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June 2008

May 2008

March 2008

10 : Balls

February 2008

03 : On knowing your audience

July 2007

30 : Keywords in Lightroom

05 : Dots and lines

June 2007

21 : Wondering if he meant it to sound that way

May 2007

25 : Trains composite

22 : Photo tool nrrdery

19 : Long time, no blog

April 2007

02 : Also

02 : Embed LaTeX in Wordpress

February 2007

15 : Trondheim bike lift

04 : XXXL

02 : Feelin' fine

January 2007

18 : Catching up

12 : To the recent ASU political econ/journo grad on the Middle Bowl Gondola who gave me an unasked-for Masculine Fist Bump upon hearing of the completion of my dissertation

10 : Gizmadness

December 2006

30 : Holiday reviews

20 : Around the place

07 : I shouldn't even be here today

07 : Blue Monster

06 : Lego Batman

03 : In Soviet Russia, social life makes sense of you!

November 2006

28 : Countown *

26 : A question

24 : Improving the if-you-like-this list

24 : Michael Moore is fat!

24 : On not expecting the Spanish Inquisition

21 : Hinky

17 : A complete list of consumer goods for which I would be willing to be shot while standing in line

16 : Truth tables

10 : DIY revisited

08 : Sweave and typeface control

05 : As long as I'm here

05 : Sunday morning comics

02 : Wow

October 2006

31 : Text editors have more fun

30 : frag

25 : General coffee shop observation no. eleventeen

23 : Dear Pine Forge Press

23 : Coffee snob cheap shot of the day

20 : Costume quiz litmus test

18 : Color, for real

13 : Sweave and complex projects

10 : Control in design

04 : That's the excuse?

02 : How not to hide

01 : More on my musical miseducation

September 2006

29 : Coffee shop eavesdropping

24 : R console in TextMate

23 : Saturday morning pot-luck blogging

22 : Doesn't look new to me

22 : Funny

14 : Notes from the coffee shop #11

14 : From the access logs

10 : Posting other peoples' hints

04 : At the county fair

01 : Steel cage

August 2006

31 : Iraq Vista just in time for November release?

24 : Sweave Bundle update

20 : One more short open letter

17 : Foode Newse

16 : New UA library resources

15 : They get letters

09 : On the way

08 : Meaningful terms

05 : Longitudinal

04 : Convert LaTeX tables to Word

02 : Because I can

July 2006

29 : Kip/Yep PDF library

28 : Montreal calling

27 : Blogging so you don't have to

26 : Quicksilver's a gem

20 : More treemaps

20 : Remaindered

18 : Pixel-people

14 : From the Department of Horrifyingly Inappropriate Comparisons

11 : The Northern Hotel, Fort Collins

08 : Random notes from the road

05 : Back in Mac

03 : Emergency preparedness

01 : Yeah, but he's street smart

June 2006

30 : useR! 2006

30 : Hand-waving

28 : TextMate GTD

28 : of Olaf glad and big

26 : Safe assumptions about tactics and privacy

23 : What's happening?

20 : No deep linking

20 : In case of fire, pack car

16 : Spare parts

13 : Symbolic sovereignty

11 : TextMate: Modified find in journal command

09 : La La -- just asking for it?

08 : Pit of my stomach

07 : My mostly-good MacBook

01 : He makes this stuff up so I don't have to

May 2006

30 : Dear America West Airlines

25 : Delay

04 : Not processing, buying, nor selling

April 2006

30 : No, it really is not

28 : Nuestro Himno

27 : Production cycle

26 : Web 2.Oh-my-god

25 : Jane Jacobs

25 : Collective action and the MacZOT

23 : Jumping Ship: Moving from emacs to TextMate

17 : Pay to the order of my mental health

12 : Inbox Zero

12 : Getting better all the time

07 : Making iCal speedy again

06 : Bagley on DeLay

03 : Monument Valley

01 : R-Help, 1 April edition

March 2006

29 : It's a cheap shot, but it's priceless

29 : I went to Seattle and all I got was a cold

16 : Vlad the Oh Neverminder

15 : Rhymes with Horizon

11 : Liveblogging not being at SXSW

04 : Blinded by the nerd!

03 : Thursday afternoon baker's dozen

01 : Zelig

February 2006

22 : Press blogs and HSAs

21 : Fo twizzle

17 : Price check in exam room two

16 : Letters to the editor passing in the night

16 : Blue collar in a red state

15 : Nice find: Dataninja

14 : Cheney Pulite

14 : Trip to Tucson

08 : Living in ahistorical times

07 : Covert stylings

05 : He was a friend of mine

02 : Keith "Slugger" Richards

02 : What, you took me seriously?

