: DNA is an acid that is made up of bases. 🤔
: Looks like we just traded my favorite player! I’ll miss telling everyone about how good Nick Lima’s …
: For my birthday, Vanessa got me a CD that I’ve been wanting for a long time. I came across it years …
: Had a great time seeing the Flaming Lips last week. They played two sets: the first being a full …
: RIP Molly Holzschlag. We are all forever indebted.
: Elixir yak-shaving I’ve finally decided to look into Elixir. I know I will love it! I have started doing the …
: RIP Bram Moolenaar Bram created vim which is a terminal-based text editor so good that it comes …
: Austin FC never seems to get a break when it comes to these “extracurricular” cups. Let’s hope they …
: Finally got my Playdate! Played some Casual Birder at Kerbey Lane Café last night while waiting for …
: Today at work we are using the PostGIS function ST_MakeValid. I propose a new alias to this function …
: Hanging out with Dolly Parton at the Aristocrat Lounge
: One of the many entertaining things about the extremely slow process for getting repaid for my long …
: You know it’s a new year when a change to how you handle time in your tests that you wrote eleven …
: Twitter Sucks is now live again, after migrating it from Heroku’s discontinued free plan to …
: I was watching a YouTube video about Baby Jessica (after listening to the excellent You’re …
: 🅦🅞🅡🅓🄸🄿🄻🅈 #8 🌟 Length Score: 93% 🚀 Letter Score: 65 🔗 Play Wordiply: https://www.wordiply.com 🎬 …
: Got some prescription sunglasses for the first time in my life. Gonna take some getting used to. 😎
: Just watched a video about Jotai, a minimal state management library my team uses with React. Pretty …
: I just migrated my Mastodon account to nertzy@ruby.social. For now I think I’m going to try …
: Is there a paid service that I can point a DNS record to, and it hosts a private Mastodon instance …
: Ghost Line X at Rosewood Park #dada
: Oh, I get it. He’s “sinking” Twitter.
: Another week, another playoff. Looking good so far! ⚽️ #austinfc
: Arlo Parks About to see Phoenix at ACL Festival for the third time. 🎸
: Daily Duotrigordle #199 Guesses: X/37 0️⃣8️⃣ 0️⃣9️⃣ 0️⃣4️⃣ 0️⃣6️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣ 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 🟥🟥 3️⃣7️⃣ …
: Real Salt Lake 0 - Moussa Djitté 3 ⚽️ ⚽️ ⚽️ #austinfc
: Seeing Stereolab for the fifth time.🎹🎺 I was able to get a new red laundry bag at the merch table to …
: Compiling a Linux kernel by hand for the first time in about a decade. Wish me luck!
: Oof that was a tough loss. A lot of fun to watch! #austinfc ⚽️
: Going through my vinyl collection. Found this “club reaction” form in a promo copy of an …
: I solved Semantle #41 in 24 guesses. My first guess had a similarity of 3.94. My first word in the …
: Absurdle 6/∞ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
: I just released pg_search 2.3.6 and with_model 2.1.6.
: The Gift of It’s Your Problem Now - apenwarr: Free software is a gift. Here’s the thing …
: “Can you imagine having your entire adult identity wrapped up in something? Like, this is the only …
: My friend has a dog @stevedogs512k
: I am reading this article and finding that I agree with what it says is happening. Should we cool it …
: Donovan Keith live at the Domain NORTHSIDE
: Great to see Austin FC playing a solid game. Two first goals by two great new players. 2-0 …
: Put on a spare tire for the first time.
: Agent Mobius has access to many different soft drinks across the timeline, and he makes a choice …
: Rainy week in Austin. Hoping for some good thunderstorms! ⛈
: About to go get a haircut for the first time in months. 💇🏻♂️
: I just used Hey to block someone from sending me an unsolicited Ruby on Rails job posting. So, …
: Just started “The Mystic Maze” by Magic Puzzle Company
: Today my wife surprised me with ube mochi donuts from Bom Bakeshop! 💕🍩💕
: I had fun today helping out the Archive Team with their quick-turnaround project to archive all of …
: It’s funny how conservatives want Big Government to step in to prevent natural market forces …
: I watched ♕ The Queen’s Gambit which is amazing. I rarely play chess, but have fond memories …
: pg_search at 10 years 🎂 Ten years ago today, I pair programmed with Petra Jaros on the first commit for pg_search, my Ruby …
: @nytimes This has been bothering me. That’s not time!
