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2012

Another terrifying music jam session but I played a little bit of blues and old timeoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2012
Obama is speaking outside my office window, so why did I stay home?original ↗
6 Jul 2012
Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listenedoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2012
My first French music jam: anxious but excitedoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2012
Attending my first Google I/O Extended: Pittsburghoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2012
RSpec new expectation: finally not shoving a verb into a nounoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2012
Walking the scenic route through Schenley Park to workoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2012
Review of Coursera course: Model Thinkingoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2012
The Joy of Eating Ice Cream for Breakfastoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2012
Preparing for my first solo flute performance: notes on perfectionism and high standardsoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2012
Tasty Vietnamese lunch at Thanh Tòng in Eden Center, and how we chose to eat thereoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2012
Ordered the new Casey Burns Small-Handed Irish fluteoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2012
Report on the first Pittsburgh TechFest, 2012original ↗
10 Jun 2012
Heinz Hall Memories: at the Pittsburgh Symphony, being shocked out of my mind upon experiencing Prokofiev's second piano concerto for the first time; also, a note on human memoryoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2012
Your Day Without Shoes and my very first day out completely without shoesoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2012
I celebrated National Running Day in Schenley Park: remembering how I began to run 13 years agooriginal ↗
7 Jun 2012
A totally exhausting Rachel Carson Trail Challenge goal training hike (18.1 milesoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2012
Why I am grateful that my father never let me win a chess game against himoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2012
They published my brilliant chess game, hinting it was not so original, but was it?original ↗
2 Jun 2012
Life lessons I learned from a lunch recess chess game at age seven: the prequel with a classmateoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2012
Some pretty attacking chess at a party last weekendoriginal ↗
31 May 2012
Life lessons I learned from a lunch recess chess game at age sevenoriginal ↗
30 May 2012
Visiting the House of Musical Traditions: looking at instruments including Irish flutesoriginal ↗
29 May 2012
Got my new and more ergonomic fluteoriginal ↗
18 May 2012
Playing French music for the first time, and dancing blues for the first timeoriginal ↗
15 May 2012
International Barefoot Running Day 2012: my second year of celebration and my first barefoot trail runoriginal ↗
7 May 2012
Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2original ↗
30 Apr 2012
A pretty Rachel Carson Trail Challenge goal training hike (8.9 miles)original ↗
30 Apr 2012
Baroque jam session at CMU: first time my parents ever watched me perform musicoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2012
My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenbergoriginal ↗
21 Apr 2012
One week of commuting on foot because of CMU Carnivaloriginal ↗
16 Apr 2012
Free course review: Software Engineering for Software as a Service (Part I), from Courseraoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2012
Why I Gave Up Coffee Yesterdayoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2012
Two weeks after getting my first smartphoneoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2012
My first sampling of English country dance and contra danceoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2012
A delayed St. Patrick's Day party: playing tin whistle and alto recorderoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2012
What I did immediately after the National Day of Unpluggingoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2012
Paradox? I will observe the National Day of Unplugging but just bought my first smartphone this week!original ↗
23 Mar 2012
Flute update: celebrating Bach's birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa novaoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2012
The joy and challenge of making beautiful sounds togetheroriginal ↗
19 Mar 2012
St. Patrick's Day party: playing tin whistle and fluteoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2012
Remembering my Uncle Steveoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2012
For real geeks, today is not Pi Day, but Half-Tau Dayoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2012
Quitting the CMU All-University Orchestra: one of the hardest decisions in my lifeoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2012
Fascinating bushwhacking hike at PA State Game Land 51 (Dunbar)original ↗
12 Mar 2012
Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife!original ↗
11 Mar 2012
Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goalsoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2012
Pittsburgh Geek Out Day #5: "Change"original ↗
4 Mar 2012
Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injuryoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2012
Snowing means sambar at Coriander India Grilloriginal ↗
26 Feb 2012
When can you call yourself an expert at something?original ↗
25 Feb 2012
Saying No in order to say Yesoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2012
Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in thereoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2012
Pittsburgh Java User Group: Get Going with Git on Java Projectsoriginal ↗
22 Feb 2012
Enjoying more French dancing in Pittsburghoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2012
Why I have not posted many photos or videos recently: exploitation?original ↗
20 Feb 2012
Pinterest confuses meoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2012
Flute progress report: day of reckoning approachesoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2012
Meditation is hardoriginal ↗
11 Feb 2012
Public shame: a great way to maintain a habitoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2012
On playing my first games of chess in a yearoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2012
A strange winter hike in Frick Parkoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2012
My favorite running workout: the Billat workoutoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2012
2 new daily habits of mine in a distracting worldoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2012
Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terrororiginal ↗
2 Feb 2012
Liebster Blog Award: 5 blogs you should check outoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2012
A new friend's very musical birthday party changed my lifeoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2012
Learning about gardening from Grow Pittsburghoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2012
Improving my breakfast and other meals: a paleo progress reportoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2012
Pittsburgh Java User Group: Developing Languages Using JRubyoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2012
Discovering French traditional social dance in Pittsburghoriginal ↗
24 Jan 2012
CMU Fitness Challenge keynote lecture by Vonda Wright: Stay strong at any ageoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2012
How to respond if a child asks you a science question you don't know the answer tooriginal ↗
20 Jan 2012
How school made me hate computer science and programmingoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2012
Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Machine Learningoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2012
Experiment in learning: completing Stanford online course: Introduction to Databasesoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2012
Starting the 100 Up (exercise for running) 30-day challengeoriginal ↗
10 Jan 2012
Finding and using my childhood flute booksoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2012
Injuries from yoga are common: some tips on staying safeoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2012
How to enjoy treadmill running: treat it as a meditative practiceoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2012
Ignoring branding: the double-blind testoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2012
New experiment for a new year: winter running in Vibram FiveFingers shoesoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2012

2011

Reflections on 2011original ↗
31 Dec 2011
Much progress playing fluteoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2011
What topics do you want me to write about in 2012?original ↗
20 Dec 2011
Fun at the East End Food Co-op Winterfestoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2011
Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball!original ↗
18 Dec 2011
Today is Bill of Rights Day, the irony!original ↗
15 Dec 2011
I love medicine balls: including a video review: Gaiam Fit Ball Workoutoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2011
Video review: Dancing with the Stars: Cardio Dance (2006)original ↗
14 Dec 2011
Why go to concerts by amateur music groups?original ↗
13 Dec 2011
Learning another instrument: the tin whistleoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2011
Why everyone should learn computer scienceoriginal ↗
10 Dec 2011
Revisiting Knuth and McIlroy's word count programsoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2011
Is brown rice healthy or not?original ↗
8 Dec 2011
Global Day of CodeRetreat: Pittsburghoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2011
Busy evening: performing at Phipps followed by rehearsal for another gig!original ↗
6 Dec 2011
Why I am writing this week for CSEdWeekoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2011
Exploring creativityoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2011
I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Mondayoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2011
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