01 : The distribution of medical care

January 2006

31 : Peacemakers

21 : Behind the music

19 : Process of Protest

12 : Music appreciation

11 : A 7-year-old in Louisville now thinks "rhetoric" means "bombs"

10 : Life in Mac years

10 : Torture can stay

05 : Hyperactive language critic checking in

02 : Christmas vacation 2005 ski index

December 2005

22 : Audiophiles are insane

21 : Evidence of excessive overspecialization

21 : Big Kris in a small pond

20 : Onion: U.S. Troops Draw Up Own Exit Strategy

15 : Remix

07 : Books noted

November 2005

25 : Loving and hating the west

October 2005

23 : The Devil in the White City

22 : Going to ground

01 : Next on the list

September 2005

21 : Tech support

20 : Being normal

10 : Teaching Katrina

09 : A failure to bureaucratize sufficiently

05 : Coming up short

02 : Katrina by the numbers

August 2005

28 : Noted

25 : They're not even trying

11 : Sailing, er, Flying to Philadelphia

05 : Life in a one-runway town

02 : New-to-me Spotlight feature

02 : Cooks in the kitchen are scholars in the study

01 : Extreme unproductivity

July 2005

28 : Canine logic

28 : Local culture

26 : Bogus spam subscription inside Bloglines?

25 : The jokes, they write themselves

19 : Not a step in the right direction

05 : Dissonance, or, one of these things is not like the other

June 2005

30 : Switched, one month later

28 : Hot hot heat

27 : Coffee Art, literally

23 : Whoa

20 : Love and Theft

16 : Wife's out of town update

16 : Feed

16 : Unresolved

15 : Why it's hard to take the Heritage Foundation seriously

14 : Two observations

14 : Sith, short form

13 : Yet more planning

09 : High-energy experimentation

08 : The widening gyre

02 : Two days in the valley

May 2005

26 : Selling sithshells by the sithshore

21 : Flagstaff, week one

21 : Misplaced muscle memory remorse

19 : Musical baton

19 : Great expectations

19 : Embedded work

19 : Pete Seeger on the radio this morning

18 : Advice and contempt

15 : Immediate disqualification from public discourse

12 : Back in black

11 : Unexpected

10 : WUI

10 : Last chance to see

05 : Something's different

02 : Testing the trail with Backpack

01 : A wiki without the wacky

April 2005

30 : Classless society

30 : We got to go in and visit the penguin

28 : Arbitrary but fun

26 : Photo update

22 : Not likely

15 : Health is on the march

14 : Genuinely curious about the estate tax

12 : Post-production

12 : I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob

12 : Technorati via Txp

08 : Weblogs for the weekend

07 : Who's who in American shills

04 : Being Jeremy Freese

04 : Relocating

01 : Not an improvement, really

March 2005

30 : The only way out is through

28 : Wir haben der Technologie

27 : It was a different time back then

25 : Upgrade hassle

20 : End-of-life decisions

20 : A counter offer

18 : On the side of life

17 : What I did on my spring break

11 : Transactions

10 : Quick poli-bloggy link

09 : Data collection

08 : Grading, and much more

February 2005

27 : Home

23 : GSCs

21 : On journalism

21 : Positive philosophy

14 : If it doesn't have a floor, can you call it a bedroom?

11 : Way, way behind the music

09 : Fair trade

08 : Revolution, on sale cheap

08 : Google does maps

03 : Starting assumptions

02 : Responsibility

02 : Green Warrior is about to Die!

01 : Denial of service

January 2005

31 : American Gladiators

27 : Welcome to Side Two

27 : If it pleases the court

24 : Fortress of solitude

24 : Cartography

22 : Site wonkery

13 : Small world

09 : Forgotten history

09 : More on migration

07 : Lost and fawned

04 : Whupped by the market

December 2004

30 : Herb power

21 : Two week's rundown

21 : We have sociology today

21 : Riding in cars with ecologists

19 : Wrong tools for the job

16 : Packed an overnight bag

14 : Adjudicated

14 : From the “shooting ourselves in the foot” department

13 : On the Gila

09 : Dale Chihuly Industrial Complex

08 : Lowrider flies high

05 : Leather is the new Palm

03 : If this had been an actual emergency

02 : Live and direct, with tape delay

November 2004

30 : Working at leisure

30 : Invoking the lazy web bicycle mechanic

26 : Rabid

25 : Risk and thanks

24 : About town

17 : My math is just called math

10 : Cites that you like

10 : FPS

10 : Report from the field

03 : I used to sleep at the foot of old glory

02 : Forwarding address

October 2004

29 : Huey, Dewie, and Louie all walk into a polling place...

27 : Mascot envy

26 : Out late on a school night

25 : What part of factual?

23 : No fanfare?

