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The 2000s

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2000

• NTN Buzztime
• Andre Lawless
• Chad Stafford
• Christine Day
• Chuck Bernstein
• Frank Hankin
• Michelle Quillen
• Tom Schuck
• SDBM
• Gram at Dana Harbor
• Rash Decisions at Dalton's
• House Hunting, Escondido 2000
• The iMac That Wouldn't Boot
• Newton, Land Rover — Beautiful Anachronisms
• Newton vs. Palm: The Eternal Debate
• Palm Keyboard, Dances With Wolves
• What to Make the Pinz Into
• The Pinz: Burning Man Prep, 2000
• Someday My Prints Will Come
• No Bargains on eBay
• IT BURNS
• Portland Trip, McMenamins
• Burning Man 2000
• Buying the iBook, Silicon Valley Trip
• Reno: Borders, Blues CDs, Chin Stud
• iBook at Baggage Claim
• 2000-11 New Orleans
• The Election That Would Not End
• Nuns at the Steakhouse
• New Orleans, Election Week 2000
• Surrealist Art in New Orleans
• Chicago: CPK on the Magnificent Mile
• New Year's at the Newport Pier

2001

• Gram in the Car
• 2001-02 Chicago
• The Newton as Journal
• Sportbrain and the Carlsbad Beach Walks
• Friday the Thirteenth is Usually Decent
• The Cross-Country Pinz Dream: Colorado to Black Rock
• RC Glider, Carlsbad Beach
• The Cybertel Stock Fight
• Range Rover Tires, Mira Mesa
• Maiden Flight with the Elevator Upside Down
• Scanning Photos for Gramp
• First Journal Entry on the New iBook
• The MCI/WorldCom Crisis
• Flew My Plane Into the Ocean
• The 5am MCI Switchover
• Talking Points for Mang
• Half My Stock, One-Year Lock
• Burning Man 2001: Planning the Drive
• Burning Man 2001
• Inventory of Stuff, 2001
• Federal Jury Duty: Purgatory in San Diego
• Gramp, and the Drive to Santa Barbara
• The Hot Tub Arrives

2002

• Becke's Tarot Photos
• 2002 Discovery Borrego
• The iLamp
• The Rock Tumbler
• Geocaching
• Getting the Pinz to Hemet Before Burning Man
• 2002-06 Borrego (Kip, Pinzgauer)
• 2002-06 Maui
• Ken Little
• How to Watch an Eclipse Without Burning Your Eyes Out
• The Beach Burn Fireworks Standoff
• Baby Bat Rays at Carlsbad
• Media Ownership and Licensing
• Got My Blog Running
• The CD You Own Is a License You Own
• The MONEY Data Type
• The MP3 Player I Want
• The Trailmate Rollover
• The Parking Note
• A Note from Too Cool
• And Speaking of Religion
• Liberal Libertarian
• Obtainium
• FireWire Disk Mode
• Ward Cleaver Day
• Phonetic Alphabets
• The Phonetic Alphabet Rabbit Hole
• The Safeway Phone Call
• Your Papers Please
• The Microsoft Upgrade Disadvantage
• The Windows Server Upgrade Racket
• The Beach Burn Raid
• The Cavalry Arrives at the Beach Burn
• Burning Man 2002: The Pinz and the Shoulder
• Disposault
• GoPed Shoulder, Burning Man 2002
• Nicholas Trying German with Chloe
• iPod Purchase Day
• OSX Terminal: Drag and Drop
• Email Hassles
• The Surf-Scooter at Burning Man 2002
• Do You Want to Restart the Computer Now?
• Burning Man 2002
• Burning Man Haiku, 2002
• The UI Rant: Contextual Menus
• UI Rant: Modal Menus
• YES, NO, ALWAYS, NEVER
• Virus Alert: Don't Use Outlook
• Wardriving to Escondido
• Yo He Votando
• Creative Financing
• Cows in Comforters
• Instant Cluster: A 2002 Brainstorm
• How Much Is a Billion?
• 2002-12 Lost Valley

