Introduction
I originally created this index as part of a post celebrating the fifth anniversary of albertnet. You can read that post farther down the page, after the index. It presents a discussion of site navigation, categorization schemes, pageview rankings, and a photo of my little kids holding celebratory balloons.
Here’s how this index is set up: I have posts listed in chronological order within various categories I decided were useful. The category list appears first, so if you see a category that interests you, you can hit Ctrl-F and search on it.
Here’s how this index is set up: I have posts listed in chronological order within various categories I decided were useful. The category list appears first, so if you see a category that interests you, you can hit Ctrl-F and search on it.
The categories
- Most popular
- Dana’s favorites
- Advice & how-to guides
- Fiction
- Food & drink
- Music
- Parenting
- Poetry
- Polemics & opinion
- Reviews
- Travel
- Cycling – My firsthand experience of the sport
- Cycling – Equipment, technique, and culture
- Cycling – Coverage (pro races, etc.)
- Cycling – Doping
- COVID-19 Pandemic
- Bits & Bobs – Odd posts (humor, memoir, etc.) that didn’t fit other categories
(Index current as of October 13, 2024)
(714 posts)
Most popular
- Spelling Focus - Is It “Kindergartner” or “Kindergartener”?
- New Cycling World Record Set in Berkeley!
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Vasectomy - But Were Afraid To Ask
- Highbrow vs. Lowbrow
- Corn Cob
- Simplex Retrofriction
- No Mo’ NoDoz
- Book Review: Cowboy Sam
- The British Faucet Conundrum
- The Case for Dvorak
- Race Report - Mount San Bruno 2010
- Selecting Bicycle Wheels - Part I
- The Problem with Soccer
- Velominati’s “The Rules” - Brilliance or BS?
- Nash Bridges Towed My Car!
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- Trouble With Tire Chains
- The Myth of the Angry Bike Mechanic
- Cycling, Suffering, and the Cold-Pressor Test
- More COVID Chronicles – Baking in Place
- Everest Challenge "Pep Talk"
- 10 Fascinating Facts About Inner Tubes
- How to Make Homemade Pasta
- The Femur Report - Part I
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2013 Stage 2
- 37 Velominati Rules You Can Ignore
- Cycling Shoes
- How to Write a Sonnet
- The TechCorp Files, Part II: Aptitude Test
- Ode to South Park
- Dyna-Drive - Letter to an Old Gearhead
- Book Review - "The Secret Race"
- Ride Report - Mount Baker (WA) with Brother & Nephew
- Glutted By Campaign Signs
- Biased Commentary - Did Démare Cheat in the 2016 Milan-San Remo?
- If William Wordsworth Were Writing Today
- I Drank a Gallon of Water a Day for a Week - Here’s What Happened
- Three Toasters
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Paris-Roubaix
- English: I Think That That Language Is Screwy
- Stop Pushing STEM!
- From the Archives: Riding La Marmotte - Part II
- Fiction - The Things They Carried Biking
- Spelling Focus - Is It “Kindergartner” or “Kindergartener”?
- Ode on a Double-Edged Razor
- Famous Last Words - Part II
- If I Had Defended Floyd Landis
- Ode on a Chain Lube
- What You Didn’t Know About Giraffes!
- Velominati’s “The Rules” - Brilliance or BS?
- Лучше Девушка - My Russian Picture Book
- Ghost-Written Race Report
- 10 Fascinating Facts About Inner Tubes
- Ode to South Park
- Bride of “Pink Floyd The Wall”
- Our National Anthem
- Farewell, La Fiesta
- Stage Play - Lance’s Defense
- Trouble With Tire Chains
- The Lotion Sniper
- Lance & Eminem
- How to Write a Sonnet
- Highbrow vs. Lowbrow
- Farewell,‘84 Volvo
- The Myth of the Angry Bike Mechanic
- The Case Against Margolis & Liebowitz
- Book Review - Cowboy Sam
- Corn Cob
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Vasectomy - But Were Afraid To Ask
Advice & how-to guides
- Can We Unplug Our Kids? - Part II: Mea Culpa
- Major League Baseball FAQ - A Guide for Foreigners
- From the Archives - The CarbonTech Debate
- Ageing Focus - Make Balance a Habit!
- What Are “Men Extenders”?
- Tour de France FAQ - A Guide for Newbies
- Five Home Remodeling Mistakes to Avoid
- Can We Unplug our Kids?
- Easter FAQ - A Guide for Newcomers
- The Power of Loafing
- Ask a Cheap Bastard
- Ask a Car Critic
- New Year’s Resignation
- Thanksgiving Invitation Template & FAQ
- Firewall for the Mind
- Ask a Fitness Dweeb
- 2022 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Ask A Guy Who Catalogs Inept References to Neon in Rock Music
- Ask an Empty Nester
- Exercise & the Gumption Trap
- More Q&A With a Grammar Lover
- Ask a Grammar Lover
- Self-Talk In Action
- Ask a Sinead O’Connor Fan
- Plumbing Upgrade Frequently Asked Questions
- Never Discuss Politics
- The Pros & Cons of Co-Sleeping
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- The DUMB Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
- 2021 Online Holiday Gift Guide
- Wrestling Tournament Frequently Asked Questions
- Ask a Northern Californian
- How to Select a Camera - Part 2
- How to Select a Camera - and Why
- Pretty Good Guacamole
- Ask a Morning Person
- Better Bridal Registry Ideas
- How to Avoid Being Bike-Jacked
- All I Need to Know About Corporate America I Learned in Team Time Trials - Part 2
- All I Need to Know About Corporate America I Learned in Team Time Trials
- Ask a Sea Kayaker
- Super Bowl FAQ - A Guide for Foreigners
- From the Archives - Bicycling Glossary
- Should You Eat Less Salt?
