Archive: 2014
January 2014
- 01: Act Naturally
- 08: It Would Be Important to Get There and There is Probably a Way
- 10: Success is Not (All) About Money
- 10: 10 Foundational Quantitative Reasoning Questions
- 10: The Cure for Missing Attachments
- 13: EppsNet at the Movies: Singin' in the Rain
- 26: Some Links
- 27: He Moves in Mysterious Ways
- 30: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
February 2014
- 02: Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967-2014
- 05: Other People's Kids
- 09: Overheard at Souplantation
- 09: Regrets, I've Had a Few
- 12: Happy Darwin Day!
- 13: Regulating Markets
- 13: Periodic Reassessment
- 15: Jim Fregosi, 1942-2014
- 15: I Relinquish My Plan
- 15: Challenge Assumptions
- 15: Bill Gates: Playing Bridge and Doing the Dishes
- 16: The 'Why' Technique
- 17: What is Love?
- 17: The 12th Man
- 17: Kids Eat Free
- 17: Another Reason I Stopped Meeting Women on Craigslist
- 17: Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
- 17: L.A. Arboretum
- 20: EppsNet at the Movies: The Monuments Men
- 22: The Hardest Available Challenge
- 22: Bad Interview Question
- 22: I Think the Camera's Upside Down
- 23: EppsNet Book Reviews: The Known World by Edward P. Jones
- 25: A Trip to the Vet
- 27: Neil Young in LA
- 28: Overheard at Subway
- 28: He Lost His Arm, Not His Sense of Humor
March 2014
- 01: The 2014 Hater's Guide to the Oscars
- 01: See You in Hell: The Fritz Pollard Edition
- 01: 9 Links
- 02: On the Evaluation of One-Sided Evidence
- 02: Spa Day at the Vet and Erica's Departure
- 05: EppsNet Book Reviews: My Antonia by Willa Cather
- 06: Geoff Edwards, 1931-2014
- 09: Risk = Cumulative Cost - Cumulative Value
- 09: The Secret to Playing Difficult Piano Pieces
- 10: Income Inequality Explained
- 10: Rickie Lee Jones "Wild Girl" Live
- 11: Rickie Lee Jones - Sympathy for the Devil (Live)
- 12: A Mega Millions Lottery Ticket is a Good Investment
- 12: Disappearing Planes: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
- 15: The Best Advice I Got This Week
- 15: How to Answer Stupid Job Interview Questions
- 16: Enforced Ideas
- 19: EppsNet at the Movies: City Lights
- 19: Death Row Headlines We'd Like to See
- 20: 4 Links
- 22: I Am the Bath Day Messenger
- 22: Childish Economics
- 22: Forget About Female Leadership
- 22: Expanding My Repertoire
- 28: The Surprising Benefits of Nonconformity
- 29: Why Do (Some) Smart Kids Fail?
- 29: EppsNet Book Reviews: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
- 30: Don't Try to Be Funny at the Vet
- 30: Fear of Lightning
- 30: I Have Only Ever Made One Prayer to God
- 31: Get Rich Making Dumb Decisions
- 31: The Best Days
- 31: I Already Knew That
April 2014
- 01: At Any Rate, That Is Happiness
- 02: Neil Young Acoustic Show at the Dolby Theater
- 03: Let it Bleed
- 07: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 07: EppsNet at the Movies: Gravity
- 08: Which Experts Predicted a UConn-Kentucky Title Game?
- 09: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 15: On the Road
- 19: EppsNet at the Movies: A Serious Man
- 19: Defensive
- 19: Gabriel García Márquez, 1927-2014
- 19: Miss Marple
- 20: Everything I Need to Know About Being a Successful Executive in the 1950s I Learned in Kindergarten
- 23: NYT Misrepresents California's Affirmative Action Results
- 23: Just Wondering
- 25: It's Not That Hard to Be a Saint in the City
- 25: Pope John Paul II Just Killed a Guy
- 27: Don't Apologize
- 27: Rainy Day on Center Street, Berkeley, CA
- 28: A Saddening Trip to the Vet
May 2014
- 01: I'm Done With the NBA
- 02: British Healthcare Fact of the Day
- 03: See You in Hell
- 03: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 04: The Potato Chips Are Not Optional
- 05: See You in Hell, Carl Douglas
- 05: 2048 * 2 = 4096
- 06: What Is the Use of a House?
