Samir Parikh
@samirparikh.com
New England-based dad and tech, photography and sports fan. Sideline photographer for my kids' soccer teams. Tinkering with programming and Linux administration. "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge" - Charles Darwin, 1871
Tough week to be a coach or manager of a Boston-based professional sports team
“We most importantly choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived.” -- Jeremy Hansen, #Artemis II mission specialist, on breaking the distance record for human space travel earlier this week
If you subscribe to Amazon Prime, go watch Episode 5, Series 3 of "The Grand Tour" with Richard Hammond's moving tribute to this driving legend
58 years ago today, the world of Motor Racing stood still in shock at the winking out of its brightest star. James Clark OBE, tragically perished in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany. He remains the benchmark for racing drivers everywhere. March 4 1936-April 7 1968
My new desktop wallpaper images.nasa.gov/details/art0...
NASA Image and Video Library
NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.
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UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma was upset because he just furnished his whole house with furniture from Jordan’s www.nytimes.com/athletic/716...
Furniture store to refund millions if UConn teams reach title games: ‘We’re hoping that it’ll happen’
Jordan's Furniture says it could owe $50 million in refunds to customers if both Huskies basketball teams win Final Four games.
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Don’t know what they’re putting in the water UConn basketball coaches are drinking
Here is the EXIF data for the "Hello, World" photo published by #NASA as part of the #Artemis mission #photography blog.samirparikh.com/p/exif-data-...
EXIF data for art002e000192.jpg
Original image courtesy of NASA ExifTool Version Number : 13.52 File Name : art002e000192.jpg Directory ...
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Artemis toilet needs it’s own Bluesky account
my final Artemis toilet update (maybe)
When creating a new account for a service, we're asked to enter our password twice to confirm they match. Why do some sites allow you to paste the password the first time but prevent you from pasting the password from the clipboard the second time?
CBS turned their news operation into propaganda, kicked Colbert off the air for making too much trouble, and all that just to have Charles Barkley go on the air on one of their most-watched telecasts of the year and say this lmao
"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS
What’s that law about asking a question in a newspaper headline where we all know what the answer is? 🤔
From @theathletic.com: For 40 years, Duke has been college basketball’s most polarizing team. People love to hate Duke. But has Duke basketball become less hateable? Perhaps, maybe, even likable? nyti.ms/4rSaLUT
New blog post on an introduction to discriminated unions and pattern matching in #fsharp blog.samirparikh.com/2026/03/disc...
Discriminated Unions and Pattern Matching in F#
I’m starting to kick the tires on discriminated unions and pattern matching as I continue to learn about F#. While not exactly the same thi...
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Was it just me or did they not show any full onboards of drivers going through 130R during Qualifying? #Formula1 #F1 #JapaneseGP
Disappointing to hear about this exchange between Verstappen and reporter Giles Richards. Esp. as I was really starting to respect and root for Max. Did any other journalists also leave the press conference in solidarity with Richards? #Formula1 #F1 #JapaneseGP www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...
Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from a press conference | Giles Richards
Max Verstappen’s ultimatum blindsided me, but there are more serious issues than an F1 driver being cross with you for doing your job
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#Formula1 teams are killing it this round with their #Japanesegp race week posters! Here is Alpine's #f1
Just finished listening to this "99% Invisible" episode. It always angers me when I'm stuck at a red light and there are no cars going through either direction. The intersection is a limited resource; the lights should be designed to allow a continuous flow. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/serv...
Service Request #2: Why Is This Red Light So Damn Long? - 99% Invisible
Navigating Los Angeles by car is a notoriously soul-crushing endeavor, particularly when you find yourself trapped in the kind of infrastructural purgatory locals affectionately call the “Devil’s thre...
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F# Weekly #12, 2026 - 11 years of Ionide 🥰 #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2026/03/22/f...
F# Weekly #12, 2026 – 11 years of Ionide 🥰
Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News NBomber Studio 0.6.2 | NBomber F# Meetup (Recorded at NRK edition), Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:30 PM | Meetup Microsoft News Our co…
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"Much like reading code is an acquired skill, so too is learning to read documentation." My take on trying to navigate the #fsharp documentation. blog.samirparikh.com/2026/03/lear...
Learning to Read the F# Documentation
I’ve come across a lot of good resources in the form of books and blog posts in my journey to learn F# but one resource I’m spending more ti...
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Have not felt any energy in this Iowa-Clemson game. Nothing from the teams, crowd or announcers
I learn about the existence of so many colleges and universities I had never heard of this time of year. #marchmadness
11 years ago I’ve made first commit on the project that would later be known as Ionide. A lot has changed over all those years, but one thing remains - the biggest value of the project has been meeting awesome people from F# community, many of whom I’m proud to call friends. #fsharp
I have learned more about the Oscar-nominated movies by following the #formula1 feed than anywhere else