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2023

January 04, 2023 Our 2022 in Pictures

2022

December 31, 2022 The Books I Read in 2022
September 19, 2022 Oren at Three
September 07, 2022 Idara at Six
June 17, 2022 Oren at Two and Three Quarters
June 16, 2022 Idara at Five and a Half
June 14, 2022 Oren at Two and a Half

2021

December 31, 2021 The Books I Read in 2021
December 19, 2021 Oren at Two and a Quarter
September 28, 2021 The Death of Zucchini
September 21, 2021 Birthdays
September 19, 2021 Oren at Two
September 18, 2021 Bananas
September 09, 2021 Seth Godin Is Wrong About School
September 08, 2021 Composting in the Caucasus
September 07, 2021 Idara at Five
September 06, 2021 The Crab
July 12, 2021 Oren at 21 Months
April 17, 2021 Oren at 18 Months
March 18, 2021 Idara at Four and a Half
March 07, 2021 A Walk through Baku's Botanical Garden
February 24, 2021 The Road to Lahij
February 18, 2021 The Right Way to Be Wrong
February 06, 2021 A Fortnight and the Morning After
February 04, 2021 Moving to Azerbaijan (Finally!)

2020

December 31, 2020 The Books I Read in 2020
December 19, 2020 Oren at Fifteen Months
December 11, 2020 Working in Azerbaijan (Remotely)
December 07, 2020 Pedals and Pride
November 26, 2020 I'm Not One Hundred Percent on This…Yet
November 24, 2020 A Dusty Box of Slides
November 07, 2020 Moving to Azerbaijan (Eventually)
October 04, 2020 Oren at One
October 03, 2020 Exposure
September 27, 2020 Walking in the Rain
July 30, 2020 Beet Burgers Beat Burgers
July 09, 2020 Oren at Nine Months
July 02, 2020 Idara at Three and Three Quarters
May 07, 2020 Learnings on Online Learning
April 04, 2020 Charting the Coronavirus
March 23, 2020 Idara at Three and a Half
March 19, 2020 Oren at Six Months
January 02, 2020 Where Our Donations Went in 2019
January 01, 2020 Oren at Three Months

2019

December 29, 2019 The Books I Read in 2019
December 25, 2019 Idara at Three and a Quarter
November 11, 2019 Prison Break with Binary
November 02, 2019 Skin
October 01, 2019 rachael and baby ok
September 07, 2019 Idara at Three
August 30, 2019 A Bedtime Story
August 22, 2019 Conway's Game of Life with an Arduino and an 8x8 LED Array
August 16, 2019 Summer Classes
July 30, 2019 Class Report: Applied Statistics (STAT 451)
July 25, 2019 Class Report: Modern Geometry (MTH 338)
June 21, 2019 Class Report: Ring and Field Theory (MTH 345)
June 19, 2019 At Lewis & Clark, Beginning Again
June 07, 2019 Idara at Two and Three Quarters
April 12, 2019 Class Report: Group Theory (MTH 344)
April 10, 2019 Idara at Two and a Half
March 30, 2019 Class Report: The History of Math (MTH 404)
March 30, 2019 Class Report: Defense Against the Dark Arts (CS 374)
March 30, 2019 Class Report: Capstone (CS 467)
March 06, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Weeks 9 and 10
February 28, 2019 Who Invented Calculus?
February 28, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 8
February 21, 2019 The Math of the Renaissance
February 20, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 7
February 15, 2019 Drawing the Soul Toward Truth: The Math of Ancient Greece
February 11, 2019 Algebra and Restoration
February 11, 2019 Kerala and the Case for Transmission
February 11, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 6
February 07, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 5
January 31, 2019 What the Ancient Indians Knew
January 29, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 4
January 28, 2019 Good Mathematicians Use Counting Rods
January 23, 2019 From Egyptian Frustums to Babylonian Sexagesimal
January 22, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 3
January 20, 2019 When Clyde Died
January 14, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 2
January 11, 2019 Math Before Math Was Math
January 09, 2019 Defense Against the Dark Arts: Week 1

