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January 17, 2024
Mid-January Blog Revival Progress
Slowly but surely
January 1, 2024
Reviving the Blog
Party like it's 2004!
2015
December 29, 2015
The Swiftly Tangled Web
October 11, 2015
Blow It All Up
May 10, 2015
Ghana Journal Updated
April 9, 2015
Airport Codes
April 9, 2015
Game of Hyrule
March 16, 2015
Ghana Mission Trip
March 4, 2015
Backdrop Does a Disservice to Developers
February 24, 2015
The disappeared
February 16, 2015
Considering the Tradeoffs
February 13, 2015
Rio in 10K
February 10, 2015
The (hard) link between Photos and iPhoto
February 9, 2015
Soccer's Dirty Secret
February 4, 2015
Desk
January 29, 2015
Glimpsing the Other Side
January 29, 2015
Lego Helicarrier
January 26, 2015
You Should Take This Bet
January 5, 2015
2014 Top Eleven Albums
January 5, 2015
Technology resolutions for 2015 - The Sweet Setup
2014
December 19, 2014
On Mobile Development & Design
December 15, 2014
BBC's The Game Does for Brutalism What Mad Men Did for Mid-Century Design
December 15, 2014
USMNT legend DaMarcus Beasley announces retirement from international soccer
December 15, 2014
Aaron Draplin Takes On a Logo Design Challenge
December 15, 2014
Hobbit Office
2013
November 21, 2013
Project Link
November 20, 2013
Oceanhorn
November 20, 2013
Pre-Game Rituals
November 18, 2013
Merlin Mann interviewed by The Great Discontent
October 21, 2013
Comic Events: Why They Are Awesome and Suck at the Same Time
October 21, 2013
Defending Myself Against No One in Particular
August 30, 2013
2013 Music Update
July 8, 2013
Ghana Trip Site
June 27, 2013
Ghana Trip Update
May 15, 2013
The Tools I Use
April 2, 2013
Service Trip to Ghana
February 28, 2013
Braid / Balance And Composure Split
February 28, 2013
Catholic 7 schools to keep ‘Big East’ name for new league next season, according to sources – ESPN
February 28, 2013
New MLS Season
February 26, 2013
How Can You Watch That?
February 11, 2013
Match-Fixing in Soccer – Grantland
January 23, 2013
Untitled — X-Surface: Dont believe everything you read.
January 15, 2013
SPONSORED: The Taliban Is A Vibrant And Thriving Political Movement
January 11, 2013
A Close Shave
January 9, 2013
BrandColors: a collection of major brand color codes
January 9, 2013
Netflix confirms 14 new episodes of ‘Arrested Development’ this May | The Verge
January 3, 2013
JLA/Avengers
2012
December 27, 2012
Livin’ Social
December 19, 2012
Now I Know – The Holdout
December 18, 2012
Instagram backlash is Flickr’s gain | The Verge
December 13, 2012
2012 Top Ten Albums
December 11, 2012
Man of Steel
December 10, 2012
Google’s Lost Social Network
December 6, 2012
Help a Twitter Developer Out
December 6, 2012
The Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
December 4, 2012
album of the year 2012 – Bleep.com – High Quality Music And Media – Buy MP3, WAV, FLAC, Vinyl, CDs
December 4, 2012
The Sublime Sci-Fi Buildings That Communism Built | The Awl
November 29, 2012
UEFA’s ‘fixes’ for European football are broken – ESPN FC
November 27, 2012
My À La Carte Dream – Apple TV Concept | The Verge Forums
November 21, 2012
A Year with the New 52
November 20, 2012
An iPad Lover’s Take On The Surface With Windows RT
November 20, 2012
Review: Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal a mix of promise, pain | Ars Technica
November 19, 2012
What the Hell is Going on Here?
