Archive: 2011

January 2011

01: It's Kittens
02: All in the Waiting
04: Twitter: 2011-01-04
05: Gerry Rafferty, 1947-2011
06: Welcome to Hell
07: Twitter: 2011-01-07
08: Ask for Help
09: Decapitations: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
09: The Cats of War
18: My Kid Needs to Learn to Set an Alarm Clock
19: Joyeux Anniversaire, Paul Cézanne
20: Twitter: 2011-01-20
20: Hu's on First
21: Twitter: 2011-01-21
22: Twitter: 2011-01-22
22: Count No Man Happy
22: A Good Breakfast
23: Twitter: 2011-01-23
23: Trying Out for Basketball
24: Twitter: 2011-01-24
24: The Best Years of Your Life
26: Twitter: 2011-01-26
26: Warming Up is Horseshit
27: The Elevated Scrub
27: Hamlet Backwards
28: Twitter: 2011-01-28
30: Twitter: 2011-01-30

February 2011

01: Twitter: 2011-02-01
01: I've Got a New Password
02: Overheard at El Cholo
03: Groundhog Day
04: Pet Peeve of the Day
05: A Can't-Miss Situation
05: Homeless Cat Problem
05: Truth Knocks
06: Offer What You Have
12: We're in Such a Hurry
12: A Longstanding Absurdity
13: What We Are and What We Do
13: Painting Your Masterpiece
13: We Who Are Your Closest Friends
13: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Blue Man Group
14: Bird by Bird
14: This Instant Right Now
15: The Serenity at the Center of It All
16: You Don't Count, You're Not on TV
17: HW at the Movies: Hall Pass
18: Three Words for Teachers
19: We Are All Wisconsiners Now!
20: Life Slipping Away
21: Union Sundown
21: East Coker
22: New Jersey is the Worst Place to Die
22: The Last Freedom
27: Slinging the Bull
27: Be Yourself!
27: The Worst Week Ever
27: Orwell in Wisconsin
28: Mass Electrocutions : Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
28: What Everyone Says in a Book

March 2011

01: Wisconsin's Smoking Gun
03: Anne Frank
03: The Funniest Thing I Saw All Day . . .
04: Pet Peeve of the Day
07: Ask for Help
08: Take Me to the Mardi Gras
08: Northwood Basketball Awards
09: Overheard
09: Allergy Shots
09: A Couple of Schillers
10: Alpha Dogs Eat First
11: Queueing Theory
11: How to Be a Genius
14: EppsNet at the Movies: Out of the Past
16: Patience
19: What Is Government?
19: Meeting Ron Artest
19: Shelvin and Nasir
20: Shelvin
20: Serious People Don't Ski
21: There Will Be No Additional Rules
21: Cha Cha Cha
22: R.I.P. Knut
23: What Marilyn Monroe Said to Liz Taylor in Heaven
29: Overheard
30: The Price of Taxing the Rich

April 2011

01: Pushing the Avocado
03: March Madness Doggie Style!
03: My Kid is Going to Cal
04: Biting the Hand
04: Everything Must Be Replaced
04: I Won't Be Living Here Anymore
04: Husky vs. Bulldog
06: An Irrevocable Diameter
08: Baggage Buddies: How to Save $3,500 on a Flight from OC to SF
08: Where Is Everybody?
09: Hawk Cam
10: It's All White Kids
12: Laughter is the Medicine of Life
13: Predators 4, Ducks 1
14: Why is Obama a Bad Politician?
15: Skittles
15: Checking Out
15: Four Months Left
16: Selling Typewriters
16: EppsNet Book Reviews: The Odyssey by Homer
16: Quick Thinking
17: Riddles
19: HW's Exercise of the Day
20: The Power of Words
21: God's Gonna Cut You Down
21: Easter Pug
21: Kanban and Scrum: Making the Most of Both
22: Overheard
24: Hot Dog
24: I'll Lead
24: Something to Believe In
24: Kanban, Scrum, User Stories, System Design
25: Monday Morning Sets the Tone for the Week
25: Monday
25: The Star Thrower
27: Motivation
27: Redundancies
28: Advice for the College Bound
29: This Is How I Avenged Myself

May 2011

03: Newseum: Osama bin Laden Killed by U.S. Special Forces
03: Satan on Osama bin Laden
03: Satan on Osama bin Laden's 72 Virgins
03: Agile Manifesto 2.0
06: This Should Have Been a Major Clue
07: Hard-Earned Wisdom
07: Zero or Hero
08: Two Ways to Slide Easily Through Life
08: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
08: People Who Died Last Week
10: Irvine Loves Bunnies
10: Ask the Dust
10: Beginning This Day
11: Keeping it Real
11: What You'll Be
12: HW's Book Reviews: Go the Fuck to Sleep
12: What Should I Do With This Information?
13: SharedVision
14: One Supernumerary Less
15: You've Seen the Video . . .
15: Taj Gibson's Twitter Background
18: Pot/Kettle
18: Copier Training
20: Another Reason I Like to Phone in My Order
20: Loved or Feared
21: Amazon's $23,698,655.93 (Plus Shipping) Book About Flies
22: A Personal Companion
22: Voice-Activated Copiers
22: Field Hours
23: Bad Driving
23: Motherf-ing Cats
23: Difficulties
24: Don't Know What You Don't Know
25: Play Ball
25: At Least Someone in L.A. Three-Peated
26: Lasts
26: I Don't Care if You Read This Article
28: How to Be Liked by a Lot of People
31: What Can You Stop Doing?

