Posts from 2006
January
Back to Sunnyvale for the New Year.. | January 2 | Tagged: personal
Suck it ESPN - ‘Horns win the Rose Bowl | January 5 | Tagged: austin critique sports
Road Trip to Pebble Beach | January 9 | Tagged: pictures travelogue
Countdown to Rome... | January 9 | Tagged: travelogue education bignerdranch
Blogging offline, from Wis-kahn-sin | January 13 | Tagged: art_and_design travelogue
The Eternal City | January 16 | Tagged: pictures travelogue
Starting Cocoa class in rome | January 16 | Tagged: travelogue
First opportunity to catch up | January 17 | Tagged: travelogue
Finished The Confusion by Neal Stephenson | January 18 | Tagged: books
In the Roman Countryside | January 19 | Tagged: pictures travelogue
More pictures from my Roman Cocoa Bootcamp | January 19 | Tagged: cocoa education
February
Hello Strangers... | February 1 | Tagged: cocoa personal travelogue
I can see clearly now the rain is gone | February 3 | Tagged: personal
Retirement of spectacles | February 8 | Tagged: personal
Update on the laser-vision install | February 8 | Tagged: cocoa personal
I enjoy languages and computer languages, specifically | February 9 | Tagged: programming
This whole Danish cartoon thing... | February 14 | Tagged: modern_times philosophy_proper
Continuing to display that countries with a free press don’t really care... | February 15 | Tagged: politics
The secretly subversive Wikipedia mail of the day | February 15 | Tagged: internet_culture
The Social Bobcat dips a tender paw in the online blogosphere | February 17 | Tagged: personal
Light on the posting... | February 27 | Tagged: personal cocoa
March
Back from the underbelly | March 6 | Tagged: cocoa
Finished the SudokuGrid application | March 6 | Tagged: cocoa programming
Blog backlog | March 6 | Tagged: meta
Download the SudokuGrid Application | March 8 | Tagged: cocoa
My girlfriend is great because... | March 8 | Tagged: personal
I’m wary, but here goes | March 8 | Tagged: entertainment
Are the sands shifting underneath our feet? | March 11 | Tagged: politics
Unfortunate Abbreviations | March 12 | Tagged: ruminations
Undertaking The System of the World | March 12 | Tagged: books
I mis-Austened myself | March 12 | Tagged: movies
A film about pin-up icon Bettie Page? | March 12 | Tagged: entertainment
Finished Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto | March 12 | Tagged: books
Keira Knightley’s Teeth of Doom | March 13 | Tagged: entertainment
Hints on editing quickly | March 14 | Tagged: vim
V for Victorious | March 18 | Tagged: movies
Saturday at the Cine | March 18 | Tagged: movies
Thinking about the boondocks... | March 25 | Tagged: politics
Working with NSAffine Transform in Cocoa | March 25 | Tagged: cocoa objective-c
Avoid wars with someone who believes in re-incarnation | March 25 | Tagged: mysticism politics
Steven: Secret Survey Subversive (and sibilant) | March 29 | Tagged: tech_support internet_culture
April
Is this the cutest thing ever? | April 7 | Tagged: personal
I shudder to say, but I am totally excited about Silent Hill, the movie | April 10 | Tagged: entertainment
Latest Cocoa Program: Simple Flash Card ( neu mit Cocoa-bindings! ) | April 13 | Tagged: cocoa productivity
Farewell MovableType | April 16 | Tagged: personal
Wikiquotes of the day: Euler and his Kantianism, and The Son of God | April 19 | Tagged: gnosticism philosophy_proper
Site revamp finished | April 20 | Tagged: personal
Steven is going back to Austin | April 21 | Tagged: general personal
Going slightly crazy | April 24 | Tagged: personal networking
Day 1 of Intro training has come and gone... | April 26 | Tagged: productivity education networking
Where, oh where are the poets like this? | April 27 | Tagged: art_and_design culture
Sketchup! | April 28 | Tagged: sketchup
The Season of Closing Cycles | April 28 | Tagged: personal
Finished INTRO training | April 28 | Tagged: networking
Startup School | April 29 | Tagged: stanford startups palo_alto
"E"asy Cheezy Pretzels | April 30 | Tagged: culture nostalgia
May
MemoryBank: Yet another Flash Card application available for download | May 1 | Tagged: cocoa
I love a good prank... | May 4 | Tagged: culture
Colbert calls Bush Arsenio, to his face. | May 4 | Tagged: culture politics
Handy site for firefox extensions | May 6 | Tagged: firefox
Freedom is on the move in Iraq | May 7 | Tagged: modern_times politics bush
Vatican astronomer calls creationism a version of paganism | May 8 | Tagged: culture general philosophy_proper
Nietzsche would be proud | May 8 | Tagged: modern_times philosophy_proper politics
[ EXCLUSIVE ] Content of Ahmadinejad’s letter to Bush | May 8 | Tagged: politics bush
Leaving the Vale of the Sun (UPDATED) | May 8 | Tagged: personal
Programmers and domestic goddesses | May 16 | Tagged: art_and_design perl