- 06: The War on Poverty is 50 Years Old
- 06: That's Why It's Called the Opposition Party
- 07: Pug Photos on Flickr
- 08: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Angela Davis
- 09: Time Management
- 10: Minimum Wage Proposal: $0.00
- 10: Lit Quizzes
- 10: One Percenters
- 11: The Single Greatest Source of Economic Error
- 12: Good Riddance to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
- 14: Singing the Song from the Heart, Without Any Accoutrements, Without Any Production
- 17: Random Thoughts on Paying College Athletes
- 17: The Future
- 17: That L.A. Sunshine
- 17: Those Who Think Differently Are Disinvited
- 17: The Unbearable Whiteness of Liberal Media
- 18: Small Obstinacies and a Few Proverbs
- 18: I've Solved the Problem of Economic Inequality
- 18: Now We Can All Feel Good About Ourselves
- 19: A Spectacularly Bad Job of Rigging the System
- 21: No Solutions
- 22: Good Causes
- 23: The $100 Tank of Gas
- 23: Aren't They More or Less the Same Thing?
- 23: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 23: If There's One Thing I Can't Tolerate, It's Intolerance
- 26: Zen Proverb
- 26: People I Thought Were Dead
- 26: Estados Unidos de Converso
- 27: Your Lucky Day
- 30: Oceanside, CA
- 31: (Willis) Tower of Terror
June 2014
- 01: Self-Importance
- 01: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 01: I Am Disenfranchising Myself
- 01: Eat Mor Chikin
- 01: Know Why the Meeting Was Called
- 04: Limit Your Meeting Attendance
- 06: Dying at the Right Time
- 06: Rickie Lee Jones at the Coach House
- 07: Hard Deadlines
- 08: EppsNet Movie Reviews: We Are the Best!
- 12: Pug Photos on Flickr
- 14: People Who Have Died
- 16: 10,000 Cocksure Moralists
- 17: Pink Shirt
- 18: What Rock and Roll Really Is
- 18: What Is Kindness?
- 18: Thinking on Your Feet
- 19: Antipattern: Daily Standup is Too Long
- 19: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- 20: I Know the Feeling
- 22: I Was Never More Hated Than When I Tried to Be Honest
- 23: Two Mediocrities Are Not Better Than One
- 26: Giving Clergy the Benefit of the Doubt
- 26: 3 Links
- 26: Infographic of Soccer Players, Fish and Gunshot Victims
- 27: Descending Kroeber Hall
- 29: Milestones
- 29: Email From a Bird
- 30: Killed by Prayer
- 30: A Pug Story
July 2014
- 01: Team Foosball
- 03: Fleeing From Reason
- 05: How I Identified the Impostor
- 05: Futility
- 06: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 06: Not Enough Information?
- 06: An iPad a Week
- 06: What Every Married Person Knows
- 06: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Great West Retirement Services
- 06: Compassion
- 07: Ten Steps to Being Fat, Lonely and Broke
- 07: One Piece of Advice From T. Boone Pickens
- 08: This Kid Made an App That Exposes Sellout Politicians
- 08: It's All Part of God's Plan
- 10: Bad Personal Ad
- 10: Raising Our Kids
- 11: Climate Change is Making People More Stupid
- 11: If a Man Neglects Education
- 11: Readers, Scientifically
- 12: People Who Don't Want Me to Know Things
- 12: The Smartest Kids in the World
- 13: I Slept Late But There's a Reason for It
- 14: A Male Chimp Can Spot an Ovulating Female From More Than a Quarter Mile Away
- 14: R.I.P. America
- 14: Income Inequality is the Best
- 16: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Hobby Lobby Boycotters
- 16: What Comes Around Goes Around
- 16: Unintended Consequences: The Death of George Washington
- 17: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Stuart Scott
- 18: More on Stuart Scott
- 20: Lightning Got a Personalized Pup Cup
- 20: Forgiveness
- 22: The Last Minute of Your Life
- 23: Overreaction
- 24: One Thing I Can't Tolerate is Intolerance: Tony Dungy Edition
- 24: How to Not Cry at Work
- 24: Horrific Ziplining Accidents: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
- 24: The Softball Waivers
- 25: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of
- 26: Airlines Headquartered in Strip Malls: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
- 27: You Could Be Someone Special
- 27: Books, Writers, Bookstores, Libraries
- 28: Darth Vader for President
- 28: I'd Like to Be Invited
- 28: Happy 21st Birthday, Casey
- 29: What is the Way?
