Archives
Mar 2012
24 Pants
Jan 2012
Oct 2011
24 Cycling + Google Spreadsheets
Aug 2011
8 Fix for CrashPlan not remembering window position/size
8 Tomato tells me when the kids wake up
7 Terminating Amazon App Store agreement
Jul 2011
30 You are likely to be eaten by a grue
28 Embossed steel business cards
Feb 2011
7 Creating sprites with Blender and Gimp
Jan 2011
Dec 2010
Nov 2010
Oct 2010
11 Thank a software developer today
Aug 2010
2 Bibble 5, DAM for Linux, and data portability
Jul 2010
19 In which noble research is unexpectedly tainted
Jun 2010
14 Googling God
May 2010
Mar 2010
26 Naked As We Came by Iron & Wine (cover)
Jan 2010
Dec 2009
30 Late lunch
Nov 2009
23 Hey, Everybody, Let's Go To Maine!
Oct 2009
3 Bad Horse Chorus (for ukulele)
Sep 2009
30 Let's revive the Golden Rule
Aug 2009
Jul 2009
Jun 2009
25 Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated
Apr 2009
11 Play DeepLeap: The Fast-Paced Time-Wasting Word Game
Mar 2009
22 Overheard: two girls, on the wagon, off the wagon
Feb 2009
16 The best thing that ever happened to me...
9 This is a picture I did not take
Jan 2009
7 Sitting on the porch, practicing as the sun goes down on a beautiful Winter day
2 Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dec 2008
18 Dear UPS
16 Chickens are not pretzel-shaped in nature
12 Apparently I am not at my most dashing in the early AM
3 Configuring vsftpd for active and passive data connections on Amazon EC2
Nov 2008
21 Brain chart
19 Learning the guitar, a progress report
18 A new way to wake up the kids
17 In the age of Google, who cares about the BBB?
Oct 2008
28 New life for an old mp3 player
21 Untitled
12 2 minutes and 45 seconds in the Fashion District
Sep 2008
18 Console password management script
17 They REALLY wanted me to take their survey
Aug 2008
28 I'm sailing! I sail! I'm a sailor!
25 Science, Hannah Montana, and men in tights
11 Review: The Tudors, Season 1
5 Random thoughts and tidbits from elsewhere
4 Are your kids online? Should they be?
Jul 2008
20 A comparison of communication products available from Apple, Inc. and God
17 A viewer's guide to Battlestar Galactica
15 In which my son expresses his opinion about how I earn a living
14 Drama queen
Jun 2008
18 A working condition that can lead to illness or death
May 2008
31 Teamwork
28 WWLLD
20 In which The Boy foresees the punchline
17 Bad words
15 Sex, daisies, Miley Cyrus, and me
14 Writer poised to take the intertubes by storm
9 The internet, advertising, and young minds
Apr 2008
29 Laughter is the sound of love
27 Review: Juno
25 Birthday parties are serious business
24 I used to think 90 wpm was pretty fast
18 Charlie Bucket, born 1957, not pushing up the daisies
17 Not for sale
11 Typing non-standard characters in Ubuntu/Gnome
10 Heritage
7 One less
6 The Girl
1 Footnotes plugin for WordPress released
Mar 2008
28 Payback comes in small doses
27 I'm suspicious of anyone with three or more children. O, that way madness lies.
26 Review: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
25 Almost 8
20 He wore those St. Patrick's day socks for a week
18 Review: The Music Man (2003)
16 Send To Flickr: a Flickr photo uploader for the Gnome desktop (Linux)
10 "Send to Flickr" call for testers
4 A little blog housekeeping...
4 Replacing the High Voltage Block on a Sony 46" Rear Projection Television
1 LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Feb 2008
28 About the Technical Reviewer