November 16, 2012
2012 Best Of Music List Prep
November 16, 2012
History Of The Abandoned Island In Skyfall on Devour.com
November 16, 2012
Things I don’t care about « John Moltz’s Very Nice Web Site
November 10, 2012
Thoughts on Skyfall
October 30, 2012
Bootstrap 2.2.0 released · Twitter Bootstrap Blog
October 18, 2012
Why Tent.io Seems More Promising than App.Net
February 23, 2012
Gone Google
2011
November 1, 2011
These Christians
2010
December 15, 2010
2010 Top Songs
December 11, 2010
2010 Top Albums
September 19, 2010
2010 Top Albums Prep
September 19, 2010
August’s eMusic
September 19, 2010
July’s eMusic
September 19, 2010
June’s eMusic
June 14, 2010
April’s eMusic
June 14, 2010
May’s eMusic
April 18, 2010
2 Weeks With an iPad
March 25, 2010
March’s eMusic
January 28, 2010
First Thoughts on the iPad
January 9, 2010
2010 Resolutions & 2009 Recap
2009
December 18, 2009
Top Albums of The Decade
December 7, 2009
While I Wait
November 11, 2009
Best Music of 2009
November 11, 2009
Best Songs of 2009
October 26, 2009
Still here…
September 10, 2009
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
August 29, 2009
World Music Samplers
August 20, 2009
Watina
August 13, 2009
New Miserable Experience
August 6, 2009
Give Up
July 30, 2009
Know by Heart
July 23, 2009
Mutations
July 16, 2009
LP
July 13, 2009
Giving Cable the Boot – Part 2
July 9, 2009
Soapbox Army
July 2, 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
June 25, 2009
Thriller
June 20, 2009
Veckatimest
June 11, 2009
Time Out
June 4, 2009
Reservoir
May 28, 2009
My Maudlin Career
May 27, 2009
Fantasies
May 18, 2009
Giving Cable the Boot
May 14, 2009
Bombay Dub Orchestra
May 1, 2009
Movement in Still Life
April 24, 2009
Troubadour
April 21, 2009
Catching Up
April 17, 2009
The Blue Depths
April 10, 2009
Best of the Decade
April 10, 2009
Los Angeles
April 3, 2009
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
March 27, 2009
The String Quartet Tribute to Nirvana
March 22, 2009
William James
March 19, 2009
In Ghost Colours
March 13, 2009
Static Prevails
March 7, 2009
Dark Was the Night
February 26, 2009
March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland
February 19, 2009
No Way Down
February 17, 2009
And WordPress Moves Into the Lead!
February 15, 2009
No Valentine’s Love from the TiVo HD
February 13, 2009
In Our Bedroom After the War
February 8, 2009
Anatomy of a New Design
February 5, 2009
Cassadaga
January 29, 2009
Stereo
January 26, 2009
Free The Inbox!
January 22, 2009
Merriweather Post Pavillion
January 16, 2009
Melody A.M.
January 8, 2009
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
January 1, 2009
2009 Resolutions & 2008 Recap
2008
December 31, 2008
Top Album of the Year: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
December 30, 2008
Album #2: Rook – Shearwater
December 29, 2008
Album #3: For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver
December 24, 2008
Album #4: Dear Science, – TV on the Radio
December 23, 2008
Album #5: The Stand Ins – Okkervil River
December 22, 2008
Album #6: In Ear Park – Department of Eagles
December 19, 2008
Album #7: Narrow Stairs – Death Cab for Cutie
December 18, 2008
Album #8: The Rhumb Line – Ra Ra Riot
December 17, 2008
Album #9: Modern Guilt – Beck
December 16, 2008
Album #10: Keep Your Eyes Ahead – The Helio Sequence
November 23, 2008
Things
November 21, 2008
Best of 2008 Prep
November 16, 2008
MTVMusic.com
November 14, 2008
Absent Music
November 10, 2008
Best of 2008 Lists
November 9, 2008
Galactic Comics
November 2, 2008
iDevice Apps Picks
October 27, 2008
OpenOffice 3
October 20, 2008
Smashing Magazine
October 14, 2008
WordPress Plugin Question
October 13, 2008
ScribeFire
October 7, 2008
Missing Music
October 5, 2008
PatternCooler
