The more classes (of which, in their various functions, he is representative) that you can make [a man] become regularly conscious of, the more you can control him, the more of an automaton he becomes.
(Wyndham Lewis)
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Awaking from my long winter's nap: Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008, 1:24 AM.
Heavy Rotation: Oct. 29-Nov. 4, 2007: Saturday, 17 Nov 2007, 2:19 PM.
Shopping around: Monday, 12 Nov 2007, 1:02 AM.
Heavy Rotation: Oct. 21-28, 2007: Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007, 10:20 PM.
New Jersey with palm trees: Thursday, 1 Nov 2007, 4:37 PM.
California burning: Friday, 26 Oct 2007, 12:42 PM.
iWhiners: Saturday, 6 Oct 2007, 6:04 PM.
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires: Sunday, 30 Sep 2007, 12:10 AM.
Of beer and bastards: Sunday, 23 Sep 2007, 11:50 PM.
Tweet, tweet: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2007, 9:31 PM.
Recommendation engine: Tuesday, 11 Sep 2007, 8:44 PM.
LibraryThing turns 2: Monday, 3 Sep 2007, 2:08 PM.
An(other) open letter to NBC: Friday, 31 Aug 2007, 10:35 PM.
Friday Night Lights: Sunday, 26 Aug 2007, 1:12 PM.
The ancestral lands: Sunday, 12 Aug 2007, 11:20 PM.
Christmas in July : Wednesday, 11 Jul 2007, 10:41 PM.
Playin' hooky: Monday, 9 Jul 2007, 9:30 PM.
The (almost) lost month: Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 10:17 PM.
How low can you go?: Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007, 1:00 PM.
Acquisitions—February 2007: Wednesday, 11 Apr 2007, 2:13 AM.
iTunes Innovations Big and Small: Friday, 6 Apr 2007, 2:31 AM.
Acquisitions—January 2007: Thursday, 29 Mar 2007, 11:08 PM.
Train envy: Tuesday, 27 Mar 2007, 10:46 PM.
Acquisitons—December: Wednesday, 7 Mar 2007, 9:12 AM.
Strange but true technology fixes: Saturday, 17 Feb 2007, 2:11 AM.
Arugula Pesto and Football: Perfect together?: Wednesday, 7 Feb 2007, 6:54 AM.
Jobs throws down over DRM: Tuesday, 6 Feb 2007, 11:36 PM.
it's not you, it's me: Monday, 29 Jan 2007, 11:23 PM.
Acquisitions—November: Saturday, 20 Jan 2007, 1:47 PM.
Funny papers: Saturday, 13 Jan 2007, 4:10 PM.
My blogging colleagues: Tuesday, 9 Jan 2007, 10:47 PM.
Tinderbox 3.6 !: Friday, 5 Jan 2007, 10:11 PM.
Pit Stop: Tuesday, 26 Dec 2006, 11:00 PM.
The myth of mastery: Friday, 1 Dec 2006, 9:07 AM.
Glorious Autonomy: Sunday, 26 Nov 2006, 11:46 PM.
Boola, boola!: Monday, 20 Nov 2006, 9:48 PM.
Acquisitions - October: Saturday, 18 Nov 2006, 3:13 PM.
I'm Made Out of Meat!: Tuesday, 14 Nov 2006, 11:30 PM.
Making Comics: Saturday, 28 Oct 2006, 3:34 PM.
Acquisitions - September: Thursday, 26 Oct 2006, 12:53 AM.
Pottymouth: Tuesday, 24 Oct 2006, 9:42 PM.
Cathartic...: Thursday, 19 Oct 2006, 1:19 AM.
Election-watching: Tuesday, 17 Oct 2006, 10:03 PM.
By George, I think she's got it!: Tuesday, 17 Oct 2006, 9:01 PM.
I have become everything I hate: Monday, 9 Oct 2006, 10:14 PM.
The best of Vern: Sunday, 1 Oct 2006, 12:59 PM.
Yes, I am aware they played baseball this year: Thursday, 28 Sep 2006, 10:40 PM.
36 days of fame: Saturday, 23 Sep 2006, 2:45 PM.
Acquisitions - August: Monday, 18 Sep 2006, 11:05 PM.
Meet the new hacks, same as the old hacks: Monday, 28 Aug 2006, 10:03 PM.
