Tom Lee

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2025

on deep research February 18
near-term AI risks come into focus March 12
Yes, transparency is annoying. That doesn't excuse this administration's Signal fuckup March 25
my model of language models April 03
Everyone is wrong about CBDCs (except me) May 12
what is it like to be a bOt? June 10
Scouting America (now with less America) November 25
What else happened to Civic Tech? December 04

2024

peloton surgery March 13
asphalt! March 25
are dc's speed cameras racist? April 12
traffic cameras: EXTENDED EDITION April 13
speed cameras: LEGACY April 19
petulance July 17
llms and programming August 13
price discrimination August 26
AI & open data October 11
bluesky evil wen? December 04
narcissism is a bad reason for killing people December 11

2023

who will be ai's audience? January 27
fake tags are a real problem February 03
more on Facebook Marketplace & stolen goods February 06
fiction publishing sort of seems like a scam? March 09
Halloween 2023 October 31
eating November 28

2022

Twitter January 23
DCist January 24
notes on becoming a home automation dad February 01
Roko's blogalisk April 30
social media: not that bad August 08
alberto gaitan August 10
october resolution October 03
texas parcels October 05
Aniara October 11
the house of endless mourning feat. the harlem globetrotters October 31
notes on a scandal December 13

2021

Two Eulogies November 02
good reasons for thinking crypto is bad November 23

2020

Jeffrey Armistead Lee July 28
Build an IoT app with Mapbox APIs, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino August 07
The Inspiring Power of Bad Ideas August 10

2018

Twitter should ban Donald Trump January 05

2017

bike hack night January 26
Category March 02
Features March 02
technology, religion and repeating yourself April 19
DIY eye-fi server: docker, flickr, all sorts of good stuff April 20
Neuralink is horrifying April 21
juicero and why you can't just buy things anymore April 28
spiraling inward December 15

2016

be gentle to their servers and mean to their lawyers April 04
iron blogger May 31
universal basic income May 31
fortress: shed June 19
century June 26
geocoding your way to a great vacation July 10
introductory OpenStreetMap politics July 31
black hat sessions I have attended, translated into their wizarding equivalents August 04
black hat and def con August 14
AirBnB September 14
I watched some CBS shows and you should probably ignore me November 27

2015

lyrics sites are still kind of dumb January 13
jury duty January 17
dead guys April 08
#teens April 27
VPNwatcher for OS X June 30
rotation is great but someday machines will do something else & it'll be amazing July 27
ad blockers won't be a big deal September 18
Paris November 18
Star Wars December 22

2014

in honor of CES January 06
Bangalore January 13
Goa January 29
a less horrible theme February 03
less horrible still! February 09
Flappy Bird and the case for fads February 14
quis custodiet ipsos chief analytics officers? March 18
bracketography March 20
a man, a plan April 14
the thing about the Internet of Things May 20
advice for an aspiring programmer June 02
arduino class notes June 30
building artificial minds is going to be the most important thing our species ever does August 22
LEDs for halloween November 30
Flickr users are wrong December 01
genies, bottles & GPS December 02
I went to UVA December 06
using others' information December 21
terror from the skies December 26
advertising seems hard December 27
badness December 31

2013

fashion is everything January 02
SnapChat January 04
book review: 2312 January 08
Ryan Avent on innovation January 10
book review: Tenth of December January 15
how transparency works January 18
book review: Vampires in the Lemon Grove March 01
texameter March 10
Aaron Swartz's unfinished book March 11
the market selects for hype March 21
the other case for Twitter snark April 01
crazy people (recommended) April 05
how effective are Evgeny Morozov's Google alerts, anyway? April 26
Project Glass is scary enough to deserve some respect May 02
book reviews incoming May 04
book review: The Windup Girl May 04
book review: The Left Hand of Darkness May 04
book review: The Idea Factory May 04
book review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy May 04
book review: Blindsight May 14
book review: Fortune's Formula May 20
lasercut fingerjoint enclosures; pictures & code May 31
pie charts are fine and you all need to calm down June 17
adding Airplay to a Sonos with Raspberry Pi June 22
Italo Calvino on the lifecycle of social networks July 05
book review posts incoming July 13
book review: Alif the Unseen July 13
book review: Nemesis July 13
book review: The Angel's Game July 13
book review: Foucault's Pendulum July 13
book review: Invisible Cities July 13
Tessel, Arduino, Raspberry Pi August 14
the new iphone is bad news for the quantified self movement September 10
#humblebrag September 23
the shutdown was a bit too much fun October 21
halloween 2013 October 27
DIY abominations October 27
using Raspberry Pi and a VPN to avoid sports blackout restrictions December 01
teaching everyone to code is a fine idea December 09
how scared should you be of your webcam? December 19
My Dumb Raspberry Pi-powered Fantasy Football Trophy December 28

