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June

Ruby Gem Naming: The Art of Delightful Obscurity | June 7 | Tagged: ruby programming culture community

2024

November

My Favorite American Novels | November 17 | Tagged: books culture

2023

March

Cursive | March 25 | Tagged: cursive writing culture fountain_pen nostalgia

2022

July

London PSAs | July 11 | Tagged: london culture disability accessibility

2021

September

On Having a Guy | September 30 | Tagged: nyc linguistics culture

August

Against Domination-Based Masculinity | August 3 | Tagged: masculinity toxic_masculinity modern_times culture

2016

June

Parag Khanna's Connectography and Refactoring by Martin Fowler | June 1 | Tagged: books technology culture

Khanna's Connectography, Bootcamps, and Mobility | June 2 | Tagged: books culture technology

May

Read: Parag Khanna's Connectography | May 31 | Tagged: books technology culture

2014

August

The Glory of Lauren Bacall and High Point Decaf Coffee | August 13 | Tagged: culture

Every kid in Wes Anderson Movies | August 15 | Tagged: entertainment culture

Code Education is Rebellion | August 30 | Tagged: modern_times programming culture capitalism

2013

April

Spring Break and Tech Conferences | April 15 | Tagged: programming internet_culture culture technology

2012

August

The Girlfriend | August 20 | Tagged: entertainment culture

2011

November

Alternative images of David Bowie's "Heroes." | November 24 | Tagged: culture music

June

Dad's Spending Time With His Kids Is Not Comment-Worthy | June 17 | Tagged: culture

April

I, too, am glad I did not come of age in the age of the internets | April 22 | Tagged: critique culture general life_and_death modern_times internet_culture

2010

June

Health Promotion from my Employer: Get Genetically Screened | June 1 | Tagged: culture life_and_death

2009

January

We have the coolest world leader | January 22 | Tagged: president obama inauguration culture modern_times politics

Elizabeth of York and genetics | January 22 | Tagged: royalty genetics culture

2008

September

Most qualified candidate possible... | September 2 | Tagged: culture politics

July

Reiser story coverage made worse by Gawker Media ads | July 10 | Tagged: critique culture modern_times software

"Dark Shadows Rules": I love Rush, so does Colbert, and Nicole's new mission | July 17 | Tagged: culture kickinitwitdaleague nostalgia personal

June

Fixing "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" | June 13 | Tagged: culture entertainment

Stuff I Dislike: Confusing 'queue' with 'cue' or 'que' | June 15 | Tagged: culture

Mediterranean Misnomers | June 24 | Tagged: culture modern_times

February

Écoute, s'il to plaît, à toi-même | February 12 | Tagged: culture

2007

September

Making progress... | September 6 | Tagged: culture

August

Don’t wanna be an American idiot | August 23 | Tagged: culture politics

July

Political Correctness Trips over itself | July 3 | Tagged: critique culture entertainment

Begging the question | July 25 | Tagged: critique culture modern_times

June

Pieces of SXSW: I am a target market ( no pun intended ) | June 10 | Tagged: culture sxsw2007

May

I webbed you... | May 8 | Tagged: culture

Steven: An Advertiser’s Best Friend | May 25 | Tagged: critique culture design

February

Programmers: Are you good in math? | February 1 | Tagged: culture education software

The Art of Dating A Developer Part I: Twitch Mode | February 7 | Tagged: critique culture personal internet_culture

One more comment about Atlanta | February 17 | Tagged: culture

January

I am totally loving Guitar Hero II | January 13 | Tagged: austin culture

Gross Bathroom-related stuff, majorly not safe for lunch-time reading | January 16 | Tagged: culture design travelogue

2006

November

Finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy | November 19 | Tagged: books critique culture

October

Suicide | October 1 | Tagged: culture entertainment politics

August

Dateline NBC attacks the hard questions | August 18 | Tagged: culture

Shutter the Pentagon, close Westpoint: The War Nerd rules | August 24 | Tagged: culture entertainment modern_times

Rappacini, Philip K. Dick, Origami, and the Zen of the unnatural natural | August 31 | Tagged: arete culture design ruminations zen

July

Monday Morning Referees | July 3 | Tagged: culture general

June

Dude, an astronaut totally pwn'd you | June 21 | Tagged: culture

Posh Spice channels Sisters frontman Andrew Eldritch | June 23 | Tagged: culture entertainment

I love the 80’s, but sometimes she’s an abusive wife | June 26 | Tagged: culture

May

I love a good prank... | May 4 | Tagged: culture

Colbert calls Bush Arsenio, to his face. | May 4 | Tagged: culture politics

Vatican astronomer calls creationism a version of paganism | May 8 | Tagged: culture general philosophy_proper

April

Where, oh where are the poets like this? | April 27 | Tagged: art_and_design culture

"E"asy Cheezy Pretzels | April 30 | Tagged: culture nostalgia

2005

December

Reviewers without reviews | December 18 | Tagged: critique culture meta modern_times movies

