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On being human

2025-08-27: Your fear of looking stupid is holding you back
2025-07-02: You are made of stars
2024-12-20: A very important cycle of creativity
2024-12-04: Think of other options
2024-11-25: Do something incompatible instead
2024-11-21: Restrictions breed creativity
2024-11-20: Give the same talk more than once
2024-11-18: My personal creed
2024-11-12: Offer three options
2024-11-08: There's more than you can possibly imagine
2024-11-06: Specific combinations of values
2024-10-31: Unlearning is more important than learning
2024-10-25: Make as many pots as possible
2024-10-22: Write more like you talk
2024-10-21: Flip a coin if it doesn't matter
2024-10-16: Knowing a concept's name is really useful
2024-10-15: Get back onto the horse
2024-09-30: The world is more complicated than you think
2024-09-26: The animal is also you
2024-09-25: Be generous with appreciation
2024-09-23: Learning how to behave in a new environment

On programming

2025-02-19: Useful ISO standards for programmers
2023-12-04: Constrained programming, part 2
2023-12-01: Constrained programming

On histories of words

2026-03-11: battery
2026-03-06: viral
2026-03-02: sphinx
2026-02-25: shanghai
2026-02-18: vitamin
2026-02-06: barbecue
2026-01-30: normal
2026-01-16: syllabus
2026-01-10: pajamas
2025-12-29: cliffhanger
2025-12-20: vibe
2025-12-13: serendipity
2025-12-05: goth
2025-11-25: supper
2025-11-11: fractal
2025-10-11: Wednesday
2025-10-02: myriad
2025-09-25: piña colada
2025-09-22: dumpster
2025-09-19: cinema
2025-09-14: plumber
2025-09-05: boolean
2025-09-01: villain
2025-08-28: isekai
2025-08-23: bogart
2025-08-22: geocache
2025-08-18: exoskeleton
2025-08-13: pants
2025-08-10: photoshop
2025-08-04: juggernaut
2025-07-25: laser
2025-07-22: maize
2025-07-11: karaoke
2025-07-08: wizard
2025-07-07: really
2025-06-20: neon
2025-06-06: paywall
2025-05-30: checkmate
2025-04-25: weekend
2025-04-22: van
2025-04-21: umami
2025-04-14: ketchup
2025-04-13: dime
2025-04-08: mutt
2025-03-31: pizza
2025-03-28: glamping
2025-03-23: haywire
2025-03-19: vinyl
2025-03-13: shampoo
2025-03-10: ox
2025-03-06: ronnagram
2025-03-02: nope
2025-02-23: sherlock
2025-02-20: uranium
2025-02-17: botnet
2025-02-14: fruit
2025-02-12: blank
2025-02-11: delve
2025-02-04: debt
2025-02-02: quark
2025-01-23: stan
2025-01-15: minute
2024-12-25: draught
2024-12-21: jeep
2024-11-24: cardinal
2024-10-17: burrito
2024-09-24: cologne
2024-09-12: numeral
2024-09-10: selfie
2024-09-07: washing machine
2024-09-06: ampersand
2024-08-12: dollar
2024-07-31: New Mexico
2024-07-24: adrenaline
2024-07-17: pog
2024-07-08: Blinky
2024-06-13: jeans
2024-06-04: mothball
2024-06-02: pineapple
2024-05-28: roshambo
2024-05-14: blimp
2024-05-13: punt
2024-05-07: parkour
2024-05-06: q-tip
2024-04-22: boutique
2024-03-25: wrought
2024-02-28: snowclone
2024-01-29: yeet
2024-01-25: Jurassic
2024-01-10: yoink
2024-01-09: helicopter
2023-12-27: royal
2023-12-19: wiki
2023-12-15: kraken
2023-10-18: rizz
2023-10-18: spam
2023-09-27: winter
2023-09-25: bye
2023-09-20: captcha
2023-09-19: borked
2023-09-13: orange
2023-09-08: weeb
2023-09-05: hello
2023-09-01: werewolf
2023-08-30: nerdsnipe
2023-08-29: okay
2023-08-25: podcast
2023-08-22: guy
2023-08-11: escalate
2023-08-08: hydrogen
2023-05-19: blurb
2023-05-17: ixnay

Et cetera

2026-02-20: A Frankensteined history
2026-02-16: Why salt?
2026-01-08: Best of 2025
2025-03-04: Smaller QR codes for URLs
2025-01-03: Best of 2024
2024-10-23: A tragedy of the English language
2024-01-09: Best of 2023