2012

ok, this is the last LED Christmas lights video January 02
what would a data scientist do for a campaign, anyway? January 16
it's probably a good thing, but it's at least a little scary January 18
SXSW: gloom March 10
SXSW: I ate some tacos March 10
SXSW: honesty in open gov boosterism March 10
SXSW: lessons from the distant past March 11
SXSW: my panel is over / where are the margaritas March 12
let's pause and promote something else (Open States!!!) March 12
technology and humility March 14
Congress and engineering March 24
CISPA April 16
post-scarcity April 17
for the record, I wish it could change everything April 18
it's not all bad news April 22
sexism is a problem; brogramming is not April 26
'noncommercial' and 'good' aren't the same May 08
liner notes by H. Turtledove May 10
but I am super into the internet! May 11
more than just space mirrors May 13
unsolicited advice May 15
Artomatic 2012 May 20
I still don't like Sleigh Bells May 24
analytic price discrimination is becoming a real pain in the ass June 25
the battle for the iron(y) throne July 05
the operation was a complete success July 07
how to think about reboots July 11
stigmatizing lobbying July 19
science continues to ruin everything July 22
those who do not learn from history are active on Kickstarter, apparently August 16
free fall August 19
today, in "ruining Breaking Bad" August 20
I was wrong about analytic price discrimination August 20
kickstarterism September 08
beautiful and fast September 29
the 2012 Man Booker novels (some of them, anyway) October 08
more make-believe November 04
Nate Silver, re-aggregator November 07
it's trolls all the way down November 20
a poor use of my time December 08
Apple didn't trick Google into making better iOS maps December 13
the myth of American decline December 21
this seems like a pretty damn good question December 26
Turing's Cathedral December 26

2011

right now the present sucks anyway January 08
David Wynn Miller January 10
everyone has a right to their beliefs January 14
economists are invited to tell me why this is dumb January 20
Wakemate January 22
sometimes minimalism's too simple February 01
a skeptic is an activist who's been mugged by the HuffPo wellness section February 16
ask me about the direction-finding motors I keep strapped to my ankle February 17
a foreign service wife February 21
buy now, pay later March 13
important Rebecca Black commentary March 18
stop motion shaving March 19
milestones April 09
banks sure are jerks April 13
what Colbert is up to May 16
Webplanner May 17
you'll be fascinated to know that I continue to disagree with Slate about punctuation May 25
some probably dumb thoughts about the tenability of campaign finance laws June 18
a couple of quick responses June 21
big data and doing big things July 22
not rocket science August 05
beware those who wield "pinch" August 09
a rare opportunity September 19
no, seriously, cable TV is terrible September 20
it's not crazy to think that money in politics is a problem September 28
more about gamification September 28
everyone loves reading about loan guarantees October 02
ceilings and floors October 02
the Man Booker Prize novels October 04
Steve Jobs was crazy October 05
this year's model October 30
advanced seltzer engineering October 31
if I can pester you about just one obscure topic we talk about at work... November 02
the primal mud run November 06
yet more a la carte November 17
it's a divide all right, but it's not all that digital December 18
well, that was much harder than it needed to be December 21
GE Color Effects Lights logic in Python December 22
this battlestation is... more operational December 23
progress December 29

2010

being back at my desk is weird January 04
Avatar's 3D January 04
for posterity January 06
Linda McMahon January 07
The Daily Caller January 11
in which my ignorance of finance is revealed January 12
donating by SMS is like ordering room service January 13
this is not going to work January 20
my ignorance revealed: spending freeze edition January 26
Google and Verizon January 26
technology! January 27
it's got it all January 29
the stack January 29
the WMATA/Nextbus contract February 02
technical things that people should learn how to do February 03
praise (but I intend to damn some more later) February 09
counterpoint: you are all a bunch of whiney babies February 10
Kriston will be the first to tell you February 11
oh yeah February 11
thoughts on Buzz February 11
The Wolfman February 15
electronic door-opening excitement! February 16
posts I am not qualified to write February 16
to clarify February 16
fly, EAGLE, fly February 23
yuppie PSA February 23
the annotated roundup February 24
exhausting February 24
soup sandwich March 01
making mintyboost March 02
I'm starting to think about Artomatic March 03
vacating March 05
back! March 15
huh! March 15
engineering only seems cool after the fact March 16
not the planetarium! March 17
thoughts on Costa Rican food March 18
browser warnings March 18
friendly robots picked my bracket March 18
on my mind March 23
they call it Wien, which I am still immature enough to find hilarious March 24
Tbilisi March 25
still here March 27
Georgian food! March 27
I'm reading Oscar Wao March 28
protip: be fancy April 02
for no good reason this is making me angry about the iPad April 03
trapeze! April 04
surfing in Costa Rica April 06
making Rumsfeld look like a techie by comparison April 07
an early AVR victory April 12
be reasonable April 13
briefly, more aggrieved cyclist blogging April 14
crunk for a cause April 14
speaking past each other April 21
unpopular opinions about popular music April 21
welding! April 22
Twitter and DMCA notices April 23
the long cyberwar April 23
roller coaster markets April 30
the reaction to the iPhone leak May 04
complaining about the MSM is so old-electronic-media May 05
schadenfacebook May 12
Sleigh Bells May 14
I could use some GMaps help June 06
checking in on Twitter and Iran June 10
generating the Affective Norms for English Words (ANEW) dataset June 16
Tim Lee on Professional/Amateur Writing June 24
app store is the new web portal July 19
Zittrain found elenasinbox.com thought-provoking July 28
different understandings of human suffering August 20
Haystack September 14
a charlatan-friendly ecosystem September 26
the social network October 04
yet another way newspapers are doomed October 21
Halloween 2010 October 31
software development is a trade November 27
other places December 02
more efficiency means less profit December 05
shell scripts work better than giant puppets December 13
when to be pissed off at an airline December 23
another tedious bike post December 27
don't get too comfortable December 31

