• 2024-09-08 / 2024-W36-7 Some personal news Categories: meta, personal
• 2024-09-08 / 2024-W36-7 About me Categories: meta
• 2024-06-25 / 2024-W26-2 IMPORTANT message for MathJax users Categories: programming, math
• 2024-04-30 / 2024-W18-2 Minnesota's new flag: from scratch Categories: programming, Minnesota
• 2024-04-25 / 2024-W17-4 New look! Categories: programming, meta
• 2024-04-25 / 2024-W17-4 Note about tweets Categories: meta
• 2024-03-13 / 2024-W11-3 Happy π Day! Categories: math, programming, fun
• 2024-02-27 / 2024-W09-2 PGP key Categories: meta
• 2023-07-16 / 2023-W28-7 Made a link page Categories: meta, Internet culture
• 2023-07-15 / 2023-W28-6 Color contrast checker Categories: programming, design, accessibility
• 2023-07-11 / 2023-W28-2 Now on Hackyderm Categories: meta, Internet culture
• 2023-07-06 / 2023-W27-4 Code to make treemap Categories: programming, fun, geography
• 2023-07-04 / 2023-W27-2 This is America Categories: programming, fun, geography
• 2022-04-14 / 2022-W15-4 Silly Decorator #2: @plus_one Categories: programming, fun, silly decorator
• 2022-03-23 / 2022-W12-3 Silly Decorator #1: @a_hole Categories: programming, fun, silly decorator
• 2021-12-13 / 2021-W50-1 Hexagonal snowflakes Categories: crafts, math
• 2021-10-28 / 2021-W43-4 mypy sum error Categories: programming
• 2021-03-26 / 2021-W12-5 SArCAsTic cApiTalIZatioN GeNerATOr Categories: Internet culture, programming, fun
• 2021-03-14 / 2021-W10-7 Happy π Day! Categories: math, programming, fun
• 2020-04-29 / 2020-W18-3 What size are national legislatures? Categories: math, politics
• 2020-04-23 / 2020-W17-4 On (not) voting at a polling place Categories: politics, Oregon, Minnesota
• 2020-04-20 / 2020-W17-1 Giving up Celsius Categories: metric system, Minnesota
• 2020-04-06 / 2020-W15-1 Bugs in the iOS calendar app Categories: uncategorized
• 2020-04-04 / 2020-W14-6 Repository of files related to the NYT COVID-19 dataset Categories: math, programming
• 2019-10-11 / 2019-W41-5 What I believe Categories: Minnesota, politics
• 2019-06-03 / 2019-W23-1 Book recommendation: Palaces for the people Categories: books, politics
• 2019-05-30 / 2019-W22-4 Consequences of YouTube's algorithm Categories: Internet culture
• 2019-05-16 / 2019-W20-4 Life in the time of paperclip maximizers Categories: the Eff Bee, Internet culture
• 2019-05-13 / 2019-W20-1 Plotting with TikZ, Part III: Plotting a function defined by a formula, and plotting functions that go through certain points Categories: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm, indeed, LaTeX, math
• 2019-05-11 / 2019-W19-6 View of the Mississippi from Levee Park Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2019-05-07 / 2019-W19-2 Plotting with TikZ, Part II: Functions without formulæ Categories: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm, indeed, LaTeX, math
• 2019-05-01 / 2019-W18-3 Plotting with TikZ, Part I: Why? Categories: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm, indeed, LaTeX, math
• 2019-04-25 / 2019-W17-4 Migrated to Hugo Categories: meta
• 2019-04-23 / 2019-W17-2 Disclaimer Categories: meta
• 2019-04-22 / 2019-W17-1 Math page for Chistopher Phan Categories: meta
• 2019-02-18 / 2019-W08-1 “10 PRINT” in PostScript Categories: PostScript
• 2018-05-28 / 2018-W22-1 “10 PRINT” in TikZ Categories: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm, indeed
• 2018-05-27 / 2018-W21-7 LaTeX mailmerge package Categories: LaTeX
• 2018-04-27 / 2018-W17-5 LaTeX menukeys package Categories: LaTeX
• 2018-04-13 / 2018-W15-5 Why I use version control Categories: computers
• 2017-08-02 / 2017-W31-3 I’ve (mostly) stopped using Facebook Categories: Internet culture, the Eff Bee
• 2017-02-28 / 2017-W09-2 Some politics observations, 2017-02-28 Categories: politics
• 2017-02-22 / 2017-W08-3 Adventures in TikZ: tkz-graph Categories: TikZ ist kein Zeichenprogramm, indeed, LaTeX, math
• 2017-02-12 / 2017-W06-7 It’s been a long time Categories: meta, politics
• 2015-09-26 / 2015-W39-6 Book recommendation: How Not to Be Wrong Categories: books, math
• 2015-09-12 / 2015-W37-6 In defense of FERPA Categories: education
• 2015-05-15 / 2015-W20-5 Some thoughts about online discourse Categories: Internet culture, politics
• 2014-10-19 / 2014-W42-7 Busy recently… Categories: Uncategorized
• 2014-09-24 / 2014-W39-3 Sum question! Categories: math
• 2014-08-14 / 2014-W33-4 MVPB and me, yesterday morning Categories: photos
• 2014-06-23 / 2014-W26-1 Not all cars Categories: politics
• 2014-06-11 / 2014-W24-3 This joke is awesome and deserves more than just a retweet Categories: math, politics
