| 09 | Complaints Department The New York Times ran a piece about a photographer who built a big camera... | |
| 08 | December 8, 2004 All problems from the original quiz have been solved... | |
| 07 | December 7, 2004 Five minutes ago I was sitting under a magnificent clock which... | |
| 05 | December 5, 2004 In the proper end-of-term spirit... | |
| 02 | December 2, 2004 aaaaaaaaaaaagh! |
| 30 | November 30, 2004 Bruce Schneier, the man who [literally] wrote the book on cryptography... | |
| 24 | November 24, 2004 Exploding cell phones a growing problem?! Apparently in the last two years... | |
| 23 | November 23, 2004 This past Veteran's Day, 66 ABC-affiliated television stations... | |
| 23 | November 23, 2004 I went to the Central Square post office today... | |
| 22 | November 22, 2004 Alex just bought one of these: a 1974 Elcar compact electric vehicle... | |
 | 21 | November 21, 2004 I finally scanned my ALCS riot pictures today. Several things are apparent... |
| 20 | November 20, 2004 My main man speaks out on the elections and the media... | |
| 19 | November 19, 2004 Economies of girth, courtesy of the CDC and reported by Ask The Pilot... | |
| 18 | November 18, 2004 Headline/Byline:... | |
| 17 | November 17, 2004 Some thoughts on Novartis. From "Headline goes here," The Tech, November 9... |
| 15 | November 15, 2004 PowerPoint strikes again. [Slide: "Fall of South Vietnam (1975)"] Prof. Meyer... | |
| 14 | November 14, 2004 I understand there's this newfangled thing on the web called "RSS... | |
| 13 | November 13, 2004 I get a lot of spam! I wonder... |
| 12 | November 12, 2004 I want to ride my bike to the airport for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately... | |
| 11 | November 11, 2004 Major failures of strategic planning, lesson 1... | |
| 10 | November 10, 2004 Lost treasures, found, always elicit a certain kind of delight... | |
| 09 | November 9, 2004 Furious. That's what I am. The MBTA unveiled their final plans for the... | |
| 08 | November 8, 2004: Object Report The following objects don't belong here, but I found them anyway... | |
| 03 | November 3, 2004 Having avoided a half-dozen election parties to do schoolwork... | |
| 02 | November 2, 2004 Seen in Boston: a "I'D RATHER BE READING BUKOWSKI" bumper sticker. Yesterday... | |
| 01 | November 1, 2004 "I think those who oppose this ballistic missile system don't... |
| 31 | October 31, 2004 Granta 87: Jubilee came in the mail yesterday... | |
| 28 | October 28, 2004 I don't go to the MIT homepage myself anymore -- there's really no... | |
| 27 | October 27, 2004 Kids these days. When they submit a bunch of print jobs... | |
| 26 | October 26, 2004 The worst things ever. MATLAB 7.0 (aka R14)... | |
| 20 | October 20, 2004 I arrived on Brookline Ave. just in time to discover the entire crowd... | |
| 18 | October 18, 2004 - 23:05 The roar of the win. The exodus of happy fans consuming the entirety... |
| 18 | October 18, 2004 - 14:45 Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:44:17 -0400 From: Scott Johnston To: hotline... | |
| 17 | October 17, 2004 HOLY CRAP. Okay, people, if you place value on being a well-considered voter... | |
| 16 | October 16, 2004 Some thoughts. Number 1. It turns out that Fujifilm only makes NPL in... | |
| 14 | October 14, 2004 Those east-coast accents are precious. Who nationalized the Suez Canal... | |
| 13 | October 13, 2004 Why is it that I can almost never convince my photography customers... | |
| 09 | October 9, 2004 Man, my prediction about Charlie Gibson kicking some moderating ass... | |
| 08 | October 8, 2004 I keep seeing photographs of buildings -- particularly on the web -- which... | |
