Aaron Swartz: The Interview
Like Dan Benjamin, Matt Haughey, and Jeffrey Zeldman (all of whose websites are far more attractive than mine), I’ve gone…
Plea for Help
So it’s a new year, and I’m wondering what to do. Sure, I’ve got projects I want to work on,…
ACS Radio Interview
Jeff Nicholson-Owens just interviewed me Digitial Citizen, a technology radio show that airs on WEFT 90.1FM (a east-central-Illinois community radio…
Instant Message from LelandJr247
mood: ecstatic music: California - Phantom Planet so, like, i totally asked Stanford out, like a whole month ago, and…
Eye Exercises
EXT. STREET - DAY AARON is standing next to a sidewalk, walking backwards while looking at a street sign. While…
EMP Man
Some background. I’ve had all manner of computer bugs bite me, but I’ve never lost data. A hard drive has…
The Procrastination Paradox
Hello, my name is Aaron and I’m a procrastinator. Everybody procrastinates. We hit some mental wall that prevents us from…
People With Better Birthday Presents Than Me
Today is my birthday. We went to see Spike Jonze Rarities downtown. Graphic designers rock. Gonna get the DVDs. Accordion…
Notes to Self
Invent “Next Big Thing” so you can go to Foo Camp (to paraphrase Seth Schoen, “You are in a…
THINK
The September 11th episode of the West Wing, Isaac and Ishmael, will be on Bravo tonight, tomorrow, Sunday, and Monday….
What A Little Bug Can Do
(Update 2003-09-05: I’m feeling pretty much all better, although my balance is a little shakey.) On Friday I had my…
Live from victoria.bc.ca
My trip to Vancouver Island: a wedding, intertubing down the river.
Dodging Trains
Yes, it’s time the exciting impressionistic story of why this site is now up. 9:40a: vorpal, the server that hosts…
San Francisco Moment
On the way to the car we saw a really broken car speeding along with half the SFPD following behind…
Party Geek
Thursday: Went to Milwaukee to see Weird Al in concert. The show was on a stage outdoors, with a bunch…
Trip Announcement
Next week I’ll be in Stanford, CA (near Palo Alto) for ILAW 2003. If you’ve got suggestions about something cool…
Guilty Pleasures
I never used to watch TV on a regular basis and I never played video games, but while I’m discussing…
Cox News
People are fretting about the success of Fox News, because of its blatantly slanted coverage. “What happened to objectivity?” they…
Escaping the Trunk
Between my last post and my not answering much email or doing much, some people have been worried. I really…
Locked in the Trunk
Sorry for the lack of posting. I’m still alive. Mostly. On Saturday my skin became hypersensitive. I didn’t want to…
Live From Japan
We’re here in Japan (Nippon?). It’s the first place I’ve ever been that’s so pervasively different; everywhere I look I’m…
Flight Report
Hi, I’m here at the AirPort, using the T-Mobile wireless. I’m sharing it by Ethernet to my brother Ben, who’s…
We’re Going to Japan
We’re leaving for a family vacation to Tokyo on Tuesday. We’ll be there about a week. If you’ve got suggestions…
Trip Report (cont.)
After the conference ended, Cory, Lisa, Wendy, Schuyler and I went out for lunch at some Thai restaurant. The discussion…
Just My Luck
Last time I flew, I left my phone at security. So this time I put the phone in my backpack….
Activity Log
About a week ago I started keeping an activity log on the Web. It details what I’ve done and plan…
Happy Birthday, Weblog!
This weblog was one year old yesterday. (On this month in 2002…)…
growth spurt
I’m having a growth spurt. It’s weird to feel yourself growing. You look around, and everythings a little lower than…
install in cron.yearly
#!/bin/sh echo `cat year` + 1 | bc > year; make happy # Happy year-counter increment!…
what should I do with my life?
The “holidays” have given me some time to relax and think about what to do next. What should I do…
it’s all about the spam-readers
We dusted off our old Weird Al album, and I noticed that his song It’s All About the Pentiums (lyrics)…
final(?) segway update
Well, it’s almost time to return the Segway and we’ve all but lost interest in it. Working on the movie…
be liberal in what you accept
You’ve almost surely heard the Jon Postel phrase “Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send”….
segway movie: part 1
We’ve been working on a movie featuring the Segway. I’ve put up Part 1 of the movie (via the Internet…
segway and social harmony
(The Segway may not be the cause of these things, but it might be, and it seems like it’s worth…
segway report
I am writing this on a Segway! A friend of ours bought a Segway and entered the Early Delivery contest….
sidebar, segway update
I am now FSF Associate Member #160. (Thanks, Mark!) I can’t wait until my card gets here. I’ve updated my…
More opinions on the party
I thought it’d be a good idea to collect descriptions and depictions of the Creative Commons party: Bruce Damer has…
Trip Report
On Tuesday I took the CalTrain to Sunnyvale. (I kept hearing Californians complain (apparently seriously) about their poor public transit….
Solution Child
I’m in the house of Lisa Rein. I never got a chance to ride the Segway. My aches are mostly…
Problem Child
There’s a two-year old kid in the house. We get a Segway tomorrow. I have an bad headache. My feet…
Creative Commons Launch!
