Circuits and Crickets

2009

2008

November
October
August 8
July 76
June 6
May 10
April 37
March 71
January 13

2007

December 386
November 263
October 93
September 293
August 84
July
June 1
May 2
April 54
March 104
February
January

joke, n.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1670 EACHARD Cont. Clergy...
Mar 31st

stamping, vbl. n.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1375 BARBOUR Bruce VII. 269...
Mar 30th
“We discovered that Jeeps should not have square headlights....”
— Clotaire Rapaille (pbs.org...
Mar 30th
37signals - SvN: People have no idea why...
Mar 30th

intolerant, a. (n.): OED Word of the...

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: a1735 ARBUTHNOT (J.), The...
Mar 29th

negotiate, v.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1598 J. FLORIO Worlde of...
Mar 28th

Outremer, n.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1833 H. W. LONGFELLOW...
Mar 27th

Mathias Gauger: Got a new cellphone...

Mathias Gauger: Got a new cellphone today: the Moto KRZR in white. (via twitter status)
Mar 27th

uptight, a.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1934 J. M. CAIN Postman...
Mar 26th

Mathias Gauger: !!! 300 was awesome !!!

Mathias Gauger: !!! 300 was awesome !!! (via twitter status)
Mar 26th

Mathias Gauger: Working on an...

Mathias Gauger: Working on an assignment. (via twitter status)
Mar 25th

Mathias Gauger: Finally going to see...

Mathias Gauger: Finally going to see ‘300’ on the UltraScreen! (via twitter status)
Mar 25th

bilingual, a.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1845 Proc. Philol. Soc. I....
Mar 25th

Mathias Gauger: Working in Mathematica

Mathias Gauger: Working in Mathematica (via twitter status)
Mar 25th

Mathias Gauger: Gah, I really need to...

Mathias Gauger: Gah, I really need to finish this homework up. (via twitter status)
Mar 25th
Re: no one showed at bucketworks
Mar 25th

Mathias Gauger: My connection is really...

Mathias Gauger: My connection is really spotty, so I can’t twitter or IRC as much as I’d...
Mar 24th

poulterer, n.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1534 in W. H. Turner Select....
Mar 24th
Re: no one showed at bucketworks
Mar 24th

Mathias Gauger: Cleaning the espresso...

Mathias Gauger: Cleaning the espresso machine; it’s coffee time! (via twitter status)
Mar 24th
Re: no one showed at bucketworks
Mar 24th
no one showed at bucketworks
Mar 24th
"The Laptop Nomads" -- old article (from...
Mar 23rd

peony, n. and a.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: OE Glosses to Colloquies of...
Mar 23rd

Mathias Gauger: A little hungry,...

Mathias Gauger: A little hungry, drinking tea, and staring at the interweb for context. (via...
Mar 23rd
Re: BarCamp USA has been canceled
Mar 23rd
Re: BarCamp USA has been canceled
Mar 23rd
RE: BarCamp USA has been canceled
Mar 23rd
BarCamp USA has been canceled
Mar 22nd
Re: BarCamp USA has been canceled
Mar 22nd

maxillary, a. and n.: OED Word of the...

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1626 BACON Sylva {section}747...
Mar 22nd

Mathias Gauger: Tired.

Mathias Gauger: Tired. (via twitter status)
Mar 22nd
DailyLit: Read Books by Email.
Mar 22nd

souse, v.3: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1583 T. WATSON Poems...
Mar 21st

Mathias Gauger: Watching the rain...

Mathias Gauger: Watching the rain outside the window. (via twitter status)
Mar 21st
gpgpu.org - General-Purpose Computation Using...
Mar 21st
Tony Snow says president must let his senior...
Mar 21st
Geek to Live: Instant, no-overhead blog with...
Mar 21st
Mar 20th

udal: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1500 in A. Peterkin Orkney...
Mar 20th
“The best scientist is open to experience and begins with...”
— Ray Bradbury
Mar 20th

Mathias Gauger: Catching up on email...

Mathias Gauger: Catching up on email before I have to go again. (via twitter status)
Mar 20th

Mathias Gauger: Tea for breakfast. Need...

Mathias Gauger: Tea for breakfast. Need to head out soon. (via twitter status)
Mar 20th
Stupid Apple Remote Tricks
Mar 20th
Japanese Invent TeddyBear-Shaped Household...
Mar 20th
Warch Watch
The Machine is Us/ing Us.
Mar 20th

Mathias Gauger: Writing code for work....

Mathias Gauger: Writing code for work. work for money. money for w00t. (via twitter status)
Mar 19th

primed, a.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1927 Proc. R. Soc. A. CXIII....
Mar 19th

Mathias Gauger: I should get ready for...