2018

December 31, 2018 The Books I Read in 2018
December 30, 2018 Where Our Donations Went in 2018
December 24, 2018 Class Report: Linear Algebra (MTH 261)
December 23, 2018 Class Report: Software Engineering II (CS 362)
December 16, 2018 Class Report: Operating Systems (CS 344)
December 11, 2018 Is Oregon State's Post-Bacc Computer Science Program Worth It?
December 05, 2018 Idara at Two and a Quarter
September 22, 2018 Road Trip to the Alvord
September 08, 2018 Idara at Two
September 05, 2018 Read: The Last Child in the Woods
August 28, 2018 Insitu: Weeks Eight, Nine, and Ten
August 28, 2018 Building a Submersible ROV at SuperQuest
August 16, 2018 Tracking Wildfire Smoke
August 02, 2018 Insitu: Weeks Six and Seven
July 24, 2018 The rolling rock in the living room....
July 20, 2018 Insitu: Week Five
July 19, 2018 Class Report: Parallel Programming (CS 475)
July 17, 2018 Idara at 21 Months
July 16, 2018 Insitu: Weeks Three and Four
July 11, 2018 Untitled Posts in Jekyll
July 05, 2018 This is a short post designed to...
July 03, 2018 Insitu: Weeks One and Two
June 22, 2018 Class Report: Calculus III and IV (MTH 253 and 254)
June 19, 2018 Class Report: Networks (CS 372)
April 27, 2018 Listen to Women in Math
April 07, 2018 Wrapping Up Qatar
April 01, 2018 Idara at 18 Months
April 01, 2018 Class Report: Software Engineering I (CS 361)
April 01, 2018 Class Report: Algorithms (CS 325)
January 07, 2018 How I Got an Internship

2017

December 26, 2017 What Happens at Oregon State's Career Showcase
December 20, 2017 Class Report: Databases (CS 340)
December 15, 2017 Class Report: Web Development (CS 290)
November 25, 2017 Hackathons as Test-Driven Development
October 18, 2017 Networking Night at Oregon State
September 12, 2017 Writing Tic-Tac-Toe in Assembly
September 11, 2017 Class Report: Assembly Language (CS 271)
September 10, 2017 Class Report: Data Structures (CS 261)
September 07, 2017 Idara at One Year
August 13, 2017 Not Being Racist Isn't Going to Be Enough
July 23, 2017 Class Report: Discrete Structures (CS 225)
June 14, 2017 We're Leaving
June 07, 2017 Idara at Nine Months
May 30, 2017 How to Schedule Jekyll Posts on Github Pages
April 10, 2017 Class Report: Intro to Programming II (CS 162)
March 18, 2017 Idara at Six Months
March 06, 2017 48 Hours in Kuwait and 2 in MUJI
February 09, 2017 Travel Training in Thailand
January 15, 2017 The Name Game
January 09, 2017 Using Regex to Organize My Journal

2016

December 20, 2016 Quirk
December 11, 2016 Three Months In
December 10, 2016 Class Report: Intro to Programming (CS 161)
December 07, 2016 Idara Goes Camping
September 23, 2016 Extended Stay America: Part V
September 22, 2016 Extended Stay America: Part IV
September 20, 2016 Extended Stay America: Part III
September 19, 2016 Extended Stay America: Part II
September 18, 2016 Extended Stay America: Part I
August 31, 2016 My Plan for Oregon State
August 28, 2016 Accepted to Oregon State
August 25, 2016 Maternity Pictures on Sauvie Island
July 04, 2016 Iceland: Road Tripping
June 26, 2016 Norway: Family Reunion
June 26, 2016 Frequently Asked Questions
June 17, 2016 Catch Up
May 07, 2016 Coding With Kalena
March 13, 2016 Don't Forget the Snow Slippers
February 03, 2016 Solving Problems
January 25, 2016 Morning Program
January 22, 2016 King of None
January 20, 2016 In The Beginning

