Blog Posts
2026
- Feb 06 Banjo Recompiled
- Feb 05 A Short Review of the JBuds Ergo Mouse in Linux
- Feb 04 Selling Stuff
- Feb 03 The Web is Larger Than Facebook
- Feb 02 The One Item Rule
- Jan 21 Thanks For Emailing
- Jan 20 Moving Mastodon Instances
- Jan 14 Is There Anybody Out There?
- Jan 12 Hypatia is now end-of-life
2025
- Dec 31 A Short Review of Terminator 2D
- Dec 22 Choosing a Fitness Band Instead of a Pebble Watch
- Dec 21 Quitting PixelFed
- Dec 20 Building a Mystery
- Dec 19 Let People Decide How They Watch New Movies
- Dec 16 Your Fantasy Self
- Dec 15 Using CoMaps for Car Navigation
- Dec 14 I Don't Care About Browser Engines
- Dec 13 Pricing Games
- Dec 12 If the World Made Sense, I Would Call Myself a Conservative
- Dec 11 Reminiscing About Zunes
- Dec 10 Cooking Burgers Indoors
- Dec 09 Social Media — It's Just Feeds!
- Dec 08 Brand Loyalty
- Dec 07 Reclaiming Time by Quitting Dialysis
- Dec 06 Contribute Now
- Dec 05 Burgers
- Nov 14 Sins of a Technology Optimist
- Nov 13 A Banjo-Kazooie Retrospective in 2025
- Nov 12 Living Out of a Suitcase
- Nov 11 Ten Pointless Facts About Me
- Nov 10 Burritos
- Oct 14 My Minimalist Phone Setup
- Oct 06 Dumping Apple
- Oct 04 Upgrading to WH1000-XM4s from XM3s
- Oct 01 8BitDo
- Sep 30 Returning to DK Isle
- Sep 23 Zen Bagels
- Sep 22 The Worst Movie Theater Experience I've Ever Had
- Sep 09 Small Tips for Managing a Local Music Collection
- Sep 08 Portable Power
- Sep 04 I Wish I Liked Hollow Knight
- Sep 03 A Short Review of the Latest Magic Mouse in Linux
- Sep 02 Pruning My Music Library
- Sep 01 I Finally Understand Why Stars Exist in Apps
- Aug 30 The Masochist's Save File Dialog
- Aug 29 Oh, Bananza! (Review)
- Aug 28 The Sins of Nintendo
- Aug 27 Quick Resume
- Aug 26 Gaming
- Jun 15 Kidney Transplant, Take Two
- Jun 14 School Pizza
- Jun 13 Hospital Pro-Tips
- May 10 Cropping videos in VLC to 3:2 for the the Framework display
- Mar 13 My Friend is Giving Me a Kidney
- Jan 01 Breakdown
2024
- Dec 31 No Goals
- Dec 30 Environmentalism and Free Culture
- Dec 27 The Physical Digital
- Dec 26 Love Things
- Dec 25 Holidays Suck
- Dec 23 The Long Con
- Dec 22 Codeberg
- Nov 26 Vocal is End-of-Life
- Oct 09 The Secret Trick to Make Water Bottles Stay Clean for Days (It's Ice)
- Oct 08 Asahi Linux with GNOME As a Daily Driver in Late 2024
- Oct 04 Rallying Behind an Undeserving Browser Will Not Save the Open Web
- Oct 02 Jaded About Books
- Sep 04 (Almost) Living the Dream
- Aug 28 When Kidney Transplants Go Wrong
- Jul 17 Where Are the Open Cricut Alternatives?
- Jul 15 I Love 3D Printing, I Hate 3D Printing
- Feb 24 On the Demise of Physical Media
- Feb 19 Cutting it Off and Feeling Nothing
- Feb 15 Kidney Transplant
2023
- Aug 21 The Party
- Jun 25 Zen and the Art of Actual Maintenance
- Jun 24 Linkbuds Review
- Jun 11 Nalgene Bottles
- Jun 05 On The Turning Away
- May 28 Induction Hobs
2022
- Dec 28 The Beetle
- Dec 27 Gizmos and the Data They Generate
- Dec 26 Competition in Open Source
- Dec 21 Why Android is a Better Fit for Me
- Nov 30 Tattoos
- Oct 11 Ruminations on Wrist Watches
- Sep 21 Netbook Nostalgia
- Sep 20 Hotel Room Interior Design
- Aug 30 So I Bought a Nintendo Switch OLED
- Jul 09 For You I Will Buy a Stupid CD
- Jun 19 On Indecisiveness
- Jun 13 Everything You Actually Need to Build a Local Music Collection
- May 31 Nimble
- May 18 Camping Gear is Great for Minimalists
- May 17 Lois Duncan
- May 05 UTC
- Mar 23 28 Years
- Mar 22 A Quick Review of the Ember Bluetooth Mug
- Feb 28 Don't Go Chasing iPods
- Feb 24 A Love Letter to AirPods
- Feb 22 The Share Button: The New Pipes?