- A Wide Net Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
- Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Travel Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Avoid Bad Movies - Part II
- How to Avoid Bad Movies
- More Easy Recipes for College Kids
- Easy Recipes for College Kids
- Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Talk to Your Cat About COVID-19
- Letter to a Middle-Aged Cyclist - Buy New Wheels NOW!
- More COVID-19 Chronicles - Baking in Place
- Is Cycling Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- E-Book Options During COVID-19 Lockdown
- Shelter-In-Place Frequently Asked Questions
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Colonoscopy But Were Afraid To Ask
- New Year’s Resolutions - Let’s Get It Right This Time
- Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Stop Pushing STEM!
- From the Archives - How To Be a Demon Roommate from Hell
- Ask a College Dad
- How To Report Your Bicycle Accident
- Will Self-Compassion Make You a Wuss?
- Ask An English Major
- The Truth About Elite College Admissions
- In Defense of Multitasking
- More Plumbing for Dummies
- The Samsung Smartphone Iris Scanner
- Fettuccine Alfredo
- Salmon Farm Force Power Flight Jacket
- Spelling Focus - Is It “Kindergartner” or “Kindergartener”?
- From the Archives - How to Be a UCSB Student
- Is It Harder to Get Into a Top College Now?
- College Application Frequently Asked Questions
- How to Select a Proper Razor
- How To Choose a Taqueria
- My Favorite Failure
- New Year’s Resolutions - Dental Hygiene Edition
- [Quasi-] South Beach Diet - Part II
- [Quasi-] South Beach Diet for Morons
- A Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Inflating Tubeless Tires
- What’s in a [Domain] Name?
- Strong Placebos
- Family Internet Use Policy
- Cough Drops & Mimetic Theory
- A Newbie’s Guide to Poison Oak and Poison Ivy
- How to Survive a Phishing Attack
- Ode on a Chain Lube
- Life Hacks
- Bolognese Ragu for Pasta!
- Should You Tip Uber Drivers?
- Ask Dr. Chocolate
- How Not to Go on a Date
- Ask Mr. Laundry
- The Best Advice I’ve Received
- Self-Help & the 8th Habit
- Adopting a Kitten in the Modern Era
- Can Too Much Exercise Damage Your Heart?
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not To Be a Fred - Part II
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not To Be a Fred - Part I
- Middle School “Graduation” Speech ... From a Dad
- Riding Rollers - Frequently Asked Questions
- “Glycogen Window” for Sports Recovery - Proven!
- Ready for Everest Challenge 2014?
- Taking the Certification Exam
- 37 Velominati Rules You Can Ignore
- Selecting Bicycle Wheels - Part II
- Exploiting Our Children’s Brains
- Teaching Multiplication to Kids
- Plumbing Emergencies for Dummies
- The Cure for Hiccups
- Teens, Texts, and the Marshmallow Test
- The Importance of Goals - Debunked!
- More Q&A With Dr. Tyre
- Ask Dr. Tyre
- One-Size-Fits-All New Year’s Resolution
- No Mo' NoDoz
- Conundrum of the Lost Sock
- How to Succeed at Blogging
- What Shouldn’t Cyclists Eat?
- Nutrition for Endurance Cycling
- Ask Dr. Pasta
- Dopamine, Parenting, & Social Media
- Earth Hour
- Physical Therapy
- Five Tips for Bunch Sprints
- Ask Dr. Beer
- Spotting Bad Restaurants
- How to Choose a Major
- Attitude Adjustment
- Donating Blood
- Flakage
- The Bigger Picture
- New Year’s Resolutions
- This Was Only a Drill
- How to Make Homemade Pasta
- What Do You Do?
- How to Write a Sonnet
- Watching Bike Races
- Dishwasher Man
- Death Ride Frequently Asked Questions
- The Case for Dvorak
- Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Trainer – The Ins and Outs of Indoor Training
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Vasectomy - But Were Afraid To Ask
Fiction
- Guitar Man
- Virtual Reality Killer App!
- If William Wordsworth Were Writing Today
- I Drank a Gallon of Water a Day for a Week - Here’s What Happened
- Consumer Reviews: Videoconferencing Platform
- Wine Tasting - Castello di Amorosa
- Ask an Empty Nester
- FAQ - Take Our Grown Daughters & Sons To Work Day
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- Ask a Sea Kayaker
- Travel Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Talk to Your Cat About COVID-19
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Tour of Sweden Stage 4
- Interview with Santa Claus
- From the Archives - How To Be a Demon Roommate from Hell
- This Is a Short Story - NOT!
- My Humiliating Senior Prom!
- Roommate
- What if Allegiant Air Pushed Things Further?