| 07 | October 7, 2004 Beginning October 28, American banks will be forced to switch to... | |
| 06 | October 6, 2004 In the dining room at Alpine Bagels in W20... | |
| 05 | October 5, 2004 The indispensable National Weather Service has solved my... | |
| 04 | October 4, 2004 Stop making fun of Dan Rather. I think he's awesome. By the way... | |
| 03 | October 3, 2004 Readers of the New York Times are now aware that the ever-vigilant... | |
| 02 | October 2, 2004 So the question that has been killing me for months now is this... | |
| 01 | October 1, 2004 I woke up at 6: 00 this morning and concluded from the weather... |
| 30 | September 30, 2004 I keep seeing news reports that refer to the "Patriot Act." Get it right people! | |
| 29 | September 29, 2004 The Program on International Policy Attitudes (a program of the... | |
| 26 | September 26, 2004 My good friends at Verizon put a little slip in the Cruftlabs phone... | |
| 24 | September 24, 2004 I came upon a ridiculously articulated robotic face on a stand in Lobby 32... | |
| 23 | September 23, 2004 FACT: The iron bridge that crosses the Charles below the B.U... | |
| 22 | September 22, 2004 Rode 28 miles this morning with the cycling team... | |
| 21 | September 21, 2004 They hayden cluster in the basement of 14 is hereby "the claustrophobic cluster... | |
| 20 | September 20, 2004 Hello, it's Monday. This site is not a "blog." Don't even use the B-word. | |
| 18 | September 18, 2004 I need to drill a rectangular pattern of, say... | |
| 17 | September 17, 2004 Well kids, it's official. You can steal bikes with a simple Bic pen... | |
| 16 | September 16, 2004 Users of Microsoft Windows are already quite comfortable with computer viruses... | |
| 15 | September 15, 2004 404: Top 16 files not found on my web server: 773 /robots.txt 278 /favicon... | |
| 14 | September 14, 2004 I feel, in some ways, like I'm completely new to MIT... | |
| 09 | September 9, 2004 The Precedent of Musical Presidents... | |
| 08 | September 8, 2004 I scanned a bunch of old pictures today. Two relevant... | |
| 07 | September 7, 2004 Attention Bostonians. The T token is nearing extinction... | |
| 06 | September 6, 2004 An alarming number of people are choosing to forego normal telephone service (a... | |
| 05 | September 5, 2004 New pictures! Adam Kraft, Dave Nelson... | |
| 03 | September 3, 2004 I brought my C-41 to Colortek, and my E-6 to Boston Photo Imaging... | |
| 02 | September 2, 2004 Visited East Campus. They've done so many wonderful things for Rush 2004... |
| 30 | August 30, 2004 Tasteless and unfortunate is what the New York Times promises to be a... | |
| 26 | August 26, 2004 I'm sitting at w20-575-94, a lone Sun Blade 1500 sitting amidst a... | |
| 25 | August 25, 2004 I called Macleod & Moynihan -- one of those intimidating Boston... | |
| 24 | August 24, 2004 Electricians are supposedly fixing the neutral today. | |
| 23 | August 23, 2004 Major power problems at Cruftlabs... | |
| 21 | August 21, 2004 I temporarily wired up the Cruftlabs dust collector today... | |
| 19 | August 19, 2004 Incongruous sundries from the morning ride: 1. A rabbi... | |
| 18 | August 18, 2004 Today I called Contact East, the North Andover-based supplier that has... | |
| 17 | August 17, 2004 I was thinking about hand-lettered signs again today... | |
| 16 | August 16, 2004 Pictures of this past weekend's festivities... |
| 15 | August 15, 2004 Message has been erased. This site is what we call a "non-blog. | |
| 13 | August 13, 2004 I keep seeing stories with lines like, "for many Greeks... | |