2009

one for me, one for you January 05
ShamWow, indeed January 06
Chick lit January 06
the SoapBlox soap opera January 08
Delta Dental's delta is zero January 12
Drupalcon January 16
no wammie no wammie no wammie no... wait, what? January 16
there's an inauguration going on or something January 20
Barack Obama does not want to be your Facebook friend January 20
snow day January 27
about that work January 27
wires are the best! January 28
things that should be obvious January 28
more self-evident declarations January 29
delicious, delicious bailout January 31
fascinating February 02
elsewhere! February 09
windmills: so hot right now February 09
mojo rising February 13
I love these real Saturdays February 16
ok, I'll bite February 18
jury duty February 19
still waiting on wombats February 20
two transformer plugs, one too late February 27
things I can't stop doing March 04
oh yeah! March 04
more backlogged blogging March 04
we make art not money March 05
Live! Nude! Post-humans! March 07
I do love conspiracies March 17
I've been places! March 22
making excuses March 22
suggestions for learning electronics March 22
WMATA data! March 23
Thermal shock March 25
your presence is requested March 26
WOXY Growl notifications March 30
don't you wish you knew more about transistors? April 01
GTFS drudge work April 02
Impossible Hair @ the Black Cat April 03
Harlem Shakes April 03
rebranding already? April 04
shameless non-self promotion April 04
have you heard of this Twitter thing? April 04
sorry about the error messages April 07
like the commenter said: fonally! April 07
harlem shakes us April 07
fmylife April 07
the growing phonegap gap April 09
talk like a pirate day is insufferable, but for entirely different reasons April 14
it's been a bad week for pirates April 17
intermediate work product! woo! April 19
the impression of competence is easier to attain and nearly as good April 22
PHB April 27
Artomatic update April 28
the worst part is that the jokes are already tired. well alright, not the WORST part. April 29
this is getting ridiculous May 01
I been on the teevee May 05
more homebrew May 05
Artomatic Update: Python on the Fonera May 05
giving up on DD-WRT May 11
Artomatic Update: HORRIBLE "STAND" PUN HERE May 11
Artomatic! May 20
Houstonians are weird June 02
important questions June 06
I HAVE OPINIONS ABOUT THE NEW IPHONE!!!! June 09
Harlem Shakes / Passion Pit June 10
the uncannily inefficient Valley June 14
I only favor internet triumphalism when it's about non-proprietary tech June 15
great ways to watch mediocre television June 15
more on Twitter and Iran June 16
you can also write 'yes please' under 'sex' June 19
two cheers for egalitarianism June 23
bike lawyers June 25
you must always be ready to be suddenly transported back to Arthurian times June 26
smuggling data out of Iran June 27
more hand-wringing over Twitter: now with a borrowed sense of legitimacy! June 29
GTFS and NextBus don't match up July 01
after Twitter July 02
some NextBus stats July 02
more NextBussery July 06
TCP/IP sanctions July 08
iphone/nextbus progress July 08
how else can you explain carbon fiber? July 14
coal is a much better bicyclist than you July 16
Wordpress! July 19
I assume that IR classes already discuss the Iron Sheik July 22
"idiotic" and "sympathetic" are mutually exclusive July 24
making it easier to move from the browser to the iPhone July 24
whoops July 24
Bizkit as bellwether July 30
glamour and sophistication! July 31
also, there's already a really good Django search plugin using that name August 04
am I going to do anything more with Nextbus? August 04
finally, a canonical URL for linking to the guy August 06
die mail die August 06
the Jersiest place on Earth August 07
will machines render low-skilled workers useless? August 09
a thousand times yes August 10
Drunk Country August 10
sweeteners August 13
in war, nobody wins August 14
my Artomatic piece explained (finally) August 18
District 9 - format, racism, games and movies August 18
more robots August 19
Julian Sanchez on the strange enthusiasm for net neutrality August 21
despite the following, I assure you that I am an adult man August 23
pagination on The Awl?! August 25
Tim Lee on newspapers August 27
the next big thing: artisanal coffin production September 04
making Redskins Radio usably portable September 10
periodic existential assertion September 21
that was quick September 21
net neutrality, forever and ever September 21
selecting a compression standard for arbitrary data: also arbitrary! September 25
Gunsmoke! September 27
another day, another bad WaPo op-ed September 28
the quality of mercy these days September 30
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart October 01
did you have that same backwards-talking dream with flaming cards? October 01
lithium October 01
hatred is relative October 05
if anyone has a brilliant idea about how to get the complete staff of TSA's Burlington branch fired October 12
is it really this hard? October 13
guaranteed broadband October 14
a solution to listening to Redskins games on the bus October 15
sticking up for mad science October 19
special offer: still-abnormally-high prices October 20
beeronomics October 21
I consider my incorrect semicolon usage a political act October 22
free software October 22
let's get specific October 29
suddenly it was November November 03
good lord but it's a beautiful day outside November 09
the domestication of the dog continues unabated November 16
studies in musical jerkishness December 03
while I have the attention of the internet's earnest post-post-punks December 03
the rational justification for auction sniping December 04
beating up on donkey rescuers is poor form December 06
fear of a black hat December 07
a beautiful and unique snowflake December 08
Home December 09
justifying hatred of a word December 18
Avatar! December 20
more on Avatar December 21