- If I Had Defended Floyd Landis
- How Lizzy Met Her Man
- The Crystal Ball
- Fiction - Game-Changing Dating Website!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Beer!
- Fiction - The Howard Johnson’s Motel
- The Bowl
- A Hair Cut
- Game Show of the (Near) Future
- Revised Blood Donor Screening Questions
- Runner-Up: A Divorce Tale
- One Halloween Night
- The TechCorp Files, Part II: Aptitude Test
- The TechCorp Files, Part I: Interview
- Rough Drafts From Maynard Steele
- The Happiest Christmas Story I Know
- Лучше Девушка - My Russian Picture Book
- Strava By Night - The Next Killer App?
- TV Ears Saved Our Marriage!
- Robotron 2084’
- Unintentional Fiction in Bike Race Stories
- The Lice Letters
- A Dinner Appointment
- The Wheel
- Before the Fall
- Doctor’s Daughter
- Poolside
- Stage Play - Lance’s Defense
- Guide to Managing Millennials
- Rejection Affects Health
- Missy Giove Busted!
- The Phantom Solace
- Silent Type
- Bedtime Stories
- Housesitting Instructions
Food & drink
- From the Archives - Our Fiesta
- Thanksgiving Invitation Template & FAQ
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part VI
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part V
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part IV
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part III
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part II
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part I
- Ode on an IPA
- Welcome to Albany, California
- More Beer Pix - the Milestone Beck’sts
- I Drank a Gallon of Water a Day for a Week - Here’s What Happened
- Book Review: Bill Bryson’s Lost Continent
- Wine Tasting - Castello di Amorosa
- 10 Reasons Keurigs Are Annoying
- Three Toasters
- I’ll Drink to COVID - the Pandemic Beck’sts
- From the Archives - Tempura Debacle
- Adventures in Dining - Sichuan Peppercorns
- Pretty Good Guacamole
- Should You Eat Less Salt?
- New York City Bagels
- Beer Pix - Pure Beck’sting Satisfaction
- The Maple Syrup Relabeling Travesty
- Review - Los Gallos Taqueria (or, How To Choose a Mexican Restaurant)
- [Quasi-] South Beach Diet - Part II
- [Quasi-] South Beach Diet for Morons
- From the Archives - Lobsters in Maine
- How Lizzy Met Her Man
- Race Report - 2017 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Rubber Spatulas
- I Will Disrupt Your Coffee
- Bolognese Ragu for Pasta!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Beer!
- Ask Dr. Chocolate
- Beck’sting: Frexting for Men?
- Bell’s Seasoning & The Key to Thanksgiving
- “Glycogen Window” for Sports Recovery - Proven!
- Review - Da Crack Taqueria, Poipu, Kauai
- What Shouldn’t Cyclists Eat?
- Nutrition for Endurance Cycling
- Ask Dr. Pasta
- Curse of the Epicure
- Ask Mr. Beer
- Spotting Bad Restaurants
- The Food of Scotland - Part II
- The Food of Scotland - Part I
- UC Berkeley Criterium “Race Report”
- Farewell, La Fiesta
- Thanksgiving Tales
- Follow-Up: The Cost of Rinsing
- From the Archives – A Study on Rinsing
- Homemade Pasta
- UpChuckAlypse Now
- Burrito Worlds
- Vuelta del Taco Truck
- South Beach Starch King
- Three Restaurant Reviews
- The Food of London
- Easy Camping Recipes
- Little Star vs. Big Zach’s
Music
- From the Archives - Sting’s Lyrical Blunders
- Ask A Guy Who Catalogs Inept References to Neon in Rock Music
- Ask a Sinead O’Connor Fan
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part VI: Recent Updates (continued)
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part V: Recent Updates
- From the Archives - Starving Little Student
- Voices In My Head
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part IV
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part III
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part II
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part I
- “Getting the Brush” by Fear
- From the Archives - Heavy Metal Roommate
- Rock Song Covers & Music Fusion
- Pink Floyd The Wall
- Stereo RIP - Passing of the Windsor
- Our National Anthem
- Risqué College Paper
- Parts of Speech Rap
- Lance & Eminem
- The Ins and Outs of Indoor Training
Parenting
- Can We Unplug Our Kids? - Part II: Mea Culpa
- Can We Unplug our Kids?
- From the Archives - So We Missed the Eclipse
- Impromptu Commencement Address
- What We Should (and Will) Be Embarrassed By...
- More Beer Pix - the Milestone Beck’sts
- Why Wordle?
- From the Archives - Journal for my Younger Daughter
- Ask an Empty Nester
- FAQ - Take Our Grown Daughters & Sons To Work Day
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- Family Shibboleths: a Glossary of Albert-isms
- From the Archives - A Rather Hostile Letter
- Father’s Day Focus - Are Parents Interchangeable?
- More Easy Recipes for College Kids
- Easy Recipes for College Kids
- World’s Second-Best Dad!
- Stop Pushing STEM!
- Ask a College Dad
- Journal for my Daughter
- A Father's Day Poem
- The Truth About Elite College Admissions
- Ignorance vs. the Internet
- My Humiliating Senior Prom!
- Is It Harder to Get Into a Top College Now?
- College Application Frequently Asked Questions
- Santa, Lance Armstrong, and the Christmas Eve Doldrums
- ECLIPSE 2017, BAYBEE!