September 29, 2008
World War Z
September 23, 2008
2008 So Far
September 18, 2008
iTunes 8 Observations
September 15, 2008
Wordle
September 12, 2008
SoundUnwound
September 10, 2008
Playing Favorites
September 8, 2008
Google Chrome
September 1, 2008
Ubiquity
August 24, 2008
Thinking of Hera
August 22, 2008
Photosynth
August 16, 2008
Pandora
August 11, 2008
DVDPedia
August 11, 2008
Song of the Summer
August 8, 2008
The case for Narrow Stairs
August 3, 2008
Fuzzy Clock
July 29, 2008
Firebug
July 25, 2008
iPod Touch Apps
July 23, 2008
iPod touch
July 21, 2008
Bookmarks & Link Reorganization
July 16, 2008
Gravatar
July 14, 2008
I am a typefaces fan, and I am proud of it
July 12, 2008
This American Life & You Look Nice Today
July 11, 2008
Proposal for the Fruit Break
July 8, 2008
6 Months from Home
July 3, 2008
Album of the Week Catch Up
June 29, 2008
Macbreak Weekly
June 27, 2008
New Design is Live
June 21, 2008
Textmate – Pick of the Week
June 15, 2008
Operator – Pick of the Week
June 10, 2008
Disney in Google Earth – Pick of the Week
June 2, 2008
Rest of the World
June 2, 2008
Television
June 2, 2008
Transcending CSS
June 2, 2008
US & Mexico
May 31, 2008
thesixtyone – Pick of the Week
May 27, 2008
Open Feedback
May 24, 2008
iConcertCal – Pick of the Week
May 20, 2008
500 and counting
May 18, 2008
Amazon MP3 – Pick of the Week
May 10, 2008
PicLens – Pick of the Week
May 6, 2008
Europe
May 5, 2008
Time Off
April 28, 2008
TotalTunes Control – Pick of the Week
April 20, 2008
Drupal – Pick of the Week
April 16, 2008
National Teams
April 16, 2008
Sun Giant – Album of the Week
April 15, 2008
Soccer Guide
April 12, 2008
Amazon Lists – Pick of the Week
April 10, 2008
Hunky Dory – Album of the Week
April 4, 2008
WordPress – Pick of the Week
April 1, 2008
BSG Soundtracks – Albums of the Week
March 29, 2008
StumbleUpon – Pick of the Week
March 29, 2008
WordPress 2.5 and New Design
March 27, 2008
Richard D. James Album – Album of the Week
March 23, 2008
Senuti – Pick of the Week
March 20, 2008
The Shepard’s Dog – Album of the Week
March 14, 2008
TwitterFox – Pick of the Week
March 13, 2008
What’s on my iPod
March 12, 2008
Transformers: The Score – Album of the Week
March 7, 2008
Lightroom – Pick of the Week
March 7, 2008
Lightroom vs. Aperture
February 28, 2008
Stranded and Only Music to Play
February 27, 2008
Keep Your Eyes Ahead – Album of the Week
February 25, 2008
Weather Prediction
February 23, 2008
Adium – Pick of the Week
February 21, 2008
Twelve Stops and Home – Album of the Week
February 18, 2008
I love MJ, but…
February 17, 2008
Weather Underground – Pick of the Week
February 15, 2008
Tired of Winter
February 13, 2008
Let It Come Down – Album of the Week
February 9, 2008
All Songs Considered – Pick of the Week
January 30, 2008
Watina – Album of the Week
January 26, 2008
Last.fm – Pick of the Week
January 19, 2008
VisualHub – Pick of the Week
January 12, 2008
NetNewsWire – Pick of the Week
January 3, 2008
emusic.com – Pick of the Week
January 2, 2008
2008 Resolutions
January 1, 2008
New Years Resolutions
2007
December 28, 2007
2007 Music Roundup
December 21, 2007
1. Caribou – Andorra
December 20, 2007
2. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
December 20, 2007
Getting Ready for Number One
December 19, 2007
3. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible
December 18, 2007
4. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin
December 17, 2007
5. Radiohead – In Rainbows
December 14, 2007
6. Athlete – Beyond the Neighbourhood
December 13, 2007
7. Beirut – The Flying Cup Club
December 13, 2007
Hating Life at the Moment
November 28, 2007
Music Guessing Game
November 27, 2007
Final 2007 Album Update
November 25, 2007
Another 2007 Music Update
November 24, 2007
Go ESPN!