2008

back, slowly January 01
better to be thought a fool January 02
there is nothing worse than tempeh January 03
we've still only set the apartment on fire once January 03
so long as everyone's buying RAM January 04
there will be snot January 07
xbox live January 07
the denials get weaker January 08
comments: fixed (again!) January 08
speaking of pretentiously high fidelity January 08
descent January 11
the writer's strike January 16
DC taxis January 18
libertarians under the sea January 18
we were dead before the ship even blew all its money on a useless superbowl commercial January 22
NBA League Pass, from across many leagues January 23
iPhone presence detection January 24
cablemodem bleg January 24
pull shapes remix January 28
I read blogs January 28
it feels like the big easy wasn't February 04
re-up as in upload February 04
vindication February 05
George Bush isn't the only one February 06
a stipulation February 08
candy heart delectability by color February 13
hindsight February 13
a return to characteristically self-absorbed form February 19
busted February 20
sick again February 21
nothing happened February 25
investment opportunity February 26
to say nothing of the mummy threat February 26
music February 26
tautologous, but highly patentable February 28
it's actually 70 love songs, but one of them is about gum February 28
resignation is not a technical opinion February 29
central planning: better for technical standards than for economies February 29
killer car March 03
suddenly keytars seem so staid March 06
sure it's sleazy, but it holds to a proud tradition of sleaze March 06
constructive criticism March 07
sometimes the bear, well, he wrassles you March 07
crowdsourcing a conspiracy March 07
the march of progress March 10
the "shining star" jingle claims its prey March 17
also March 17
check me out March 17
smash March 18
Puerto Rico, exhaustively March 19
yuck March 19
the war is over March 20
sneak peek March 22
one night only! March 25
Dorkbot DC: Arduino, Meet Fonera March 26
The Project for an Organo-American Century March 27
Muxtape unraveled March 27
surprisingly, I don't consider myself a jerk March 28
Firefox 3 beta 4 April 02
thanks, Virgin America April 02
Virgin America: still evil, but now defeatable April 02
talented friends April 03
ick April 03
untoothsome April 07
the least of their problems April 08
stupid is cheap April 09
they closed purgatory; I'm tempting my luck April 09
dear people on Facebook April 09
human-readable April 10
laser harp! April 11
something like an epiphenomenon April 13
slurpees April 14
ghost stories April 14
one man is an island April 15
boarduino! April 16
back from the dentist April 17
desperately seeking serial April 18
constructive criticism re: our nation's conveyances April 20
welcome, brother! April 23
grocerynomics April 24
hate twitter spam? April 30
AoTS '08 May 01
chain restaurants May 05
memristors May 05
superhero miscellanea May 06
herd shift May 07
my LED monstrosity May 07
hacking your Canon point & shoot May 07
wow May 09
oh, NPR May 09
recommended May 12
leaks May 13
said it once before but it bears repeating May 15
when I became a manboy May 16
okay May 16
I love iGuitar May 19
machine-readable genetic grammar architecting for dummies May 19
summer may not be cancelled after all May 19
toward a more enlightened vitriol May 21
I made a movie May 22
back June 03
there will be no cessation in hostilities June 03
f for fake June 04
more cheerfully June 04
new and better ways to make air travel worse June 04
rocked, wrecked, pleasantly stationary June 08
greenness, easiness thereof; christ I wish there was another possible title June 09
great advertisements I have recently known June 09
paragliding has been tentatively ruled out June 10
Fleischer on copyright June 10
Tim's response June 11
the internet comes in waves June 13
I'm collapsing into a singularity June 13
coming soon as an impassioned letter in Wizard June 16
CROCS: SHOE OF THE FUTURE June 16
real talk June 16
electric bikes and regenerative braking June 17
magnets! June 17
sorting out tricky gender equity problems in under four paragraphs June 18
bananas! June 18
MyBikeLane June 18
fairly plausible June 19
the EM Brace June 19
sufficiently insufficient June 19
speaking of hacks June 19
transparent proxying (and a brief allusion to lesbians) June 23
I like batteries almost as much as magnets June 24
about enough of this crap June 24
people who understand rock and roll June 25
nothing sweet where you hold your gun June 26
it feels like my nose begins here June 26
embarrassing June 27
ever cheaper June 27
nintendonomics June 30
tonight! Gestures! Fort Reno! June 30
how I (hope to have) spent my summer vacation June 30
Spook Country June 30
pop quiz hotshot July 01
Brian July 03
in advance of the broken ARM(-based architecture) July 03
back from Caz July 07
City Veins @ Ft. Reno July 07
trains that don't stop July 07
in a continuing series July 08
secure those networks! July 09
the funniest phrase you will read on the internet this week July 09
distrust your technolust July 11
cooling PCs with salad dressing and magic July 11
intense July 11
today in BLOGS July 14
the emerging bus nonconspiracy July 14
washcycle on jaybiking July 15
City Veins @ Black Cat July 16