Apple does the awful: Glossy Screens | May 17 | Tagged: apple
It’s getting warm in here, and this handbasket is awfully uncomfortable | May 19 | Tagged: politics
Not writing much | May 21 | Tagged: meta
Visit to Willits and Ft. Bragg | May 22 | Tagged: travelogue norcal
The Final Countdown | May 22 | Tagged: nostalgia personal
First leg of migration down | May 29 | Tagged: personal travelogue
Vegas, and on to the Grand Canyon | May 31 | Tagged: travelogue
Best Western SLO vs. Paris Las Vegas | May 31 | Tagged: personal travelogue
What happened to the slot machines | May 31 | Tagged: travelogue
June
Living in Austin | June 9 | Tagged: personal
And I, for one, welcome our new machine overlords | June 11 | Tagged: travelogue
Henry Rollins is hee-hi-larious | June 14 | Tagged: politics
When waiting, focus your power | June 15 | Tagged: movies zen
Test Post from Within Textmate | June 16 | Tagged: textmate
I am a resident of Austin, Texas now ( again ) | June 19 | Tagged: general
SIMPLIFY | June 19 | Tagged: general personal
( - 40 1 ) days | June 20 | Tagged: personal yoga
Steven is a whimsical programmer | June 20 | Tagged: ruby
Randomly running into Idgy Vaughn | June 21 | Tagged: austin music
Dude, an astronaut totally pwn'd you | June 21 | Tagged: culture
Posh Spice channels Sisters frontman Andrew Eldritch | June 23 | Tagged: culture entertainment
Paging Herr Doktor Zyklon | June 25 | Tagged: politics
I love the 80’s, but sometimes she’s an abusive wife | June 26 | Tagged: culture
(+ (* -1 8) 40) days left in the 40-day yoga challenge | June 27 | Tagged: austin yoga
The Season of Closing Cycles Part II: California Round Trips and Folk Singers | June 28 | Tagged: personal
At my new office... | June 29 | Tagged: personal work
July
Flat Track Invasion: Steven sees TXRollerGirl Action | July 3 | Tagged: entertainment
Monday Morning Referees | July 3 | Tagged: culture general
Kit Fisto is my favorite Jedi | July 3 | Tagged: entertainment
Why I hate Kim Jong-Il | July 5 | Tagged: modern_times politics
Sally Fourth | July 5 | Tagged: austin general
Austin: A good town for modern architecture | July 6 | Tagged: art_and_design austin
A Handy Tip for Ruby Developers: Dispatch Tables | July 8 | Tagged: ruby perl programming
I saw "Pirates II", it wasn’t very good (1/2) | July 9 | Tagged: critique entertainment
Pirates II continues to disappoint (2/2) | July 9 | Tagged: critique entertainment
I feel the geometry going wrong in the Childrens’ section... | July 10 | Tagged: austin books
Musical Accopmianiment to Austin’s Modern Homes | July 12 | Tagged: austin music
Busy, Busy | July 23 | Tagged: personal
Thoughts... | July 23 | Tagged: politics
Completed the 40-day Yoga Challenge | July 29 | Tagged: austin gnosticism personal yoga
August
Summertime with my baby | August 6 | Tagged: austin personal
Kit Fisto, party of two | August 10 | Tagged: personal
Wet...hot...shaving action | August 10 | Tagged: modern_times personal toys
A nice birthday... | August 10 | Tagged: personal
Dateline NBC attacks the hard questions | August 18 | Tagged: culture
Working up to AJAX by learning something about the DOM and Javascript | August 20 | Tagged: ajax html javascript web
Going further with JavaScript and the DOM | August 20 | Tagged: ajax javascript functional_programming
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia | August 20 | Tagged: austin personal web
A fun weekend | August 22 | Tagged: austin personal toys
Doing the trivia thing with the Mayor, Alfredo, and Osakatomebaby-lady | August 23 | Tagged: austin nostalgia personal
I can see the metal in your eyes | August 24 | Tagged: entertainment music
Shutter the Pentagon, close Westpoint: The War Nerd rules | August 24 | Tagged: culture entertainment modern_times
Bruno Kirby goes into the great beyond | August 25 | Tagged: entertainment
Lauren’s first visit to The Alamo Drafthouse | August 26 | Tagged: austin entertainment
The Previews! | August 26 | Tagged: austin entertainment
Parler francais avec Tex | August 26 | Tagged: austin
It’s only really worth having if you can give it away... | August 27 | Tagged: politics
Good WikiQuote Weekend | August 28 | Tagged: modern_times philosophy_proper
Inflicting indignities upon a dignified people | August 31 | Tagged: entertainment
Michael Bay, this is the last straw | August 31 | Tagged: entertainment
Why my girlfriend totally rules | August 31 | Tagged: austin personal
Rappacini, Philip K. Dick, Origami, and the Zen of the unnatural natural | August 31 | Tagged: arete culture design ruminations zen
Updating some layout | August 31 | Tagged: meta
September
Early morning movie thoughts | September 2 | Tagged: entertainment
Testing more formatting | September 2 | Tagged: meta
Making some progress with JavaScript menus | September 2 | Tagged: ajax design javascript
