All fragments in reverse chronological order:
santorum.txt
A recent recount of Iowa caucus totals shows that Al Gore may have won.
Jan 19 07:21
blackout.txt
As a veteran of the Blue Ribbon Campaign for Free Speech Online, I will not be participating in the anti SOPA/PIPA blackout campaign.
Jan 17 11:49
trends.txt
Sometimes, I look at the list of Hot Trends on Google and I really don't understand who most of those people are or why anybody would be interested in them.
Dec 30 05:12
palin.txt
Sarah Palin recently opined that a dog does not represent American traditions like "family, faith and freedom." Sarah Palin thinks dogs are Unamerican?
Dec 22 07:27
flying.txt
Here's a radical proposal: Airlines should stop charging people for checked baggae, and start charging people for carry-on baggage.
Dec 11 07:44
knuckle.txt
Ouch. Bruised my knuckle last night punching the sewing machine. I'm not sure why I was getting so frustrated about things last night, but I sure regret it.
Dec 6 08:19
tabcam.txt
I'm sorry, but holding up your tablet computer to take a photograph with it makes you look silly.
Nov 22 04:38
perry.txt
Q: How many Aggies does it take to run for President?
A: Three, but I can't remember all of them.
Nov 10 08:11
apple2.txt
I predict that since Apple once released an iPod with no buttons or screen, it will someday release an iPhone with just a 100% voice interface.
Oct 27 09:12
apple.txt
Rumor: Next iPhone to be shaped like an actual apple, have great apple scent by default with "apple pie" scent available as an upgrade.
Oct 26 07:42
elegance.txt
"This code has the elegance of a spiderweb: beautiful, functional, and studded with bugs."
Oct 11 14:04
nypd.txt
The New York City police department had better hope they never need to go on strike, because I don't see their picket lines getting a lot of sympathy.
Oct 6 04:40
sticker.txt
Dear mobile phone designers; Please understand that I need a smooth, flat area at least 1 square inch in size where I can attach an address sticker. Thanks.
Sep 30 07:42
button.txt
Dear Windows 7 team; I understand why you might want a "Switch User" button on the lock screen, but does it have to be such a jolly, candy-like button?
Sep 23 09:33
hofbrau.txt
I had dinner with a bunch of people at Pittsburgh's Hofbrauhaus last night. We had bad service from a possibly drunk waiter. Don't spill beer on customers.
Sep 22 09:18
classwarfare.txt
"Class warfare" isn't "higher taxes for rich people", it's "poor people kill you and take everything you owned." Isn't "higher taxes" a smaller price to pay?
Sep 19 12:49
ellison.txt
I have no point, I just like saying ""Science fiction's favorite litigant, Harlan Ellison". (http://sfscope.com/2011/09/harlan-ellison-sues-new-regenc.html)
Sep 16 06:45
faith.txt
I need more friends who are married to women named "Faith", so when they show up without her to a party I can say, "I find your lack of Faith disturbing."
Sep 15 14:55
gutenberg.txt
Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, has died at age 64. This project is a cornerstone of the Web as we see it today. "Learning is its own reward."
Sep 8 06:35
resolution.txt
Please allow me to once again voice my frustration that even top-of-the-line laptop screens are actually lower resolution than they were five years ago.
Sep 6 07:47
nooooo.txt
Google will not accept search terms longer than 128 letters. How am I supposed to find out how many web pages spell "No" with more than 127 O's?
Sep 1 11:57
utterly.txt
Modern technology seems to be mostly concerned with designing new and exciting ways you can be utterly screwed if your phone battery runs out.
Aug 25 07:54
macallan.txt
I saw a 1.75 liter bottle of 12 year Macallan scotch in the liquor store today. It's difficult to communicate the primal fear this object instilled in me.
Aug 20 19:46
reunion.txt
I just received email about the Princess Bride "reunion scene" letter that was one of the first things I ever posted to the web back in 1994. Ah, nostalgia.
Aug 18 06:30
gourds.txt
I seriously just ordered a big box of dried gourds.
Aug 16 07:47
obama2012.txt
I'm pretty unhappy with Obama's performance as leader of the Democratic party, but his performance as executive of this dysfunctional government has been OK.
Aug 2 2011
boehner.txt
To me, the most aggravating thing is that the President spent so much time negotiating with somebody who clearly wasn't a credible negotiating partner.