: Thanks to all the DevOps teams at large media sites. It’s got to be a huge amount of work to handle …
: Checking out nb, a pretty cool tool for keeping notes on the command line and syncing them between …
: I’m reading How do the COVID-19 vaccines work? by @fancycomma
: Just hit my 1000th test run for pg_search over at Travis CI. Hope it passes! 🤞
: Voting! The line at the Holiday Inn in Travis County is short right now. About 10 minutes.
: Anytime I read a news article that mentions the “novel coronavirus”, it makes me want to …
: I just released version 2.3.4 of pg_search. Fix issue when setting various options directly on the …
: Always Be Closing (browser tabs) ❌
: Today I imported dozens of posts from past blogs and homepages dating back to 2001. Check out my …
: I enjoyed Jason Snell’s write-up about the Power Mac G5, which was my first Mac back in 2005.
: Today I checked my Timehop and I had content from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, …
: I migrated this blog to micro.blog hosting today. Definitely not missing managing my WordPress site. …
: We watched Domain, a fun sci-fi B-movie about a pandemic-ridden society that exclusively …
: @Chris Aldrich Sort of like a hyper-modern version of purple hyperlinks. It would also be fun to be …
: I’ve just updated a couple of my old personal project websites. Twitter Sucks! - Upgraded all Ruby …
: I’m catching up on MacStories’s “iPad at 10” coverage from last month. I …
: Been having fun the last couple days working on some Rails jobs that download multi-gigabyte gzipped …
: My wife and I have been having fun staying in this weekend and watching season 1 of The Outsider.
: I just read Dealing With a Once-In-A-Century Pathogen and I feel like COVID-19 will prove to be very …
: On Super Tuesday, I was surprised to find a new episode of Election Profit Makers in my podcast …
: It has been great catching up with my former coworker Joe Masilotti who happened to come to …
: Today at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin I’m figuring out what my personal site nertzy.com has on it and …
: It’s been a fun afternoon of discussions at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin today. I just led a breakout …
: Everyone is presenting their personal websites. I just hopped up and presented nertzy.com and how I …
: I’m going to post a lot today 😉
: @nataliekayh at IndieWebCamp 2020 Austin talking about people coming over to micro.blog: “It’s not …
: I’m at IndieWebCamp Austin 2020 this weekend.
: WINDOWS VARIAT~1 Loving this Windows-MIDI-themed tribute album …
: At T22 at 2:02 on 2/2/2020 (@ Tumble 22 in Austin, TX) via Swarm
: My wife and I tried out climbing at Austin Bouldering Project last Friday. It was a blast! 🧗♂️
: Had a great first day at my new job. Great view on this foggy 🌫 day from our corner office. Looking …
: I just started reading the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. I appreciate his attention to detail …
: I'm getting excited about Play Date, an upcoming handheld video game system from Panic. They …
: Grabbing some cookies from Tiny’s 🍪
: Had a great time at the IndieWeb meetup tonight here in Austin. Met some new folks, and recognized a …
: Ford’s solar-powered electric car takes transportation off the grid - Quartz Ford’s solar-powered electric car takes transportation off the grid - Quartz. One day I hope to have …
: How Much More Does Crossing The Holland Tunnel Cost Today? How Much More Does Crossing The Holland Tunnel Cost Today? Show me a case where a toll highway, …
: The Slowening of Faster Devices The Slowening of Faster Devices My Sharp HDTV suffers from this greatly. It’s miserable …
: If we don’t have something original to say, we won’t. If we don’t have something original to say, we won’t. — Newsweek’s editor, Jon Meacham
: A Tribute to Fallen Sodas A Tribute to Fallen Sodas | Gunaxin Out of this list, the ones I most miss are Josta, Surge, and OK. …
: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall Mirror, Mirror on the Wall - Errol Morris Blog - NYTimes.com A fascinating and lengthy in-depth look …
: The Stoopid Student: Top Ten Nicest College Dorms The Stoopid Student: Top Ten Nicest College Dorms This blog post didn’t get Franklin W. Olin …
: On Reading In the last couple years, I have started reading several books, but finished very few. It would seem …
: The El Pelon Taqueria (which I ate at once) burned Moonset & Apocalypse from Mike on Vimeo. The El Pelon Taqueria (which I ate at once) burned …
: Great Great A new webcomic about a hapless fellow.
