Month: December 2012

  • I am on Douglas Island, Juneau, Alaska

    We arrived here on December 23rd. We left for SFO a little later than we had intended, and there were no spaces in the regular long term parking lot. We ended up in the overflow lot in the rain, worried that we’d miss our flight. When we arrived a…

  • Blogging Juneau trip

    We’re going to Juneau, Alaska, where my sister and her family live, tomorrow morning. I’m super grumpy right now, because I’m nervous about missing our 7 am flight. Fortunately, we have the whole day to pack. I’m thinking I’ll blog my Juneau trip,…

  • Goals

    I’ve been using Beeminder to track my goals lately. With Beeminder, you set a goal, then you pledge a certain amount if you fail to meet that goal. The site is a data nerd’s playground, with lots of really cool charts to show where you are in your…

  • Interestingness

    Continuing with the question of interestingness, I’m trying to think of the characteristics that would make a blog post interesting. Obviously, it needs to be interesting to me, but what I’ve found from years on Twitter is that what is interesting…

  • Placeholder Post

    This placeholder post attempts to fulfill the minimum requirements of the blogpact. Update (7 December 2012): I wrote this post a few days ago, as a sort of example of what the minimum blog post could be. Then, I posted to the blogpact list, askin…