two thoughts of arguable importance July 16
wii-minus 5 days? July 17
bye Rob! July 17
now that .me domains are available July 17
guess where I'm glad I don't live July 17
I call him Gamblor July 21
do yourself a favor July 23
time for a mystery July 23
sympathy for the devil July 23
uncov, recovered July 23
chickenman? July 24
ha ha holy crap that's horrible July 25
The Dark Knight July 28
econ had better start working before someone gets hurt July 28
more bars in more places, no matter what July 28
not only elitist and shameless -- racist, too! July 29
it's that time of year... July 30
against Phil July 30
the weirding way to better brain health July 31
that jerk in Warcraft really IS emblematic of mankind's doom August 04
True Blood August 04
twitter, IM and history repeating itself August 04
no tween market exploitation without representation August 04
friends! doin' things! August 05
bitching about townhouse August 05
more reasons to love Registered Traveler August 05
((sum(wrongs) % 2)==0) ? right : er, let's say moral ambiguity August 06
take THAT, Ezra August 07
on the deadliness of the boy scout experience August 07
missed opportunities August 07
grudging acceptance August 07
let the beat roll over August 08
I guess someone still buys software August 08
things said so often during olympic telecasts that they cannot possibly be true August 10
yes, I'm a delicate flower August 12
hold steady August 12
oh, MT August 13
they're on to us, comrade August 13
not to jinx it August 13
it's mostly architectural controversies, but I hear they lend books, too August 14
good's triumph August 14
we will not speak of the ketchup chip August 14
if she says we partied then I'm pretty sure we partied August 15
savoring every drop of Watchmen-related media August 15
you might be a terrible writer if... August 18
more of one thing doesn't mean less of another August 19
and now to completely undercut the previous post August 19
it's authenticity day at Manifest Density August 19
there is no better battery August 20
NBC forced me to have these thoughts August 20
Charles was in an alcohol safety video once, you know August 21
also, that Hungarian's elbow thing was terrifying August 21
aspirations August 27
Sarah Palin tall August 29
nothing to see here September 04
driving and DRM September 09
we really are doomed September 12
music, at least some of which is not about videogames September 15
oof September 15
today in misleading science news September 17
pulling video from tivo September 17
craftsmanship September 19
city veeeeeeins September 24
competitive spookiness September 24
muxtape mutates September 26
the most terrifying thing about everything is how much of it there is September 26
I am not crazy September 29
iNcredulousness October 02
Freetech & modchips October 02
EMP Recognition Day October 02
okay, so the AFL-CIO guy October 03
nucular proliferation October 03
having skimmed TechCrunch for a year does not constitute a technical credential October 03
continuing Halloweeniana October 06
all you wanna do is street fight October 07
what? October 08
childhood terror October 08
the pirate threat is overstated (with the possible exception of ghost pirates) October 08
smoke machine electronics bleg October 08
this blog goes negative October 09
vindication! October 09
cutting bottles with string: it sort of works October 10
at the mercy of the autobots October 14
author unknown October 14
hello there! October 20
enough! and then, somewhat more than enough October 20
alliteration would be taking it much too far October 21
Beyond Midnight October 21
the Atlantic's wrestling coverage has historically been somewhat lacking October 21
the killer app October 23
today's spooky story October 23
it's this obscure little radio show October 23
your TV shouldn't be yelling at you October 23
College Republicans October 24
ok, weird October 25
Halloween: today's the day! October 27
and in other Halloween news... October 27
still not good enough October 28
the stories October 29
the true meaning of halloween October 29
what to do about slightly more evil versions of me November 03
between the click of the light and the start of the dream November 05
other peoples' money November 07
coloring your opinion November 08
the Post kills some spammers November 12
speaking of the internet (which I pretty much always am) November 12
Mates of State November 12
IFA November 12
had a few too many manhattans November 12
charts & graphs November 19
the discerning aesthete's guide to media designed for teenage boys November 19
Smuggling Varmints Unethically November 19
you will be surprised to hear that I enjoy science fiction action movies November 25
more than you probably care to know about my dental woes November 29
leaving EchoDitto December 05
not dead yet December 11
it's fun to bray at the... December 11
Blago, you know December 12
music in the year of the rat December 16
Subsidyscope December 16
Metro and Google December 16
treating stupidity with the seriousness it deserves December 22
iron pour! December 23
christmas music! December 23
news you can lose December 23
Christmas Eve in the drunk tank December 25
prescience December 30
so this was Christmas December 30
ads' intents and obsolescence December 31