Crêpes Pecan: Tuesday, 15 Aug 2006, 4:17 PM.
A cock and bull story: Sunday, 23 Jul 2006, 2:46 PM.
Tinkering: Friday, 21 Jul 2006, 3:25 PM.
Montreal: Saturday, 1 Jul 2006, 2:48 PM.
Tinderbox 3.5: Wednesday, 28 Jun 2006, 11:50 PM.
Blockage: Tuesday, 13 Jun 2006, 4:08 PM.
Diluting content: Sunday, 28 May 2006, 11:39 PM.
Mrh? Bra!nz: Tuesday, 18 Apr 2006, 10:05 PM.
Quitting Technorati: Wednesday, 5 Apr 2006, 10:39 PM.
Unbridled ambition: Tuesday, 4 Apr 2006, 11:33 PM.
Coed naked web design: Tuesday, 4 Apr 2006, 11:22 PM.
Finding new music: Monday, 3 Apr 2006, 10:39 PM.
Bomb the blogosphere!: Friday, 31 Mar 2006, 4:51 PM.
The politics of web standards: Tuesday, 28 Mar 2006, 7:32 AM.
Pornos & Sebastian: Monday, 13 Mar 2006, 3:10 AM.
Tribble gets pwned by Walker: Tuesday, 7 Mar 2006, 1:58 AM.
An argument for mediocre television: Tuesday, 7 Mar 2006, 12:45 AM.
Awaiting a retraction (but not holding my breath): Tuesday, 28 Feb 2006, 11:31 PM.
iPods and bloggers and bears, oh my!: Sunday, 26 Feb 2006, 2:12 PM.
Fore!: Friday, 24 Feb 2006, 12:20 AM.
Questionable: Wednesday, 22 Feb 2006, 6:17 AM.
Memes against theocracy: Wednesday, 8 Feb 2006, 12:19 AM.
Beyond iTunes: Sunday, 29 Jan 2006, 10:29 PM.
Sidebar follies: Sunday, 15 Jan 2006, 2:18 PM.
Tit-bits: Friday, 6 Jan 2006, 5:18 PM.
The snowball starts to roll: Friday, 16 Dec 2005, 10:01 PM.
Uh-oh...: Sunday, 11 Dec 2005, 1:41 PM.
Games without frontiers, war without tears: Monday, 5 Dec 2005, 12:54 AM.
Notes about Notes: Sunday, 4 Dec 2005, 2:28 PM.
One LibraryThing to rule them all...: Thursday, 1 Dec 2005, 3:55 PM.
Mom and apple pie: Wednesday, 23 Nov 2005, 9:46 PM.
I'll get you, Dorothy! And your little dog, too!: Tuesday, 15 Nov 2005, 10:11 PM.
It's a LibraryThing, you wouldn't understand: Monday, 14 Nov 2005, 10:51 PM.
Broken Windows: Wednesday, 9 Nov 2005, 12:54 AM.
Spencer Bohren: Sunday, 6 Nov 2005, 3:35 PM.
To type or not to type (links): Saturday, 5 Nov 2005, 11:25 AM.
BOO!: Thursday, 3 Nov 2005, 3:41 PM.
Numa numa iei: Wednesday, 2 Nov 2005, 1:36 AM.
That's a wrap: Friday, 28 Oct 2005, 2:11 AM.
Software criticism: Thursday, 20 Oct 2005, 12:32 AM.
Punk Rock and the Absolute: Wednesday, 19 Oct 2005, 4:01 PM.
Conference blogging: Thursday, 29 Sep 2005, 1:25 PM.
I Wanna Be Lou: Wednesday, 28 Sep 2005, 5:15 PM.
Relevance of the humanities: Wednesday, 28 Sep 2005, 12:21 AM.
Return of the Tribble: Monday, 26 Sep 2005, 11:57 PM.
The ultimate iPod?: Sunday, 25 Sep 2005, 10:06 PM.
Happy Birthday, del.icio.us!: Friday, 16 Sep 2005, 5:27 PM.
Hiawatha Groom, I salute thee!: Friday, 16 Sep 2005, 4:50 PM.
Build me the perfect browser!: Wednesday, 31 Aug 2005, 8:51 AM.
Cluttered: Tuesday, 23 Aug 2005, 3:12 PM.