June 2011

01: Your Genuine Action
01: Are You an Alcoholic?
02: Not Exactly Romeo and Juliet
02: Lasts
03: Big Cake
03: Do That Which is Assigned You
04: Prom Night
04: Pugs and Penguin
04: Boring
05: Dog Problems
06: Education Dollars at Work
06: Good Lesson for Mac Snobs
06: Pit Bull Mauled by Pug
07: Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
07: Thomas Jefferson on Weinergate
07: Where Are You?
07: Grauman's Chinese Theater - 1930
07: HTML5, CSS3, UX, Design: Links from An Event Apart Boston 2011
09: Believe Your Own Thought
09: I Recorded Some Songs on the Google Guitar
09: Shooting Hoops
09: Lasts
11: Pizza and Pessimism
11: I Don't Need Anything
12: Dilbert: New Server Names
12: Follow the Truth
12: I Love L.A.
13: Making Work Visible
13: Help Me
13: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
14: Do Your Work
16: Graduation Still Life
16: All Politics is Local
17: Top Dog
18: Opting Out
18: The Cloud
18: Visibility and Feedback
18: A Reflection of Human Frailty
18: Fathers Day
18: Hashtag
19: Lasts
19: Happy Fathers Day!
20: The Integrity of Your Own Mind
22: Five Guys in Europe: Departure
23: Null Hypothesis
23: Five Guys in Europe: Museums
23: Live Like a Jackass, Die Like a Jackass
26: Sadie Thompson
26: Change Isn't the Problem
27: Five Guys in Europe: La Sagrada Familia
27: Epilogue
28: The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly Work
28: One Piece of Wisdom
29: The Word "Requirement" is Just Plain Wrong
30: Software Development is Capable of Much, Much More

July 2011

01: Five Guys in Europe: France
02: EppsNet at the Movies: Punching the Clown
02: Fault and Change
02: The Snows of Kilimanjaro
02: Tiger Mothers
03: Audacity
03: Nothing Materialises
04: Five Guys in Europe: Italy
04: Man Protesting Motorcycle Helmet Laws Dies From Head Injury
04: Change
04: A Father's Instruction
06: Enjoying Life to the Fullest
06: Five Guys in Europe: Relaxing in Cannes
07: The Golden State Mutual Building
07: An American in Cannes
07: Five Guys in Europe: Venice
08: Dick Williams, 1929 - 2011
08: Finally People Can Stop Pretending They Care About Space
08: Two Things I Love About Southern California
10: Five Guys in Europe: When in Rome . . .
10: Terminology
11: Sounds Better Than it Really Is Award
11: Five Guys in Europe: Thank You, Parents
11: I've Got an Idea for a TV Show
12: Northwood 2011 College Decisions
16: What Happened to the Hippies? Where Are They?
16: Any Lawyers Out There Want This Case?
16: This Goes to Show You the Importance of a Good Night's Sleep
17: Pug Meetup
17: Huxley Was Right
18: "Now . . . This"
20: NARCh 2011 - Travel Day
20: NARCh 2011 - Day 1
21: NARCh 2011 - Day 2
22: NARCh 2011 - Day 3
23: Amy Winehouse, 1983-2011
23: NARCh 2011 - Day 4
24: A Message for My Followers
26: Affirmation
27: Sit Down and Be Quiet
27: Belief and Vodka Both Wear Off
27: The Unnamable
27: Just Like the Pros
27: Hockey Parents I Have Known
28: My Boy Turns 18 Today
28: We Aren't in Business as Shopkeepers
28: Leadership Lessons of the Ottoman Turks
29: Save Me From My Indifference
29: How's That WBS Working for You?
30: Open-Ended Question
30: The Right Words
31: Plato in 90 Minutes

August 2011

September 2011

01: Let Me Save You Some Time
02: Refrigerators
02: Start by Visualizing Perfection
03: User-Centered Design
03: Marco Polo
04: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
05: Happy Labor Day
07: Old Saying
07: Problems
08: Back to School 2011
10: EppsNet at the Movies: Day for Night
10: The Job of Our Time
10: The Law of Conservation of Ignorance
10: Predictions
11: Kids Can Be Good at Anything
11: I Had a Threesome Last Night!
12: What Would People Say?
12: The Ruins
13: Most Important
13: Look Out for the Blue Hose
14: Storms
14: Do Not Let the Enemy See Your Spirit
15: The Thousand-Mile Road
16: Diagnosis Please
16: Running of the Pugs
17: Satan Takes a Message for Ted Kennedy
17: A Dream that No One Has
17: Better Than Everybody Else
19: Don't Know What You Don't Know
19: The Effect of Your Practices
22: Stand
23: You Don't Know Me
23: Simplicity Appreciation 101
24: Things Which Matter Most
25: Donald Bren Can Kiss My Ass
26: Monkeys on Typewriters
26: Overheard
26: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
26: A Labyrinth of Illusion and Doubt
27: Is it Good Etiquette to Call Someone a Cocksucker?
27: The Father of the Year Competition is Heating Up
27: Diversity Bake Sale Sparks Controversy
27: Screw You, And Screw Your Man Card
28: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
28: A Sad Interview
29: Looking Up and Screaming
30: INVEST in Good Stories
30: Catchiest Song Ever?
30: Who Pays for Dinner?
30: Craftsmanship over Crap