2007

welcome to 2007, everybody January 01
crack: rocks January 02
I guess the music was kind of loud January 02
electrical pedantry January 03
more on the AACS exploit January 03
by sort-of-popular demand January 03
the new sign is really working January 04
blaming everyone else for my ignorance January 05
that looks familiar January 06
the Washington Post talks to bloggers January 09
new header January 10
yet another new header January 10
don't fight the future January 10
retreat, not surrender January 16
defending my honor January 16
it's real January 16
asciimation January 17
get got January 18
TLRx January 18
crime! January 21
more crime! January 21
snow makes everything look dramatic January 21
almost famous January 22
in the same issue January 23
nonstandard dot net January 23
blu-ray goes down January 23
muslix64 speaks! January 24
new tools for internet gossips January 25
fighting movable type comment spam - part 1 January 26
fighting movable type comment spam - part 2 January 27
fighting movable type comment spam - part 3 January 29
fighting movable type comment spam - part 4 January 29
the latest advance from Hell Labs January 30
it's all just bits January 31
say goodbye, cavemen January 31
on a more electronics-friendly note January 31
better full-text RSS February 01
Sommer's star turn February 02
bands you already like without knowing it February 04
automatically using the coral cdn February 04
smysteries revealed February 07
we love to build February 07
to touch the face of deliciousness February 07
this is a seriously big deal February 08
it's kind of like a spanish vampire February 11
music things February 12
did everybody wash their necks like Mr. Burns asked? February 13
you know a band is hot February 14
everything's terrible February 14
rock show! February 15
a belated valentine February 19
superheroics February 19
whine, whine, whine February 20
another triumphant return February 25
boo February 26
so here's something kind of fun February 26
the fruits of our labors February 27
making a difference February 28
living up to this blog's name February 28
an embarrassment of riches March 01
keeping promises March 02
I'm back, sort of March 10
sitting down is unbelievably great March 14
similarity matrix 2 March 14
sweet, sweet swag March 15
conspiracy theories March 15
he also killed a rabbit with a stick March 16
I have talented friends March 16
oldies but goodies March 17
the early bird March 17
whoops! March 17
diary of an antisocial gentrifier March 19
it doesn't have to be this way March 20
movable type is not a source control system March 20
or maybe this blend just induces conspiracy theorizing March 21
via boingboing March 21
I already have a perfectly good internet March 22
I meant to post this yesterday March 22
it's sunny and beautiful outside March 22
6 pm on Friday March 23
recipe for disaster March 23
miracle financial and verizon wireless are scumbags March 27
californiaaaaa March 27
Ted Stevens was close March 27
rebel without a pause March 28
drink the change you want to see in the world March 28
this is pretty neat March 28
science journalism! March 29
this is some bullshit March 30
the right man for the job March 31
success March 31
more importantly March 31
secret CVS April 02
CVS sociology April 02
are we still playing net neutrality? if so, I want in April 02
full size images in Flickr RSS feeds April 02
april fools April 03
I want one of these April 03
I'd just like to note April 04
technologies that I'm inappropriately excited about April 04
god dammit April 04
or we could take the Spartans' approach April 05
taxation without competent representation April 05
at the irish channel pub April 05
put awesome music on your internet website April 06
URLs! you can never have too many of those... April 06
fight club's gone April 07
my friend Charles plays rock and roll April 11
post-rock April 12
this is really pretty great April 12
net news wire sucks April 12
surely this means something April 13
where I've been April 16
coverage of the Virginia Tech tragedy I have seen, in ascending order of shamefulness April 16
flips April 17
for charles April 17
Peter, Bjorn and John-Boy April 18
not even trying April 18
pr0m April 18
two neuroscience links April 18
giant nazi robots! April 20
alternate venue April 20
nabopoll is terrible software; don't use it April 22
still better full-text RSS April 23
enough with the fucking bees April 23
RSS is fixed April 23
new header April 23
needless to say April 24
Arduino: arduous April 24
to the mice April 24
at war with the vegans April 25
a year from now I'll have read Anna Karenina April 27
another victory for talking out of my ass April 27
pixellated baby talk April 30
is everyone still sick of photomosaics? April 30
money advice May 01
more in sadness than in anger May 01
lewdness isn't a choice May 02
if I don't write (properly commented code) May 02
numbers aren't just numbers May 03
alas May 04
not to be a downer May 07
one less friend with a real job May 07
progress! May 08
an important American Idol-related query May 08
fight DMCA abuses without actually doing anything May 08
twitter.ca May 09
move over, eyeball skeleton May 09
whoops! May 10
the internet: like an electronic elephant May 10
lolnalyses May 10
an embarrassment of pretzels May 11
date with ikea May 13
"an academical village" is at least unambiguously stupid May 14
mission 300 accomplished May 14
concerts! May 14
me being cheap (in two parts) May 15
webebrity! May 16
it scares me when mommy and daddy fight May 16
le loup May 16
the problem with automating forgetfulness May 16
civic pride May 17
since you've been gone May 23
h street May 24
good things CAN come out of 4-hour meetings May 24
life choices May 25
new header! May 27
lost at seaside May 29
dinosaur or pirate ship May 31
beach accomplished June 04
cheaper automation magic June 04
embarrassing your drunk and/or famous friends on the internet June 05
pity preempted June 05
blacktop / bad vibrations June 05
public life of a cat June 06
turn off the bright line June 06
the escalator at the top of the mountain June 07
google immortality June 07
blogospheric cross-pollination June 08
not dead yet June 10
time warner and traffic shaping June 10
now Kriston will understand June 10
a late debut in the field of Sopranos blogging June 10
local media! June 11
a whole big thing June 12
if you're mute, speak up now June 13
comment rss = fixed(ish) June 13
could be worse = A-OK June 14