Truancy: Tuesday, 9 Aug 2005, 10:01 PM.
One step forward, two steps back: Thursday, 30 Jun 2005, 12:59 AM.
Go, Jack-Jack!: Saturday, 25 Jun 2005, 1:29 PM.
Alphabet Soup: Saturday, 25 Jun 2005, 1:20 PM.
Satisfaction!: Thursday, 16 Jun 2005, 2:29 PM.
Happy Bloomsday!: Thursday, 16 Jun 2005, 11:36 AM.
extisp.icio.us: Saturday, 11 Jun 2005, 5:14 PM.
del.icio.us facelift: Saturday, 11 Jun 2005, 5:03 PM.
Judification: Tuesday, 7 Jun 2005, 7:30 PM.
For the love of God, someone please stop George Lucas!: Sunday, 29 May 2005, 11:41 AM.
From MapView to HTML: Thursday, 26 May 2005, 10:29 AM.
Tinderbox 2.4.1: Wednesday, 18 May 2005, 7:17 AM.
42: Tuesday, 17 May 2005, 2:29 AM.
Eternal Sunshine: Tuesday, 10 May 2005, 12:18 AM.
Theocrats among us: Monday, 9 May 2005, 4:16 PM.
Pound Encylopedia: Tuesday, 3 May 2005, 11:44 PM.
Why we love Eastgate: Monday, 2 May 2005, 11:16 PM.
Grudging props to Microsoft: Thursday, 21 Apr 2005, 5:05 PM.
The Kentucky blogosphere: Thursday, 21 Apr 2005, 4:10 PM.
12, no wait, 13 games in: Monday, 18 Apr 2005, 9:55 PM.
Possum and the docuverse: Saturday, 16 Apr 2005, 7:09 AM.
Blogging workshop: Wednesday, 13 Apr 2005, 10:58 AM.
Fiddling about: Tuesday, 12 Apr 2005, 10:56 PM.
Stagnant on the Schuylkill: Friday, 8 Apr 2005, 2:03 AM.
The Educational iPod?: Thursday, 31 Mar 2005, 12:35 AM.
Spam a creative writer's friend?: Thursday, 17 Mar 2005, 11:18 AM.
Provincialism the enemy: Wednesday, 16 Mar 2005, 1:35 AM.
My other blog: Tuesday, 15 Mar 2005, 1:32 AM.
Future media history?: Tuesday, 15 Mar 2005, 12:47 AM.
Tinderbox 2.4: Tuesday, 8 Mar 2005, 11:07 PM.
Sea-change or turning tide?: Tuesday, 8 Mar 2005, 1:28 PM.
8'03" (apologies to John Cage): Thursday, 3 Mar 2005, 5:34 PM.
Double the feeds, double the fun: Tuesday, 1 Mar 2005, 11:12 PM.
RSS troubles: Monday, 28 Feb 2005, 5:57 PM.
You have no chance to survive make your time: Saturday, 26 Feb 2005, 11:57 PM.
Clutterific: Saturday, 26 Feb 2005, 10:06 PM.
Geekiest Valentine's Day gift ever: Monday, 14 Feb 2005, 11:45 PM.
Napster = liars: Saturday, 12 Feb 2005, 12:41 PM.
iPod segue of the day: Thursday, 10 Feb 2005, 12:25 PM.
I'll let others discuss the superbowl: Tuesday, 8 Feb 2005, 11:02 PM.
The Eighth Circle: Saturday, 5 Feb 2005, 2:16 AM.
Blog avoidance: Monday, 31 Jan 2005, 1:52 AM.
What is work?: Thursday, 20 Jan 2005, 12:34 PM.
43 Things: Tuesday, 18 Jan 2005, 1:10 AM.
Expo redux: Sunday, 16 Jan 2005, 1:46 AM.
Feedster: Thursday, 13 Jan 2005, 9:42 PM.
Sea-change?: Thursday, 13 Jan 2005, 12:36 AM.
2004 music review: Saturday, 8 Jan 2005, 11:24 PM.
When recycling goes too far: Saturday, 8 Jan 2005, 9:03 PM.
Browsers: New School and Old School: Saturday, 18 Dec 2004, 12:47 PM.
Lack of exercise: Sunday, 12 Dec 2004, 6:27 PM.