- Family Internet Use Policy
- Race Report - 2017 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Holiday Newsletter About HEAD LICE! GROSS!
- Rubber Spatulas
- Ride Report - Dead Indian Memorial Road with Brother, Nephew, and Daughter
- Ride Report - Mount Evans with Teenager - 14,270’ Summit!
- Ask Dr. Chocolate
- Ride Report - 2016 Grizzly Peak Century Ride With Teenager
- The Best Advice I’ve Received
- A Cure for Holiday Consumerist Bloat
- Bell’s Seasoning & The Key to Thanksgiving
- Middle School “Graduation” Speech ... From a Dad
- From the Archives - Irksome Little Pony
- Ride Report - Grizzly Peak Century With Teenager
- Smartphones & Artificial Stupidity
- Riding Rollers - Frequently Asked Questions
- Runner-Up: A Divorce Tale
- Down With Convenience!
- One Halloween Night
- “Glycogen Window” for Sports Recovery - Proven!
- Cleaning the Preschool Yard
- What Are Fathers For?
- 10 Reasons to Cut Barbie Some Slack
- Santa Denial, & How Lance Armstrong Taught Me to Lie
- Sonnet Class (Almost) Crashes & Burns
- Exploiting Our Children’s Brains
- Teaching Multiplication to Kids
- Teens, Texts, & the Marshmallow Test
- Craigslist Meets the Real World
- Almost Intelligent, Part II
- Dopamine, Parenting, & Social Media
- Fiction - The Lice Letters
- Father’s Day
- Parables from the Rooster Father
- Battle Cluck of the Rooster Father
- Parts of Speech Rap
- Back To School
- Diaper Meltdowns
- Football With Hemingway
- Critique of Alexa’s Early Art
- Teens Gone Wild
- Bedtime Stories
- The Suppressed Holiday Newsletter
- UpChuckAlypse Now
- In Defense of Fun
- Fear & Bloating on Halloween
- Book Review - Cowboy Sam
- Wrecking the Car
Poetry
- If William Wordsworth Were Writing Today
- Ode on an IPA
- Schooling ChatGPT
- A.I. Smackdown — English Major vs. ChatGPT - Part 2
- From the Archives - Sting’s Lyrical Blunders
- Ode to Cat
- From the Archives - Starving Little Student
- A Father's Day Poem
- From the Archives - Latin [Class] Is for Lovers
- Ode on a Double-Edged Razor
- Love Poem from a Coward
- Radio Station Poetry
- What’s in a [Domain] Name?
- Ode on a Belly: Mine
- A Valentine Poem
- Race Report - 2017 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Ode on a Chain Lube
- Shakespeare Knockoff
- Dead Week Poetry
- Urination Poetry
- Ode to Lomas Cantadas
- Kroopian Poetry (Dactylic Trimeter)
- Unemployment Poetry
- The Big [Bike Shop] Screw-Up
- The Paperboy
- Race Report - Mount San Bruno 2014
- Sonnet Class (Almost) Crashes & Burns
- Ode to South Park
- Our National Anthem
- Risqué College Paper
- Parts of Speech Rap
- How to Write a Sonnet
- Corn Cob
Polemics & opinion
- Can We Unplug Our Kids? - Part II: Mea Culpa
- What Are “Men Extenders”?
- Can We Unplug our Kids?
- Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?
- Ask a Car Critic
- Undeterred: A Critique of a Book About Life Without Free Will
- 2023 Vuelta - Jumbo Visma & the Kuss Conundrum
- Should E-Bikes Be Allowed on Nature Trails?
- The Oxford Comma
- If William Wordsworth Were Writing Today
- Impromptu Commencement Address
- Ode on an IPA
- Firewall for the Mind
- Schooling ChatGPT
- A.I. Smackdown — English Major vs. ChatGPT - Part 2
- A.I. Smackdown — English Major vs. ChatGPT
- What We Should (and Will) Be Embarrassed By...
- From the Archives - Sting’s Lyrical Blunders
- 2022 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- What Hurts?
- What’s Wrong With Shimano?
- 10 Reasons Keurigs Are Annoying
- More Q&A With a Grammar Lover
- Ask a Grammar Lover
- Has Any Good Come From the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- Autocomplete Zeitgeist Revisited
- Ask a Sinead O’Connor Fan
- Never Discuss Politics
- The Pros & Cons of Co-Sleeping
- The DUMB Approach to New Year’s Resolutions
- 2021 Online Holiday Gift Guide
- Ask a Northern Californian
- How to Select a Camera - Part 2
- How to Select a Camera - and Why
- Can COVID Anti-Vaxxers Be Reasoned With?
- The Case Against the Metric System
- Father’s Day Focus - Are Parents Interchangeable?
- Better Bridal Registry Ideas
- COVID wristbands
- Super Bowl FAQ - A Guide for Foreigners
- Should You Eat Less Salt?
- What’s Wrong with Wonder Woman?
- Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Writers? – Part 3
- Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Writers? – Part 2
- Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Writers?
- Travel Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Avoid Bad Movies - Part II
- How to Avoid Bad Movies
- Why Don’t the Dutch Wear Covid Masks?
