Nick Black

I dig exposure to a broad swath of new material, and add pretty much anyone who seems interesting. What's in it for you? Prolixness? Old-school Southern charm? More blindingly-obscure scientific esoterica puked into your mailbox than you can shake a pointed stick at? Irregular bursts of punchy reviews by the dozen, marked by general irreverence and oft-breathtaking ignorance? Yes, Faithful Reader, all this and more can be had within.

I am lettered in Latin of the rhetorical era, and can fumble my way through Ancient Greek; I also try to mangle some Spanish, German and Russian whenever I can. Expect the abuse of UTF-8.

I'm a senior systems engineer at Google NYC following work at Georgia Tech's College of Computing (focusing on high-performance computing architectures, automata theory, compiler design, and the foundations of computing) with side interests in the School of Nuclear Engineering (toroidal hydromagnetic and inertial confinement fusion, stockpile stewardship and fourth-generation reactors). I lived in Atlanta most of my life, and intend to run for mayor there one day. Resurgens!