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2023

Quoting Orson Scott Card (2023-10-25)

2018

The Blessings of Family History (2018-05-27)

2017

How to Seek Out, Recognize, and Act Upon the Inspiration of the Holy Ghost (2017-05-14)

2016

You, too, can -print0 (2016-11-18)
Joseph Smith (2016-06-26)

2015

Podcasts on Android (2015-07-20)
Follow the Prophet (2015-06-30)
Building a Better Twister Spinner (2015-01-04)

2014

Building a Christ-centered Home (2014-01-04)

2013

On the Idempotence of Instagram Filters (2013-07-11)
In Which We Go Camping (2013-07-01)
Stop externalising your life (2013-04-04)
Granola (2013-01-14)
Hard of Hearing Vader (2013-01-08)
Data Interchange Formats (2013-01-03)
Mr. Mom (2013-01-02)
Clutter (2013-01-01)

2012

Christmas tree craft from paint color samples (2012-11-25)
Cute ladies from the future (2012-11-24)
Part of the art (2012-11-24)
Ting Dog Tag (2012-11-21)
Anniversary gift from my wife (2012-11-17)
Nice Lunch (2012-11-09)
His + hers apple cider (2012-11-04)
Purple Heart (2012-11-03)
Emily dancing with her grandma (2012-11-02)
Mario (2012-10-31)
Polaroid (2012-10-30)
Halloween Party (2012-10-29)
Double swing (2012-10-20)
boo-tiful! (2012-10-17)
The man Merrilltown is named after. (2012-10-13)
Stand-up (2012-10-12)
Grandma makes bedtime stories better! (2012-10-11)
Molly loves to brush her teeth. (2012-10-10)
I canʼt wait to eat these. (2012-10-09)
I think she loves the little chair. (2012-10-07)
Portrait (2012-10-06)
Taking family photos and it got cold! (2012-10-06)
National Night Out (2012-10-02)
I want to eat the cookie first. (2012-10-02)
Jumping (2012-10-02)
Still feeling sleepy (2012-09-29)
Oh, just playing with my friend (2012-09-29)
Ruffles! (2012-09-29)
Dressed for a party (2012-09-29)
The sprinkles match Emilyʼs shirt! (2012-09-28)
Weʼre having an Erasure dance party (2012-09-28)
Molly making music (2012-09-28)
The Life of Flowers (2012-07-24)
Train Ride (2012-04-16)
Daddy-daughter day at the Iron home (2012-04-08)
Parable of the Good Samaritan (2012-04-02)

2011

Formal Friday 2011-12-09 (2011-12-09)
Formal Friday 2011-12-02 (2011-12-02)
Formal Friday 2011-11-11 (2011-11-11)
Keep Calm and Carry On (2011-10-25)
Emilyʼs Smooth Moves (2011-10-23)
Contradictory Cliches (2011-05-27)
This Is Why It Is a Bad Idea to Go Geocaching at Night (2011-04-16)
Enabling postfix (sendmail) on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (2011-04-12)
I Continue to Obtain Gadgets for Free (2011-04-04)
Photography Lesson (2011-03-26)
Yarn Tree (2011-03-07)
Emilyʼs Geocaching Adventure (2011-02-26)
Find a Computer on the Active Directory With Just an IP Address (2011-02-17)
A Joke About Mathematicians (2011-02-14)
Williamʼs Guide to Buying a Television (2011-01-02)

2010

Why Isnʼt My Microwave Smarter? (2010-10-19)
Donʼt Tell Anyone Itʼs a Secret but Weʼve Been Making Ice Cream (2010-09-14)
Emily Loves to Swim (2010-07-21)
Trust in the Lord (2010-07-12)
He Literally Exploded (2010-07-07)
Paint, Paint, Paint (2010-07-04)
Happy Fatherʼs Day (2010-06-20)
Patents and such (2010-06-17)
Creating, modifying, and deleting shortcuts the easy way (2010-05-05)
Old habits (2010-04-02)
Blocking ads and malware with a doctored hosts file (2010-03-08)

2009

Mary got married (2009-11-28)
State of the Art (2009-11-21)
I lied about the Windsor knot (2009-11-15)
Facebook (2009-11-11)
Riddle 8 Solution: Burning at Both Ends (2009-10-29)
Riddle 8: Burning Rope (2009-10-26)
Windows 7 Party Pack (2009-10-12)
Want to see something funny? (2009-10-05)
WardMap has been resurrected as LDSWardMap (2009-07-07)
Artificial Milestones and Personal Character (2009-07-03)
Suddenly, radio is fun again (2009-06-24)
Enabling postfix (sendmail) on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (2009-06-21)
Been Busy (2009-02-28)