Jul 29 2011
crabs.txt
I'm going to be posting a new Crab image every Wednesday until October. Maybe I'll find out more about who is responsible for them.
Jul 27 2011
restroomdoor.txt
Germophobes use paper towels to open the doors of public restrooms, but they are probably the cleanest doors in the building, wiped dozens of times each day.
Jun 28 2011
spiderman.txt
I'm guessing that if Spiderman has radioactive blood, then Peter Parker has been having a difficult time at airports the last few years.
Jun 17 2011
progblogs.txt
These days, "liberal blogs" seems to spend more time talking about conservative politicians than they do talking about progressive politics.
Jun 9 2011
pirates4.txt
Regarding 'Pirates of the Caribbean' #4, I can't really think of the last Disney movie that contained a game of Russian Roulette.
Jun 2 2011
doorbell.txt
Instead of multiple fast rings, push the button, and after the "ding", just wait. Most people can put up with annoyance, but suspense hooks them every time.
May 27 2011
lying.txt
"Resumendacity" is the act of lying on your resume.
"Recommendacity" is lying about how much you disliked working with somebody.
May 25 2011
commute.txt
The number of points you get on your license should be a factor of the number of people whose commute is extended by 30 minutes or more by your accident.
May 18 2011
shoes.txt
The brown shoes I bought Sunday and wore yesterday are totally more comfortable than the black shoes I bought Sunday and am wearing today.
May 17 2011
crown.txt
Attended the Aethelmearc crown tournament this weekend. You might be amazed how well having people physically fight to be king actually works out.
May 16 2011
robotics.txt
The 5th law of robotics: A robot may not reveal spoilers or, through inaction, allow spoilers to be revealed.
Apr 28 2011
white.txt
White iPhones will show off those "Dora the Explorer" stickers much better than black iPhones.
Apr 28 2011
silk.txt
Working with silk is very interesting. As the silk flows over the machine, enough static charge builds up every few seconds to give you a little zort.
Apr 27 2011
dangit.txt
I based the fragments infrastructure on file modification times, and some kind of system restore in January reset them all. My fixes aren't working, either.
Apr 6 2011
vw.txt
Dear silver VW driver, please stop using the alley behind my home as a through street. One of these mornings, you are going to cause an accident. With me.
Apr 5 2011
netapp.txt
Hoo boy, my last contract was a walk in the park. For some reason, this one is kicking by butt.
May 27 2010
nonapology.txt
Well, December wasn't a good month for blog posting, it seems. I have plenty to talk about, let's see if I can get around to it in January.
Jan 2 2011
odonnell.txt
I'm offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who can find the phrase 'not allowed to make Christine O'Donnell wear a clown nose' in the U.S. Constitution.
Oct 27 2010
ox1.txt
It's just Thursday, and Origins is already crazy busy.
Jun 24 2010
panasas.txt
I started a new contract job yesterday. I'm not ready to talk about it yet, but thought some people might appreciate the update.
Apr 5 2011
petraeus.txt
News flash: Senator John McCain almost talks General Davis Petraeus to death. Seriously.
Jun 15 2010
pilgrim.txt
Holy crap, this "Scott Pilgrim" showing is PACKED.
Aug 24 2010
priorities.txt
Apparently, according to the new majority in the U.S. House, the recent election was all about jobs, jobs, jobs, and the repeal of affordable health care.
Jan 6 2011
procedure.txt
Perhaps I'll write the first technical writing procedural drama. "Looks like this list (puts on sunglasses) is bulleted. (Yeeaaah!)"
Jul 30 2010
profanity.txt
I'd probably get cable TV if there was an "Every Character on Every Show Constantly Uses Profanity Channel".
Jul 2 2010
pubdate.txt
Dang, this whole "pubdate" versus "pubDate" thing in my RSS keeps biting me. Whoever decided tags should be case-sensitive should also bite me.
Jul 15 2010
pubdate2.txt
Sorry about the errors in the pubDate fields of the "Arimoto" and "Beard" posts causing them to show up repeatedly.
Jan 5 2011
revolver.txt
Are there really people in the world who don't understand that more than one person can use a revolving door at the same time? It's kind of the point.
Jul 20 2010
ribbon.txt
Whoa, if you right click on the "ribbon" toolbar in recent Microsoft applications, you can set "Minimize ribbon" which makes it act more like a menu bar.