After lots of hard work, the Creative Commons will soon be launching: Join us in celebrating the release of our…
I’ll be at Comdex
It’s been in my email sig but I forgot to announce it on my weblog: I’ll be part of a…
today is my birthday
It is now my birthday. In the US, we have a tradition that when you blow out the candles on…
i’ve got the jitterbug
Cory was in town yesterday; it was lots of fun. But this is the first time I can remember that…
2003 Redesign: [viewed best in gill sans]
As you can probably already see (if not, force-reload or visit the site), my new redesign is up. My birthday’s…
and the voices said…
Well, that speak to me thing was fun. Here are some highlights (my comments emphasized): Aaron. you’re really losing it….
These Are A Few of My Favorite Fonts
I’m embarassingly bad at remembering font names, so I decided to make a list of my favorites. Suggestions gratefully appreciated….
Mr. Swartz Goes to Washington
In which I see the Bookmobile, go to the Superparty, wait in line until 2AM, almost miss getting to the…
Trip Notes
Scissors I, like most other people here, went through the security checkpoint. Unlike everyone else, they decided to search my…
to the courthouse
I guess it’s time to reveal the incredibly kind invitation I received. As many of you may have found out…
what’s up, doc
It would be a total lie to say that the reason I’ve been so out-of-touch is because I’ve been being…
curb your celebrity
Aaron Warchalker will probably be on Public Radio’s Marketplace tomorrow evening. I tried to cut down on the number of…
Feeling Lucky
I’ve received an incredibly kind invitation; I sure hope I can take it! I feel sort of bad though, because…
Kragen Explains the Sunlight Effect
Thanks to Kragen Sitaker for sending me feedback about my sunlight experience. He writes:This is painful at first because too…
More Myopia
Previous:: A cure for nearsightedness?, Eyesight Feedback I had some time to kill and it was a beautiful day so…
Introducing… Warchalking! The New Swhack!
Faithful readers have probably been wondering where I’ve been for the past few days. (You haven’t? You’re not very faithful!)…
Water Damage
I am writing this, rather surprisingly, form my TiBook. yesterday I accidentally spilled a glass of water on its right…
we put the “FUN” in phonetic!
Overheard at the water park… One kid to another: “Let’s make believe we’re having fun.”…
Ethics By Analogy
For some reason I really learn a lot about things by analogy. I’m not sure if this is because my…
Eyesight Feedback
Thanks to everyone who responded to my piece on eyesight. I’d like to share some of the emails I received…
A cure for nearsightedness?
I had some time to kill this morning so I decided to work on improving my eyesight. I sat down…
Public Speaking and Writing
I enjoyed Plover’s Conference Presentation Judo. I especially like how he gets rid of the repeat yourself three times thing….
Gnutella Pioneer Gene Kan Dies at 25
“The cause of death was a perforating gunshot wound to the head,” the San Mateo County Coroner spokeswoman said. “It…
No!
I’m loving They Might Be Giants new album, “NO!”. It’s purportedly for kids, but it’s got clever lyrics and fun…
AaronSw TV!
If you’re on Windows or Mac, grab QuickTime 6 and check out my live video feed! Watch me blog and…
Boston Trip 2 - Day 1
I’m off to Boston once again, to attend a Creative Commons meeting. My Mom dropped me off at Midway, Chicago’s…
I am the terrible secret of space!
Isaac Asimov via David McCusker reveals what the initial R. in a name stands for: Robot. I guess this is…
Emerging Technologies - Day 0
We’re in the New York Times! A New Direction for Intellectual Property Hardly anyone’s doing the tutorials so we’re all…
WWW2002 - Day 4
The conference hosted a luau/dinner thing tonight. I got there and wandered around for a little bit, not seeing anybody…
WWW2002 - Day 3
Couldn’t stand my flaky laptop so I broke down and bought a new iBook. It’s one of those fourteen-inch ones,…
WWW2002 - Day 2
My computer started flaking out on me this morning. Edd thinks it’s some sort of hardware problem. It seems to…
WWW2002 - Day 1
Although the past few days have been cloudy and raining, the sun came out for a little bit today. Tim…
Beauty in Print
As of late I’ve been trying to learn how to design well. I went thru a suite of Robin Williams…
Boston Trip Story
I groaned and woke up. Upon hearing me, Ben came into my room and asked me why I was waking…
Boston Trip
Well, early tomorrow morning I head off to Boston. It’s a short trip and my schedule is tight, but if…
Visiting Boston, Cambridge
To all those of you in the Boston area, I’m planning on stopping by sometime soon (tenatively April 23) to…
Rescued Data
I’ve finally rescued the data off one of my oldest machines, snicker-snack. One of the things I recovered was the…
Aaron Swartz Movies
Introducing: Aaron Swartz Movies, proving my insanity once again. Let me know what you think….
More Vanity: All About Aaron
I’ve moved some of the boring lists off my homepage and onto About Aaron Swartz, a vanity page of the…
Aaron joins Creative Commons as RDF Advisor
SF Gate: All Hail Creative Commons: Stanford professor and author Lawrence Lessig plans a legal insurrection. Today I’ve been given…
Aaron’s Photo Albums
I’ve started putting up photos on my website in Aaron’s Photo Albums. I’ve got photos from my trip to the…
My First Drive
Today I went to the liberty Secretary of State’s office and got my driving permit. I am now allowed to…
My First Usenet Post
I just found my first-ever post to USENET. I was eight years old, not yet old enough to have grown…
Fun in the Snow
Snow!It’s been a long time since we’ve had snow, especially packing snow as good as this. I was so excited,…