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2009.11.25: Kindle 2 now has pdf support + manual screen rotation
2009.11.20: Four writerly books
2009.11.13: The Cthulhu Mushroom
2009.11.10: What happened when I found a bird in my basement
2009.10.13: Richmond Noir anthology of great noir fiction
2009.10.12: Virginia Wine and Garlic Festival at Rebec Vineyard and Winery
2009.10.10: catching up on fitness: new kettlebell and right of passage progress/status
2009.09.20: Kendall book reader: Amazon Kindle DX review
2009.09.02: end of TRX FORCE program, and where from here
2009.08.28: catching up: busy week, kettlebells, and working through TRX week 12
2009.08.22: single-arm kettlebell swings, end of TRX week 11, and a nice run
2009.08.20: catching up: TRX week 11 workout 2, rest day, travel day = rowing + aborted kettlebell snatches
2009.08.17: kettlebell swing goal met and a rough start to TRX week 11
2009.08.16: End of TRX FORCE week 10! And a run with a stick...
2009.08.13: pushing the press, a woops with the 32KG kettlebell, TRX Day 67, and a run
2009.08.12: yesterday did kettlebells and TRX Day 65, though 'twasn't fun in the heat
2009.08.10: kettlebells, TRX Day 64, short run, + how I avoid shredding my hands
2009.08.07: towards smashing the swing + TRX Day 61
2009.08.06: making progress on kettlebell snatch goal + TRX Day 60
2009.08.05: Update on TRX suspension training, why The Smiths aren't motivational, video on anchoring the TRX, and kettlebells
2009.07.30: Kettlebells, TRX FORCE program: Day 54
2009.07.29: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 53
2009.07.27: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 51
2009.07.26: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 50
2009.07.23: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 47 + squishy shoes
2009.07.22: More running, kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 46 + we know how to hobble
2009.07.20: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 44, and how to run
2009.07.19: Kettlebells, TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 43, and a run around Druid Hill Lake
2009.07.16: kettlebells + TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 39-40 + TRX video
2009.07.13: kettlebell snatches + TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 37
2009.07.12: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 36 + kettlebells
2009.07.12: Kettlebells: why you should meet with an RKC
2009.07.09: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 33 + kettlebells + is it worth it?
2009.07.08: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 32 + kettlebells
2009.07.06: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 31 + kettlebells
2009.07.06: Bartitsu Society - earliest jujutsu motion picture footage
2009.07.05: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 30 + why kettlebells and TRX are preferred fitness systems
2009.07.04: Happy 4th (and a new kettlebell)
2009.07.03: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 29 + health vs GDP
2009.07.02: Earliest jujutsu movie footage?
2009.07.01: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 28
2009.06.29: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 26
2009.06.28: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 25
2009.06.27: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 24
2009.06.26: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 23
2009.06.25: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 22
2009.06.24: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 21
2009.06.23: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 20
2009.06.22: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 19
2009.06.21: Like Sherlock Holmes? Learn Bartitsu
2009.06.21: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 18 + kayaking
2009.06.20: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 17 + kettlebells
2009.06.19: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 16
2009.06.19: The Kettlebell End-User License Agreement
2009.06.18: TRX 12-week FORCE program: Day 15
2009.06.17: TRX 12-week program: Day 14
2009.06.16: TRX 12-week program: Day 13
2009.06.15: TRX 12-week program: Day 12
2009.06.14: TRX 12-week program: Day 11
2009.06.13: TRX 12-week program: Day 10
2009.06.12: TRX 12-week program: Day 9
2009.06.11: TRX 12-week program: Day 8
2009.06.10: TRX 12-week program: Day 7
2009.06.09: TRX 12-week program: Day 6
2009.06.08: TRX 12-week program: Day 5
2009.06.07: TRX 12-week program: Day 4
2009.06.06: TRX 12-week program: Day 3
2009.06.05: TRX 12-week program: Day 2
2009.06.04: TRX 12-week program: Day 1
2009.06.04: TRX 12-week intensive fitness program starts today
2009.05.27: Frog talk - sounds from my backyard at night
2009.05.22: my new office at VCU
2009.05.15: Subscribe to my blog on your Amazon Kindle
2009.05.07: The search for the best fitness shoe: Vibram
2009.05.01: Google business cards
2009.04.29: Gymboss interval timer