: Jonathan Denmark Makes Hip Hop Blush Jonathan Denmark Makes Hip Hop Blush My good friend Jonathan Denmark just got some press coverage …
: Something is afoot Dan and I have just had a pun battle. Check it out!
: Garlic Hamburger Spinach Salad Start with a seasoned hamburger patty. The one I used was from Whole Foods and was covered with …
: I found this ring So a few months ago I lost my Olin College class ring. I figured I’d find it eventually, given that …
: New site for my music Tonight I put together a website to showcase some of the music I’ve written over the years. …
: Now I Really Have A Game Boy Back in high school I discovered the music of Virt, a video game musician who back then was using …
: Update on First Logic Song Jonathan Denmark has added vocals to the song I wrote in Logic earlier this week. Check out …
: Writing my first song in Logic Studio A couple weeks ago I got the new Logic Studio, Apple’s professional-level music writing software. I …
: Warning Forever Recently Austin (the person) and I have been playing Warning Forever, an innovative freeware video …
: Campbell's Soup I’m a big fan of Campbell’s Soup. It’s simple, easy to make, and as American as …
: Local Austin flavor In two months I will have been in Austin for a year, and so far I’ve had a blast. From Austin …
: Just started breakdancing class While most of you were watching Super Bowl XLI, I went to my first breakdancing class. I’m …
: I'm doing fine So after all that brouhaha I still managed to make it out unscathed, save for a couple hundred …
: Grand Misadventures on US Highway 290 On Sunday I drove to Houston to shop for furniture at IKEA, since my apartment only has an …
: Hired by Spiceworks, moving to Austin I have been hired on as a UI Designer at Spiceworks, a startup company in Austin, Texas. This …
: In Austin for a few days I’m in Austin, TX, for a few days for a job interview. Anything I should check out? I’m …
: The military flew over me Today as I was going to get some dinner, about six Chinook helicopters flew overhead. They were …
: Get rid of all the cathode ray tubes! I just realized that in the course of a normal day I no longer have to deal with cathode ray tubes …
: The Kilpatrick Turnpike About a mile from my house one finds the Kilpatrick Turnpike. You might wonder who this toll road …
: A stillness in time Tonight I went outside. There was no wind. I saw a tree and was impressed by its stillness.