November 21, 2007
Non-Blog Content
November 11, 2007
Say Thankee Sai
November 9, 2007
Time vs. Effort vs. Curiosity
November 6, 2007
2007 Music Update
November 5, 2007
Name Not Shared to Protect A Stupid Company
October 31, 2007
Perfect iTunes Equalizer
October 26, 2007
Leopard First Impressions
October 21, 2007
2007 Music
October 9, 2007
Who Should I Vote For?
October 3, 2007
New Music Notes
October 1, 2007
iTunes/Amazon Showdown
September 21, 2007
Blogging Techniques
September 20, 2007
Don’t Call it a Comeback
September 20, 2007
Liquid Hot Magna
September 19, 2007
Shake up at Chelsea
September 10, 2007
Slow Posting For A Bit
September 10, 2007
Yep, this is awesome
September 6, 2007
Move Over ASU
September 6, 2007
New Amazon?
September 5, 2007
Good Muzac
September 3, 2007
New Toy
August 26, 2007
Bird’s Eye View of Iowa City
August 16, 2007
Great Software
August 12, 2007
Bring the Blogging Back
August 1, 2007
Large Yard = Lots of Mowing
July 30, 2007
Gone Golfin
July 25, 2007
Reaching Nirvana
July 20, 2007
Potter to Replace Beckham
July 17, 2007
HDR Images
July 15, 2007
Track by Track Zeitgeist Review
July 11, 2007
Mediacom Free!
July 10, 2007
Ecto is Cooler
July 6, 2007
Football Faux Pa?
July 5, 2007
Crappy Phone is Less Crappy
July 3, 2007
Make Using Ecto Cooler
June 26, 2007
Stars In Your Eyes
June 20, 2007
Zeitgeist
June 18, 2007
Blog To The Future
June 18, 2007
Don’t Tell Me What Is Important
January 22, 2007
WordPress 2.1
January 8, 2007
The Not So Happy Face of Microsoft
2006
December 26, 2006
2007 Resolutions
December 19, 2006
Name the Roomba!
December 18, 2006
Comic Book Database
December 5, 2006
A New Home for Media
December 5, 2006
Blog Editor Chosen
November 29, 2006
Turkey and Web Developing
November 10, 2006
Crazy A$$ Weather
November 7, 2006
Rails Install
November 2, 2006
iPod Battery Life
October 31, 2006
Photo Album Questions
October 29, 2006
Home, Mostly
October 19, 2006
New Sites
October 11, 2006
Web Hosting Change
October 9, 2006
Hi, my name is Mark and I am a Google addict
October 9, 2006
Kitty x 2
October 9, 2006
Web Development Making a Comeback, Kinda
October 4, 2006
Mass Media Here I Come
September 29, 2006
They Have Come….To Our Shitay
September 26, 2006
Trying to be anti-Mircosoft
September 21, 2006
Macbook Back Again
September 11, 2006
Music Database Full
September 4, 2006
Musically Inclined
August 28, 2006
Get Organized, Slob!
August 19, 2006
Scifi Friday!
August 16, 2006
Work Computer Done Busted
August 14, 2006
Major Marvel Events I Have Missed
August 13, 2006
Windows Live Writer
August 9, 2006
Purrball has a home and pictures
July 27, 2006
Soccer Surprise
July 23, 2006
Comics Database, And This Time I Mean It
July 20, 2006
Paper Robots
July 19, 2006
Piss Off Liverpool!
July 13, 2006
Travel Blog – UWM
July 5, 2006
Switching Again
July 3, 2006
Reason 38 to Live in Coralville
June 28, 2006
Flunky No More
June 26, 2006
My Wishlist
June 20, 2006
Flock Beta
June 20, 2006
Historic Kentucky
June 11, 2006
Marktopia 3.0 (I Think)
June 11, 2006
New Reading
June 11, 2006
Now Reading
June 1, 2006
The Sentry Read Order
June 1, 2006
Things I Know
May 25, 2006
Mac Browser Problems
May 23, 2006
New Work Computer
May 14, 2006
Is News Worthy?