2009.04.11: I will teach you to be rich
2009.04.05: How to survive an emergency
2009.03.14: Cordless electric chainsaw that is extremely handy
2009.03.13: Portable data backup and transfer options for a mobile world
2009.03.10: Review of Ahead of the Curve, Two Years at Harvard Business School
2009.03.04: Kindle application for the iPhone and iPod touch
2009.03.01: review of the Kindle 2 book reader
2009.02.27: review of ScanSnap color image scanner
2009.02.25: the Kindle and flight attendants
2009.02.15: Kindle 2 review roundup
2009.02.06: Google's new mobile book search service
2009.02.04: Video: our cat and her new kittens
2009.01.31: Video of Daniel Island, South Carolina
2009.01.28: a little icy this morning
2009.01.22: Another tragedy at Virginia Tech
2009.01.03: Review of The Wine Guy
2008.12.10: Review: Children of Hurin
2008.11.29: Wise Words: explore and learn ancient wisdom
2008.11.17: Review: Nike + iPod Sensor
2008.11.09: Review: Quantum of Solace
2008.11.06: Raccoon meets cat
2008.11.02: Review: Live and Let Die
2008.10.19: Review: Fretlight Guitar
2008.10.16: Repost: The Halloween Tradition
2008.10.10: Review: Goldfinger
2008.10.06: Upcoming talk: "Knowledge Discovery with Iterative Denoising"
2008.10.04: A Monticello Wine Tasting
2008.09.24: Follow this blog via Twitter
2008.09.23: Review: New iPod Touch 2.0
2008.09.15: Review: Thunderball
2008.09.13: Review: You Only Live Twice
2008.09.05: Poplar Forest: Summer Home of Thomas Jefferson
2008.08.22: Review: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
2008.08.18: Learning how to run
2008.08.12: Review: Dr. No
2008.08.09: Review: From Russia with Love
2008.08.07: Review: Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters
2008.08.04: Assessing quality of life, neighborhood walkability, and other population factors and statistics
2008.08.02: University degrees, where the jobs are, and where the jobs are not
2008.07.22: Virginia Safari Park
2008.07.14: Setting up a home gym
2008.07.11: Review of I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
2008.07.09: It's turtles all the way down
2008.07.06: Review of Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely
2008.07.03: 101 Goals in 1001 Days
2008.06.28: Review: The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
2008.06.07: Choosing what to eat: the omnivore's dilemma
2008.06.05: Fitness on the road to Rivendell
2008.06.04: The numbers behind Numb3rs
2008.06.01: Skink
2008.05.27: Statistics talk at Interface 2008
2008.05.08: Moment of Truth in Iraq
2008.05.06: Technology and security travel tips
2008.05.05: Save a turtle too
2008.05.01: Save a turtle
2008.04.27: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapters 8-9
2008.04.26: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapter 7
2008.04.11: Review of Zojirushi Coffee Maker
2008.04.08: Exercise while on travel: chin-up / pull-up bar
2008.04.07: Human Language Technology
2008.04.05: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapter 6
2008.03.28: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapter 5
2008.03.27: Nokia N810 Star Trek Theme
2008.03.20: Research talk and visit to Johns Hopkins
2008.03.17: Support the Irish, Muppet Danny Boy
2008.03.12: Frederick Celtic Festival
2008.03.09: Eostre is coming, Easter is coming, Ostara is coming
2008.03.08: Ostara / Easter Eggs, for the computationally inclined
2008.03.07: Build a Bear Workshop
2008.03.04: A Toast to Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons
2008.02.24: A Wicked Review of audible.com
2008.02.22: Richmond crime and defense - what would Sherlock Holmes do?
2008.02.16: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapter 4
2008.02.02: Up Helly Aa
2008.01.31: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapter 3
2008.01.25: My New Office
2008.01.07: My VCU Home Page
2007.12.22: Glad Yule
2007.12.20: Beowulf Project: Part 1, Chapters 1-2
2007.12.07: Review of Nokia N810
2007.12.04: The Beowulf Project
2007.12.03: The Younger Edda: chapters 3-4
2007.11.29: The Kindle is a $399 waffle maker
2007.11.28: The Younger Edda: chapters 1-2
2007.11.27: An audio project: The Younger Edda
2007.11.20: Amazon Kindle ebook reader
2007.11.16: Back home
2007.11.07: Battle-tested camera recommendations
2007.11.06: Virginia Tech places third in DARPA urban challenge
2007.11.04: The Arboretum in Arcadia, California
2007.10.27: Leopard OS X
2007.10.25: Tahoe National Forest
2007.10.23: Falcons, Goshawks, and hawks, oh my!
2007.10.22: California fires
2007.10.12: Trip to the Hammer Museum
2007.10.12: The Halloween Tradition
2007.10.10: Scan Statistics on Enron Graphs talk
2007.10.09: The Image of the Hero
2007.10.05: Talk on Scan Statistics
2007.09.30: Vote for the Viking!
2007.09.27: Mathematicians vs. Cryptographers
2007.09.26: New graphic novel Gods of Asgard
2007.09.25: Posted my PageRank and Knowledge Discovery Talks
2007.09.12: Knowledge and Search Engines Workshop at UCLA
2007.09.04: Possum in the house!