Jun 29 2010
rightlane.txt
Doesn't that sign say 'Right lane keep moving'?
May 12 2010
ryoba.txt
Awful photo in today's Toolsday post. Sorry, folks. It's reflecting the dark ceiling of the basement.
May 18 2010
satisfaction.txt
...when I'm watching my TV/ and a man comes on to tell me/ just how cool my phone could be/ but he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't use/ the same OS as me...
Jul 21 2010
schadenfreude.txt
Sometimes it makes me feel better to know that anybody who bought and ounce of gold earlier in the week just lost $20.
Jun 4 2010
sea.txt
When they talk on the radio about the Sports and Exhibition Authority's plans for the old Civic Arena, they say SEA and I think about SCA events in the Arena.
Jul 16 2010
sick.txt
Nothing like sitting at work while sick, and suddenly realizing from the coughing around you that half of the people in the office have the same cold.
Sep 23 2010
sleep.txt
Went to bed at 10pm last night so I could survive the last day of the convention.
Jun 27 2010
solar.txt
"No one cares when solar energy washes over a beach."
May 26 2010
specter.txt
The PA Democratic primary vote wasn't so much anti-incumbent, as it was anti-*Specter*.
May 19 2010
stockmarket.txt
Quote from another conversation: "The stock market isn't about making money from investments; it's about taking money from investors."
Aug 2 2010
summermovies.txt
It's unusual for me at this time of year, but lately I've been watching a lot of movies at home instead of doing projects or getting outside.
Jul 13 2010
technique.txt
Japanese craftsman's saying: "Technique is not taught, one has to steal it." [Toshio Odate, "Making Shoji"]
Dec 17 2010
theme.txt
My new brilliant idea: A TV show where the theme song is performed by a different up-and-coming band every week. What's the show about? Who cares!?
Oct 20 2010
trap.txt
I guess the troopers didn't catch enough people over the holiday weekend, since they're out in force today on I-279 and I-79, causing congestion.
Jul 6 2010
trek.txt
I think the key to the next Star Trek movie is going to be finding a plot that the original cast couldn't acheive due to a lack of dramatic lens flares.
Oct 26 2010
tshirts.txt
I'm sorry, I really don't understand why the Internet appears to have a bottomless appetite for clever T-Shirts.
Jun 15 2010
virus.txt
It takes a special kind of idiocy to click on virus email links after two internal warnings and a national news story.
Sep 10 2010
warm.txt
I welcome the opportunity to be uncomfortably *warm* for a change.
Jul 7 2010
weekend.txt
I had such a productive holiday weekend that it's going to be tough to go back to work tomorrow.
Sep 6 2010
accidents.txt
I passed two accident scenes on my way to work this morning. No injuries, just "single vehicle goes off highway" kind of accidents. I hate commuting this far.
Dec 9 2010
anagram.txt
I will give $100 to whoever rearranges the letters on Glen Beck's 'Restoring Honor' rally stage to spell "TERROR HOSING ON" or "HERRING ON TORSO".
Aug 27 2010
ants.txt
Every once in a while I get so frustrated with a cow-orkers that I wind up doing web searches like 'how much does it cost to fill an office cubicle with ants'.
Jan 19 2011
bagels.txt
Einstein Brothers? I thought you said there were *bagels* in the lunch room.
May 12 2010
brr.txt
Seriously, right now I have on four layers of clothing at my elbows, but the two layers at my knees are insufficient. I'd probably be warmer outside.
Dec 6 2010
bug.txt
This fragment is necessary to circumvent an interface design flaw in a widget on my phone.
May 28 2010
catmergency.txt
Cat emergency this morning in the neighbor's yard as a feral kitten falls into their empty pool and can't jump out. Happy ending after much mewling.
Jun 21 2010
chat.txt
Chat is the path to the dark side. Chat leads to linking. Linking leads to surfing. Surfing leads to not working. Not working leads to suffering.
Jun 30 2010
cli.txt
Once you get back into using a command line interface regularly to do work, you start to remember how amazingly much more useful a CLI can be than a GUI.
Oct 4 2010
cnh.txt
Yesterday I got a (solicited) offer to do some blogging on a commercial tool blog for a little money. Might be fun to get paid for this stuff.