Mathias Gauger: I should get ready for my class. (via twitter status)
Mar 19th

Mathias Gauger: Still awake. Writing...

Mathias Gauger: Still awake. Writing emails, communicating via twitter. I need to upload some photos...
Mar 19th

Mathias Gauger: Sleep soon..

Mathias Gauger: Sleep soon.. (via twitter status)
Mar 19th

Mathias Gauger: Watching the history...

Mathias Gauger: Watching the history channel. (via twitter status)
Mar 18th

Mathias Gauger: Back home, fed, and...

Mathias Gauger: Back home, fed, and tired. (via twitter status)
Mar 18th

preceptive, adj.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: c1485 (1456) G. HAY Bk. Law...
Mar 18th
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does...”
— Charles Darwin
Mar 18th

Mathias D Gauger: My internet connection...

Mathias D Gauger: My internet connection seems to work again. (via twitter status)
Mar 18th
sfgate.com: New bedouins transform a laptop,...
Mar 18th

Mathias D Gauger: They're all gone.....

Mathias D Gauger: They’re all gone.. finally! Now I can sleep.. (via twitter status)
Mar 18th

nouvelle, a.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1650 R. HEATH Clarastella 2...
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: YouTube videos not...

Mathias D Gauger: YouTube videos not loading on the tumblr tumblog. I guess I’ll have to go to...
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: Robert Scoble sure...

Mathias D Gauger: Robert Scoble sure twitters a lot. Also, they’re holding a party here in a...
Mar 17th
Mar 17th
“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”
— Miles Davis
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: My mom and little...

Mathias D Gauger: My mom and little brother just showed up and they’re trying to divert from...
Mar 17th
What’s on my mind right now.. upgrading to a Timbuk2...
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: Wishing I had some...

Mathias D Gauger: Wishing I had some coffee.. maybe I’ll make some. (via twitter status)
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: I'm doing nothing...

Mathias D Gauger: I’m doing nothing important. (via twitter status)
Mar 17th
Latest Top 500 Supercomputers list - November...
Mar 17th
Mar 17th

Mathias D Gauger: It's dark.

Mathias D Gauger: It’s dark. (via twitter status)
Mar 16th
Warch Watch
I KNOW EVERYTHING!
Mar 16th
sfgate.com: Where Neo-Nomads Ideas Percolate...
Mar 16th

Milwaukeean, n.: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1843 (title) The Milwaukiean....
Mar 16th

Mathias D Gauger: My code works! Now...

Mathias D Gauger: My code works! Now just to finish the other 99% of this project.. (via twitter...
Mar 16th

Mathias D Gauger: heating up some chili...

Mathias D Gauger: heating up some chili to keep me going.. (via twitter status)
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th

Mathias D Gauger: Getting some emails...

Mathias D Gauger: Getting some emails out of the way so I can work (via twitter status)
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th

Mathias D Gauger: Awake now, having...

Mathias D Gauger: Awake now, having slept in a few extra hours. I feel better. Too bad this week is...
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th
Mathias D Gauger: Awake now, having slept in a few extra hours. I feel better. Too bad this week is...
Mar 16th
Warch Watch
So cool!
Mar 16th

A short note

I like the concept of a tumblog so much better. Have it do the work for me; just feed it some RSS...
Mar 16th
LifeHacker Top 10: Free Mac Downloads
Mar 16th
RE: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th
Ultra Products' low-end Ultra UPS lineup
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th
Re: Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 16th

Pruning some posts and adding this..

It took a little care and feeding but I’ve finally got my tumblog grabbing the RSS feeds I...
Mar 16th
Matt Gauger: Half an hour of Cranky Geeks (the episode with Kevin Rose & Alex Albrecht) then...
Mar 16th
RedHat flies in sky, albiet clumsily
Mar 16th
Google.com with the wayback machine proves to...
Mar 16th
Matt Gauger: testing my twitter status -> tumblog again. cricket.tumblr.net !!
Mar 16th
Gobby, a cool collaborative text editor - The...
Mar 16th
Colossal squid's headache for science
Mar 16th
iPod Headband: Now with Bone Conduction!
Mar 15th

loader1: OED Word of the Day

Today’s word from the OED has the following earliest quotation: 1476 Paston Lett. III. 153 It...
Mar 15th
Fwd: Fireseed, AI, HAI, barcampUSA,
Mar 15th
Linux Needs Windows To Run
Mar 15th
Matt Gauger: got sucked into trying tumblr.net … I am becoming integrated into the web2.0...
Mar 15th
How To Configure Web Access To Subversion...
Mar 14th
Funny Comic about Windows Vista (PICTURE)
Mar 14th
How to get a headache and not get work done
Mar 10th