| 12 | August 12, 2004 Is it just me, or is The Onion getting funnier? This week's top story... | |
| 11 | August 11, 2004 I paid another visit to 5 Wits tonight, this time to drop off some equipment... | |
| 10 | August 10, 2004 Today I picked up my new (used) GT track bike... | |
| 09 | August 9, 2004 The New York Times has a sweet article today about some amazing... | |
| 08 | August 8, 2004 I SURVIVED! Saturday I rode my bicycle 135 miles from Boston, MA to Ossipee, NH... | |
| 06 | August 6, 2004 Enjoy all of the foods that make life good: spaghetti, bagels, doughnuts... | |
| 05 | August 5, 2004 Even though I have just two weeks left, my boss stuck me on a new project today... | |
| 04 | August 4, 2004 On my way out the door this morning... | |
| 03 | August 3, 2004 I stopped by International Bike in Newton on my way home today... | |
| 02 | August 2, 2004 Today I read yet another article citing data that "voters were much... | |
| 01 | August 1, 2004 Ehren's school bus is here. It's huge: a full-sized Blue Bird model... |
| 30 | July 30, 2004 I ran up against an embarassing problem last night... | |
| 29 | July 29, 2004 The New York Times ran a story titled "Kerry Turns to J.F.K... | |
| 28 | July 28, 2004 I ride the subway home after a few drinks... | |
| 27 | July 27, 2004 Today, I did the unthinkable: I purchased a font... | |
| 26 | July 26, 2004 I made my commute home in record time today... | |
| 25 | July 25, 2004 The Democratic National Convention has hardly begun... | |
| 21 | July 21, 2004 I picked up a Torit Model 84 dust collector today. I got it on eBay for a song... | |
| 20 | July 20, 2004 Yesterday I saw a sign in a Boston storefront. It read... | |
| 18 | July 18, 2004 Remarkable is the level of sustained interest the media has shown... | |
| 17 | July 17, 2004 Ehren bought a Blue Bird school bus... | |
| 14 | July 14, 2004 I love biking through the rain. Not yesterday's rain, though... | |
| 12 | July 12, 2004 I'm going to teach you something you did not know: MIT and John Deere are... | |
| 11 | July 11, 2004 This is the bom-diggity: Hamilton, Burr Descendants Re-Enact Duel. | |
| 09 | July 9, 2004 Opening the box of a new super multi-coated UV filter is always a... | |
| 07 | July 7, 2004 The Coca-Cola "Unexpected Summer" GPS-can promotion is a threat to... | |
| 06 | July 6, 2004 Another July 4 came and went. An excellent time was had by all (I... | |
| 03 | July 3, 2004 Some relevant raft-building numbers that I should probably make into a web page... | |
| 02 | July 2, 2004 The New York Times has an editorial on a court decision I was not... | |
| 01 | July 1, 2004 I'm having a bad case of boat jealousy. For various reasons... | |
| 01 | June 31, 2004 Curiously, nothing happened on this day. |
| 30 | June 30, 2004 Here is a casino giving away $25 Free when you sign up an account... | |
| 29 | June 29, 2004 While everyone is complaining about the MIT homepage... |
| 27 | June 27, 2004 Why don't I ever get good messages on my voicemail? | |
| 26 | June 26, 2004 I spent some time today catching up on transcripts of Andy Rooney's... | |
| 24 | June 24, 2004 I knew my Salon.com subscription was good for something... | |
| 23 | June 23, 2004 Check out this snazzy new stylesheet. I call it "shades of gray... | |
| 21 | June 21, 2004 Yesterday, on my way to work (yeah, on a Sunday)... | |
| 19 | June 19, 2004 The other day in Kenmore Square... | |
| 18 | June 18, 2004 The New York Times made my day with their story on the U.S. Open... | |
| 13 | June 13, 2004 Let's say a replica Green Line train were to be built. As a boat... | |
| 11 | June 11, 2004 Announcing my first major foray into online photo publishing in two years..... | |