Loss: Wednesday, 3 Nov 2004, 1:09 PM.
Nail-biter: Wednesday, 3 Nov 2004, 2:22 AM.
Election Eve Anxiety: Tuesday, 2 Nov 2004, 11:39 PM.
On the brink of Apocalypse: Wednesday, 27 Oct 2004, 12:07 PM.
Mark your calendars: Saturday, 23 Oct 2004, 12:17 AM.
A Late Welcome: Thursday, 21 Oct 2004, 1:31 AM.
Curse, schmurse: Thursday, 21 Oct 2004, 1:20 AM.
Uncharted territory: Wednesday, 20 Oct 2004, 1:24 AM.
Philly Phoods: Wednesday, 22 Sep 2004, 12:52 AM.
Pop pop pop: Tuesday, 21 Sep 2004, 8:30 PM.
Back: Sunday, 12 Sep 2004, 2:14 PM.
Excuses, excuses: Saturday, 24 Jul 2004, 3:54 PM.
Blogging blahs: Friday, 11 Jun 2004, 12:06 AM.
Sinking deeper and deeper: Thursday, 13 May 2004, 11:47 PM.
Their greatest ally: Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 11:36 PM.
Despicable...: Thursday, 6 May 2004, 10:08 PM.
Eclecticism: Thursday, 6 May 2004, 10:05 PM.
A record of hypocrisy: Thursday, 6 May 2004, 1:28 AM.
Shame: Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 2:12 AM.
Derby Day: Sunday, 2 May 2004, 11:22 PM.
iMix and ITMS's birthday bash: Thursday, 29 Apr 2004, 10:31 PM.
IA obit in Chronicle: Thursday, 29 Apr 2004, 3:39 PM.
Crooked Rain^2: Wednesday, 28 Apr 2004, 1:25 AM.
Song of the day: Monday, 26 Apr 2004, 11:06 PM.
Ideological segregation: Monday, 26 Apr 2004, 10:41 PM.
Two-party epistemology: Monday, 26 Apr 2004, 2:28 AM.
CSS hacks: Saturday, 24 Apr 2004, 2:54 PM.
Damn Fish!: Friday, 23 Apr 2004, 3:39 PM.
Modern Bibliomancy: Thursday, 22 Apr 2004, 10:57 PM.
No ophense?: Sunday, 18 Apr 2004, 1:35 PM.
Slow posting next 107 miles: Sunday, 18 Apr 2004, 12:56 PM.
Binge Breakdown: Thursday, 8 Apr 2004, 11:34 PM.
Horrible affliction: Wednesday, 7 Apr 2004, 10:17 PM.
Opening day: Tuesday, 6 Apr 2004, 1:47 AM.
Fun with Smart Playlists: Thursday, 1 Apr 2004, 4:05 PM.
The end of something: Wednesday, 24 Mar 2004, 1:09 AM.
Olde Frothingslosh: Tuesday, 23 Mar 2004, 1:12 PM.
Bracketology: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2004, 12:31 AM.
ROTK and evil: Saturday, 6 Mar 2004, 1:40 AM.
Travel perks: Friday, 5 Mar 2004, 12:18 AM.
Hot Stove Synopsis: Thursday, 26 Feb 2004, 12:59 AM.
Don't point that thing at me: Sunday, 22 Feb 2004, 4:06 PM.
iPod discoveries: Friday, 20 Feb 2004, 11:30 PM.
Grad school "camp": Friday, 20 Feb 2004, 10:46 PM.
del.icio.us: Wednesday, 18 Feb 2004, 10:39 PM.
Daybook: Wednesday, 18 Feb 2004, 10:39 PM.
Morning Edition rocks!: Thursday, 12 Feb 2004, 9:53 PM.
Historical surfing: Monday, 9 Feb 2004, 10:56 PM.
Outrage saturation: Monday, 9 Feb 2004, 10:32 PM.
To the barricades!: Monday, 2 Feb 2004, 11:36 PM.
6 more weeks: Monday, 2 Feb 2004, 11:36 PM.
File under Revised: Friday, 30 Jan 2004, 1:04 AM.
Business Blogging: Friday, 30 Jan 2004, 12:12 AM.
Censors R Us: Thursday, 29 Jan 2004, 1:54 PM.