- English: I Think That That Language Is Screwy
- The Toilet Paper Hoarding Conundrum
- Is Cycling Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Colonoscopy But Were Afraid To Ask
- Is This Peloton Ad Sexist, & Should We Care?
- Election Follies II Part II - The Spawning
- Election Follies II - California Prop 7, One Year Later
- Stop Pushing STEM!
- Will Self-Compassion Make You a Wuss?
- Ask an English Major
- The Truth About Elite College Admissions
- In Defense of Multitasking
- Ignorance vs. the Internet
- Is It Really Mansplaining?
- Stage Play - They Haven’t Met You
- The albertnet Christmas Guide - Part II
- The albertnet Christmas Guide
- Is It Harder to Get Into a Top College Now?
- College Application Frequently Asked Questions
- The Maple Syrup Relabeling Travesty
- Ode on a Double-Edged Razor
- The Autocomplete Zeitgeist
- From the Archives - Robin Killed Off!
- New Year’s Resolutions - Dental Hygiene Edition
- Biased Commentary - Could Chris Froome Be Innocent?
- Is This Pinarello Nytro Ad Sexist?
- Bring Back Home Economics!
- If I Had Defended Floyd Landis
- Family Internet Use Policy
- Fiction - How Lizzy Met Her Man
- Can EPO Kill?
- Expensive Wristwatches
- Cough Drops & Mimetic Theory
- Keep Calm II - The Spawning
- Life Hacks
- I Will Disrupt Your Coffee
- Should You Tip Uber Drivers?
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Beer!
- Why Train Travel Is Better
- Keep Calm & Read These Quotations
- Mourning and the Digital Age
- Is the Red Hook Criterium Series Good For Cycling?
- Disc Brakes for Road Bikes?
- More Cycling Commentary - Is This Poster Sexist?
- Biased Commentary - Did Démare Cheat in the 2016 Milan-San Remo?
- The Best Advice I’ve Received
- AI Smackdown - Moto vs. Cortana vs. Siri
- A Cure For Holiday Consumerist Bloat
- Self-Help & the 8th Habit
- Carbon vs. Steel & the Bike Geek Divide
- How Android Wrecked My Morning
- Can Too Much Exercise Damage Your Heart?
- Biased Commentary - Froome, Nibali, and the “Dick Move”
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not to Be a Fred - Part II
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not to Be a Fred - Part I
- Middle School “Graduation” Speech ... From a Dad
- What We Talk About When We Talk About “Kit”
- “Kit” Revisited - Not OK with “Kit” Commentary!
- OK Calling Bike Clothes “Kit”?
- Adventures in E-commerce - The Kettle Conundrum
- From the Archives - STEM vs. Rhetoric
- Smartphones & Artificial Stupidity
- A Man’s Gotta Do...
- The Black Friday That Wasn’t
- Down With Convenience!
- I Don’t Smell a Rat
- Cleaning the Preschool Yard
- Misspelling in Hawaii
- 37 Velominati Rules You Can Ignore
- Velominati’s “The Rules” - Brilliance or BS?
- Bitcoin Explained!
- 10 Reasons to Cut Barbie Some Slack
- Bike vs. Car - How I Broke My Femur
- Sitting Out Super Bowl XXIII
- Teens, Texts, & the Marshmallow Test
- More War of Words
- The Grammar Wars
- An Open Letter to Spammers
- The Importance of Goals - Debunked!
- One-Size-Fits-All New Year’s Resolution
- Glutted By Campaign Signs
- Almost Intelligent - Part II
- Almost Intelligent - Part I
- Is Team Sky Good For Cycling?
- Dopamine, Parenting, & Social Media
- Curse of the Epicure
- Asilomar Resort
- Our National Anthem
- Doping Journalists, and “Un-Boosting”
- Flakage
- The Bigger Picture
- The Trouble with English
- Death of a Bookstore
- Parables from the Rooster Father
- Battle Cluck of the Rooster Father
- Bond Gunned Down
- Lance & Eminem
- What Do You Do?
- The Problem With Soccer
- Teens Gone Wild
- Highbrow vs. Lowbrow
- AdNonSense
- The Sissy Syndrome
- What’s So Great About Sports?
- The Myth of the Angry Bike Mechanic
- The Case Against Margolis & Liebowitz
- The Case for Dvorak
- Smartphone
- Tax Day
- Wrecking the Car
Reviews
- 2023 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Undeterred: A Critique of a Book About Life Without Free Will
- Welcome to Albany, California
- From the Archives - Sting’s Lyrical Blunders
- 2022 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Consumer Reviews: Videoconferencing Platform
- Ask A Guy Who Catalogs Inept References to Neon in Rock Music
- Why Wordle?
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part VI: Recent Updates (continued)
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part V: Recent Updates
- The albertnet Tier Lists
- Book Review: Bill Bryson’s Lost Continent
- Biketronics II
- Wine Tasting - Castello di Amorosa
- Ask a Sinead O’Connor Fan
- Adventures in Dining - Sichuan Peppercorns
- 2021 in Review - the Quiz
- 2021 Online Holiday Gift Guide
- How to Select a Camera - Part 2
- How to Select a Camera - and Why
- What’s Wrong with Wonder Woman?
- Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- How to Avoid Bad Movies - Part II
- How to Avoid Bad Movies
- Beck’st Spotlight - What Beer Goes Best With “Remains of the Day”?
- Letter to a Middle-Aged Cyclist - Buy New Wheels NOW!
- E-Book Options During COVID-19 Lockdown
- Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Responding to Reader Comments
- Ignorance vs. the Internet
- Counterpoint - Shimano and Campy “Design Blunders”
- The Samsung Smartphone Iris Scanner
- New York City Bagels
- The Maple Syrup Relabeling Travesty
- Review - Los Gallos Taqueria
- The Tao of Blade Runner
- Expensive Wristwatches
- A Valentine Poem
- Voices In My Head
- Product Review - Inside Ride E-motion Rollers
- Shakespeare Knockoff
- Dead Week Poetry
- Urination Poetry
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Beer!
- Kroopian Poetry (Dactylic Trimeter)
- Unemployment Poetry
- The Big [Bike Shop] Screw-Up
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part IV
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part III
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part II
- Workout Megamix Liner Notes - Part I
- AI Smackdown - Moto vs. Cortana vs. Siri
- The Paperboy
- 1-Star Reviews: The Fun & The Folly
- 2014 - The Year in Review
- Chasing “Andrei Rublev”
- Review - Da Crack Taqueria, Poipu, Kauai
- 2013 - The Year in Review
- Movie Review - Lego Dude vs. Dinosaurs Run Amok
- 2012 - The Year in Review
- Book Review - “The Secret Race”
- BART Opinion Card
- Pink Floyd The Wall
- 2011 - The Year in Review
- Doping Journalists, and “Un-Boosting”
- Battle Cluck of the Rooster Father
- 2010 - The Year in Review
- Critique of Alexa’s Early Art
- 2009 - The Year in Review
- UpChuckAlypse Now
- Vuelta del Taco Truck
- The Myth of the Angry Bike Mechanic
- Three Restaurant Reviews
- Amateur Product Reviews
- Book Review - Cowboy Sam
Travel
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part VI
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part V
- EpicTrans Alps Cycling Trip - Part IV
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part III
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part II
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part I
- Welcome to Albany, California
- Ride Report - Steepest Mile in CA
- Book Review: Bill Bryson’s Lost Continent
- From the Archives - Bike Tour Journal Part III
- From the Archives - Bike Tour Journal Part II
- Ask a Sea Kayaker
- Travel Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- From the Archives: Return to La Marmotte Part II
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part III
- From the Archives: Riding La Marmotte - Part II
- From the Archives: Riding La Marmotte - Part I
- Epic NorCal Road Ride - Day 2
- Epic NorCal Road Ride - Day 1
- The Food of Norway - Part II
- The Food of Norway
- New York City Bagels
- Horsefly Spider Smackdown!
- How a Camp Stove Almost Cost Me My Marriage
- Lobsters in Maine
- Ride Report - Sierra Nevada “Almost Death Ride”
- What if Allegiant Air Pushed Thing Further?
- Looking for a Legal Highway
- Death Valley - Frequently Asked Questions
- The Vermont Incident
- Ride Report - Dead Indian Memorial Road with Brother, Nephew, and Daughter
- Should You Tip Uber Drivers?
- Ride Report - Mount Evans with Teenager - 14,270’ Summit!
- 2016 Quasi-Epic Colorado Mountain Ride
- Why Train Travel Is Better
- Fiction - The Howard Johnson’s Motel
- Ride Report - Mount Baker (WA) with Brother & Nephew
- 2014 Epic Colorado Mountain Ride - Part 2
- 2014 Epic Colorado Mountain Ride - Part 1
- Review - Da Crack Taqueria, Poipu, Kauai
- Misspelling in Hawaii
- Tire Chains II - The Spawning
- Asilomar Resort
- The British Faucet Conundrum
- The Food of Scotland - Part II
- The Food of Scotland - Part I
- Trouble With Tire Chains
- Business Travel
- Bike Tour Journal
- Train Trip - Part Three
- Train Trip - Part Two
- Train Trip - Part One
- Motel
- 2009 Holiday Newsletter
- The Food of London
- London - Part Four
- London - Part Three
- London - Part Two
- London - Part One
- Airport
Cycling – My firsthand experience
- Cycling Spotlight: “I Must Do This … Alone”
- (Hypothetical) Post-Race Interview - NBS Criterium
- Cycling Smackdown - Small Cog Tale
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part VI
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part V
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part IV
- Epic Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part III
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part II
- Epic France Trans Alps Cycling Trip - Part I
- Ride Report - Gravel Riding in the Rockies
- Cycling Smackdown - Middle Ring Tale
- From the Archives - Bike Team Grammar Lesson
- Ride Report - Steepest Mile in CA
- Exercise & the Gumption Trap
- I’ll Drink to COVID - the Pandemic Beck’sts
- Self-Talk In Action
- Race Report - 2022 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- From the Archives - My Front Derailleur Tragedy
- Ride Report - DIY Everest Challenge
- From the Archives - Death Ride 2007
- From the Archives - Daily Peloton: Everest Challenge 2009 Stage 2
- From the Archives - Daily Peloton: Everest Challenge 2009
- How to Avoid Being Bike-Jacked
- From the Archives - Punish Me, Young Man!
