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August 30, 1989 The Ideas Archive Writings
December 29, 1997 Dad's RAM Chips Letters
January 22, 1998 Candiru the Powerbook Journal
January 24, 1998 Programming Is a Game Journal
February 27, 1998 Prospero Electronic Publishing Journal
January 5, 1999 Chili's, Santa Clara, After Applied Materials Journal
May 10, 1999 Five Keyboards, Temecula Journal
June 1, 1999 My Entire Life Is Work and Computers Journal
April 13, 2000 The iMac That Wouldn't Boot Journal
April 18, 2000 Newton, Land Rover — Beautiful Anachronisms Journal
April 18, 2000 Newton vs. Palm: The Eternal Debate Journal
May 5, 2000 Palm Keyboard, Dances With Wolves Journal
May 15, 2000 Someday My Prints Will Come Journal
May 17, 2000 No Bargains on eBay Journal
October 11, 2000 Buying the iBook, Silicon Valley Trip Journal
October 17, 2000 iBook at Baggage Claim Letters
March 21, 2001 The Newton as Journal Journal
June 1, 2001 First Journal Entry on the New iBook Journal
June 4, 2001 The 5am MCI Switchover Journal
January 8, 2002 The iLamp Blog
June 9, 2002 How to Watch an Eclipse Without Burning Your Eyes Out Blog
June 13, 2002 Got My Blog Running Journal
June 13, 2002 The CD You Own Is a License You Own Blog
June 13, 2002 The MONEY Data Type Blog
June 13, 2002 The MP3 Player I Want Blog
June 26, 2002 Obtainium Blog
June 27, 2002 FireWire Disk Mode Blog
July 2, 2002 Phonetic Alphabets Blog
July 2, 2002 The Phonetic Alphabet Rabbit Hole Blog
July 12, 2002 The Safeway Phone Call Blog
July 18, 2002 The Microsoft Upgrade Disadvantage Blog
July 18, 2002 The Windows Server Upgrade Racket Blog
August 3, 2002 iPod Purchase Day Journal
August 6, 2002 OSX Terminal: Drag and Drop Blog
August 19, 2002 Email Hassles Blog
August 23, 2002 Do You Want to Restart the Computer Now? Blog
September 26, 2002 The UI Rant: Contextual Menus Blog
September 26, 2002 UI Rant: Modal Menus Blog
October 3, 2002 YES, NO, ALWAYS, NEVER Blog
October 8, 2002 Virus Alert: Don't Use Outlook Blog
October 18, 2002 Wardriving to Escondido Blog
December 4, 2002 Instant Cluster: A 2002 Brainstorm Blog
January 7, 2003 New Powerbooks Blog
January 13, 2003 Can You Hear That Sound? Blog
February 3, 2003 Virus Alert (Not) Blog
March 14, 2003 Repetitive Motion Disorder Blog
March 14, 2003 The Windows Favorites That Won't Stay Gone Blog
April 10, 2003 The PC-Virus-Dog Analogy Blog
April 28, 2003 The Apple Music Store Opens (And My Suggestion) Blog
June 10, 2003 Business Card Menger Sponge Blog
July 2, 2003 I Met Randy Fry Blog
July 7, 2003 Passwords and Keys Blog
December 22, 2003 Writing Guilt Blog
December 30, 2003 NPR Math and Base Twelve Blog
January 1, 2004 Back to School at Forty Blog
January 30, 2004 Computer Needs vs. Your Needs Blog
January 30, 2004 The Computer's Needs vs. Your Needs Blog
March 18, 2004 Always Back Up Blog
March 18, 2004 To Always Move Forward, You Must Always Back Up Blog
March 30, 2004 Spam, by George! Blog
May 12, 2004 The Impending Computer Crisis Journal
June 8, 2004 PHP vs. ASP.NET: Nothing Is Hidden Blog
June 15, 2004 Mac vs. PC: My Broken Record Journal
June 15, 2004 The Mac vs. PC Argument That Would Not Die Blog
June 23, 2004 New Digs in Encinitas Blog
June 23, 2004 The SQL Server Mini-Rant Blog
October 6, 2004 Skype and the Fragmented Messaging Problem Blog