2008

The Texas Hayfield Maze (2008-10-12)
This is a fire (2008-09-20)
Riddle 7: A Basic Counting Problem (2008-08-24)
TV is boring. (2008-07-21)
Text message from 18173193839 (2008-07-16)
In which we spend Independence Day Weekend with our family (2008-07-06)
My first look at Firefox 3 (2008-06-17)
Even though I havenʼt seen the movie (2008-06-12)
I cannot get enough it would seem (2008-04-24)
Photography (2008-02-17)
Gmail IMAP and chat transcripts (2008-01-31)
I learned another incantation (2008-01-29)
Another blog (2008-01-15)

2007

That was awkward. (2007-12-14)
Iʼm asking you to do this. (2007-10-20)
Letʼs talk about Malt-O-Meal. (2007-10-11)
Secret clubs (2007-09-17)
Donʼt ask me why. (2007-07-18)
Consolation (2007-07-10)
Consolidation (2007-07-10)
Oh, the things you can do! (2007-06-21)
Honesty is its own reward. (2007-06-20)
No, I didnʼt ask you to type “www”. (2007-05-31)
All That He Does Now Reveal (2007-05-27)
Thank you for calling Microsoft, and have a nice day. (2007-05-25)
A small change makes a big difference. (2007-05-21)
Even though I know I should not, I am going to talk about what you are looking at. (2007-05-02)
Riddle 6 Solution: One Month Later (2007-04-25)
The information speed barrier (2007-03-30)
Riddle 6: A Weighty Matter (2007-03-30)
Riddle 5 Solution: The House Number! (2007-03-22)
Riddle 5: Strawberry Shortcake (2007-03-21)
Riddle 4 Solution: As If You Needed It (2007-03-21)
(Not a Google Talk) Riddle 4: Beans! (2007-03-19)
Google Talk Riddle 3: Antidote (2007-03-08)
Google Talk Riddle 2: Which Switch? (2007-03-07)
Google Talk Riddle 1: Chased By a Bear (2007-03-06)
Old hat (2007-03-04)
More Quidditch (2007-02-23)
It Came from eBay; It Came from Hong Kong (2007-02-20)
Sports section invades front page (2007-02-13)
Today Around Campus (2007-02-13)
Street, lane, or boulevard? (2007-02-11)
Technical support (2007-02-03)
A Poem for Jessica Sandlin (2007-01-31)
Bridging the divide, one router at a time (2007-01-26)
His fingers in his face (2007-01-23)
Hereʼs a vote for the dystopians (2007-01-21)
π Is Exactly Three! (2007-01-20)
Hello, world! (2007-01-18)
Quidditch for Muggles (2007-01-07)