- 31: Ebola Outbreaks: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
August 2014
- 01: The Who: The Kids Are Alright ... Except the Ones With Ebola
- 02: Hawaiian Shirts
- 03: We Were All Put on the Board Somewhere
- 04: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Dr. Maya Angelou
- 04: Are There Any Intelligent People Currently Living?
- 08: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Breastfeeding Celebrities
- 08: What Are You Looking At?
- 08: Can You See the Real Me, Doctor?
- 11: Robin Williams, 1951-2014
- 12: More Words and Phrases I'm Sick Unto Death Of: "He Was Even Better as a Person"
- 13: National Scholarship Award
- 13: Did Robin Williams Have a Dog?
- 14: By Way of Explanation
- 16: Programmers Don't Play Polo
- 17: Last Night at the Beppo
- 18: Don Pardo, 1918-2014
September 2014
- 01: Teaching Computer Science
- 03: Teaching Computer Science: Remembering Names
- 04: Joan Rivers, 1933-2014
- 05: I Can Still Eat
- 08: Would Jesus Tow My Car?
- 10: A Glimpse of Antiquity
- 14: See You in Hell, O Ye of Little Faith
- 15: Teaching Computer Science: Asking for Help
- 19: People I Thought Were Dead
- 23: Teaching Computer Science: Applause
- 24: Teaching Computer Science: Diversity Takes a Hit
October 2014
- 05: This New Coffee Place is Not Going to Make It
- 11: Nobody Reads Books Anymore
- 14: Incan Gold
- 14: One of Those Things That You Never Forget
- 14: The Lowlight of My Weekend
- 15: Happy 170th Birthday, Friedrich Nietzsche!
- 16: Tropical Spiders That Burrow Into Your Torso: Another Reason I Prefer to Just Stay Home
- 17: You're Now the Local Computer Expert
- 18: L'Affaire Winston
- 18: Common Core Testing
- 19: I Don't Much Care for Coincidences
- 23: 50 Years of Solving Crossword Puzzles Finally Paid Off
- 24: Blondes
- 24: Flaubert's Prediction
- 24: HIS and HER
- 25: Martial Artist, Self-Taught
- 25: Baldness vs. Malaria
- 25: UC Berkeley Roller Hockey
- 26: A Recipe for Confidence
- 26: It's Election Season in Irvine
- 27: Teaching Computer Science: Diversity for Girls Only
- 30: Women Need to Get Into New Professions Where They Can Be Shot
- 31: More People I'm Sick Unto Death Of: Brain Cancer Patients
November 2014
- 01: As Bad as the Real Obama
- 04: Teaching Computer Science: No School After Halloween
- 05: It Happened 100 Years Ago to Dostoevsky
- 06: Thanks But I Already Have One
- 06: Who Said It: Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula or Miss South Carolina Teen 2007?
- 07: Proud to Be a Coal Miner's Daughter
- 08: Whatever the Party Holds to Be the Truth
- 10: Intelligent Appliances
- 10: Art is Not a Brassiere
- 17: Teaching Computer Science: Mindset
- 18: Teaching Computer Science: Exam Tips from the Pros
- 21: This Magic Moment
- 21: Microeconomics at Walgreens
- 26: See You in Hell
- 26: I'm in Semi-Solidarity with the Protestors
- 26: Halle Slams Gabriel!
- 26: Teaching Computer Science: No School Before Thanksgiving
- 28: Thanksgiving Day
December 2014
- 01: All the Talk About Tolerance
- 02: Closed
- 03: A Short One-Act Play About Time
- 03: Attention Deficit
- 04: The One Thing I Can't Tolerate is Intolerance
- 05: We Save Things Around Here
- 06: Good News for the Second Fattest Person Alive
- 06: The Hedgehog and the Fox
- 07: Why "We" Believed Jackie's Rape Story
- 07: Old Wine
- 10: Merry Christmas from Irvine
- 12: Sugar Substitutes
- 12: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- 14: Many Have Long Known ...
- 16: Teaching Computer Science: Those Who Don't Like to Read
- 21: My Glasses Just Fell Apart for the Fourth Time
- 22: Most of Economics
- 22: I Would Rather Die
- 22: Testing a White Privilege Theory
- 25: Merry Christmas
- 28: Within the Circuit of this Plodding Life
- 29: 60 Million Students
- 29: Secondary Lobster
- 30: R.I.P. America
- 31: Mo'ne Davis: Female Athlete of the Year?
- 31: Ovid Had Some Off Days
- 31: 2014: The Year in Books
- 31: The Public School Monopoly Provides Little Incentive to Supply Good Education