: I want to get into open source Lately I’ve been thinking about getting into open source development. Right now, I’m …
: Back in Oklahoma City I’ve graduated with my Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin …
: Great article on Olin College in IEEE Spectrum IEEE Spectrum, the magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, ran a feature …
: People are humans Lately people have asked me frequently what I want to be doing once I graduate. I’ve finally …
: What does dining out-rank? “Dining moves up on the college priority list” is an article that talks about the …
: My comment featured on Signal vs. Noise I was just featured as a good commenter on the popular blog Signal vs. Noise. 37signals is a pretty …
: Thoughts on work styles in Los Angeles I spent a few hours today walking up and down Venice Beach and reminiscing on life. I’ve …
: Fun with SketchUp I’ve just discovered SketchUp, a fun 3-d drawing program that Google bought out today. Anyway, …
: I want this watch I have found a watch that I just love! It gives a relative time readout on a handwriting-styled LCD …
: So much out there Lately I’ve been checking out a lot of books from the library. I used to be quite a book …
: We found this key My roommates and I started a website today in honor of the key that we found. wefoundthiskey.com
: Coming up for air Swimming in the Earth is back! Sorry about the downtime. I found old copies of my articles in …
: Ushering for "The Suicide" I ushered for a play at Brandeis the other night. It was a comedy entitled The Suicide, being put on …
: You Beta believe it I’ve just joined the up-and-coming group blog alwaysBETA. My first post, The Beta is Strong …
: Grant Page X is done Announcing my new blog, Swimming in the Earth. Grant Page X is through now. Thanks to everyone who …
: Grant's Take moves on Grant’s Take is officially closed. The idea I had for this blog was too restricting in my …
: What is Swimming in the Earth? Hello everyone. Welcome to Swimming in the Earth, my new blog. I will be posting anything and …
: Why I think Verizon won't win the bandwidth battle with Google Verizon is threatening to start charging Google for the traffic it generates over its internet …
: I’m going to make a new blog soon. Keep watching in the next few days for the link. For now, …
: Salubrion featured on Boing Boing My former roommate’s company, Salubrion, had its featured product mentioned on Boing Boing …
: Jimmy Massey, the Marine who committed atrocities? Via Michelle Malkin comes this St. Louis Post-Dispatch article: For more than a year, former Marine …
: Iraq battle stress called "worse than WWII", but article never makes claim This London Times article has the headline “Iraq battle stress worse than WWII”. …
: We’re about to leave for New Mexico on a family cartrip. We’ll be going by the Los …
: Blogs try to malign Brit Hume's reaction to the 7/7 London attacks Over at mediamatters.org there is a video clip of Brit Hume reporting on Fox News and an …
: Today I happened upon the Paseo Arts Festival. That picture doesn’t really do it justice. …
: I realize what I’ve been missing from Oklahoma. The smell of the air at night after a hot day. …
: Time for a couple of updates from the Grant Hutchins camp. First off, I’ve started a new blog, …
: Doctors portrayed as bandwagon followers unnecessarily Well it looks like you found this blog somehow. Welcome! My plan is to take everyday news articles …
: Ten years ago on this day I sat working on an assignment for my math class. I had tested out of a …
: Hello everyone. I'm in Oklahoma City, about to head back to Boston. I didn't get to see too …
: My streak ended. No, not that streak. Maybe later for that one. But anyway I forgot to post last …
: Quick post to keep my streak alive… I have an 8:00 am class today! It’s 3:52 am so I …
: Today is my Xanga’s 250th day. That’s right, it’s the “quarter mille”. …
: I wonder if it will be a snow day. The weather is completely horrible and miserable. If it’s a …
: Grant: “Why is J. Lo a popular singer?" Dan: “Cause she’s got a nice …
: Someone needs to tell Google that their stuff isn’t in beta anymore. Napster killed that word …
: I remembered what I was going to blog about last night, but forgot to. Yesterday my professor …
: Back to blogging! A lot of people are getting involved on the Olin College blogring these days. We …
: Today. Check local listings. Interview with the Edmond Sun.