26 How I found my fitness mojo and lost 38 pounds in 6 months
25 Who are you?
24 Bachelor pad
22 It ain't fixed unless I'm bleeding
10 Thoughts about my refrigerator and its infernal automatic ice maker
7 Fido
2 Do you have any tips for a beginning bread baker?
1 Friday audio zen: Ballroom Blitz
Jan 2008
28 He's a very progressive 5-year-old
26 game mod
25 Meet the fam
24 Possibly some of the worst marketing I've seen
23 Free and open source database design software
13 Review: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
8 My backup system saved me today
6 The long cruel holiday break is over… School starts Monday!
4 Dangers of blogging (for men)
Dec 2007
21 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do
20 Can anyone suggest a good desktop note-taking application?
18 Bye bye Script.aculo.us, hello MooTools
17 How to make the coolest brown-bag lunch in class
Nov 2007
30 Free Rice
28 Removing Windows from a Dual-Boot System
16 A year with Linux on the desktop
6 At last, our dinosaur/seasonal vegetable hybrid is ready to be unleashed upon an unsuspecting world!
Oct 2007
9 Love
8 Do you love photography and can you write?
Sep 2007
30 She's home!
26 Lessons learned from a month of single parenting
26 On Monkeys
21 Well is she a virgin or isn't she?
17 Bedtime in D
16 Day 12
10 Once again relegated to a supporting role.
Aug 2007
30 School can't possibly start soon enough
29 Sampson C01 + Xenyx 802 recording sample
24 Friends don't let friends podcast
22 Science fiction you should see
21 Ad firms are trying to change the stereotype of gamers
20 So... we're all friends here, right?
18 I'm thinking The LA Times may not quite understand this whole "intertubes" thing
16 Want to read a book with me?
16 Very disappointed by Musician's Friend
13 HourChallenge.com: 1 hour a day towards ending extreme poverty
12 Is This Man Cheating on His Wife?
7 Carrots in McDonald's wrapper taste better to pre-schoolers
Jul 2007
15 How do you like Harry Potter?
3 An oasis of comfort and happiness
1 Review: The Magnificent Seven
Jun 2007
22 North Pole
15 I think this might be what they mean when they say that no publicity is bad publicity.
15 24 Hour Fitness cracks me up
8 What would it take to get me to work in an office again? Seriously?
3 In which The Boy reveals his comedic genious
1 Grilled cheese and carrots (with love)
May 2007
30 Zooomr update: down for the count?
25 The Zonbox $99 desktop computer
24 She bought the scissors anyway
15 I guess I'm the straight man in this duo
3 Review: Stranger Than Fiction
2 WordPress 2.1.3 disk usage chart
Apr 2007
30 Tuesdays
27 My mind is filled with silvery stars
23 If you stick with someone long enough, you're going to find some things you don't like
19 You know I'm just some guy, right?
17 Homelympics
14 An update from the random thought machine
11 It was negative, thank goodness
9 Does the punishment fit the crime?
5 Snap Preview Anywhere, scourge of the internet
5 If I think this is funny, does that make me a child?
1 50 songs for kids AND their parents (or 50 songs for kids that aren't utter crap)
Mar 2007
25 Shutdown Day
23 Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 4: And the verdict is...
20 Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 3: Oh my God---it's full of stars!
15 On the possibility of discussing the possibility of time travel with the lovely and talented wife
14 Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 2: Down the rabbit hole.