2006

They Came from Outer Space! (2006-12-16)
WardMap 2.2 (2006-12-01)
Death Star (2006-11-21)
Black Holes (2006-11-14)
TACC Tour (2006-11-10)
20,000 Leagues (2006-11-06)
The Texas Eagle (2006-11-02)
This Fish Is Not Cooked! (2006-10-20)
WardMap (2006-10-09)
Newspaper publishes wrong verb tense on front page (2006-09-13)
I Should Have Told You (2006-09-11)
Now the Apartment Is Warm (2006-08-19)
Finally Framed (2006-08-17)
An Incredibly Geeky and Reasonably Low- to Mid-Tech Home Stereo System (2006-08-16)
The Meaning (2006-08-16)
I Am Exposed (2006-08-16)
to write you a poem (2006-08-16)
The Hundred-Character Poem Challenge (2006-08-14)
A Note About Gmail Contacts (2006-08-12)
Let Stand One Minute (2006-08-10)
Meet Marco (2006-08-09)
Got Hacked (2006-07-18)
Taking Upon Us the Identity of Christ (2006-07-09)
Happy Fireworks! (2006-07-05)
Etymology in the Morning (2006-07-05)
The Oxford English Dictionary (2006-06-12)
A Recipe That Worked (2006-06-11)
Patriotism (2006-05-19)
Learn to Cook (2006-05-16)
The Day at the Lake (and the Morning After) (2006-05-15)
MovablePress (2006-05-14)
Labarum: Episode 14 (2006-05-10)
Labarum: The Zine! (2006-05-08)
To a Thoughtful Friend (2006-05-04)
Labarum: Episode 13 (2006-05-03)
Birds, Planes and a Super Man (2006-04-27)
Labarum: Episode 12 (2006-04-26)
Labarum: Episode 11 (2006-04-19)
Google Is a Bag of Jelly Belly Beans (2006-04-19)
I Learned a New Word Today (2006-04-15)
Labarum: Episode 10 (2006-04-12)
Labarum: Episode 9 (2006-04-05)
Labarum: Episode 8 (2006-03-22)
Spring Break 2006: Day 5 (2006-03-17)
Spring Break 2006: Day 4 (2006-03-16)
Spring Break 2006: Day 3 (2006-03-15)
Spring Break 2006: Day 2 (2006-03-14)
Spring Break 2006: Day 1 (2006-03-13)
Labarum: Episode 7 (2006-03-08)
Labarum: Episode 6 (2006-03-01)
These Are Some Photos (2006-02-22)
Labarum: Episode 5 (2006-02-22)
Four Things (2006-02-22)
How to Record a Shoutcast Stream on a Schedule (2006-02-20)
Labarum: Episode 4 (2006-02-15)
Putting Outlook Email Messages in Gmail (2006-02-14)
Gutenberg (2006-02-12)
Calling (2006-02-12)
Labarum: Episode 3 (2006-02-08)
Recognition (2006-02-03)
Your Newborn Baby Boy, Captured Forever (2006-02-02)
Labarum: Episode 2 (2006-02-01)
Labarum for the Latter Day (2006-01-25)
Labarum: Episode 1 (2006-01-25)
Will You Direct Our Choir? (2006-01-24)
Climb Evʼry Mountain (2006-01-22)
Why I Rarely Got Sick as a Child (2006-01-18)
Kemah! (2006-01-15)
Iʼm That Kind of Fan (2006-01-05)

2005

Dear Santa (2005-12-21)
Suspenders (2005-12-18)
Holiday Organ Concert and Sing-along (2005-12-15)
The Architecture and Planning Library (2005-11-30)
Speaking of Other Countries (2005-11-25)
The Life Science Library (2005-11-18)
Macbeth (2005-11-13)
Listen with Your Spiritual Ears (2005-11-06)
Thrice Makes Tradition (2005-11-05)
Thatʼs Why They Call Me Babyface (2005-11-01)
More Remarks Concerning Texas and Weather (2005-10-26)
May the Force Be With You (2005-10-17)
House of Flying Saprolings (2005-10-09)
Addressed to Me (2005-10-05)
Hang with the Right People (2005-10-04)
School Is Totally Awesome (2005-09-28)
Save the Crickets (2005-09-22)
Party at the Ranch (2005-09-17)
I Died That Day (2005-09-12)
You Know Who You Are (2005-09-06)
It Was Mary Shelley (2005-08-07)
A Birthday Song (2005-06-14)
Great and Good (2005-05-27)
Go Out with a Bang (2005-05-26)
A Disappointing Lack of Material (2005-05-26)
Donʼt Waste Your Time Reading This (2005-05-20)
What a Great Way to End the Semester (2005-05-14)
Coolness Meter (2005-05-13)
Good Times (2005-05-12)
Razorlight Ruined My Evening (2005-05-08)
Initials (2005-05-07)
Broken Jewelry (2005-05-07)
Grammatically Correct (2005-05-02)
Click! (2005-05-02)
Fish and Chips (2005-04-27)
So, I Guess Iʼm Going to Muse (2005-04-26)
Tobaccocide (2005-04-20)
My Favorite Four-Letter Word (2005-04-15)
Good Morning, Emergency Medical Services (2005-04-14)
Be Prepared (2005-04-13)
Talk Like a Pirate (2005-04-12)
I Have Beaten the System (2005-04-11)
Itʼs Got My Name on It (2005-04-07)
The Excitement I Was Asking For (2005-04-06)
No News Is Good News (2005-04-06)
Beaten by Cheesecake (2005-04-02)
Five Minutes More (2005-03-29)
Separated at Birth (2005-03-28)
Secret Family Recipe (2005-03-25)
Real Realizations (2005-03-25)
Sunrise, Sunset (2005-03-24)
The Monster Cometh (2005-03-22)
Backseat (2005-03-20)
Overworked, Underslept (2005-03-10)
Cold Without Snow (2005-02-26)
I Give Up (2005-02-25)
My Woman Iʼm Taking to the Dance (2005-02-21)
I Should Visit Waco More Often (2005-02-21)
Nightmare (2005-02-17)
Happy Valentineʼs Day! (2005-02-15)
Blogworthy (2005-02-14)
An Obligatory Entry (2005-02-14)
Ah, the Life of a Proctor (Part the Second) (2005-02-11)
Ah, the Life of a Proctor (2005-02-11)
Let Sleeping Fish Lie (2005-02-10)
My Fish Is Dead (2005-02-09)
The Day Corporate America Gave Back to Me (2005-02-08)
I Couldnʼt Think of a Good Title for This One (2005-02-07)
Me, Myself, and My Poor Short-term Memory (2005-02-04)
Happy Birthday Brother! (2005-02-04)
Score! (2005-02-02)
This Is Why I Think Student Government Is a Bad Idea (2005-02-02)
Random Ordered List (2005-02-01)
Ride that Train into the New Century! (2005-01-31)
Eight Point Eight Slash Ten (2005-01-28)
Burning DVDs with the Force (2005-01-27)
Oh. My. Freaking. Goodness. (2005-01-24)
Tempted? (2005-01-21)
Spring Lineup (2005-01-18)
Autobiography, The (2005-01-12)
If I Died No One Would Notice (2005-01-07)
My Thumbs Are Turning Blue! (2005-01-05)

