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653 from 20 Dec 2001 to 24 Oct 2026
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2026 2

  1. KAPA pattern drama
  2. Oshkosh

2025 1

  1. VFR sectional color change

2024 3

  1. True-24-hour endurance races
  2. Highway friendship
  3. Total solar eclipse, number two

2021 2

  1. Laguna Seca
  2. Formula 1000: How fast it does go

2020 2

  1. 24 Hours of Lemons
  2. The Indy 500

2019 3

  1. Going racing: my first race car
  2. Mechanical watch
  3. Car number eight

2018 3

  1. Are all alkaline battery brands the same?
  2. How I had a bygone 72-pin connector remade just to play Duck Hunt
  3. Deviled ostrich egg

2017 4

  1. Comparing cheap alkaline AAA batteries
  2. Total eclipse
  3. Pura Vida
  4. How long can you run a car without an alternator?

2016 4

  1. Elk hunt
  2. Track day
  3. Coloradans lack strong feelings about ColoradoCare
  4. Finding valid vanity license plates

2015 4

  1. A farewell to hockey
  2. The knee
  3. Car Number Seven
  4. MG in the mountains

2014 3

  1. Homeownership is the art of plumbing
  2. Scotch
  3. By the trail

2013 6

  1. How I introduced a 27-year-old computer to the web
  2. Epic Race
  3. Are Yahoo Mail users better customers than Gmail users?
  4. Pulp Entrepreneurship
  5. When robots flew
  6. My web browser’s view of me

2012 14

  1. How we got a Y Combinator interview but blew it
  2. How not to be first in line for the ski season opener
  3. How to sell software
  4. Turning the corner
  5. How I got to my first sale
  6. Eclipse
  7. One month: fell a bit short
  8. Facebook friend attrition
  9. Progress and a setback
  10. One billion dollars
  11. A little progress
  12. One month to the one percent
  13. Transparent static text in wxPython
  14. How I got my mom on the internet

2011 11

  1. My startup’s main product is dead, and that’s OK
  2. Dreaming on my back
  3. Sticky: Trip updates
  4. Objective experience
  5. SiES: Pre-trip Q&A
  6. Concurrency and diminishing returns
  7. The growth of a suburb
  8. Startups are not simple, part 2 of 3: Convalescence
  9. Startups are not simple, part 1 of 3: The fall
  10. Beargrease
  11. Backpacking gear

2010 30

  1. Impact
  2. When malware saved the day
  3. Divining the time
  4. The future of airport scans
  5. I was so naive and stupid
  6. Coaching: why not for programmers?
  7. The trip is now 37% closer than when it was conceived
  8. The other pizza farm
  9. Badlands Backpacking
  10. Car Number Six (of six)
  11. Car Number Five (of six)
  12. Car Number Four (of six)
  13. Car Number Three (of six)
  14. Car Number Two (of six)
  15. Car Number One (of six)
  16. The Maple Leaf Land
  17. Road to Mastery
  18. A Friday afternoon story
  19. Holding a life
  20. Books: Treasures, Tools, or Trophies?
  21. From the company that promoted “copy and paste” as a new feature in 2009
  22. Into the Wild
  23. Risk, revisited
  24. Today’s downtime
  25. Status report
  26. Let’s go exploring
  27. Title fight: Brakes versus Engine
  28. Quantum Stuff
  29. Background to the soul
  30. Blurity, take two!

2009 33

  1. Moleskine notebook update
  2. Risk
  3. When “unlimited” really is unlimited: data on the Droid
  4. Newphoneday
  5. Release
  6. Startup launch!
  7. Haunted houses
  8. Entrepreneurship: First month retrospective
  9. Site plugs
  10. A friendly ear
  11. Going for it
  12. The farming of pizza
  13. Save
  14. The Subway rip-off
  15. Lost chickens
  16. CA -> MN -> MT -> MN -> CA
  17. The quest for decent photo prints
  18. Life and the late 20s
  19. Earth Day
  20. Cotton
  21. Goalies: The “Beautiful People”
  22. College admissions
  23. Backcountry Baking
  24. Why not sell what people want to buy?
  25. Pepsi versus Pepsi: the new Pepsi Challenge
  26. Photographing the Tour
  27. I’d like to thank…
  28. Evidence
  29. Enjoy the moment
  30. What you love
  31. The moment you miss
  32. Making the sale
  33. Star Tribune files for bankruptcy