2021
- Nov 04 Libraries
- Nov 03 Ergonomics Life Hack: Cheaper, Better Wrist Rests
- Nov 02 Improving the Linux Bluetooth Experience
- Nov 01 November Blogging Challenge
- Mar 28 The Humble Spork
- Jan 13 IKEA Knives Are Great
- Jan 11 I Wish I Was A Mechanical Keyboard Person
2020
- Dec 07 Fixing Buffering Issues in Kodi While Playing Media from Local Network
- Dec 05 Quip Toothbrush Review
- Sep 20 Thanks For the Memories
- Apr 19 A Hat In Time
- Apr 18 Falling Out of Love with Vinyl
- Apr 11 The Can
2019
- Oct 20 Books As Physical Objects
- Oct 16 Fix It Yourself
- Sep 09 The Usual
- Sep 08 The Number of Books in Life
- Sep 07 Upon the Closing of The Video Rental Store
- Sep 06 General Health Update (Originally Posted on Facebook)
- Aug 21 Wireless Charging
- Aug 18 The Best
- Jul 30 Vasculitis
- Jul 29 YouTube Subscriptions as Video Podcast Feeds (RSS)
- Jul 08 Backpacks
- Jul 02 The Truth About Vinyl
- Jun 19 William Blake's Eternity
- Apr 30 The Life Changing Magic of Buying Useful Stuff
- Apr 22 The Friendliness of Campers
- Apr 21 Scars
- Apr 17 The "Cancer Has Already Been Cured" Conspiracy Rebuttal
- Feb 11 Buying to Last
- Feb 10 Podcasts Don't Belong in Silos
- Feb 06 WAZE and DUI Checkpoints
- Jan 29 Thoughts on OpenStreetMaps and DuckDuckGo (Winding the Clock)
- Jan 27 Using a Magic Trackpad 2 in Linux 4.20
- Jan 24 Thoughts on USB-C
- Jan 21 On The Mend
- Jan 19 That Time I Blew Through 26k in a Split Second
2018
- Dec 31 Reflecting on 2018 and Hopes for the Year to Come
- Dec 13 Nathan and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day He Broke His Ankle
- Nov 25 Looking Back On My Camping Trip
- Oct 02 The Summer of the Bathroom
- Apr 06 System76 Galago Pro Review
- Mar 13 Ode to the Cast Iron Skillet
- Feb 05 The Strange World of DRM'd Shaving
2017
- Oct 24 A Lunatic's Rant About Why Cash is So Great
- Sep 17 Office Renovation
- Jan 29 Cultivate the Habit
2016
- Nov 14 Announcing Needle & Thread
- Oct 15 October 15, 2016 (Saturday)
- May 08 What's Going On?
- Jan 30 Changes to My Patreon Page
- Jan 12 Considering 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'
2015
- Dec 31 A Fresh Start in 2016
- Dec 14 My System76 Superfan Trip in Pictures (Part Two)
- Nov 14 My System76 Superfan Trip in Pictures (Part One)
- Oct 28 Why a Desktop Twitter Client is Better than a Web App
- Oct 17 Why System76 Matters to Me
- Jun 06 The Future of Vocal, Birdie, and More
- May 10 Why Native, Why elementary OS?
- Apr 01 Out of the Nest - Birdie 2.0
- Apr 01 Out of the Nest - Birdie 2.0
2014
- Aug 11 Welcome elementary OS Freya Beta Users
- Jun 28 Vocal Beta Released, Daily PPA Now Available
- Jun 28 Vocal Beta Released, Daily PPA Now Available
- May 28 Vocal Development Update #4
- May 07 Vocal Development Update #3
- May 01 The Search for Vocal's Icon
- Apr 28 Vocal Development Update #2
- Apr 16 Vocal Development Update #1
- Apr 05 Vocal
- Mar 13 A Linux User's Review of Doxie Go
- Feb 16 A Pile of Good Things
2013
- Dec 17 Introducing Sundown
- Sep 25 Fez
- Sep 02 Using Midori
- Jul 20 Improving the YouTube Experience in Midori
- Jun 15 My Review of Articulate Wallets
- May 30 Summer 2013 - Part 2
- May 13 Summer 2013 - Part 1
- May 05 What's in a Name?
- Apr 01 Why I Support Geary (and why you should, too)
- Mar 31 Returning to Donkey Kong Country
- Mar 13 My Box Collection
- Mar 11 In Which I Make the Case for Paper Books
- Feb 18 iTunes U in Linux
- Feb 14 Brother HL2270 Review (and Linux Compatibility)
- Feb 14 What I Found in the Back of my Closet
- Jan 29 Paperless in 2013
- Jan 22 Ask Nathan: Obama Tech Battle
- Jan 14 Here's to Aaron Swartz
- Jan 02 The Bathroom Girl Perplexity
2012
- Dec 31 Happy New Year
- Nov 26 The Conclusion to my Samba Saga
- Nov 14 More About My Home Server
- Oct 30 Don't Adjust Your Screen
- Oct 25 LAN Speed Conundrum
- Oct 18 A Quick Review of Apple EarPods
- Sep 23 Why I Switched to elementary OS
- Aug 15 A Note About Google Play's HD Content
- Aug 07 Natural Scrolling in Ubuntu
- Aug 05 Samba love
- Jul 21 Looking Back
- Jul 19 Living in the Future
- Jul 17 Money on the Desktop
- Jul 16 How to disable numlock on an Apple Wireless Keyboard (Ubuntu) [Helpful Hint]
- Jul 01 Boycott Apple?