Aug 3 2010
cold.txt
I've worked in some chilly offices before, but I just had to put on a fleece jacket over my sweater. That makes 3 layers at the elbows and 2 at the knees. Brr.
Nov 8 2010
comixpress.txt
Because the Internet demands it, the phone number of print-on-demand company comiXpress appears to be "201-385-6393". Of course, they don't seem to answer it.
Feb 17 2011
complainor.txt
Every office of large enough size should have one person whose job it is to listen to people complain about things. In particular, their commutes to work.
Aug 30 2010
compromise.txt
Compromise in the workplace is sometimes like Indiana Jones saying, "Sankara stones? I can get you a copy of 'Paint it Black' by Thursday..."
Jan 4 2011
connection.txt
Maybe it would be easier to do my work if I could maintain an SSH connection to the necessary hosts?
Jun 23 2010
diction.txt
M-W.com watches for traffic spikes, hunts down usages of uncommon words, then discusses the words more deeply. We, the Internet, must use this for amusement.
Sep 15 2010
drew.txt
Some stars can be referred to by just a single name, but if you say "Drew" I do not know if you mean "Carey" or "Barrymore", and that is a BIG DIFFERENCE.
Aug 24 2010
driving.txt
While it is true that in the right lane you may be going slower than you wish, if you're in the left lane you may be obliged to go faster than you'd like.
Jun 8 2010
forward.txt
"Don't take our government back, take it *forward*." (Just doing my part to spread that thought).
May 21 2010
gawker.txt
Somebody please tell me if the Gawker blog network ditches their new design. I have stopped reading Gizmodo and io9 in the interim, and I like io9 a lot.
Feb 10 2011
gccc.txt
For those of you who have never been inside the Columbus Convention Center, the ceiling really does slant oddly in places as it does in my picture of the lab.
Jun 28 2010
gilligan.txt
Next big thing: Gilligapunk. It's like steampunk, only instead of brass and mahogany, it's coconuts and bamboo just like on Gilligan's Island.
Jun 14 2010
gwedding.txt
We had a great time at the Gwerrick's wedding. Theeremony and reception were great and I saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in a while. Happy couple yay!
Oct 10 2010
haruspecie.txt
Han Hoogerbrugge: "Is it just coincidence that he declares the web dead 25 years after 'Back to the Future' premiered or does Prince know something we don't?"
Jul 8 2010
help.txt
Don't you love it when you've seen a particular problem so many times you can help somebody solve it even when they can't describe it well?
Dec 8 2010
hov.txt
On the up side, it seems like maybe they were ticketing the HOV lane for scofflaws this morning. I saw at least one lawyer in an SUV who'd been pulled over.
Dec 1 2010
hov2.txt
To follow up on yesterday's message, they ticketed 76 drivers in yesterday's High Occupancy Vehicle enforcement action. They were ticketing again today.
Dec 2 2010
icons.txt
Did you catch the two new icons today? If you have a fancy RSS reader, the icons are enclosures now, too.
Jun 7 2010
inception.txt
I'm listening to the soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, and thinking I may need to go see Inception again before it leaves theaters.
Sep 21 2010
ironman2.txt
Saw Iron Man 2. It's OK, I don't know why everybody is acting all disappointed.
May 12 2010
knot.txt
I just pulled a hair out of my beard, and the hair had a knot in it. This plan to let my beard grow long has unexpected complications.
Oct 5 2010
linkedin.txt
I've been getting a bunch of acceptances lately from people I sent LinkedIn invitations a LONG time ago.
Jun 9 2010
litterbox.txt
My suspicions are confirmed. The feral cats living under the neighbors' porch are using the neighbors' empty pool as the world's largest litterbox. Ew.
Aug 3 2010
martha.txt
Oh noes, Martha Stewart has invaded my favorite furniture catalog!
May 21 2010
meetings.txt
Am I the only one who finds it unacceptable for a supervisor to cancel a string of necessary meetings and then fail to show up at a self-selected time?
Aug 16 2010
mowing.txt
One of my neighbors is mowing the grass while carrying a child in a baby-backpack.
May 13 2010
muffins.txt
Oh, thank goodness! Whoever is responsible for ordering muffins for the office on Friday has finally communicated to the bakery that muffins do not need icing.
Oct 29 2010
naavi.txt
"Avatar" thought: we know the Na'avi are a primitive people because they haven't yet invented wireless communication.
Jul 24 2010
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