October 2011

01: In Praise of the Fighters
02: How Are Things Going?
03: Overheard
03: Bokononism
03: E-Mails Reveal Early White House Worries Over Solyndra
04: Liberals and Conservatives
04: Pause and Reflect
05: Arias
06: Gift Shops
06: Aimilianos Monai, Alexandrian, A.D. 628-655
06: An Old Man
07: You Are Not Alone
08: Why In-Page Navigation Links Matter More Than Menus
08: The Four Levels of Agile Requirements
08: Brown Vetoes SB 185
09: Choose to Be a Hero
10: 5 Questions for Improvement
11: Mother, Toddler, Oncoming Train
11: 3 Laws of Usability
12: The Most Interesting Man in the World?
12: Get What You Want
13: Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011
14: Bye-Bye, Bevatron
16: The Problem with Drinking
16: Notes From a Dragon Mom
16: Soccer Takes Over Sproul
19: Hot Wheels
21: Rick Neuheisel is the Right Man for UCLA
23: I Am the 99 Percent
23: USC 31, Notre Dame 17
23: USC Football - UNFILTERED - Notre Dame
24: Unhappiness is Good for You
25: No Photos, Please, of Obama’s L.A. Fundraisers
25: From the Notre Dame Photo Album
25: Don't Make Me Laugh
26: Disclaimer
26: The Rich Get Poorer
26: Alone Together
26: Living in the Digital World
28: The Essence of Scrum
28: Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities
28: Growing a System
28: Scrum: Why Story Points Are Better Than Hours
29: Herman Cain's 9-9-9
31: The Problems That You Have

November 2011

05: Amy Chua > Dr. Spock
06: Extensions to Logic for Common Sense
06: The State of Evidence on the God Question
08: Events of Two Centuries
09: Second City Comedy
09: Call of Duty
14: Cat and Dog
14: Educating Oligarchs
15: Release the Hounds
16: Thank God for Coach K
16: JoePa Shielding the Assets
16: Parents of the Year
16: Chaos is the New Calm
16: Dilbert: Goals
16: Separating the Sheep From the Goats
17: First Rule of Usability? Don't Listen to Users
18: In a Conference Room
19: Race Against the Machine
19: If You Tolerate It, You Insist On It
19: Accountable
19: Misled by Metrics
20: USC 38, Oregon 35
20: Passion
20: Cinderella Man
20: What You Say You Believe
20: Jim McCarthy on Steve Jobs
21: It's Rivalry Week!
21: Hell is Other People
21: The Best Measure of Truth
21: USC Football - UNFILTERED - Oregon
22: Problems
23: James 3:14
23: Adolf Hitler in New Jersey
25: EppsNet at the Movies: Arthur Christmas
25: 50 Ways to Show Gratitude for the People in Your Life
27: Closing the Gap: USC 50, UCLA 0
28: UCLA Fires Rick Neuheisel
28: USC Football - UNFILTERED - UCLA
29: Like Tears in Rain

December 2011

01: Mobius Strip
03: EppsNet at the Movies: Babette's Feast
05: Elf Girls
06: Last Update?
06: Self-Deprecation
06: Engineering is Serious Business, Says Engineering Major
07: Harry Morgan, 1915-2011
08: Charlie Weis to Coach Kansas
09: House of Cards
09: Basically Done
10: Beware of Chest Physicians Bearing Gifts
10: The Impact of Shooting Deaths on Football Recruiting
11: A Pile of Mammals
11: You Will Adore It
11: 25 Focus Areas
14: NTSB Recommends Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use
15: Christmas Pug
17: A Christmas Tree Made With Books
17: Respect for People
17: Airline Pilots No Longer Know How to Fly the Planes
20: We Need Better Parents
21: Velvety
21: To an Extreme
21: Celebrity Breakups
21: UCLA Hires Jim Mora
21: A Man Who Excels in His Work
21: Turbinado Sugar = Crack Cocaine
23: Overheard at Hearst Castle
24: Hearst Castle is Really a Lot Like Our House
24: Merry Christmas, Everybody!
24: A Little Castle Comedy
26: New Years Resolutions
26: Two Things I Noticed
26: Top 5 Creepy and Sexist Christmas Songs
27: Heart Sutra
30: Do Not Withhold the Truth
30: People I Thought Were Dead
30: The World's Fattest Vegetarian
31: In What Then Does the Good Reside?
31: Angry Illiterates Shouldn't Work at Bookstores
31: Overheard at the Bookstore