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People and Blogs interviewed me by Andy Baio
Sunday July 5^th, 2026 at 5:57 PM

Waxy.org

thanks to Manu for asking me to be the second-to-last blogger in his interview series

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tedder

20 days ago

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Penultimate.

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Plums
Thursday February 19^th, 2026 at 11:11 AM

xkcd.com

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

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tedder

156 days ago

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I'm confused by this. What's the dilemma? Wanting to use the plum for dinner?

Uranus

marcrichter

156 days ago

Me too, but there's always this: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3209:_Plums

ttencate

156 days ago

Not always; it's throwing 500 errors right now. Apparently you and I are not the only ones who are confused 😁

dlowe

156 days ago

There's a famous (infamous) poem about stealing plums from the icebox that has been remixed a thousand times in meme-culture.

fancycwabs

155 days ago

He's tempted to go all William Carlos Williams on the plums, mostly for the opportunity to apologize later.

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157 days ago

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My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination
Sunday February 15^th, 2026 at 7:27 PM

xkcd.com

'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

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tedder

160 days ago

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I still struggle to remember if I add or subtract.

Uranus

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alt_text_bot

162 days ago

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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

Skew-T Log-P
Thursday January 2^nd, 2025 at 11:07 AM

xkcd.com

The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

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tedder

569 days ago

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Randall is obviously learning to fly, does he talk about it anywhere?

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570 days ago

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The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.