2008 69

  1. Back in the Gopher state
  2. Snow
  3. Carspotting
  4. Clover
  5. HP
  6. Broken
  7. Two years gone by
  8. Hail to the chief
  9. Those who do not learn, part 2
  10. At the rink
  11. My sad story of woe
  12. News Flash: History Repeats Itself
  13. Note to my future self
  14. Zoitz, again
  15. One year and counting
  16. Jupiter and moons
  17. Retention rate
  18. Madden
  19. Homecoming
  20. Farmers Markets
  21. Sympathy
  22. Batman
  23. Century
  24. Warning labels (updated)
  25. Ego
  26. Good day
  27. Literally
  28. Watermelon steak
  29. Decluttering
  30. Right brain
  31. Second party in The City
  32. Scary
  33. Firefox 3
  34. Productivity
  35. Another attempt at humor
  36. Amazing image
  37. Swimming
  38. Love the one you’re with
  39. Office Warming
  40. Heat
  41. 26
  42. Server transition
  43. An April day
  44. Eb and flow
  45. Webcomics
  46. That’s one grand canyon
  47. Beauty
  48. Primer
  49. Hacking the heart? Hardly.
  50. Awkward naming
  51. Q&A, continued
  52. Mr. Gates
  53. Solicitation and Donation
  54. End of an era
  55. Spring travels
  56. hehehe*SNORT*hehehe
  57. Voting, photos, and combination of the two
  58. Random couch-sleepers
  59. A line has been crossed
  60. Got snow?
  61. Corn, we are
  62. You can’t fool me
  63. Shooting hoops
  64. Gaffer tape
  65. Check another one off the list
  66. Making hockey look good
  67. Photo update
  68. Old computer
  69. 2008

2007 164

  1. Chocolate factory
  2. Facebook apps: We are so screwed
  3. Baking bread
  4. Experiment’s end
  5. Big Game
  6. Tagg
  7. Visualizing a year
  8. Coffee
  9. Finally, some sanity at the airport
  10. Psychology study
  11. Earthquake!
  12. Midterms
  13. Fun meeting
  14. Bathrooms
  15. Three thoughts
  16. NetBank
  17. Monty Hall
  18. Experiment
  19. Homecoming
  20. Venture Finance
  21. Cycling
  22. Arrival
  23. Doh
  24. The end
  25. Late for meetings
  26. Grad school
  27. Backpacking
  28. Simplification
  29. Bridge collapse
  30. 100 (finally!)
  31. Waste
  32. Simpsons Movie
  33. Anniversary
  34. Tax holiday
  35. Backpacking made simple with steamer bags
  36. Stuff
  37. Skill vs. Interest vs. Compensation
  38. How to
  39. Negotiations
  40. Isle Royale Part 3: The Hike
  41. No more couch
  42. Isle Royale Part 2: Isolation
  43. Isle Royale Part 1: The Drive
  44. Hiatus
  45. Age
  46. Salaries
  47. The bulls
  48. Quality
  49. Small world
  50. Swimming pool
  51. Holidays
  52. Hair
  53. Life immitating Art immitating Life
  54. College tuition
  55. Iphone
  56. Snooze button
  57. Goodbye Grandpa
  58. Video
  59. Future data
  60. Get published
  61. Bike race
  62. Why, yes I was born yesterday!
  63. Who buys this stuff?
  64. Clouds
  65. Baking
  66. Lens prices
  67. Crystal Cobbler
  68. Spam
  69. A good sign
  70. Panhandling
  71. Bookstores
  72. Packing list
  73. Speed
  74. Time stands still
  75. What a cool place to work
  76. Good ol’ Mac
  77. Bravery
  78. Links of mystery
  79. Post-its
  80. Chocolate Zen
  81. Blogistential
  82. Misedumacation
  83. Lessons learned
  84. Interns
  85. Tough assignment
  86. Google Street View
  87. Snooze. Need more snooze.
  88. Short trip, but worth the effort
  89. Camping
  90. Storm
  91. We sure are lazy
  92. US Flag + Made in China = CRIMINAL
  93. Strange results
  94. Disney watermelon?
  95. Sign of the apocalypse!
  96. Plans changed
  97. Evolution vs. Creation
  98. Pet peeve
  99. Congress 2.0
  100. Day in review
  101. Can you guess what’s on my mind?
  102. Procrastination
  103. No, I am NOT interested
  104. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
  105. Clearance
  106. Honest reviews
  107. Eat more, weigh less?
  108. Birthday
  109. Physics at work
  110. Tea
  111. The flaw of averages (Or: why you’re not saving enough for retirement)
  112. Found: one broken cell phone
  113. Funeral
  114. Powerpoint
  115. Nice day
  116. I’m rich!!!
  117. Design is king
  118. Up for rejection?
  119. See the future
  120. Crazy argument on the freeway
  121. How a bicycle works
  122. Pike house
  123. Rss 2
  124. Year without a summer
  125. Surfing
  126. Here come the excuses
  127. Stanford
  128. Small keyboard
  129. Bar codes
  130. Morning
  131. Ted
  132. Forget the textbooks
  133. 100 days. 100 posts. 100 words.
  134. Heavy Traffic
  135. Forgotten
  136. An Easter tale
  137. Warmth… no, wait, snow!
  138. Cereal
  139. Twitter
  140. New photo
  141. Coordinates
  142. Yes
  143. Food
  144. Goal accomplished
  145. Warm
  146. I knew better
  147. Summer is coming
  148. More brain stimulation
  149. Moving up
  150. Shock
  151. Closed
  152. More snow!
  153. Predictions
  154. Modern communications
  155. On snow
  156. On planes
  157. Cali, again
  158. Free stuff
  159. The new Keacher.com
  160. Mercury
  161. Engineering
  162. Downtime
  163. Phoenix
  164. Three 86