2003

• Geocaching Near Borrego
• Towing the Pinz to Goatwerks
• 2003-01 Anza Geocache
• Nucular
• John Scalzi Sells Old Man's War
• New Powerbooks
• Penny Lane and the Utilikilt
• Kilt Fit
• Burning Man Dream: The Dry Lake Filled Up
• Can You Hear That Sound?
• Virus Alert (Not)
• The Dell Dude Gets Arrested
• Repetitive Motion Disorder
• The Windows Favorites That Won't Stay Gone
• The PC-Virus-Dog Analogy
• The Apple Music Store Opens (And My Suggestion)
• Business Card Menger Sponge
• Penny Lane, San Marcos
• Cigars: A Hard Boundary
• Gordon Biersch After The Matrix
• The New Mac Server ('Yikes')
• I Met Larry Flynt
• I Met Randy Fry
• Passwords and Keys
• The Burning Man Tarot, 2003
• We Made a Tarot Deck
• Frisbeeterians Disc Golf, BM 2003
• Cousin Stephanie on the Playa
• Burning Man 2003
• Bridgeport Hot Springs
• 2003 Burn: The Long Ride Home
• Alone at the Artwork
• After Burning Man 2003: Decompression
• The Male Butt Mailbox
• The 99-Cent Store Demo
• Returning the Spoon
• Baja Dreams
• Frisbeetarianism: Disc Golf at Burning Man
• The Fuegodiego Tarot Deck
• Catch and Release
• Sky Harbor Airport, PHX
• 2003-11 LA Decompression
• Writing Guilt
• NPR Math and Base Twelve

2004

• Mark 'Viagra' at Blair Valley
• Back to School at Forty
• The Orfila Winery Double-Booking
• We're Not Cops, We're Not Your Mom
• Blame It on Wal-Mart
• Computer Needs vs. Your Needs
• The Computer's Needs vs. Your Needs
• Survivor Needs More Cannibalism
• Mesa College, Java Class
• Dishwasher Salmon
• How to Celebrate Friday the 13th
• Friday the 13th: Better Than Valentine's Day
• Kevin Smith vs. Harvey Weinstein on the Green Hornet
• The Darkest Beer You Have
• Always Back Up
• To Always Move Forward, You Must Always Back Up
• Nipple Inspection
• Pop a Cap (on This Charity Scheme)
• Marriage Proposal at Fry's
• Bully's East, on the Way to Poi Spinning
• Spam, by George!
• When Do I Get a Clothes Folder?
• The Missed Dentist Appointment
• House Hunting, 2004
• The Impending Computer Crisis
• Clearman's North Woods Inn, La Mirada
• Fire Spinning and Butter Dog
• Deciding to Ranger
• PHP vs. ASP.NET: Nothing Is Hidden
• Banana Republican
• Mac vs. PC: My Broken Record
• The Mac vs. PC Argument That Would Not Die
• New Digs in Encinitas
• The SQL Server Mini-Rant
• The Story So Far
• Looking Up Gramp's Great-Grandmother
• Looking for Helene Rickard
• Don't Trust a Beer You Can See Through
• 2004-08 Pacific Northwest Vanagon
• First to Leave for Burning Man 2004
• SLO Brewery and Cousin Beckie's Manufactured Home
• Hearst Castle: Possibly Needs More Caffeine
• Atkins on the Road: The Diet vs. Bacon
• The Lost Wallet at Monterey
• Gorda, Highway One
• Sardine Factory, Monterey
• The Cable Problem
• The Aquarium and the Stingrays
• Oakland: Ethiopian Food and Rebecca
• Sailing to Nowhere, Emeryville to Berkeley at 2AM
• San Francisco: Wharf Morning and Uncle Alan's Dinner
• Greeter Training, San Francisco
• Gualala and the North Coast
• North Coast Brewery, Fort Bragg
• Chico Breweries and the First Redwoods
• See the Stag
• How I Became a Beer Snob
• Humboldt Brews, Arcata
• Coos Bay, El Sombrero
• Florence, Oregon: Campsite vs. Rest Stop
• Oregon Dunes, One Hour on a Quad
• Astoria, Long Beach Kite Festival
• Portland and the Cubbages
• Kalaloch Lodge, Olympic Peninsula
• Bainbridge–Seattle Ferry
• Wolf Lodge West, Spokane
• Winthrop Brewery and the Cascades
• Seattle: The Major Tourist Attractions
• Grand Coulee and the Idaho Back Roads
• Lolo Pass: The Most Perfect Campsite
• The Rhinoceros, Missoula
• Burning Man 2004
• Burning Man 2004: After Action
• Bodysurfing at Solana Beach
• Time Passes (Burning Man 2004 Aftermath)
• Skype and the Fragmented Messaging Problem
• LA: Bikes, Bandwidth, and Back in the Air
• The Supermarket at Thanksgiving
• Six Seven Charlie
• Debits and Credits
• Kirk Had a Communicator AND a Phaser
• Device Proliferation
• The Spoilage Sensor