- May 28 Backing Up: A Fun Guide to Keep in Mind
- May 25 Catching Up: Summer 2012 Edition
- Apr 02 Why the Purple Salad is a Big Deal
- Apr 01 Burger Game Plan?
- Apr 01 Yo dawg, I heard you like ketchup
- Mar 25 Macbook Air Review and Mac OS X vs. Ubuntu
- Mar 17 The Most Amazing Thing Ever: Degreasing Your Laptop
- Feb 19 The iPad: A Review
- Feb 18 50/50: Doing it Right
- Feb 06 A Rant About Lighting
- Jan 07 CES 2012 - Now or Never
- Jan 03 Essence of Free: Freedom and Passion
2011
- Dec 31 Essence of Free: Community
- Dec 31 Here's to 2012
- Dec 29 The Essence of Free: A [Detailed] Look
- Jul 15 Thoughts on Spotify, and its Linux Client
- Jun 27 DuckDuckGo: Doing Web Search Better
- Jun 25 Equality for All
- Jun 25 How to Properly Encode WebM Videos from DVDs and Blu-rays
- May 19 OpenShot Video Editor
- May 10 Graphics Drivers in the Open-source World
- May 09 Graphics Drivers in the Open-source World
- Apr 23 Clementine Media Player
- Apr 14 Google Voice Notifier
- Apr 13 Google Voice Notifier
- Apr 12 Firefox 4
- Apr 11 Firefox 4
- Mar 15 Natty Narwhal – Alpha 3
- Mar 14 Natty Narwhal - Alpha 3
- Feb 27 Postler and Dexter
- Feb 21 WUBI
- Feb 20 WUBI
- Feb 19 Caffeine
- Jan 11 Google Chrome Drops H.264 Support, Pushes WebM
- Jan 10 Chrome App Store - The Review
- Jan 06 LibreOffice As of Now
2010
- Dec 31 Predictions for 2011
- Dec 30 How We Bilked the Zune HD (And How It Bilked Itself)
- Dec 29 Question: It seems for a while I was able to post comments on some of your posts although now I can&
- Dec 26 Ubuntu One (Review)
- Dec 22 It's the Open Christmas Spectacular!
- Dec 14 Support Developers and Charities- Humble Indie Bundle 2 Available
- Dec 13 Why The Community Needs to Stop Hating on Windows
- Dec 09 Does Chrome OS Have a Chance?
- Dec 07 'Natty' Alpha 1: The New Unity
- Dec 05 Chrome OS's Keyboard: Truly FTW
- Nov 23 After the whirlwind excitement following the release of Ubuntu 10.10, I caved and bought a Magic
- Nov 12 Open Video: Streaming in Linux, Open Rentals, and Local Playback
- Nov 11 Thoughts on the Desktop, and Ubuntu's addition of Unity
- Nov 10 While the Intrepid Ibex wallpaper will always have a place in my heart, the Hardy Heron wallpaper
- Nov 09 Any chance of a Chrome extension to sync Ubuntu One bookmarks? I sure hope so. A Gmail plug-in fo
- Nov 05 Has the color mis-match in the sound menu controls in Ubuntu 10.10 magically fixed itself for any
- Oct 17 Wrapping Up Maverick
- Oct 11 Maverick Meerkat - The Review (Part 1)
- Oct 08 Preparing for Maverick
- Oct 05 Hotot is hot!
- Oct 02 Shameful Excuses
- Sep 22 Firefox
- Sep 15 Moonlight
- Sep 10 A Need for Speed?
- Sep 09 HandBrake
- Sep 04 VLC - ★★★★
- Sep 02 Open-Minded
- Aug 31 Audacity - ★★★★★
- Aug 28 Hardware FTW Monthly #01 - Apple
- Aug 26 Totem - ★★★★★
- Aug 24 Midori - ★★★
- Aug 20 GIMP - ★★★★★
- Aug 14 Docky - ★★★★★
- Aug 11 Mupen64 - ★★
- Aug 09 Hardinfo: System Profiler and Benchmark - ★★★★★
- Aug 06 Pingus - ★★★★★
- Aug 03 Gwibber - ★★★½
- Jul 30 Pymazon - ★★★★★
- Jul 28 OpenArena - ★★★★
- Jul 24 Ubuntu One Music Store - ★★★
- Jul 20 Blu-ray on Ubuntu (Linux), Mac, and Windows
- Jul 18 Banshee - ★★★★
- Jul 17 OpenDNS – ★★★★★
- Jul 13 AbiWord - ★★★★★
- Jul 12 Boxee - ★★★★½
- Jul 09 Miro - ★★★★★
- Jun 26 Blown Away - A Short Review of Toy Story 3
- May 16 'Up There' - Fantastic Find
- Feb 17 Online Steaming Media: The Future Starts Now
- Jan 06 Steam: A Review