| 10 | June 10, 2004 I sometimes don't discover good musicians until they die. This happened... | |
| 09 | June 9, 2004 Back on March 24, I wrote excitedly about a New York Times summary of... | |
| 08 | June 8, 2004 Vacation photos are back from the lab! | |
| 07 | June 7, 2004 I need Copper 110 bar stock in 3/32" thickness. Incredibly... | |
| 05 | June 5, 2004 I finally learned of the caffeinated 7 Up variant known as dnL... | |
| 04 | June 4, 2004 Some of you really like your television test patterns... | |
| 03 | June 3, 2004 A Catholic church near my Newton office, Mary Immaculate of Lourdes... | |
| 02 | June 2, 2004 I am back from my vacation. Pictures and stories will be presented... |
| 19 | May 19, 2004 Crap. An agent with WpN is calling around MIT... | |
| 18 | May 18, 2004 One of the more scenic legs of my daily route to work was closed this... | |
| 17 | May 17, 2004: While my alarm gently beeps... I need a louder, more violent alarm clock... | |
| 16 | May 16, 2004 The New York Times article on Seattle's new Koolhaas library casually... | |
| 14 | May 14, 2004 I had to sit in on another job interview today. It was, as always, stressful... | |
| 13 | May 13, 2004 Tonight I went to a special screening of A.G. Vermouth's documentary... | |
| 12 | May 12, 2004 At work, I am re-implementing a complicated digital control system from scratch... | |
| 11 | May 11, 2004 When I go home in a couple of weeks, I'm checking out Sudsy Malone's... | |
| 10 | May 10, 2004 Dave Zitt is famous. He is also the master of a $400,000 aircraft... | |
| 09 | May 9, 2004 I have discovered the joys of the "SIunits" LaTeX package... | |
| 07 | fake blog entry May 7, 2004 Words that rhyme with "prickles" Dear Amrys... | |
| 06 | May 6, 2004 Just under a month ago, Color Kinetics filed for an IPO! | |
| 05 | May 5, 2004 Bicycle upgraded. Previous configuration: badly-worn Shimano 105 chainrings... | |
| 04 | May 4, 2004 If I ever buy a car, I want one with six wheels. | |
| 03 | May 3, 2004: Office Hero This morning the 24" inkjet printer (which my boss anachronistically... | |
| 01 | May 1, 2004: Mayday Go outside. It's nice. |
| 26 | April 26, 2004 There is a Green Line train shrink-wrapped with beer advertising... | |
| 22 | April 22, 2004: Old MacDonald Had a Farm... The PowerPC architecture is weakly-consistent... | |
| 21 | April 21, 2004: The Experiment Last Saturday I removed my computer from my room... | |
| 18 | April 18, 2004 Last week I shot the official pictures for HRDC's production of... | |
| 16 | April 16, 2004 TMDA continues to protect my sanity... | |
| 15 | April 15, 2004 The very best things. Today. Presented in chronological order... | |
| 08 | April 8, 2004 Hot type is cool. Witness the strange and interesting history of ETAOIN SHRDLU. | |
| 07 | April 7, 2004 Leafing through the April issue of B&W Magazine... | |
| 03 | April 3, 2004 Greetings from sunny Florida! It's 78 degrees and sunny here. | |
| 01 | April 1, 2004 The U.S. Secret Service announced yesterday that it will be necessary... |
| 31 | March 31, 2004 Another iconic American product lost to China: Radio Flyer Inc.... | |
| 29 | March 29, 2004 HP-DECpaq has released an updated "Tru64 UNIX Roadmap" apparently... | |
| 26 | March 26, 2004 Walking along Commonwealth Avenue very late last night... | |
| 25 | March 25, 2004 I spent a good part of the day yesterday trying to get a section of... | |
| 24 | March 24, 2004 I want to read today's oral arguments before the Supreme Court for... | |
| 22 | March 22, 2004 Salon has an excellent piece on the role of openness in a democracy... | |