May 7, 2006
Site Redesign and Changes in Progress
April 30, 2006
MizCD 1.1
April 30, 2006
New Camera
2005
May 5, 2005
Pictures Suggestions
April 7, 2005
My Favorite Warrior
April 6, 2005
Music Review: Moby - Hotel (2005)
March 28, 2005
Music Review: Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
March 28, 2005
Web Site Updates
March 25, 2005
Metroid Prime BEAT
March 18, 2005
March Madness
March 17, 2005
Music Review: Kasabian - Kasabian (2005)
March 17, 2005
Music Review: LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (2005)
March 9, 2005
Mr. Scott (Probably not the one you are thinking of)
March 7, 2005
Random Updates
March 1, 2005
Apartment: 0wn3d
February 22, 2005
Music Review: Greenday - American Idiot (2004)
February 17, 2005
Music Review: Matt Pond PA - Winter Songs (2005)
February 17, 2005
Upgraded to WordPress 1.5
February 9, 2005
Music Review: M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005)
February 9, 2005
Entering A World Of Mac
February 7, 2005
Mac Software
February 7, 2005
The Rise and Fall of ECW
February 4, 2005
Music Review: Sebadoh - Bakesale (1994)
February 2, 2005
iPod Shuffle Review
February 1, 2005
Stupid is as Stupid Does
January 28, 2005
Guest Review COMING
January 24, 2005
Music Review: The Futureheads - The Futureheads (2004)
January 23, 2005
Music Review: The Cure - The Head in The Door (1985)
2004
December 30, 2004
Acronym Contest
December 30, 2004
Music Review: The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)
December 30, 2004
Vacation
December 28, 2004
Music Review: Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
December 28, 2004
Music Review: Social Distortion - Social Distortion (1990)
December 8, 2004
College Football Rant
December 6, 2004
Random Reviews
2003
December 29, 2003
Pirates of the Caribbean
December 29, 2003
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
December 23, 2003
X-Mas Cartoon
December 18, 2003
A Mighty Wind
December 18, 2003
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
December 15, 2003
Monday Morning Editorial
December 8, 2003
Monday Morning News Update
December 4, 2003
Good Deeds Do Not Go Unrewarded
December 3, 2003
New Look, New Software
November 19, 2003
The Internet Wayback Machine
November 18, 2003
Content Hissy Fit
November 14, 2003
Content Hissy Fit
November 6, 2003
Some good news for today
November 5, 2003
Content Conference 2003
November 5, 2003
The Cubs will win the World Series…
October 31, 2003
MyTungsten Review: Tony Hawk’s Underground
October 23, 2003
Kids Play
October 23, 2003
Panther: OS 10.3
October 23, 2003
Web Site Updates
October 15, 2003
The Cubs Series
October 8, 2003
It is not my week
October 7, 2003
Most BS day of sports ever
October 7, 2003
SPORTS!
October 2, 2003
Updates Tonight
September 30, 2003
Updates at the speed of Oculon
September 19, 2003
Musings about the Cubs
September 19, 2003
The Official Formula 1 Website
September 18, 2003
Comments are back!
September 18, 2003
For your consideration…
September 15, 2003
It has finally happened...
September 15, 2003
For your consideration…
September 13, 2003
Saturdays of Thunder
September 9, 2003
Faster, Stronger, Better
September 7, 2003
Updates and Comments
August 27, 2003
I just read this…
August 26, 2003
In Defense of Shawn Estes
August 26, 2003
Web Site Updates
August 22, 2003
College Football
August 22, 2003
“They’re from the Moon, they don’t have anything!”
August 12, 2003
Cubs Boycott 2.0
August 12, 2003
Why Seinfeld Sucks
August 7, 2003
Cubs Boycott
August 5, 2003
New Home for MyTungsten’s Webmaster
July 27, 2003
Moving Time
July 24, 2003
Cubs Boycott
July 14, 2003
I have seen it all now...
July 9, 2003
The Crime Dog
July 7, 2003
Formula 1 Thoughts
July 7, 2003
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
July 3, 2003
Samurize.com
July 2, 2003
DVDs, Robots and Fun
July 2, 2003
Let’s Get Ready to Blogger!