23 : Really, a little creepy

23 : Spam hits below the belt

21 : Georadical information systems

18 : Peer review is valuable

16 : Ironic title about getting things done

15 : Dial M for Margin of Error

13 : The sign on the bathroom door this morning

12 : Overheard at the record store, a conversation that makes me feel old

08 : Who are you down with on the eve of destruction?

08 : The threat to schools

07 : If not A, then not A

06 : Debate post-mortem

05 : Note to self regarding human subjects vocabulary

03 : Shaun of the Dead

02 : Over My Med Body

September 2004

30 : Lincoln-Douglas, it was not

29 : Changing colors

28 : Putting the Ong in Wrong

23 : Strategic voting, round two

23 : Kevin's mom

21 : Getting a feel for it

16 : Preparing your manuscript

15 : Saved by Bloglines!

14 : Miscellaneous

14 : Needing a new drug

11 : Three Years Later

11 : Working it out

10 : Nobody's business but the Turks'

04 : Yard Sale Watch, part 2

02 : A note for those of you who are not my students

01 : Got nothing

August 2004

30 : Protest and protesters

27 : Can't stand it anymore

26 : Going public

26 : Harshing the vibe

26 : Both sides of the story

25 : Make me an offer

20 : Headphones down!

17 : Follow the leader

16 : Policy implications

13 : Tooling about

13 : Not just for home improvement

13 : Staying home

13 : Julia Child

13 : Txp plugin: ats_bloglines

12 : No work out for you

12 : Jealous gods and godless cities, part 2

11 : The vowels in Alan are totally at the front

06 : Different worlds

06 : Goooooaaaaal!

05 : Jealous gods and godless cities, part 1

05 : Capsule review

04 : Sweet tooth

02 : Distributed bibliographies

July 2004

31 : Strawberry, CA, pop. 150

30 : Sierra Nevada

30 : Revisiting the snark

13 : The peace of wild things

10 : Standing by Words

07 : Snark and scholarship

07 : Bloglines revamped

05 : Supervillian casting call

04 : Of dying in cubicles

03 : Behind the curtains

02 : Click OK to download plugin

June 2004

29 : Back in town

23 : Local currency

18 : Redrock returning

18 : Return this link in three days

18 : Steal this link

18 : Times have changed

17 : Gadget mail

17 : Sweat equity

16 : Professional and public sociologies

12 : Plugin: ats_master_category_list

12 : Informed consent

12 : Chalking up

04 : Octyl Methoxycinnamate and the immense edifice of memory

02 : I wonder what the pitch was like

May 2004

31 : Social economy

30 : Dumb enough to think he'll get away with it

30 : Mucho mojo

28 : Where are they now, part II

27 : Fire season

16 : Gateway drug

16 : From the file of Spam Squad

14 : Rain delay

11 : Live and direct

06 : A time-saving hint

April 2004

30 : Flying too close to the sun

27 : Evap

22 : Does he ride goofy?

22 : On planning and not working

20 : Smarter spam

20 : Workin' for the weekend

07 : Command of the language

03 : Tonight Arizona takes the lead!

March 2004

28 : Mostly-forgotten films

28 : Summer's endless possibilities?

26 : It's only money

18 : The daily rind

17 : I have the technology, too

11 : Two quick items

10 : Life in the academy

08 : Springtime in the desert

07 : On using RSS

February 2004

28 : Style sheets

25 : Of doc roots and rock boots

24 : My first textpattern

23 : Oh, and they keep reminding me that it's a furnace, not a heater

20 : Sandwich Artists Local 173

19 : First Post

17 : Eye of the beholder

15 : Tell me why...

14 : That does it

10 : It's all about data

09 : Where'd everybody go?

January 2004

27 : Things I didn't know that are good in different ways

25 : You cannot carry any more items

21 : My mobile digital lifestyle

21 : SOTU best of

18 : Casualty rates

18 : Weblog software

14 : Tattoo you

13 : Color me impressed

11 : Casualties of rhetoric

10 : Another Saturday morning

05 : Now for the visual presentation

05 : Holiday-time media

05 : Back from holiday

December 2003

30 : Hoth

22 : One-horse open sleigh

19 : A holiday fable

19 : Hail to the king, baby

16 : Programming paradigms

15 : For the love of...

12 : Stop Making Sense

11 : On the reading list

11 : Catching up on the classics

11 : Spam update

10 : Search engine theater part III

09 : Listen to it again

07 : It's easy to deny class...

04 : Super cyber site!

04 : Sensibilities

01 : Wal-Martization of America

November 2003

29 : Pining for Pippin

29 : Catching up with the market

24 : Some reading

24 : And another thing...

22 : This kind of thing...

20 : In the words of Inigo Montoya...

19 : Church of the state

19 : Some days are better than others

18 : Pro and con

18 : Building out the fiber

18 : Approved dissent

16 : Week in review, I

15 : I have seen the future

04 : Dissertation notebook

03 : True to Life

03 : Piled Higher and Deeper

03 : Where is the leader?