2004

Chocolate (2004-12-21)
Go My Favorite Sports Team! (2004-12-17)
Impulse (2004-12-15)
The Future: Identify Yourself (2004-12-08)
ITS! Open Up! (2004-12-01)
Thanksgiving; What Else? (2004-11-26)
No, I Didnʼt Misspell That (2004-11-20)
Lucky = Very Yes (2004-11-18)
My Life Sucks (2004-11-17)
Itʼs History (2004-11-16)
I Finally Got Comment Spammed (2004-11-15)
Romanov (2004-11-13)
Skateboarding and Freestyle Walking Prohibited (2004-11-09)
Counsel from a Prophet (2004-11-07)
I Just Might Be Under 21 (2004-11-03)
I Love Winter (2004-11-02)
Costume Metamorphosis (2004-10-29)
Juicy Hug if Ever There Was One (2004-10-28)
Speling (2004-10-26)
Do Not Enter (2004-10-26)
Finally, a Quiz that Suits Me (2004-10-24)
Youʼve Been Struck by a Smooth Criminal (2004-10-21)
Not for the Faint of Stomach (2004-10-18)
So Iʼm Not a Subculture (2004-10-14)
Say Anything Besides Shoplifting (2004-10-13)
Boats and Beans (2004-10-10)
Like My Dad (2004-10-04)
¿Qué Me Pasa? (2004-09-29)
I Despise WYSIWYG HTML Editors (2004-09-28)
26.2 Miles (2004-09-26)
The Building Blocks of a Wonderful Day (2004-09-21)
This Librarian Is Feelinʼ It (2004-09-21)
And the Winner Is … (2004-09-21)
Fewer Students, More Crime (2004-09-20)
Exercising Authority (2004-09-17)
Fresh Kicks (2004-09-16)
Fortune Cookie (2004-09-15)
! (2004-09-14)
My English Professor Knows My Name (2004-09-10)
I Miss Summer (2004-09-09)
Away, Watching the Sunrise (2004-09-07)
Todaybor Day is Labor Day! (2004-09-06)
Letʼs Make a Connection (2004-09-05)
Special Golfing Visor (2004-09-04)
Obligatory Technological Explanation (2004-09-02)
Oh, the Things That Girl Does (2004-09-01)
Low IQ? Be a Thief! (2004-08-26)
Austinʼs Funniest Home Videos (2004-08-23)
Excardon Me While I Destroy My Website (2004-08-23)
Suspended (2004-08-22)
Sororities (2004-08-20)
Soaked (2004-08-19)
Harrison Ford, Eat Your Heart Out (2004-08-19)
Oops, I Did It Again (2004-08-17)
A Well Oiled Machine (2004-08-16)
Service! (2004-08-10)
Karaoke Revolution (2004-08-09)
Opportunity Lost (2004-08-06)
In Which the Author Attempts to Explain C S (2004-08-04)
I Feel Hungry (2004-08-01)
The Investigation Will Commence Shortly (2004-07-29)
Google Talk (2004-07-28)
Another Useless Scientific Study (2004-07-28)
A Song for Me? (2004-07-26)
Excess Isnʼt Rebellion (2004-07-23)
Reliability (2004-07-22)
Pedro (2004-07-16)
Get a TV Guide (2004-07-13)
Gummibears (2004-07-12)
Oh My Wow (2004-07-10)
Personal Appearance (2004-07-10)
In the News (2004-07-09)
This Is Only a Test (2004-07-09)
A Word from Our Sponsor (2004-07-08)
Coquettish (2004-07-08)
Hairy (2004-07-07)
East Facade (2004-07-07)
Glad to Be Home (2004-07-07)
Dating Tips (2004-06-26)
For Her (2004-06-22)
Associate with Caution (2004-06-21)
The Wall (2004-06-17)
High and Dry (2004-06-17)