• 2014-06-08 / 2014-W23-7 Um, some conservatives DO dispute E=mc^2 Categories: Internet culture, politics
• 2014-06-06 / 2014-W23-5 Stop punching down at millennials Categories: politics
• 2014-06-03 / 2014-W23-2 Tech support scam Categories: Internet culture
• 2014-05-22 / 2014-W21-4 Brains over calculators, part 2. Categories: math
• 2014-05-21 / 2014-W21-3 Congrats, Oregon! Welcome to marriage equality! Categories: politics
• 2014-05-05 / 2014-W19-1 Brains over calculators! Categories: math
• 2014-04-06 / 2014-W14-7 Rejoining the tweet-o-sphere Categories: meta
• 2014-04-03 / 2014-W14-4 Re the Mozilla thing Categories: politics
• 2014-03-19 / 2014-W12-3 hanging with MVPB Categories: photos
• 2014-02-22 / 2014-W08-6 Arizona State Senator opposes Common Core, in part, because ALGEBRA! Categories: math, politics
• 2014-02-15 / 2014-W07-6 Yes, this. Categories: Internet culture
• 2014-02-09 / 2014-W06-7 MVPB and me Categories: photos
• 2014-01-20 / 2014-W04-1 One thing I love about the new NYT website redesign Categories: Internet culture
• 2014-01-19 / 2014-W03-7 Lake Winona on a frozen winter day Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2014-01-18 / 2014-W03-6 It’s fun! Categories: Minnesota, photos, weather
• 2013-12-27 / 2013-W52-5 2013 Year in Review Categories: year in review
• 2013-12-22 / 2013-W51-7 Winter is here Categories: Minnesota, photos, weather
• 2013-10-26 / 2013-W43-6 Ha ha nice try Categories: Internet culture
• 2013-09-16 / 2013-W38-1 Chromecast: Pretty neat Categories: Internet culture, media
• 2013-09-12 / 2013-W37-4 Facebook’s news feed was not a novel idea Categories: Internet culture
• 2013-09-04 / 2013-W36-3 What (not) to do if you don’t like sports Categories: Uncategorized
• 2013-08-07 / 2013-W32-3 Next adventure: homeownership Categories: photos
• 2013-08-07 / 2013-W32-3 Ha ha nice try Categories: Internet culture
• 2013-07-17 / 2013-W29-3 PGP key Categories: Internet culture, meta, privacy
• 2013-07-15 / 2013-W29-1 My hope in the wake of the Zimmerman verdict Categories: politics
• 2013-07-13 / 2013-W28-6 Making a “Places I have been” map Categories: meta, travel
• 2013-07-13 / 2013-W28-6 Places I have been Categories: meta
• 2013-06-11 / 2013-W24-2 Deluge of comment spam Categories: Internet culture, meta
• 2013-05-30 / 2013-W22-4 Facebook, “free speech”, and a monopoly on town squares Categories: Internet culture, the Eff Bee
• 2013-05-14 / 2013-W20-2 Yay for Minnesota! Categories: Minnesota, politics
• 2013-05-10 / 2013-W19-5 A moving speech on marriage equality Categories: Minnesota, politics
• 2013-05-03 / 2013-W18-5 Record snow! Categories: Minnesota, photos, weather
• 2013-04-14 / 2013-W15-7 Still some ice in the river Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2013-04-01 / 2013-W14-1 Duke of Wellington statue on Google treasure map Categories: Internet culture
• 2013-03-30 / 2013-W13-6 late March in Winona Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2013-03-08 / 2013-W10-5 SageTeX is awesome! Categories: LaTeX, math
• 2013-03-01 / 2013-W09-5 Ha ha nice try Categories: Internet culture
• 2013-02-24 / 2013-W08-7 Winona in late February Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2013-02-06 / 2013-W06-3 Winona in February Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2013-01-21 / 2013-W04-1 Thanks Categories: politics
• 2013-01-19 / 2013-W03-6 Winona in January Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2013-01-19 / 2013-W03-6 Up goer five dissertation summary Categories: Internet culture, math
• 2013-01-16 / 2013-W03-3 Lake Winona, frozen over Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-12-25 / 2012-W52-2 2012 Year in Review Categories: year in review
• 2012-10-24 / 2012-W43-3 Policies aren’t the only thing that matter in elections Categories: politics
• 2012-10-15 / 2012-W42-1 The only explanation that makes sense to me is misogyny Categories: Internet culture
• 2012-10-11 / 2012-W41-4 How can this be for real? Categories: Internet culture, meta
• 2012-10-05 / 2012-W40-5 socialized pot Categories: politics
• 2012-09-30 / 2012-W39-7 a beautiful fall day along the Upper Misssissippi Categories: photos
• 2012-09-29 / 2012-W39-6 One neat thing about Apple’s new maps Categories: roadgeek
• 2012-09-27 / 2012-W39-4 Some state route shields, reviewed Categories: roadgeek
• 2012-09-26 / 2012-W39-3 61/14 or 14/61? Categories: roadgeek
• 2012-09-21 / 2012-W38-5 Alternate side Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-09-21 / 2012-W38-5 sharrow Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-09-12 / 2012-W37-3 Eleven years… Categories: photos