Posted a number of articles over at nanostalgia.com | December 18 | Tagged: critique culture

November

The Bay Area is special because... | November 13 | Tagged: culture movies

Nicky Hilton, reality. Reality, Nicky Hilton | November 22 | Tagged: culture mysticism

Can’t we all just get along... | November 28 | Tagged: culture

August

Really, really he’s gone now | August 30 | Tagged: culture

June

Early morning graphic novel reading: V for Vendetta | June 4 | Tagged: books culture

Finished The World is Flat | June 4 | Tagged: books culture

I’m secretly paranoid | June 4 | Tagged: culture modern_times personal

I love ancient software that’s artistic sensible and impeccably well designed | June 4 | Tagged: culture software

Paris Hilton porn-burger | June 4 | Tagged: critique culture modern_times

Emailing Corporate Overlords: McDonald’s | June 12 | Tagged: critique culture modern_times

McDonalds wrote back | June 13 | Tagged: critique culture modern_times

What is the function of religion? | June 14 | Tagged: culture

More mau-mauing McDonalds | June 20 | Tagged: critique culture

Tom Cruise, Idiot. | June 28 | Tagged: culture entertainment modern_times

May

Yes, I’m the pervert at the coffee shop | May 8 | Tagged: culture

Need a job? Proofreader at AOL? | May 13 | Tagged: critique culture entertainment

March

A-ha haters come to Mice’s assistance | March 17 | Tagged: culture personal

February

Holy Hopkin Green Frog! They found my wallet! | February 1 | Tagged: culture

Thompson kills self, self-euthanasia | February 21 | Tagged: culture

January

People of the world, speak more precisely | January 3 | Tagged: culture linguistics pedantry

McDonald’s: Fire your ad agency | January 3 | Tagged: culture

The problem with videos these days | January 9 | Tagged: culture

Merlin made me a Hipster PDA | January 23 | Tagged: culture

Closure on an internet meme: Hopkin Green Frog | January 23 | Tagged: culture

2004

December

Yikes... | December 8 | Tagged: culture

Someday there will be a German word for this | December 10 | Tagged: critique culture

Melbotis speaks | December 15 | Tagged: culture personal

More on the depravity of Hollywood’s Creativity | December 23 | Tagged: culture movies

A Christmas Day Entry | December 25 | Tagged: culture

Christmas Advice | December 25 | Tagged: culture

Someone really should have thought this through a little better... | December 26 | Tagged: culture

November

Weddings during wartime... | November 2 | Tagged: culture politics

What to say.... | November 3 | Tagged: critique culture

Tender and beautiful: Hopkin Green Frog | November 9 | Tagged: culture

The "oh well" attitude of life and death | November 11 | Tagged: culture

Why don’t Americans use A4 paper | November 22 | Tagged: culture

October

Sanctimony, thy name is Public Broadcast membership | October 1 | Tagged: culture kqed

I always know I’m back in the South Bay when... | October 2 | Tagged: culture fast_food carls_jr south_bay

I always know I’m back in the South Bay when...(Part II) | October 2 | Tagged: cooking culture mountain_view

More Ads I hate | October 3 | Tagged: critique culture

Yet even more ads I hate | October 3 | Tagged: critique culture

Helpful Microsoft Word.... | October 8 | Tagged: culture

Enoch: Seventh of Adam; Grandfather of Noah, Taken by God | October 8 | Tagged: culture

VH1’s History of Hip Hop show | October 10 | Tagged: culture

The smell of.. | October 20 | Tagged: culture

Signs you’re in Silicon Valley | October 21 | Tagged: culture entertainment

Some links! | October 25 | Tagged: culture entertainment

Ashlee Simpson, outed as lip-syncist | October 25 | Tagged: critique culture entertainment

September

Hawaii on my mind..."Hawaii" too... | September 22 | Tagged: culture entertainment

Ad I hate | September 22 | Tagged: critique culture commercials

August

Don’t like The Hives — still | August 6 | Tagged: critique culture music

Only in Texas... | August 19 | Tagged: culture

North Carolina is different | August 30 | Tagged: culture

Let me just say. | August 31 | Tagged: critique culture

June

Clutter, even clean clutter, is clutter | June 5 | Tagged: personal travel culture

Realtors in Dallas must be desperate | June 8 | Tagged: culture

May

Blog backload...and the couple Newsom | May 31 | Tagged: culture

March

If you’re active on Sunday morning | March 29 | Tagged: culture

February

The Republican Schizophrenic: Captialism versus Christianity | February 18 | Tagged: culture

The Decline of the American Empire: When "The Apprentice" MBA became standard issue, and our moral compass was overwritten | February 28 | Tagged: culture

2003

October

Do video games affect kids’ behavior? | October 28 | Tagged: general video_games culture

September

Thinking about families... | September 26 | Tagged: culture

August

Family Branding, Family Ties (Tie-Ins) | August 13 | Tagged: culture