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2026

The paper computeroriginal ↗
9 Apr 2026

2025

The McPhee methodoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2025

2021

Should we cool it with the historical present?original ↗
22 Oct 2021

2020

I should have loved biologyoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2020

2019

Introducing Five’Em, a Texas Hold’Em variantoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2019
The three-page paper that shook philosophy: Gettiers in software engineeringoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2019

2017

DocWriter: the typewriter that sends its keystrokes in real time to a Google Docoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2017
Most book clubs are doing it wrongoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2017

2015

Speed matters: Why working quickly is more important than it seemsoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2015

2014

How I reverse-engineered Google Docs to play back any document’s keystrokesoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2014
You’re probably using the wrong dictionaryoriginal ↗
18 May 2014

2012

More people should writeoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2012
The best general advice on earthoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2012
The shape of a listeneroriginal ↗
24 May 2012

2011

Project Euler problem 191, or, how I learned to stop counting and love inductionoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2011
Six linesoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2011

2010

Social Annealingoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2010
Perfunctory Offersoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2010
Exploring the complexity of driving directionsoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2010
Kavka’s toxin puzzleoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2010
“It turns out”original ↗
28 Feb 2010
Compuchemical Economiesoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2010
What it used to be like to look things uporiginal ↗
12 Feb 2010
The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performanceoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2010
Kenjitsuoriginal ↗
8 Feb 2010

2009

Why the Laworiginal ↗
3 Nov 2009
Wandering the web stacks to improve your information dietoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2009
Rule 110, or, how a little orange dot becomes a universal computeroriginal ↗
20 Sept 2009
By inspectionoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2009
Offline Wikipediaoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2009
Anatomy of a Project Euler problem, and, some remarks on the OEISoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2009
Metacatoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2009
Those maps at the beginning of books, or, a few words about teachingoriginal ↗
7 Mar 2009
Feynman’s Rigororiginal ↗
2 Mar 2009