- All I Need to Know About Corporate America I Learned in Team Time Trials - Part 2
- All I Need to Know About Corporate America I Learned in Team Time Trials
- From the Archives - It IS About the Bike: Part 2
- From the Archives - It IS About the Bike
- Non-Race Non-Report - 2021 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Marin Headlands Big Ring Tale
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 5
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 4
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 3
- Letter to a Middle-Aged Cyclist - Buy New Wheels NOW!
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 2
- Is Cycling Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 1
- Race Report - 2020 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Big Ring Tale - Cycling “Hail Mary”
- From the Archives - Freak Bicycle Accident
- From the Archives: Return to La Marmotte Part II
- From the Archives: Return to La Marmotte - Part I
- How To Report Your Bicycle Accident
- Riding La Marmotte - Part II
- Riding La Marmotte - Part I
- Ride Report - 2019 Markleeville Death Ride with Teenager
- National Championships Team Time Trial
- Epic NorCal Road Ride - Day 2
- Epic NorCal Road Ride - Day 1
- Cycling Spotlight - Stealth Training
- Race Report - 2018 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Race Report - San Bruno Mountain Hill Climb 2018
- UC Santa Barbara Bike Paths
- Colorado Mountain Road Test - SRAM eTap Electronic Shifting
- Ride Report - Sierra Nevada “Almost Death Ride”
- Race Report - 2017 Fort Ord CCCX XC MTB
- Ride Report - Dead Indian Memorial Road with Brother, Nephew, and Daughter
- Ride Report - Marin County Coastal Adventure Ride
- Ride Report - Mount Evans with Teenager - 14,270’ Summit!
- 2016 Quasi-Epic Colorado Mountain Ride
- Ode to Lomas Cantadas
- Ride Report - 2016 Grizzly Peak Century Ride With Teenager
- From the Archives - Mountain Biking “Big Ring Tale”
- Ride Report - Mount Baker (WA) with Brother & Nephew
- New Cycling World Record Set in Berkeley!
- Ride Report - Grizzly Peak Century With Teenager
- Riding Rollers - Frequently Asked Questions
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2014 (Stage 2)
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2014 (Stage 1)
- Ride Report - Levi’s GranFondo
- Ready for Everest Challenge 2014?
- 2014 Epic Colorado Mountain Ride - Part 2
- 2014 Epic Colorado Mountain Ride - Part 1
- Ride Report - 2014 Tour of California Mount Diablo Stage
- Bicycling in the Rain, or How To Be an Idiot
- Race Report - Mount San Bruno 2014
- Bike vs. Car - How I Broke My Femur
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2013 (Stage 2)
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2013 (Stage 1)
- Ride Report - 2013 Tour of California Mount Diablo Stage
- Sweetness & Light on South Park Drive
- Dead Indian Memorial Thanksgiving Ride
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2012 (Stage 2)
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2012 (Stage 1)
- Everest Challenge “Pep Talk”
- What Shouldn’t Cyclists Eat?
- Nutrition for Endurance Cycling
- Odyssey ’91
- Deliverance and Cycling Tioga Pass
- Non-Death-Ride Non-Warmup
- Miracle on Pinehurst Road
- Tour of CA - Riding the Stage 1 Course
- Ride Report - Tour of CA Mount Diablo Stage
- Altruism & the Inner Tube
- Ode to South Park
- Five Tips for Bunch Sprints
- The Femur Report - Part I
- King-Size Snickers Lost
- Everest Challenge 2011
- Epic Colorado Ride
- Diablo Ex Machina
- Nevada Road Tour
- Attitude Adjustment
- Parables from the Rooster Father
- Big Ring Tale
- The Trainer Diaries
- Everest Challenge 2010
- Bike Tour Journal
- Watching Bike Races
- Follow-Up: The Cost of Rinsing
- Death Ride ’99
- De Ronde van X
- Teens Gone Wild
- A Study On Rinsing
- Race Report - Mount San Bruno 2010
- Race Report - Everest Challenge 2009
- Death Ride Frequently Asked Questions
- Sierra Century
- Corn Cob
Cycling – Equipment, technique, and
culture
- From the Archives - The CarbonTech Debate
- Old Yarn - The Cinelli Jumpsuit
- Test Ride - Specialized Turbo Levo SL 2 Carbon E-Bike
- Should E-Bikes Be Allowed on Nature Trails?
- Ask a Fitness Dweeb
- From the Archives - Bike Team Grammar Lesson
- Biketronics II
- What’s Wrong With Shimano?
- Observations on the 2022 Tour de France
- From the Archives - My Front Derailleur Tragedy
- From the Archives - It IS About the Bike: Part 2
- From the Archives - It IS About the Bike
- Bicycle Racing Glossary
- From the Archives - The Bars: a Family Saga
- Should E-Bikes Be Allowed on Nature Trails?
- From the Archives - Portrait of the Young Cyclist: Part 2
- Is Cycling Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- How To Report Your Bicycle Accident
- Cycling Spotlight - Stealth Training
- Fiction - The Things They Carried Biking
- Bomb Pop - A Bicycle Retrospective
- Is This Pinarello Nytro Ad Sexist?