2006 60

  1. Winter – part 2
  2. Winter 48
  3. Gifts 92
  4. Mass airflow
  5. Cali 98
  6. Blur 6
  7. Heat 18
  8. NorCal 74
  9. Da Brain
  10. Halloween
  11. New Season
  12. Numbers
  13. Cards 64
  14. Congress
  15. Word 43
  16. Ah, television
  17. No worries
  18. Remember
  19. Simple 92
  20. Camping
  21. SoaP 62
  22. Flights
  23. Ah, brings back memories
  24. Comeuppance
  25. Stock 69
  26. Drum Corps
  27. No power
  28. Ah… that’s the stuff
  29. New abode
  30. New home
  31. Packing
  32. A valuable lesson
  33. Success
  34. Crazy 41
  35. Mangoes
  36. Summer 20
  37. Recovery
  38. Bike ride
  39. Biking 95
  40. Best thing today
  41. Too Poor to Be Rich
  42. Stocks 11
  43. The Shot
  44. Ostrich
  45. Puzzle 50
  46. Poison 6
  47. London, part 6
  48. London, part 5
  49. London, part 4
  50. London, part 3
  51. London, part 2
  52. London, part 1
  53. Sick 65
  54. In London
  55. Geeksta rap?
  56. Brrrr 33
  57. We won!
  58. Cars are aware
  59. Today 97
  60. From Vegas to England

2005 50

  1. Cold 19
  2. Looking back
  3. Not a sieve
  4. Fire 43
  5. Karma is unbalanced
  6. Inexplicable
  7. Windows STOP
  8. NHL 33
  9. A sign of too much time on my hands
  10. Homecoming
  11. Speed 30
  12. Full day
  13. No power -> Free Day
  14. The Woods
  15. Fire 22
  16. NFL 19
  17. High school reunion
  18. Happenstance in the card room
  19. Brush with the big time
  20. Meetings
  21. Canine Diabetes
  22. Work 66
  23. Goal complete
  24. Bull run, retold
  25. The power of Brass
  26. Fire 78
  27. Ug 79
  28. The state
  29. The interns
  30. Pain, trip, and connection
  31. Countdown
  32. Discontent
  33. Pulp hockey
  34. National exposure
  35. Sin City
  36. Subway and Tires
  37. AAAAAAA
  38. Googlewhack
  39. Three 39
  40. Still two syllables
  41. Halls 5
  42. Today 70
  43. Lights 81
  44. Patterns repeat
  45. Job 63
  46. Car Wash
  47. More hockey!
  48. Cactus 63
  49. The one true sport
  50. Tsunami