: Hello everyone. It’s been too long since I’ve posted. The next installment of the …
: I’m back in Oklahoma City for Thanksgiving. Last night I went to Rima’s birthday party …
: Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. To tide things over, I’m going to start posting some …
: Eyedropbc58:hey, is this grant? Grant:yes this is Eyedropbc58:thats good Eyedropbc58:uh hello? hwy …
: October 19, 2004 - Tape date January 26, 2005 - Air date
: Hello everyone. So it’s been awhile since my last update. No photos today. I’ve taken a …
: Last Wednesday Cagle and her friend Erin came from Alabama to visit for three days. We wandered …
: My luck continues to rise. When I walked home from work today I found a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer with …
: Today I received a postcard from the daily version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. They accepted …
: I have spent the last few days with little social interaction. Today when my friend Mara came to my …
: Hello everyone. I have several important Grant updates for the last couple days. Last Tuesday, July …
: Saturday the fabled trip to Staten Island finally took place. We hopped on the red line subway and …
: Hello everyone. Today I didn’t take any pictures, so I will pull some from my summer archives. …
: To appease all of my kitchen ceiling’s fans, presenting the final installment of the Kitchen …
: Hello everyone. Time for the daily kitchen ceiling update. My cell phone alarm did not go off …
: Ceiling update: The waterproof latex paint that caught the water and sagged down off of the ceiling …
: Hello everyone and welcome to New York City. You’re on 123rd Street between Amsterdam and …
: This morning I was awakened by two Chinese men asking me if I had a “twisted pair wire cutter …
: Hello again everyone. I have just returned from Spiderman 2, and I loved it. I am a big sucker for …
: I told myself I would never stoop to such a level as having a website I didn’t code myself. …
: Too much going on! So far this week, I have slept through my business class, I have prepared and …
: Tetris! I remixed the Tetris A theme from the Game Boy. “Tetris A (Filter House Remix)” …
: Life is good. This weekend will be very busy, however. Tomorrow I am booked straight through from …
: BSE will live on! BSE has one fewer member, as you may well have heard. Chris, you will be missed, …
: BSE! This webpage is officially back in action! That's right, Brian and Sheeva, this page is turning …
: What's new? A lot of changes for me lately. Tonight I'm singing up for my new courses. I'm excited …
: Change of plans In order to rescue this page from its abysmal status, I am now announcing that Grant …
: It’s April! And there is snow outside. It doesn’t feel like the end of the school year is near. I …
: What about last month?! OK so that last update didn’t say a whole lot. I know, I know. Well here is …
: Linux! I finally have windows again! Yes I started this post with “Linux” and then followed up with …
: Quick and dirty and lazy update deklab: yo deklab: whats the latest nertzy: yo nertzy: hmm nertzy: …
: Longer two weeks. I apologize for the lack of updates. I've been swamped with work and maybe I'll …
: Long week. This week, I worked on a film crew for a live telecast to the Undersecretary of the Army …
: Bicycles That’s all you see at the Super Wal-Mart up on Danforth in Edmond, OK. Just go there and …
: Documentration I'm filming the behind-the-scenes documentary for Jon’s new short entitled “Jeremy”. …
: Monkey ball These two words have dominated the previous week. As Jon was out of town, the gang and I …
: Back home. Oklahoma, that is. I’ve seen a bunch of people so far. I haven’t seen Erin, Jim, and …
: Jesse, my photographer friend, has a photograph of me from a few years ago up on his site, Painting …
: Oklahoma in 2 days I poked around on the Internet a lot these last few days of freshman semester I. …
: Where to start? Yesterday I went to the WBCN Xmas Rave Moby show at the Paradise Rock Club in …
: No more teenagehood. My twentieth birthday was yesterday. It was one of the busier days I’ve had in …
: Today I’m feeling creative. Maybe it’s the great amount of light outside reflecting off of the snow. …
: Don’t worry. I’ll post up here really soon! With a lot of new material, including details of my trip …
: I bet you didn’t know that JFK did cocaine. December 10, 2002 No one pointed out to me that it said …
: 11/11 I’m sitting at my desk sipping an Orange Slice. Newton’s Principia was stolen the other day. I …
: Pretty much everything is done! Not really, but I don’t have much to do anymore. I got my EC lab …
: Will everything ever be done? I have shown up approximately 2 minutes late to each and every class …
: hey! k. sitting. Austin made an AI bot for AIM. You can talk to him and he will spit out a mish-mash …
: Another day, another dollar. I'm eating Trader Joe's Shredded Bite Size Wheats while waiting my turn …