2007.09.02: Virginia Tech Review Panel Report
2007.09.01: Smart and Simple Financial Strategies
2007.08.28: Museum of the American Indian
2007.08.26: Seung-Hui Cho and the Christian Influence
2007.08.25: Stare-Down at the OK Corral
2007.08.22: The Upcoming Beowulf Movie, by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman
2007.08.21: Educational Resources for Everyone
2007.08.19: A Visitor in the Night
2007.08.18: Virginia View
2007.08.17: 5 Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water
2007.08.16: Pell's Bells: how to make a pell
2007.08.15: UCLA: Knowledge and Search Engines Workshops
2007.08.14: Viking ship sails to Dublin
2007.08.13: Biggest star in L.A., at the moment?
2007.08.11: Trail Riding at the Marriott Ranch in Virginia
2007.08.10: How to Rule the Web
2007.08.09: My first earthquake
2007.08.08: The Anti-EULA: We really want a reasonable agreement
2007.08.07: Trip Report: Mount Baldy, San Gabriel Mountains, California
2007.08.03: Gallimaufry
2007.07.27: A New Book: Are We Rome?
2007.07.24: Gallimaufry
2007.07.21: Are You On Facebook?
2007.07.20: What is Your Erdös Number?
2007.07.19: Around Los Angeles: Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
2007.07.16: Review: Beautiful Design
2007.07.15: Gallimaufry
2007.07.14: Around Los Angeles: OpAmp Bookstore
2007.07.12: Review: Secret History of the Sword
2007.07.11: Review: Canon PowerShot SD1000 digital camera
2007.07.09: Around Los Angeles: The Getty Museum
2007.07.07: Review: Timbuk2 Commute Messenger Bag
2007.07.05: A New Book: The End of the Certain World
2007.07.04: Around Los Angeles: UCLA
2007.07.03: My academic genealogy
2007.07.02: Shakedown trip with the Downtube: Santa Monica
2007.06.29: iPhones and films in Los Angeles
2007.06.24: Traveling with the Folding Bike - It Works!
2007.06.23: In theory: how to survive when on travel without a car - the folding bike
2007.06.21: Gallimaufry
2007.06.01: Viking Age Iceland: Review
2007.05.31: What is a tanjo?
2007.05.30: Michael Yon: Online Magazine
2007.05.29: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Review
2007.05.15: Jerry Falwell, Evangelist of Christian Fundamentalism, Dead
2007.05.13: A Library Fit for a Hobbit
2007.05.12: Birth of a Nation: A Visit by Queen Elizabeth
2007.05.11: Book Review: 4-Hour Workweek
2007.04.17: Virginia Tech: the face of a killer
2007.04.16: Black Monday at Virginia Tech
2007.01.29: Michael Yon: Reporting on Iraq
2006.12.15: Some security notes
2006.08.27: Virginia: Best for Business
2006.07.31: Edgar Allan Poe: An Appreciation
2006.07.27: What's that on your shirt?
2006.07.14: Review: Perilous Realms and Runic Myths
2006.07.13: What a funny looking cat
2006.07.11: Fencing in Virginia
2006.01.18: Where are the heroes?
2006.01.18: SpaceX Presentation
2005.12.11: Solar Backpack: update
2005.12.10: Virginia Science Education - Latest Rating
2005.10.20: High Dimensional Space
2005.07.17: IPAM, UCLA workshop
2005.04.18: Review: Solar backpack
2005.04.15: Cherry Blossom Festival Results
2005.02.10: PhD ABD
2005.01.30: On Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, and Being Kewl
2004.09.02: Motorcycle safety foundation
2004.09.01: Tropical Storm Gaston
2004.08.16: Toronto Trip
2004.08.14: Giving those in need a hand
2004.06.21: Make mine Virginia wine
2004.06.14: Hawaii Dragon
2004.06.14: Hawaii Scenery
2004.06.14: Made by hand in Hawaii
2004.06.13: Hawaii Trip
2004.05.31: Cicada Song 2
2004.05.30: Happy Memorial Day!
2004.05.24: Cicada Song
2004.05.23: Kittens - lunchtime
2004.05.22: Kittens!
2004.05.03: New York Times article
2004.04.29: NYT Interview
2004.04.28: New York Times photo session
2004.04.27: Seminar: 19th Century Italian Dueling Sabre
2004.04.27: Tachi Otoshi
2004.04.26: Possible New York Times article?
2004.04.23: Gary McGraw
2002.01.29: Something to try for American farmers
2001.12.24: A small step for a renewed planet
2001.05.07: Noam Chomsky: worrying and doing
2001.05.06: Digging in the yard

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