2004 75

  1. Minnesota
  2. Car sales
  3. Another way to eat up my time
  4. Simpsons
  5. Happy Birthday to Blog
  6. Week Two
  7. Short 10
  8. Goalie 65
  9. Snow 36
  10. Hockey and cars
  11. Dots 40
  12. Promulgate everything
  13. Does Gumby like hamburgers?
  14. Vote 61
  15. Arg 87
  16. The cycle continues
  17. That far?
  18. Another post!!!
  19. Homecoming
  20. Smooth and powerful
  21. Blogroll-o-rama
  22. Anything is possible
  23. Zoom zoom zoom
  24. Random 23
  25. Work sayings
  26. I fear it.
  27. Now an EIT
  28. Porsche has two syllables
  29. Smart 0
  30. Life goes on
  31. Europe 83
  32. A mid-afternoon tale
  33. First day of the rest of my life
  34. Back in the U. S. of A.
  35. Paris 32
  36. Ran with bulls
  37. Pamplona
  38. Bulls 43
  39. Rome 78
  40. Venice 93
  41. Switzerland
  42. What time is it, eh?
  43. Let’s go exploring
  44. I thee wed
  45. More stuff
  46. Ideas 72
  47. The journey
  48. der Rucksack
  49. Tonight
  50. Speeches
  51. Change 52
  52. All over
  53. Finished
  54. Tomorrow is the first day
  55. The acme, the pinnacle.
  56. Thoughts
  57. For the umpteenth time
  58. Greek Games
  59. More new experiences!
  60. The Here and Now
  61. Once again
  62. At it again
  63. Old 67
  64. Wrap 1
  65. Food, Versailles, etc.
  66. Tourists, we are
  67. More photos
  68. Thus Far
  69. Paris 42
  70. Day One
  71. New things
  72. Photoblog (again)
  73. Need more snooze
  74. Ramblings
  75. Number Four

2003 51

  1. Back 90
  2. You’ve got to be kidding me
  3. Bettin’ on a loser
  4. Mundane
  5. Newest Little Bro
  6. Big/Little
  7. Bid Tuesday
  8. Part 2: The trouble with power tools
  9. Part 1: The short story
  10. Preview
  11. Arg 39
  12. Cool 37
  13. Spark 83
  14. On the road again
  15. Word 35
  16. Where’s the dalmation?
  17. And behold
  18. This that and everything
  19. Competitive Sorting
  20. Comments
  21. Terre Haute via Chicago
  22. The Token Post
  23. Table 19
  24. Lunds 34
  25. Here already?
  26. The Weekend
  27. Rainbow, Roundy’s, and the EasySave Card
  28. Quickly now
  29. Rah rah rah
  30. Sippin’ on Hennessy
  31. Golf 46
  32. Tuna 11
  33. Yet another list
  34. Volumes upon volumes
  35. Whew 47
  36. It’s been awhile
  37. Yay 16
  38. The underdogs
  39. Almost there
  40. No more shadiness
  41. Survey says
  42. In review
  43. Summer 75
  44. Powder 34
  45. Two more days!
  46. Whew 10
  47. Life 85
  48. New Server
  49. Slowly coming back
  50. Quick quips
  51. Auld Lang Syne

2002 51

  1. A-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lindor-bur?m?
  2. Changes afoot
  3. The State
  4. Make it so
  5. Happy Happy Joy Joy
  6. Ditch 33
  7. Weekend Update
  8. I’m a globe trotter
  9. All night
  10. Halloween
  11. Duck Duck Duck Duck Duck…
  12. Busy as a bee
  13. Woke up this morning (oh yeah)
  14. Weekend Update
  15. In the beginning
  16. Now THAT is a tasty burger
  17. Sun Tzu of the Wu
  18. Be in another place
  19. Giddy up giddy up 409
  20. Rev it up
  21. Summer time, and the livin’ is easy
  22. And thus begins
  23. RIP 52
  24. Forte is not just for tay
  25. Sound of the fog horn
  26. Woah 62
  27. Would snow by any other name…
  28. Trees come from a can
  29. Spring fever
  30. It’s a beautiful day
  31. Fiddle made of gold
  32. Slammin’ the loud pedal
  33. Hazah 38
  34. And watches everything
  35. Catch me if you can
  36. Que sera, sera
  37. And we walked out once more beneath the Stars (Dante)
  38. Funny, as in Ha Ha
  39. Hey Now Now
  40. Earning the Green
  41. E to the X; dy, dx.
  42. It wasn’t me, Officer
  43. έναs άσπρο άλoγo
  44. Precious Blood
  45. Secular, shmeckular
  46. SIGSEGV
  47. There’s a little town called Springfield
  48. Fully Open
  49. Bonneville-o-rama
  50. Back in the R.H.I.T.
  51. Happy New Year!

2001 8

  1. LAN Parties (No clever title tonight!)
  2. Ho Ho Ho
  3. Home Sweet Home
  4. Never experiment on a live database
  5. In the meadow we can build a snow man
  6. Brought to you by our Sponsors
  7. Of Ringwraiths and Web Design
  8. Hark the Herald Sleighbells Ring