: There's a lot going on, but also not much. I'm going to NYC next weekend with Kathleen (Dupaya). I'm …
: Everything's on the up and up. Right now I'm in between classes. This morning I had my Arts and …
: Anyway, hopefully I'll post a new message up here when I have something more positive to report. I …
: No more complaining. I've actually updated my site! Unfortunately this is one of those crappy …
: Move in day is tomorrow! People are arriving in droves. The anticipation is building. Sweat is …
: Two more days. For lunch I had McDonald's. It was fun. I hadn't been in awhile. I ordered the Double …
: Tired. So very tired. Today was quite a long day. It all started simply enough, with yet another day …
: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 Sometimes you just gotta let the nerd out of yourself. I generally try to …
: Welcome to the future. Have you ever noticed that we live in the future? I know we literally don't, …
: Yet another day in Needham. There has been a preponderance of food here at Olin. We feasted today …
: Today was spent in Hudson, NH. Susan invited us all to her house for a pool party. It was grand. We …
: It's 3 AM and I'm writing this from in my bed. Today was yet another fulfilling day at Olin College. …
: Insert first sentence here. I saw the new campus today!!! I went to the Campus Center to help Sara …
: It's alive! Or more accurately, it's not. While Joles, Kate, Will, and I were returning from …
: A change of pace would be nice. I'm writing today's update from outside. I'm sitting on the deck …
: It has that certain I don't know what. Today I slaved away in the ECE lab. Will and I spent several …
: One day or another, I'm gonna find ya, I'm gonna gitcha gitcha gitcha gitcha. Linux weekend is …
: Five for a floppy? Today I went to the PC Show and bought a bunch of stuff. I got a new case, …
: It seems you know me both inside and out. Today I ate at Cafe Sol Azteca, a pretty nice Mexican …
: Drink from the punchbowl of knowledge. Today my job required unusual things of me. I spent hours …
: Yet another day at the school called Olin. I worked again today, as usual. Part of the day was spent …
: Work is already becoming routine. Today I fleshed out the papers I've been writing for explanation …
: Today was the first day I've ever worked. I now have a job at Olin. I spent today working with Sean …
: Happy birthday, Mom! Today started out with Dan and I attempting to configure his new install of …
: The Area 2 Festival was great! Let me run down what it was like. First I came in and barely missed …
: I'm back at Olin and I'll probably be starting work on Monday. I had the hardest time trying to …
: My old web page from a year ago is now available at http://students.olin.edu/ghutchins/old/. It's …
: Time to head home for a few weeks. My flight is later today, around 5. This space may not change for …
: It's really late. I need to pack "tomorrow" (today) so I should probably go to bed, eh? Today was …
: I stayed home all day today. My aunt and uncle and two cousins came over. We ate barbecue then …
: Today I went to the Omniplex with Veronica, Jason, and Leigh Ann. My favorite part was the …
: Woke up when Jon complained loudly to Jesse not to make meow noises and wake him up. Perhaps I …
: This was a very fun day. Jon asked me to visit Norman with him. We went to OU to look at their film …
: Today I went to the orthodontist. I checked out OK. Then he took an x-ray of my wisdom teeth to help …
: I woke up much earlier than usual, 10:30 AM. Yeah, I know, poor me. Little did I realize I was …
: Discovered that there isn’t much to do on a Monday in Oklahoma City. I met up with Veronica …
: Today I went to Jesse’s again, to see A@ron’s play he put on at Occidental. It was (and …
: Where to begin…? I woke up this morning when my aunts came over, with my little cousin …
: Spent the night at Jon’s, woke up around 12:30. Then we wrote a song. It was OK, but too …
: Before I spent the night at Jon’s, we ate at another Whataburger. The same manager from the …
: Woke up a happy camper. Didn’t do a darn thing all day for once. Talked to Josh for a long …
: Josh called me at 8:30 or something. I forgot to call back. He called me about an hour after I went …
: Jim dropped by. He has the back of his neck pierced. Then nothing happened all day. Then I went to …
: Today I spent 5 hours (!) at CD Outlet. For those of you who don’t know, CD Outlet is …
: Hung out with Veronica today. We drove all around. We must have passed Martin Luther King Blvd about …
: Today I went to Wherehouse Music and bought… nothing. After that I went to a Casady …
: Added some more links. I wrote all my thank you letters for graduation gifts today. Also added …
: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Added a couple more quotes. Did the news page. Wow. Played Super Mario World …
: Page launched, added some quotes. Not much content. Hopefully will come later. All sentences …