beat me to it June 15
fantastic four June 17
my opinions about HBO programming continue to be important June 18
open source and inventiveness June 18
Sicko June 19
the perfectly-rated list is slightly overrated June 19
gerrymandering: the game June 19
the chemical basis of karma June 20
all documentary reviews, all the time June 22
a rhetorical question June 23
ants! June 25
a topic for debate June 26
pÃ¢tÃ© infringement June 27
big I tell you, big! June 27
weirdos from the internet June 29
The Bourne Approximation July 02
today's IP violation news July 02
hello! July 06
frolf July 06
Andy and Lee Ann done got married July 08
like everyone else on the internet, I'm getting a new phone July 08
reading material July 08
it's still not the future July 10
Georgie James / Middle Distance Runner July 10
woooUnbuckledwoo! July 12
better Google Maps/Metro integration July 12
the City Paper on LNS July 12
unfoggedbot! July 12
follow-up July 13
liveblogging globalization July 13
late, but once again able to read July 17
membership has its privileges (they're just all kind of lame) July 17
raise your hand if you learned the word "cloture" in school July 17
not even a day July 18
screenscrapers, rejoice! July 18
meaningful applications for technology July 18
universal seething hatred is a good sign that something's wrong July 19
DIE! DIE!!! July 20
tech links July 23
the beautiful people July 23
Harry Potter and the inevitable blog post July 23
man versus wild versus authenticity July 23
meenster July 24
the primary will be conducted on Facebook July 24
fall TV July 24
last year's model July 24
"expecto patronum" is not valid syntax July 25
TMLMTBGB July 27
command line rock July 27
city livin' July 30
bonus additional whining July 30
the weekend in tags July 30
TLF on Google July 30
all better August 01
short reviews of albums you've already heard August 01
Twitter evangelism, take two August 03
a quick but extremely important poll August 03
Six Flags over suburban Maryland August 08
poor direction at the intersection August 08
what YANP said August 08
Fort Reno! August 09
Virgin Atlantic August 09
new Pukka August 09
but wait! there's more! August 09
or I could just make more fake Red Bull with the carbonator August 11
race for the prize August 14
Jason Schwartzman can write catchy songs about California August 14
science journalism: still terrible August 15
Elvis Death Day August 16
I should've listened to the Threat-Down August 16
work that you might enjoy doing for free August 16
Comcast is killing Bittorrent August 18
Yahoo Pipes and PHP August 20
fair enough August 20
hey! August 20
admitting defeat August 20
slightly more Heliocentrism August 21
what a bunch of crooks August 21
some links August 22
this is totally badass August 22
I have been remiss August 23
more than you probably wanted to know about audio compression August 23
comment feed: finally fixed August 25
$7 for a Wii modchip!? August 26
cleanly redirecting users from your old Typepad site August 26
a little more on migrating from Typepad to Movable Type August 27
Freakonomics full-text feed August 27
alternate status hierarchies August 27
unfoggedbot source code August 27
is unlocking the iPhone legal? August 28
love like fire August 29
let's dance to Joy Division August 31
tech things! September 05
the house is full of love September 10
dorkbot DC September 10
ASDF#R#@%@111 September 10
iron man justified September 11
blog blog blog September 12
more like JERKsmith! (see, I know comedy) September 12
barely returned September 17
like having a disease named after you September 17
plus time equals comedy September 17
NYT RSS PSA September 19
iPhone users versus Apple, via the DMCA September 19
D-War September 24
stating the obvious September 25
girls like mystery September 26
I've got reservations September 27
out of curiousity October 01
internet strategists hate America October 01
IP piracy is just like terrorism (and vice versa) October 02
shows what I know October 02
the pitch October 03
the bleeding edge October 04
Feist October 04
a rebuttal October 09
wealth but no wages October 10
productive things I have tried and failed to do tonight October 10
part of my Halloween costume October 11
I assert my moral right to deliciousness October 12
I made a Twitterbot October 12
Gilbert Arenas is launching a cartoon October 12
the legends are true October 15
if only we could drink gasoline October 15
hype/m: revivified, then vivisected October 16
I got burgled! October 17
why yes, I do have the TV on in the background October 17
I'm going to blow this thing wide open October 19
EVDO on the cheap October 22
attention LOLcats dead-enders October 22
Comcast October 22
it's mostly just shots of the smoke machine anyway October 29
take your medicine October 31
also, there was Halloween October 31
the international language of spookiness October 31
let the dream die! November 01
following in the prestigious footsteps of Rolling Stone and VH1 November 01
offline November 02
all better November 04
ich mÃ¶chte nicht Ihre Gruppe verbinden November 05
imperialism, journalism November 07
actual institute may not match photo November 10
blog mitzvah November 13
there was a weekend and I participated in it November 13
now with less broken November 14
the internet is just a tool November 14
notes for myself November 14
entropy: pro and con November 15
dear internet November 15
I am returned November 20
everything is connected November 23
all brooding westerns all the time November 23
give-a give-a give-a Garmin November 25
let's pick on a different mp3 aggregator for a change November 26
well, that was a big waste of time November 26
sometimes I watch movies December 02
er, sorry about that December 03
really, really pathetic December 03
and I awoke and found me here / on the cold (capitol) hill's side December 05
gray skies look cheerful when they're full of snow December 05
weird December 05
genius December 07
screwing around with La Fonera December 13
before the shame December 13
more command line rock December 13
dances with the proportional syncopation of a spider December 13
at least the title is descriptive December 16
the year in whining (also, music) December 17
it's all true December 17
success! December 18
hey, have some Christmas music December 20
defiant orthodoxy December 20
do as the man says, Nintendo December 21
biting the hand that downloads you December 23
or we could just give Predator some tax breaks December 26