2005

• The Black Rock Rangers
• Masala
• The Tower of Televisions
• The Adventure Theme Park Dream
• e-Scammerce
• Aspirations: Flying Boats
• Riding in the Albatross Nosecone
• 2005-02 Boulder City Albatross Fly-In
• Open Minded
• Hackers and Crackers, Phreakers and Jackers
• Sleep Mode for Humans
• Why Is the School Year Nine Months?
• IFR by Accident
• The Standard USB Cable Problem
• Special VFR Into Santa Monica
• St. Patrick's Day Guidance (2005 Edition)
• St. Patrick's Day Guidance
• Remember, Tuesday Is Soylent Green Day
• People Who Are on My List
• Mac on Intel: What It Means and Doesn't
• 2005-07 San Francisco
• Stock Tip Spam
• Very Strange Sims
• Mac vs. Windows on the Help Radio Show
• Scooter
• The SBC Complaint Letter
• 2005-12 New Mexico
• The Toshiba Decision
• New Phone, New Phone Company
• I Hate iTunes (But Not Really)

2006

• Ranger Mushroom
• 2002 Land Rover Discovery 2 Borrego Edition "D2"
• Response to the Pinzgauer Reader
• I Predicted the Forever Stamp
• The Forever Stamp
• The Roadside Furniture Gallery
• Burning Man 2006
• Godzilla
• Survivor: South Pacific
• Blogspam
• Flag Burning
• SELECT * WHERE blog_content LIKE '%Budweiser%'
• The Beer Snob Apology
• The Helen Keller Invitational
• The Wikitravel Phase
• 2006-09 La Bufadora

2007

• Coyote on Beverly
• Dakar Rallye at Becke's Mom's
• iPhone Disappointment
• Engine Company #28, Los Angeles
• Daily Grill Happy Hour
• Historical Address Information
• The 'Obtainium' Name, and Blog Gripes
• 2007-07 Santa Fe Blake and Joley's Wedding
• BM 2007 Dust Storm
• Burning Man 2007
• Lamplighters
• Raining Jobs
• Facebook Is Abbreviated F8
• First Facebook App

2008

• Dylan Running on the Bridge
• Home Depot, Reno — Third Week in August
• Getting Back from Mexicali
• Pomona's Number Is 47
• Making Things Talk
• The Arduino Binary Counter
• She Saw Me in a Kilt
• Guadalupe Canyon Gathering
• Things That Annoy Me About the EEE
• 2008-03 Guadalupe Canyon
• Arduino Binary Counter, 0119 Hours
• Carlsbad State Beach, Waiting
• Saturday Spending Spree
• Killing Squirrels All Day
• Some Days You Kill the Bear
• Every Car Alarm in the Lot
• Amtrak, Oceanside to Union Station
• Tech Lead
• Nicholas and the Traffic School
• Apex Surplus
• Fry's Electronics
• The Golden Acorn Casino
• Bully's East
• Camacho's
• Grasso's
• Hacienda de Vega
• 2008-07 Mammoth
• The Scotch Bonnet Sauce
• Five Crowns and John Wayne's Widow
• The iPhone 2 Launch
• The Salton Sea
• Ten Thousand Waves
• Double Eagle Resort
• Burning Man 2008
• Mammoth Mountain Bike Park
• Johnson's Autohaven
• If You Had More Hair
• The Salesdork at Longo Toyota
• Warehouse Werewolves
• Helping a Friend Move
• Hard Drive in the Freezer
• 2008-12 Newport Beach

2009

• Nicholas and Anett's Wedding
• Pickles the Parrot
• Pinz Is Running Again
• The Pinz Starter Hammer
• Creme Soda Insomnia
• 2009-02 Dooffest Sonoma Coast
• No Pressure to Get Things Done Well
• The Password Expiry Dialog
• 2009-04 Joshua Tree
• Review: Exceeding Expectations
• The Technical Bookstore
• The Penalty Box
• Camping Gear for Zombies
• Camping Trip: Zombie Movies in the Desert
• Tent Saved by Rangers
• Larry Harvey on Rain
• 2009-07 Mammoth
• Nachurros
• 2009-07 Big Bear
• Big Bear Is Pinzgauer Central
• Haiku Facebook Updates
• The Insert Key
• The Home Depot Shelf Incident
• Will Probably Not Run Away With Them
• Maker vs. User
• They Accidentally Poured a Pitcher
• Late Afternoon Groove
• Burning Man Prep, 2009
• Wiring the Car for iPhone
• Not Going. Not Going. Not Going. Gone.
• Burning Man 2009
• Horseflies in Lone Pine
• Playa Dust Everywhere
• Crisis Counseling vs. the Office
• Whole Farm of Headless Chickens
• Still Dusty
• Playa Bacon
• Users Blame the Engineers
• The Rover, Annual Service, 2009
• Wide Angle to Telephoto
• Windows 7 Launch Party Drugs
• Zombieland: Preview Complaint
• Broken Toe and Banh Mi
• DiskDoubled