| 20 | March 20, 2004 I just finished reading The Pianoplayers, a novel by Anthony Burgess... | |
| 19 | March 19, 2004 I finally realized last night that Jethro Tull's song "Minstrel in... | |
| 18 | March 18, 2004 Photo of the day: Team Cruft, seen here with the Battlewagon... | |
| 16 | March 16, 2004 Sometimes the muse strikes, and sleep strikes back. | |
| 15 | March 15, 2004 Last night my co-worker had some folks over for a special Cajun treat... | |
| 08 | March 8, 2004 This morning, before leaving for work, I started compiling FireFox 0.8... | |
| 07 | March 7, 2004 I have resolved to build Mozilla FireFox 0.8 on my-computer... | |
| 05 | March 5, 2004 I have learned way too much about plumbing in the last week... | |
| 04 | March 4, 2004 MIT I/S has closed the 4-035 Athena cluster forever. I will miss that place... | |
| 01 | March 1, 2004 Rodin correctly reports that I am pissing my pants over this whole... |
| 29 | February 29, 2004 James did more pulsejet testing today. It almost works. Someday, maybe... | |
| 27 | February 27, 2004 By this afternoon, my headache subsided -- long story -- and just in... | |
| 26 | February 26, 2004 Feldmeier broke my Lambda LH124 power supply earlier this week by... | |
| 24 | February 24, 2004 This morning Limor showed me the naked circuit board for her latest project... | |
| 22 | February 22, 2004 This is the funniest thing I've seen in weeks. I'm laughing my ass off... | |
| 19 | February 19, 2004 Unfortunately my primitive weather-forecasting system doesn't completely work... | |
| 18 | February 18, 2004 I have a wash-bottle of anhydrous isopropanol on my desk at home... | |
| 17 | February 17, 2004 I usually try to keep my wristwatch somewhat accurately synchronized... | |
| 13 | February 13, 2004 This space needed a little cleaning-up. Done! I have a new skill... | |
| 11 | February 11, 2004 My Sony PVM-96 monitor surprises me again... | |
| 10 | February 10, 2004 The Good Doctor has found an error in my January 22 spelling of "embarrassed... | |
| 06 | February 6, 2004 McMaster's "YOR-LOK" (Swagelok-compatible) tubing fittings are... | |
| 05 | February 5, 2004 John got his new MIG welder running last night... | |
| 04 | February 4, 2004 OK, I biked to work today. So there. | |
| 03 | February 3, 2004 There are few things as embarassing as turning into one of the people... |
| 30 | January 30, 2004 I'm not buying any more Pearl Izumi products... | |
| 28 | January 28, 2004 I love this phrase: "... the Heathkit EC-1 [Analog Computer] is... | |
| 27 | January 27, 2004 A Kenmore Square banner for the airline JetBlue advertises "nonstop... | |
| 25 | January 25, 2004 Someone stole my winter coat from a party last night... | |
| 22 | January 22, 2004 The pathetic periodical Technology Review, in its latest issue... | |
| 20 | January 20, 2004 Despite my non-participation in the MIT Mystery Hunt last weekend... | |
| 16 | January 16, 2004 Cincinnati Milacron is moving its corporate headquarters to Kentucky. Okay... | |
| 15 | January 15, 2004 This morning's travels took me past the doors of the Kenmore Square... | |
| 14 | January 14, 2004 I am, at the moment, a little concerned by news that the developers of... | |
| 13 | January 13, 2004 More pictures of the pulsejet engine (aka "Liquid Propane... | |
| 12 | January 12, 2004 James and I built a Lockwood-Hiller valveless pulsejet engine-powered... | |
| 09 | January 9, 2004 Today, biking to work, despite below-zero windchills... | |
| 07 | January 7, 2004 This guy has serious connections: "God, why is it so fucking cold? | |
| 03 | January 3, 2004 I returned today from two days of hiking, snowshoeing... |