realized this moment that “Come and get it” is a Badfinger song. Written by Paul McCartney, yes, and there is also a demo version, but now I’m really not sure which I heard first.
It was almost certainly the Badfinger version, and I just assumed it was the Beatles. But I don’t know for sure.
It was almost certainly the Badfinger version, and I just assumed it was the Beatles. But I don’t know for sure.
This was always my very favorite part of Live at Pompeii
youtu.be/H8q2E9KMm3Y?...
"Where would rock & roll be without feedback?"
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social 🎸
youtu.be/H8q2E9KMm3Y?...
"Where would rock & roll be without feedback?"
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social 🎸
Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII - David In The Studio (Brain Damage)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
youtu.be
July 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This was always my very favorite part of Live at Pompeii
youtu.be/H8q2E9KMm3Y?...
"Where would rock & roll be without feedback?"
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social 🎸
youtu.be/H8q2E9KMm3Y?...
"Where would rock & roll be without feedback?"
@hotdogsladies.bsky.social 🎸
I implemented the S-K-I version of the Y combinator in Lazy Racket and I was so excited I tried to show it to my 14yo but predictably he was not at all interested. 🤣
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I implemented the S-K-I version of the Y combinator in Lazy Racket and I was so excited I tried to show it to my 14yo but predictably he was not at all interested. 🤣