02 : Hot in the city

October 2003

31 : Unprecedented (jobless) recovery

30 : Game Boy Degenerate

30 : Sewer, Gas, and Electric

29 : Wild fire vs. wildfire

27 : Overheard at the Radio Music Awards

27 : Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy! Pt. II

27 : Kills spam dead

23 : New features of MS Office

09 : Checking the numbers

08 : Integrity. Right.

07 : How positively cordial

01 : Subpoena the journalists!

September 2003

29 : Consequences of a leak

25 : Back in business

12 : Friday cat blogging

11 : Still insulting

10 : Dealing with data

10 : New perspective

08 : Well, PRETTY happy, anyway

08 : Keep me in your heart

08 : I'm sorry, but...

03 : We're assholes. It's official.

August 2003

28 : Regulation

28 : Learning the Trade

27 : Academics in public

27 : Brainless wandering

21 : Save them ... for later, with tartar sauce

15 : Tucson and Beyond

14 : Connections

13 : Leavitt to EPA

12 : Good for the goose

11 : Bigger, faster, better

05 : Can Openers

05 : Cheese it! The Feds!

July 2003

30 : Tight turns

16 : Gone fishing

16 : I sing the cooler electric!

16 : Getting my grump on

09 : Here is Albert with the weather

09 : Geeky: Plugin manager

08 : Interlocking directorates

08 : On the academic front

03 : Aspen Fire Update II

01 : Easier done than said

June 2003

30 : Reading about fire

30 : Sand planet

28 : If typography could kill

26 : Aftermath already?

25 : Fire update

24 : How much for that body in the window?

23 : That plan never works

22 : Aspen Fire update

22 : Third verse, same as the first

20 : Friday update

17 : Intellectual something-or-other

14 : If they say so, it must be true

12 : Long Live Atticus

03 : Scholastic update

May 2003

31 : Font browser

31 : Nuts and Nougat

30 : Because we say so

29 : Observations

27 : Future homeowner karma

23 : Rumsfeld sees the future, and it's still nasty

23 : Where'd that goalpost go?

22 : That time of year

22 : Not buying it

22 : On the border

16 : Countertop

15 : More on health

14 : Social causes of disease

14 : Comics that are less funny

14 : Coffee break

12 : Periodic observations

08 : Fancy and Modern

04 : Falsify THIS

April 2003

30 : Little dogs need training, too

29 : How not to hide

29 : Making it up as they go

27 : Back of beyond

25 : And ... swing!

24 : Communities of practice

24 : They eat their own

24 : Getting off easy

23 : Our way on the highway

22 : Weight some more

21 : Weight and See

15 : Here at the house

11 : Meanwhile ...

11 : Hogs

09 : Battlegrounds

08 : I guess hacking is hacking

08 : Protest in America

March 2003

26 : Now I know

26 : Typeahead find

22 : Elsewhere...

21 : Never before

20 : Truth from fiction

20 : Google Phone Home

18 : Leaderless collectivity

18 : Problems of Powerpoint

17 : Reconstruction

17 : Field medicine

17 : Irate Comunicator

16 : Open source discussion

16 : Games people play

13 : More on wilderness medicine

13 : Backcountry medicine

12 : Sociblogology?

06 : Just read the cuecards, Sir

February 2003

26 : Rhetoric and Reality

25 : Healthy lifestyles

19 : Go Gollum! Go Gollum!

18 : Making decisions

13 : Mandatory patriotism...

12 : Mighty, mighty reasonable

12 : Courting trouble

12 : Water, heat, and ... DSL?

12 : Grand Arbiter of Earthling Law

09 : Periodic photo update

05 : Saddam != Osama

04 : Pattern Recognition

03 : I have no puns left

01 : My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset

January 2003

29 : Misconfiguration

29 : Foreign policy ... for kids!

29 : False consciousness

23 : Counting crowds

23 : Weirder science

17 : Rampant consumption

16 : Text forever

16 : That's entertainment

15 : High-tech time-wasting

14 : Hidden meanings

14 : Yet more on science

14 : Focused Excellence

14 : What does "average" really mean?

12 : Funny-sad Slashdot

12 : MP3 on the move

10 : Science writing

10 : Hoping for failure

06 : Open source

06 : Canyonero!

06 : Good reads

04 : What have you done since graduation?

03 : Social networks

December 2002

30 : Chock full

29 : Seldom Seen

29 : More on Science

26 : Out to lunch

24 : Live and Direct

24 : Tragic? Comic?

23 : The Right Science

23 : All the Hoo Hash

22 : MT upgrade

20 : Elf girls like to rock and roll!

17 : Pain on a Grand Scale

17 : Grand indeed

05 : Busted by Search Engine Theater

November 2002

21 : Quickies </