• 2012-09-10 / 2012-W37-1 train cars Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-09-08 / 2012-W36-6 The demise of LiveJournal Categories: Internet culture
• 2012-09-05 / 2012-W36-3 barge on the Mississippi Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-09-05 / 2012-W36-3 “Good general theory does not search for the maximum generality, but for the right generality.” Categories: math
• 2012-08-29 / 2012-W35-3 NOT BAD Categories: politics
• 2012-08-27 / 2012-W35-1 Lake Winona at dusk (#2) Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-08-26 / 2012-W34-7 “The real satisfaction from mathematics is in learning from others and sharing with others.” Categories: math
• 2012-08-14 / 2012-W33-2 Peace, love, and neutrinos Categories: photos
• 2012-08-02 / 2012-W31-4 bánh mì sandwich Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-08-02 / 2012-W31-4 blog name change Categories: meta
• 2012-08-01 / 2012-W31-3 Humans are not to be trusted! Categories: photos
• 2012-08-01 / 2012-W31-3 future Twin Cities light rail (#2) Categories: Minnesota, photos
• 2012-07-27 / 2012-W30-5 Fact checking Mitt Romney Categories: politics
• 2012-07-27 / 2012-W30-5 System Administrator Appreciation Day Categories: meta
• 2012-07-10 / 2012-W28-2 Michigan and Ontario photos Categories: photos, travel
• 2012-06-30 / 2012-W26-6 Downers Grove Fire Station 5 Categories: photos
• 2012-06-30 / 2012-W26-6 Is there a Ducks fan working for the Village of Downers Grove? Categories: photos
• 2012-06-28 / 2012-W26-4 Facebook is not a good forum for political arguments Categories: politics, the Eff Bee
• 2012-06-23 / 2012-W25-6 Happy 100th Birthday, Alan Turing! Categories: math
• 2012-06-21 / 2012-W25-4 Mixed-case street sign Categories: photos
• 2012-06-19 / 2012-W25-2 View of downtown Naperville from the Millennium Carillon Categories: photos
• 2012-06-19 / 2012-W25-2 I’m not sure what this means Categories: photos
• 2012-06-15 / 2012-W24-5 ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: round-trip Empire Builder, Chicago to Portland Categories: travel
• 2012-06-02 / 2012-W22-6 from the train #16 (Portland) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-02 / 2012-W22-6 from the train #15 (Vancouver, Washington) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-02 / 2012-W22-6 from the train #14 (east of The Dalles) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-02 / 2012-W22-6 from the train #13 (east of Umatilla) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #12 (east of Glacier NP) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #11 (Cut Bank) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #10 (east of Malta) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #9 (east of Williston) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #8 (west of Des Lacs) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #7 (Lake Irvine) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-06-01 / 2012-W22-5 from the train #6 (good morning North Dakota) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-05-31 / 2012-W22-4 from the train #5 (north of Winona) Categories: from the train, Minnesota, photos, travel
• 2012-05-31 / 2012-W22-4 from the train #4 (La Crosse) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-05-31 / 2012-W22-4 from the train #3 (Wisconsin) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-05-31 / 2012-W22-4 from the train #2 (Milwaukee) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-05-31 / 2012-W22-4 from the train #1 (Chicago) Categories: from the train, photos, travel
• 2012-05-29 / 2012-W22-2 to whom I paid tolls Categories: privacy, travel
• 2012-05-28 / 2012-W22-1 socialized booze Categories: politics
• 2012-05-21 / 2012-W21-1 Someone needs to take a stats class Categories: politics
• 2012-05-17 / 2012-W20-4 Visit to the 9/11 Memorial Categories: photos, travel
• 2012-05-12 / 2012-W19-6 Looking forward to the 14th b’ak’tun Categories: 2012 nonesense, videos
• 2012-05-09 / 2012-W19-3 PhanBlog: now with blogroll! Categories: meta
• 2012-04-29 / 2012-W17-7 Agricultural area cautions Categories: photos
• 2012-04-28 / 2012-W17-6 A bowl full of candy bars is another example of “a breakfast they’ll want to eat” Categories: media, videos
• 2012-04-25 / 2012-W17-3 My photography featured on the BBC News website! Categories: photos
• 2012-04-24 / 2012-W17-2 (anti)social reading apps Categories: privacy, the Eff Bee
• 2012-04-23 / 2012-W17-1 First post Categories: meta, videos