2015

December 31, 2015 Prague in Three Parts
December 20, 2015 Budapest: First Impressions
December 20, 2015 New Blog, New Priorities
November 28, 2015 Driving to Bahrain
October 31, 2015 Home Again
September 05, 2015 Surveying the Damage
August 27, 2015 A Flood in the Desert
August 26, 2015 Gliding Into My 29th Year
August 23, 2015 Serendipity at the Bus Stop
August 17, 2015 Trip Report: Bikepacking from Eugene to Sun River, Oregon
August 16, 2015 Ryanegon Day Five: Sisters to Sun River
August 15, 2015 Ryanegon Day Four: Big Lake to Sisters
August 14, 2015 Ryanegon Day Three: Paradise to Big Lake
August 13, 2015 Ryanegon Day Two: West Fir to Paradise
August 12, 2015 Ryanegon Day One: Eugene to West Fir
August 11, 2015 Bikepacking from Eugene to Sun River
August 03, 2015 Trip Report: An 800 Mile Bicycle Tour Around Oregon
July 21, 2015 Aroundegon Day Twenty: Hood River to Portland
July 20, 2015 Aroundegon Day Nineteen: Catching Up in Hood River
July 19, 2015 Aroundegon Day Eighteen: Deschutes to Hood River
July 18, 2015 Aroundegon Day Seventeen: Crow Butte to Deschutes
July 17, 2015 Aroundegon Day Sixteen: Pendleton to Crow Butte
July 16, 2015 Aroundegon Day Fifteen: Catching Up in Pendleton
July 15, 2015 Aroundegon Day Fourteen: Ukiah to Pendleton
July 14, 2015 Aroundegon Day Thirteen: Monument to Ukiah
July 13, 2015 Aroundegon Day Twelve: Land's Inn to Monument
July 12, 2015 Aroundegon Day Eleven: Ochoco to Land's Inn
July 11, 2015 Aroundegon Day Ten: Bend to Ochoco
July 10, 2015 Aroundegon Day Nine: Catching Up in Bend
July 09, 2015 Aroundegon Day Eight: Paradise to Bend
July 08, 2015 Aroundegon Day Seven: Eugene to Paradise
July 07, 2015 Aroundegon Day Six: Albany to Eugene
July 06, 2015 Aroundegon Day Five: Catching Up in Albany
July 05, 2015 Aroundegon Day Four: St. Paul to Albany
July 04, 2015 Aroundegon Day Three: Independence
July 03, 2015 Aroundegon Day Two: The St. Paul Rodeo
July 02, 2015 Aroundegon Day One: Portland to St. Paul
July 02, 2015 Aroundegon: Setting Out
June 27, 2015 A Few Highlights from the Past Year
June 19, 2015 Summer Plans
June 13, 2015 How I Pack, In a Nutshell
April 04, 2015 We Finally Got a Snow Day, Except with Dust Instead of Snow
February 16, 2015 To Spain and Back Again

2014

December 14, 2014 Qatar Questions: What's the food like?
November 18, 2014 How to Get an e-Gate Pass in Qatar
November 16, 2014 Happy Camping in Qatar
November 04, 2014 Eid al-Adha in Oman
October 17, 2014 Talking to Strangers
October 02, 2014 In the Middle of Nowhere, Looking Up
September 19, 2014 Qatar Questions: Does Rachael have to wear an abaya?
September 15, 2014 Arriving and Returning
September 08, 2014 Qatar Questions: How's the weather?
September 07, 2014 Jumu'ah and the Parking Lot
August 29, 2014 Qatar Questions: Are you excited to go back to Doha?
August 28, 2014 Qatar Questions: What do Qataris wear in public?
August 27, 2014 So Long, Oregon
August 26, 2014 Surprising Sarah
August 22, 2014 Qatar Questions: The Water in Qatar
August 16, 2014 Introducing 'Qatar Questions'
July 17, 2014 Nerd alert: My air quality sensor project
June 29, 2014 From adventure to accomplishment
February 18, 2014 One year ago today
January 14, 2014 Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta

2013

November 20, 2013 Jordan: Wadi Rum
November 12, 2013 Jordan: Petra
November 09, 2013 Jordan: The Dead Sea
October 14, 2013 Teaching English vocabulary with men's fashion accessories
October 13, 2013 Asking for permission
September 29, 2013 First days of school
September 07, 2013 What I didn't expect
September 03, 2013 Driving out of Doha
August 31, 2013 Driving through Doha
August 28, 2013 Home is where you have pictures and magnets and a fridge
August 23, 2013 Aloha from Doha
August 19, 2013 One goodbye and a few reflections
August 14, 2013 A few goals for Qatar
August 13, 2013 What (I think) I'll miss
August 10, 2013 The shippers have taken our stuff
July 31, 2013 Getting hitched
July 29, 2013 How to stay in touch while we're in Qatar
July 29, 2013 Figuring out the positives and negatives of moving to Qatar
July 28, 2013 Choosing Qatar
May 06, 2013 The things I worry about in Lebanon
May 04, 2013 Why leave home?
April 30, 2013 First two days in Beirut
April 21, 2013 Photo a Day: 21/Wedding location to be
April 20, 2013 Photo a Day: 20/Blurry cat, clear couch
April 19, 2013 Photo a Day: 19/Putting a ring on
April 16, 2013 Photo a Day: 16/Lion bite
April 14, 2013 Photo a Day: 14/Folding laundry
April 11, 2013 And I'm off
April 08, 2013 Photo a Day: 8/Juggling
April 07, 2013 Photo a Day: 7/Suburban canyon
April 06, 2013 Photo a Day: 6/Contrails
April 05, 2013 Photo a Day: 5/Back at it
April 04, 2013 Photo a Day: 4/What I look at all day
April 03, 2013 Photo a Day: 3/The Parsons house
April 02, 2013 Photo a Day: 2/Andrew and John
April 01, 2013 Photo a Day: 1/Taha
March 31, 2013 How to import and organize photos wirelessly and automatically
February 10, 2013 Surviving Boston's blizzard and why I love snow
January 16, 2013 My Photographic Year in Review