2006

hi there October 09
wasting money takes a lot of research October 09
I guess there's a lot I don't understand about religion October 09
don't let's start October 10
look at me! but don't pay attention October 11
to hell with this October 11
copynight October 12
okay, so I can't really complain about my IP rights October 13
cheer up, Kriston October 13
java made less godawful October 15
nice dream October 16
processing meets baseball October 16
boobs! October 17
Hodgmania! October 18
lawyers in the court of Halloween (Judge Satan presiding) October 18
please stop October 18
it's all relative October 18
games that people don't want to play October 20
...obedient, kind, clean and reverent toward hollywood October 23
hallowentertainment October 24
this is going to end badly October 24
jagshemash! October 25
blegs are best when they're enigmatic October 25
30 rock October 25
fun with lightbox (and booze!) October 26
playing dress up October 30
we got into a serious thing October 30
dear <strike>santa</strike> wonkette October 31
I do genuinely miss Artomatic, though November 01
new header graphic November 01
scavenging November 01
like a bee November 07
part man. part machine. all disenfranchising. November 07
late night November 08
Rumsfeld's out November 08
suck it, markets November 09
raising awareness November 09
steak: a claim November 12
return to normalcy November 13
albums I can't really recommend November 14
shameful November 16
woe is wii November 19
it's beginning to feel a lot like thanksgiving November 20
ah, science reporting November 21
I'm not calling it a conspiracy... yet November 21
money for nothing, bits for free November 26
how a resurrection really looks November 27
from the rss reader November 27
my expert analysis November 29
we're all doomed/entertained November 29
well, I'm sick November 30
so here we are December 04
unbitten December 05
stateside December 07
be your own Aronofsky December 08
exciting only to me December 08
so disappointed that I can't bring myself to make wii puns December 11
progressing with processing December 11
compliance December 12
christmiscegenation December 12
it's different when they say it to each other December 13
dress your company in corduroy and denim December 15
the mantle of fanboydom December 15
do me a favor December 19
but hasn't Time just indemnified all of us? December 19
listing badly December 20
irrelevant revelations December 21
getting presents is sort of like wealth redistribution, I guess December 21
the brink of despair December 22
christmas eve in the drunk tank December 25
also December 25
oh apple. not you, too... December 27
back! December 31