November 30, 2004 Kirk Had a Communicator AND a Phaser Blog
November 30, 2004 Device Proliferation Blog
December 2, 2004 The Spoilage Sensor Blog
January 1, 2005 The Tower of Televisions Journal
January 17, 2005 e-Scammerce Blog
February 28, 2005 Sleep Mode for Humans Blog
March 2, 2005 The Standard USB Cable Problem Blog
June 7, 2005 Mac on Intel: What It Means and Doesn't Blog
July 6, 2005 Stock Tip Spam Blog
July 11, 2005 Mac vs. Windows on the Help Radio Show Blog
December 12, 2005 The Toshiba Decision Blog
December 12, 2005 New Phone, New Phone Company Blog
December 23, 2005 I Hate iTunes (But Not Really) Blog
February 17, 2006 Response to the Pinzgauer Reader Blog
May 4, 2006 The Forever Stamp Blog
September 22, 2006 Blogspam Blog
September 27, 2006 The Wikitravel Phase Blog
February 28, 2007 Historical Address Information Journal
February 28, 2007 The 'Obtainium' Name, and Blog Gripes Journal
October 23, 2007 Raining Jobs Journal
December 14, 2007 First Facebook App Facebook
February 18, 2008 Making Things Talk Journal
February 19, 2008 The Arduino Binary Counter Journal
June 18, 2008 Apex Surplus Yelp
June 18, 2008 Fry's Electronics Yelp
July 30, 2008 The iPhone 2 Launch Yelp
November 19, 2008 Hard Drive in the Freezer Facebook
March 1, 2009 No Pressure to Get Things Done Well Facebook
April 17, 2009 The Password Expiry Dialog Facebook
June 3, 2009 The Technical Bookstore Facebook
July 14, 2009 The Insert Key Facebook
August 2, 2009 Maker vs. User Journal
August 25, 2009 Wiring the Car for iPhone Facebook
September 8, 2009 Whole Farm of Headless Chickens Journal
September 11, 2009 Users Blame the Engineers Journal
October 1, 2009 Windows 7 Launch Party Drugs Facebook
October 31, 2009 DiskDoubled Facebook
March 28, 2010 A Quest at Fry's Electronics Yelp
April 3, 2010 iPad Bluetooth Keyboard Journal Journal
April 12, 2010 The Nixie Tube Clock Facebook
May 21, 2010 Mac Genius, Out of Warranty Facebook
July 27, 2010 iPad Keyboard at The Counter Journal
August 16, 2010 The iPod Repair Business Journal
August 16, 2010 The iPod Repair Hobby Journal
November 3, 2010 The MacBook Air Arrives Journal
November 16, 2010 Mom Gets an iPhone 4 Journal
January 3, 2011 The Wikitravel Stranger Journal
January 6, 2011 Mac App Store Opening Day Journal
January 9, 2011 Android Tablets at Fry's Journal
January 20, 2011 Cargo Cult Agile Journal
March 1, 2011 I'd Rather Pay Per Use Journal
May 9, 2012 Beer Bottle Calliope Journal
October 29, 2012 The Apple Store Self-Checkout Facebook
December 26, 2012 Dad's 3D Printing Stock Tips Facebook
November 18, 2014 vi Is a Video Game Facebook
December 15, 2014 Programming vs. Coding Facebook
July 31, 2017 WeirdStuff Warehouse Yelp
October 27, 2017 Why I Use a Mac Quora
December 28, 2017 Photography Advice for Beginners Quora
February 5, 2018 Generalist in a World of Specifists Facebook
February 6, 2018 My Biggest Gripe with Apple Quora
March 20, 2018 The RIF in the Subordinate Clause Facebook
November 29, 2020 Ultimate Desert Adventures Yelp
November 15, 2022 The Ideal Journaling Device Journal
September 9, 2023 The Gadget Acquisition Cycle Journal
May 10, 2026 White Rabbit Clubhouse Yelp
June 2, 2026 Layoff Dark Humor Journal
June 2, 2026 The Scout Reservation Journal

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