2012

December 15, 2012 Skyping with Claudius
December 06, 2012 How to find the age of a Twitter account
October 06, 2012 How Twitter, IFTTT, and Readability can get together again
August 08, 2012 Gifted
July 22, 2012 Keeping to do lists from becoming a big to-do
July 13, 2012 A bicycle sets you free
June 09, 2012 Am I the radio listener of the future?
June 04, 2012 After three months in Boston
June 01, 2012 Send any text to your Kindle in one easy step
April 14, 2012 Update Tweet Nest automatically with a cron job in Dreamhost
March 13, 2012 Settling in Boston
March 08, 2012 Done with New York, on to Boston
February 29, 2012 Left a tip for housekeeping and then housekeeping left this
February 28, 2012 Sunset over New Jersey
February 28, 2012 Walking the High Line (an elevated park in New York) after work
February 27, 2012 First day
February 26, 2012 New York: How I got here

2011

November 22, 2011 Audio Slideshow: Claudia's Birthday
November 17, 2011 Jefferson
November 16, 2011 Jefferson used to be an outside dog
October 31, 2011 Photo a Day: 31/Unphonecused
October 25, 2011 Photo a Day: 25/Space
October 24, 2011 Photo a Day: 24/Frank
October 13, 2011 I'm Here Because
October 10, 2011 Photo a Day: 10/Script edit
October 09, 2011 Photo a Day: 9/Rachael studying
October 08, 2011 Photo a Day: 8/Lindsey and Dave get married
October 07, 2011 Photo a Day: 7/Ripe and unripe cherry tomatoes
October 06, 2011 Photo a Day: 6/Jane Goodall
October 05, 2011 Photo a Day: 5/The Destination DIY Family Portrait
October 04, 2011 Photo a Day: 4/Rachael and the sun lamp
October 03, 2011 Photo a Day: 3/Girl watching meeting
October 02, 2011 Photo a Day: 2/Beignet detritus
October 01, 2011 Photo a Day: 1/Carved giraffe
September 25, 2011 Weekly Round-Up: On Air
September 24, 2011 Favorite Tweets Automatically Sent to Readability
September 20, 2011 The Destination DIY Menu
September 19, 2011 The Hero's Journey: Radio Version
September 18, 2011 Weekly Round-Up: Tweets and Stats
August 15, 2011 Zine: How to Make It in Radio
August 09, 2011 Nerd with Microphone
August 05, 2011 New Headphones, Sony MDR-7506
August 04, 2011 Less Time Calls for Greater Efficiency
August 03, 2011 Review: Kindle and Readability
August 02, 2011 More Time, More Blog
August 02, 2011 Earlier Mornings
August 01, 2011 Associate Producer
July 31, 2011 Review: Readability
July 30, 2011 Progression
July 24, 2011 You're Perfect
February 26, 2011 Rachael in monochrome
February 21, 2011 Rachael looking down a stairwell into one of the buildings at Palenque
February 19, 2011 Santa Clara, Cuba at night
February 18, 2011 Renewable electricity is cheap, fulfilling
February 18, 2011 White House press pass!
February 15, 2011 How to Make Radio
February 14, 2011 A school bus driving down 23rd in La Habana, Cuba just before sunset
February 13, 2011 Short and shallow, long and deep
February 03, 2011 Rachael trying to sleep
January 22, 2011 Claudius and I, chilling out on the couch
January 20, 2011 Willamette River, meet my bike path
January 20, 2011 A storm in Ihuatzio
January 18, 2011 Mexican moss.
January 14, 2011 In a room, happiness
January 12, 2011 Basic needs
January 11, 2011 A thunderstorm in Havana, Cuba.

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Audio Slideshow: Claudia's Birthday

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Seth Godin Is Wrong About School

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Gliding Into My 29th Year

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Conway's Game of Life with an Arduino and an 8x8 LED Array

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Skin

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Nerd alert: My air quality sensor project

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Am I the radio listener of the future?

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Road Trip to the Alvord

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A Few Highlights from the Past Year

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Ho Chi Minh City and the Mekong Delta

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Wilson High School

Prison Break with Binary

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