Note to Self (2004-06-16)
Mike Donʼt Pass the Buck (2004-06-14)
Birthday (2004-06-14)
Hollywood (2004-06-11)
Oh, to Be Ill Again (2004-06-10)
Dunny (2004-06-08)
No Theme (2004-06-04)
Road Trip (2004-06-04)
Collage (2004-06-02)
Epitaph (2004-06-02)
Changing the Past (2004-05-28)
Pirate Tuesday (2004-05-26)
You Saw It Here First (2004-05-26)
New Poem (2004-05-24)
Hard Core (Pictures!) (2004-05-23)
Where It All Began (2004-05-21)
Sonnet 1 (2004-05-20)
Strange Revisited (2004-05-19)
Strange (2004-05-18)
My Precious (2004-05-17)
What I Had for Lunch (2004-05-15)
Adjective (2004-05-15)
Am I Interested? (2004-05-13)
Thatʼs Spanish (2004-05-13)
Rock But Not Really (2004-05-12)
Like Humans Do (2004-05-11)
Time for a Happy One (2004-05-11)
End (2004-05-11)
Back In Action (2004-05-10)
I Guess This Is Goodbye (2004-05-02)
Black and White (2004-04-28)
Hand on Face Hug (2004-04-27)
The Ballad of Billy the Banker-man (2004-04-27)
Dublin (2004-04-26)
The Librarian (2004-04-24)
Talk (2004-04-23)
Sideshow Bill (2004-04-23)
New Site Features (2004-04-23)
No Toilet Bowl Kisses (2004-04-22)
Look Ma! No Hands! (2004-04-22)
What a Waste of Time (2004-04-20)
Hereʼs to the Pencil (2004-04-19)
Worked Out (2004-04-07)
Disorder (2004-04-07)
What Did You Learn This Week? (2004-04-05)
Inspiration (2004-04-04)
Wanted: One Fool (2004-04-02)
Get Functional (2004-03-31)
In the Midst (2004-03-29)
Hugs (2004-03-27)
I Said, “Free” (2004-03-26)
I Know Better (2004-03-25)
What Will They Think of Next? (2004-03-25)
Quand Jʼétais Petit (2004-03-22)
Blessed Return (2004-03-21)
From Waco with Love (2004-03-14)
Point of No Return (2004-03-11)
And So It Begins (2004-03-10)

2002

The Substance of Things Hoped For (2002-10-13)

2001

Flight to England (2001-08-15)

2000

Mix-it-up (2000-10-14)
An Exciting New Service from TurtleSoft, Inc! (2000-06-23)
A new product from TurtleSoft, Inc.! (2000-01-15)
A Penny Saved Revisited (2000-01-02)

1999

Turtleʼs Thoughts on Money (1999-10-07)
Turtleʼs Thoughts: A Dissertation on Handedness (1999-09-02)
Turtleʼs Thoughts on Traffic Laws (1999-08-20)
A Penny Saved (1999-08-19)
The Chance (1999-08-16)
Turtleʼs Thoughts on Fable Improvement (1999-08-06)
Turtleʼs Thoughts on Fairy Tales (1999-08-02)
From the Executive Board of Turtleʼs Thoughts (1999-07-27)
Turtleʼs Thoughts on Legality (1999-07-20)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Traveling (1999-07-13)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Vacations (1999-06-29)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Chores (1999-06-22)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Threats (1999-06-15)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Airports (1999-06-09)
Turtleʼs Thoughts™ on Natural Resources (1999-06-01)

1998

Ceremony (1998-07-17)