Site Update Complete | September 3 | Tagged: meta
Enjoying the weekend and holiday | September 4 | Tagged: personal
Hitler’s rise to power | September 5 | Tagged: politics
Oh the difference a percent makes | September 5 | Tagged: modern_times politics warfare
Is the war on terror over, barring a much bigger can of worms? | September 7 | Tagged: politics
Arguments about politics | September 7 | Tagged: politics
Five years later... | September 8 | Tagged: politics
The man in black for president | September 8 | Tagged: entertainment politics
Curse you Neal Stephenson and your knack for similitudes! | September 11 | Tagged: unix programming writing
Visting the Scientology street fair | September 11 | Tagged: politics religion
Some things in life bear repeating many, many times | September 12 | Tagged: entertainment
Is America learning cabaret? | September 13 | Tagged: entertainment music politics
The natural world is full of amazing things | September 15 | Tagged: gnosticism personal
Aguierre: The Wrath of God | September 19 | Tagged: entertainment
September is the month of..... | September 26 | Tagged: personal
OpenLDAP ate my week... | September 29 | Tagged: programming
Venom! | September 29 | Tagged: personal
October
September | October 1 | Tagged: austin entertainment
Suicide | October 1 | Tagged: culture entertainment politics
La Vie Austienne: ‘Go’ at Austin Java | October 3 | Tagged: entertainment toys zen
Ladytron tickets | October 3 | Tagged: austin entertainment
Limbo: How low can you go | October 4 | Tagged: entertainment gnosticism
Saw "The Science of Sleep" | October 6 | Tagged: movies personal
Back in San Jose this week | October 12 | Tagged: personal travelogue
The soporific Allan Odgaard | October 16 | Tagged: textmate
Monday Morning Meeting with Melbotis, The League of | October 19 | Tagged: austin personal
Visiting Ginny’s Little Longhorn | October 20 | Tagged: art_and_design austin entertainment
Ready for the new Mac Book Pro | October 20 | Tagged: apple
Entertainment Weekly covers The Cardigans | October 21 | Tagged: music
In case you’re wondering, true love looks like this | October 21 | Tagged: personal
Ladytron Seen, Melbotis Met | October 22 | Tagged: austin music
TV Party at Alamo Drafthouse | October 25 | Tagged: austin entertainment
Finished "Running with Scissors" | October 25 | Tagged: books
"Go"-ing crazy, courtesy of the Social Bobcat | October 26 | Tagged: entertainment
Windy city? Austin, Tejas | October 27 | Tagged: austin
November
Halloween on 6th, the masses, the masques, the religiousity. | November 1 | Tagged: austin
Tickets for Regina Spektor on the 10th at Antone’s | November 1 | Tagged: austin music
Finished The Brief History of the Dead | November 1 | Tagged: books ruminations
Addendum to The Brief History of the Dead post | November 5 | Tagged: books
Steven sees Running With Scissors, the movie | November 7 | Tagged: entertainment
Adrienne Shelley and 1997 | November 7 | Tagged: austin personal
The handbasket is cramped, but it’s not getting hotter at that regular interval | November 8 | Tagged: politics
Let me put it succinctly | November 8 | Tagged: personal politics
...and it just keeps getting better | November 9 | Tagged: politics
From the UK’s "Guardian" paper. | November 9 | Tagged: politics bush
George, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and The Freudian Oedipal "Vision Thing" | November 13 | Tagged: entertainment politics
Surprises in the workplace | November 17 | Tagged: personal
Pre Thanksgiving goings-on | November 19 | Tagged: critique movies personal
Finished "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy | November 19 | Tagged: books critique culture
Dreaming... | November 26 | Tagged: life_and_death mysticism personal
Traveling back from West Texas | November 26 | Tagged: personal
iRead iWoz | November 26 | Tagged: books design apple
Word So Totally Sucks | November 27 | Tagged: art_and_design html
The Fines of Texas are Upon You | November 27 | Tagged: austin personal
A Good Austin Citizen: Joining the Public Library | November 28 | Tagged: austin books
December
Mysteries of the humour universe | December 3 | Tagged: art_and_design humor
On the topic of Un-Funny: Then there was Clerks II | December 3 | Tagged: entertainment movies
A delightful independent film: Raising Victor Vargas | December 6 | Tagged: entertainment movies
Nietzsche Family Circus | December 10 | Tagged: philosophy_proper
Watched "Brick" | December 11 | Tagged: movies
Fun with Unicode | December 11 | Tagged: unicode
End of the week in SoCo | December 16 | Tagged: austin personal
I love programming languages! | December 20 | Tagged: personal
Howdy readers | December 20 | Tagged: general personal
Something’s very, very wrong in this country | December 23 | Tagged: politics