11 Four weeks with Ubuntu Linux on the desktop. Part 1: Switching is hard
1 Only his 4-year-old cuteness saves him
Feb 2007
23 This is why I'm married to my wife and not somebody else
20 HOWTO: Make a PDF e-book from any text file using Open Office
18 The family that computes together, stays together
15 I want to see some fracking explosions!
14 Valentine's day is effin' metal
13 Of zucchinis and hypothermia
9 Daylight
5 Is your blogging service offline?
5 How to give your young children a personalized (managed) email address
1 LetterPop, now integrated with Flickr
Jan 2007
30 Dear Old Skool Account-Holding Flickr Member
27 Old memories
26 Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids
25 Skype brings out the 6-year-old girl in me
24 Our Daily Miscommunication or Spanking 101 or Perchance to Dream
21 Review: Little Miss Sunshine
17 Stone soup
17 The Girl
16 A comment for the Toontown mailbox
15 Hug
8 Tips for tiling a small bathroom yourself for the first time
Dec 2006
15 Fridays are lonely on the internets...
13 What sound does a boat make?
8 Caring is creepy (sometimes)
7 Santa is coming. And we have his phone number.
Nov 2006
24 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Karate
13 Changes
1 It's that time of year again
Oct 2006
28 Listening
20 Want to know the best part about Dibs ice cream?
13 Are jobs in IT bad for marriage?
7 I'm forever yours---faithfully
3 Cell phones and customer service: it doesn't have to be this difficult
Sep 2006
28 Parental involvement at school
25 Sir Topham Hat really knows how to rub it in
22 Visiting from diy.despair.com?
15 The Elephant Song by Eric Herman
2 Utata
Aug 2006
29 A trip in the wayback machine...
28 Jack Black stole my schtick
Jul 2006
25 No fear
11 Sweet tooth
Jun 2006
20 What does "sweet pea" mean?
13 ITT Tech: Give us your tired, your poor, your poets
6 Lovely and talented (but sometimes hears T's when there are none)
May 2006
23 You can't protect them from time
15 Overheard: two girls at the playground
11 Texas Ranch House? Are you insane?
Apr 2006
6 The family that pees together...
4 Those TV guide blurb writers are getting lazy
Mar 2006
24 Being Daddy
16 Dropping off Mr. Grumpy Pants at preschool
14 I feel like I live inside a Japanese game show
7 Kids have no idea how good they've got it
Feb 2006
26 Me and Cookie Monster, that's how we roll
23 Breakfast negotiations with 5-year-olds
18 Another melancholy milestone: the two-wheeler
18 Feedburner Plugin for Wordpress 2.0
2 Sweetie Pie means I Love You
Jan 2006
5 Her teeth are the teeth of steel
3 Go ask your Mom for breakfast
Dec 2005
29 Why do toy manufacturers hate parents?
27 Welcome, Call For Help viewers
24 Welcome, Popular Photography readers!
14 Hypnotized by blue flashy lights at the Microsoft conference
Nov 2005
22 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
17 Strangers vs. the Spooky Eye
16 Cheaters are mighty fine eatin'
5 Seeking Holy Cow at the local mega-store
4 World of Warcraft as sparkling dinner conversation
1 The best part of Halloween...
1 Mass production of the letter B
Oct 2005
25 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
19 Songs of destruction and woe
18 Cingular GoPhone service about to be cancelled?
9 Today
Sep 2005
19 It's that time of year again
5 D-O-R-K
Aug 2005
3 Excellent cinematic experience
Jul 2005
27 45 minutes
21 National Sex Offender Public Registry
17 Run Lola Run
15 Another actual conversation
Jun 2005
16 The ground's a-shakin' again
15 Fiery sunset
9 That's one hairy lobster, Missy
8 Toddlers: not the people you want making long-term plans for you
May 2005
31 Excuse me, do you have the year?
29 Just playing
23 I love the sound of flushing in the morning. It sounds like... victory.
19 Episode III: Revenge of the Nerds