Chet Arthur: Sunday, 25 Jan 2004, 4:53 PM.
Is the bloom off the blogosphere?: Saturday, 24 Jan 2004, 10:49 PM.
Story-whatting?: Thursday, 22 Jan 2004, 11:27 PM.
New look: Wednesday, 21 Jan 2004, 12:15 AM.
Backlog city: Friday, 16 Jan 2004, 5:17 PM.
That's right, blame the computers...: Monday, 5 Jan 2004, 2:13 AM.
Of archives and architecture: Monday, 5 Jan 2004, 12:50 AM.
Who's safer now?: Saturday, 3 Jan 2004, 11:03 PM.
Bernie on a roll: Saturday, 3 Jan 2004, 10:31 PM.
The Hours: Thursday, 1 Jan 2004, 8:34 PM.
Happy New Year!: Thursday, 1 Jan 2004, 1:47 PM.
Pumpkin Pecan Pie: Monday, 29 Dec 2003, 11:37 PM.
Link slippage: Tuesday, 23 Dec 2003, 11:40 AM.
I am a 1970s geek: Monday, 22 Dec 2003, 2:41 PM.
Fan mail... not!: Monday, 22 Dec 2003, 10:16 AM.
Pepys's Diary: Friday, 19 Dec 2003, 12:27 PM.
Blogroll mystery: Friday, 19 Dec 2003, 12:13 PM.
Atari Fever!: Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003, 6:02 PM.
Tinderbox 2.1: Tuesday, 16 Dec 2003, 11:21 AM.
Unusable usability: Monday, 15 Dec 2003, 1:48 AM.
There is no such thing as "small government": Thursday, 11 Dec 2003, 12:02 AM.
Singles Going Steady: Wednesday, 10 Dec 2003, 12:35 AM.
Rough week: Saturday, 6 Dec 2003, 3:21 AM.
Dirty secrets?: Monday, 1 Dec 2003, 10:24 PM.
Fan Mail: Sunday, 30 Nov 2003, 11:21 PM.
dr jill/txt: Tuesday, 25 Nov 2003, 11:22 AM.
Thanksgiving Break: Monday, 24 Nov 2003, 9:27 PM.
Dean Dean Dean Dean Dean Dean Dean: Monday, 24 Nov 2003, 9:22 PM.
Categories fixed!: Monday, 24 Nov 2003, 12:58 AM.
Repeating history: Sunday, 23 Nov 2003, 1:28 PM.
Now appearing in print: Tuesday, 18 Nov 2003, 10:59 PM.
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Monday, 17 Nov 2003, 1:15 AM.
SecondLife: Wednesday, 12 Nov 2003, 11:44 PM.
Neunundneunzig Speech Balloons: Wednesday, 12 Nov 2003, 11:44 PM.
PDFPlugin: Monday, 10 Nov 2003, 1:58 PM.
Yielding to temptation: Monday, 10 Nov 2003, 12:01 AM.
Friends don't let friends see Matrix Revolutions: Friday, 7 Nov 2003, 1:45 AM.
Good old Rock, nothing beats it.: Tuesday, 4 Nov 2003, 12:19 AM.
Børk, børk, børk: Monday, 3 Nov 2003, 12:11 AM.
A night at the Dame: Tuesday, 28 Oct 2003, 11:00 PM.
Accidental techie: Tuesday, 28 Oct 2003, 10:26 PM.
Jennifer, O Jenny: Monday, 27 Oct 2003, 12:34 AM.
Kill Bill: Thursday, 23 Oct 2003, 11:11 PM.
Old and nasty: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2003, 1:53 PM.
Curses!: Saturday, 18 Oct 2003, 11:42 PM.
Impulse buyers beware: Monday, 13 Oct 2003, 8:35 PM.
It's a small world after all: Wednesday, 8 Oct 2003, 10:32 PM.
Creative Commons: Wednesday, 8 Oct 2003, 10:02 PM.
And another thing: Sunday, 5 Oct 2003, 11:52 PM.
Many-to-many: Sunday, 5 Oct 2003, 10:30 PM.
YLT Concert Review: Saturday, 4 Oct 2003, 5:35 PM.
I am the best: Wednesday, 1 Oct 2003, 11:40 AM.
Rock-n-roll heroes: Sunday, 28 Sep 2003, 10:55 PM.