18 Just Wait Until Your Chaotic Evil Father Comes Home
16 Letting go
12 Candy is dandy but Flickr is quickr
12 Pickles
Apr 2005
27 Do you hear an echo in here?
26 Some out of the ordinary children's movies
25 But I grew up watching Bugs Bunny -- a cross-dressing, wise-cracking rabbit
25 The challenge of working from home
12 Shots
11 The Spring time change is killing me
7 Hell
5 Google Maps is all kinds of great
Mar 2005
29 I'm dancing and I don't care who knows it
28 Nostalgia exploitation has jumped the shark
27 Happy Easter
24 Grumpy boy
22 Sex offenders' likelihood to repeat crimes debated
16 This episode of potty training brought to you by the letters "H", "L", and "A"
14 Leave a message? With you? Are you mad?
14 80 lubs
12 Check me out, I'm a "blog father"
9 Things I was thinking about on my birthday
5 Why?
4 So that's what new teeth look like
Feb 2005
24 Frustration
23 "Only You"
20 Radios
20 Thinking of Woodie Guthrie at 3:15am
15 Picasa 2 vs. Nikon View vs. Picture Project
14 Splat
10 Daddy, I used the potty -- I promise!
8 Cake
7 The freedom of digital photography
6 We're [pause] watching [pause] a [pause] movie [pause]
4 What happened to Daddy Types?
3 This is probably one of those posts that will embarrass him later
1 18,507 registered sex offenders
Jan 2005
31 Welcome
30 99 rooms
30 Sorry, this website is on a coffee break, please come back later
28 Who am I?
28 Youth
27 Lying to The Children, Acceptable Situation #47
26 Lions and tigers and snails, oh my!
19 GenX dad
19 Farmer's market + White Noise (the movie)
19 RIF
11 Cellphones 'should not be given to children'
10 Genius
Dec 2004
23 Christmas delayed somewhere in Ohio
18 Mistakes
11 On aging...
8 Compliment from a comment spammer?
Nov 2004
23 Scrapbooking
22 Some people would take the blue pill...
14 Printing from Linux to a Windows XP shared printer
9 Notice: Crime and terror have been defeated, people. Nothing to see here.
9 Heroes
7 Weekend update: Daughter 2, Dad 0
6 7am
5 Bummed
4 Tickles
1 Gimp
Oct 2004
31 Not it
31 Costumes
29 1248
29 Gaim Message Blocker plugin
28 Living life
26 If my life had a soundtrack it'd definitely have a sad "Wa wa waaa" sound
15 Ouch
15 Lost time
14 Serious hair
6 Knots
Sep 2004
29 Logic
20 Tempo
17 I'm a princess! With pants!
13 Batdad
11 Sandbox
10 Has Been
9 Rebirth
8 Cuteness is nature's defense mechanism against parents
1 Word Statistics plugin for WordPress
Aug 2004
29 We now return you to your regularly scheduled program...
25 N
25 Kerry Renews Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation
25 Comment spam
25 Digital photo printing doomed?
24 Blair, the Martha Stewart of Creative Correction
17 Sleigh bells
15 And the gold medal goes to...
13 Little Eric
12 Hi, Kuro5hin
10 Nail polish and Barbie dolls
5 Child seats urged for air travel
2 Games don't kill people. People kill people.
Jul 2004
29 The 909
23 Is wilted lettuce more important than your kid?
22 Poor kid
22 This is nothing like a group hug
19 Picasa
17 Erik Estrada begs for swift death
16 No matter how bad it gets...
15 French press
13 Four new Internet Explorer exploits (yes, more)
13 Faceless surgeons armed with razors
11 Vote delayed to protect America?
3 "Your imagination airbrushes"
2 Update: Electronic Waste Recycling Act (Sher, SB 20) postponed
Jun 2004
30 Iranian woman 'gives birth to frog'
29 Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (Sher, SB 20)
21 I finally saved Neverwinter!
21 Father's day
14 Yeah, right
12 No limits
3 Cookies
May 2004
Apr 2004
Mar 2004
Jan 2004
13 Tickles
Nov 2003
Oct 2003
10 Good eater
Aug 2003
13 Pre-school
Jul 2003
25 Pre-school
24 King Kong
Jun 2003
17 Take cover!
13 Why?
May 2003
22 Dance class
19 Hot fudge
6 Babble
Apr 2003
16 Taxes
10 6th sense
5 Screwy?
Mar 2003
28 Yumm