- UC Santa Barbara Bike Paths
- A Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Inflating Tubeless Tires
- Colorado Mountain Road Test - SRAM eTap Electronic Shifting
- Ode on a Chain Lube
- Product Review - Inside Ride E-motion Rollers
- Is the Red Hook Criterium Series Good For Cycling?
- Disc Brakes for Road Bikes?
- More Cycling Commentary - Is This Poster Sexist?
- The Big [Bike Shop] Screw-Up
- A Cure for Holiday Consumerist Bloat
- Carbon vs. Steel & the Bike Geek Divide
- Can Too Much Exercise Damage Your Heart?
- New Cycling World Record Set in Berkeley!
- Tour de France TTT Preview - Can Tejay Take Yellow?
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not to Be a Fred - Part II
- Cycling Guidelines, or How Not to Be a Fred - Part I
- What We Talk About When We Talk About “Kit”
- “Kit” Revisited - Not OK with “Kit” Commentary!
- OK Calling Bike Clothes “Kit”?
- Dyna-Drive - Letter to an Old Gearhead
- Riding Rollers - Frequently Asked Questions
- “Glycogen Window” for Sports Recovery - Proven!
- 37 Velominati Rules You Can Ignore
- Velominati’s “The Rules” - Brilliance or BS?
- Selecting Bicycle Wheels - Part II
- Selecting Bicycle Wheels - Part I
- Strava By Night - The Next Killer App?
- Blogger Eats Crow Over Compact Crank!
- The Panache of Italian Bicycles
- Simplex Retrofriction
- More Q&A With Dr. Tyre
- Ask Dr. Tyre
- Zen Drivetrain
- What Shouldn’t Cyclists Eat?
- Nutrition for Endurance Cycling
- Roof Rack Fracas
- Bike Shop Wheelchair Repair
- Altruism & the Inner Tube
- 10 Fascinating Facts About Inner Tubes
- Five Tips for Bunch Sprints
- Man vs. Compact
- Bike Helmets
- The Return of Full Slab
- Cycling Shoes
- Victory Salutes
- Big Red - Letter to a Young Gearhead
- Follow-Up: The Cost of Rinsing
- A Study On Rinsing
- I’m Not Complaining
- Biketronics
- Why Cyclists Shave Their Legs
- Cycling, Suffering, & the Cold-Pressor Test
- The Myth of the Angry Bike Mechanic
- Corn Cob
- Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Trainer – The Ins and Outs of Indoor Training
Cycling – Coverage (pro races, etc.)
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Vuelta a España Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow: 2024 Tour de France Stage 15
- Tour de France FAQ - A Guide for Newbies
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2024 Paris-Roubaix
- 2023 Vuelta - Jumbo Visma & the Kuss Conundrum
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Tour de France Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Tour de France Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2023 Giro d’Italia Stage 20
- Observations on the 2022 Tour de France
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2022 Tour de France Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2022 Giro d’Italia Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2022 Paris-Roubaix
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Paris-Roubaix
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Vuelta a España Stage 18
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Vuelta a España Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Tour de France Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Tour de France Stage 9
- Biased Blow-by-Blow - 2021 Giro d’Italia Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Giro d’Italia Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Giro d’Italia Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2021 Paris-Nice Stage 7
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Tour de France Stage 17
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Tour de France Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Tour de France Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 3
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2020 Tour of Sweden Stage 4
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2019 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2019 Vuelta a España Stage 13
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2019 Vuelta a España Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2019 Tour de France Stage 19
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2019 Tour de France Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2018 Paris-Roubaix
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Il Lombardia 2017
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Vuelta a España Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Tour de France Stage 12
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Giro d'Italia Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Giro d’Italia Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Giro d'Italia Stage 2
- A Tribute to Steve Tilford
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Tour de France Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné Stage 6
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Giro d'Italia Stage 20
- Biased Commentary - Did Démare Cheat in the 2016 Milan-San Remo?
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Milan-San Remo
- Biased Blow-By-Blow: 2016 Paris-Nice Stage 6
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- New Cycling World Record Set in Berkeley!
- Biased Commentary - Froome, Nibali, and the “Dick Move”
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Tour de France Stage 19
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Tour de France Stage 9 TTT
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Giro d’Italia Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Giro d'Italia Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Milan-San Remo 2015
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Paris-Nice 2015, Stage Four
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Vuelta a España 2014, Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Tour de France 2014, Stage 17
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Tour de France 2014, Stage 2
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Tour de Suisse 2014, Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Giro d'Italia 2014, Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Giro d’Italia 2014, Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2014
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Milan-San Remo 2014
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Vuelta a España Stage 14
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Tour de France Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Tour de France Stage 12
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Tour de France Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Tour de France Stage 5
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Tour de France Stage 1
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 15
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 12
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2013 Giro d'Italia Stage 10
- Is Team Sky Good For Cycling?
- Ghost-Written Race Report
- US Pro Cycling Challenge
- Watching Bike Races
- Nevada City Classic - My Daily Peloton Article
Cycling – Doping
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2018 Tour de France Stage 16
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2018 Tour de France Stage 1 & GC Preview
- Biased Commentary - Could Chris Froome Be Innocent?
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Tour de France Stage 12
- If I Had Defended Floyd Landis
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2017 Giro d'Italia Stage 2
- Can EPO Kill?
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Tour de France Stage 9
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné Stage 6
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Tour de France Stage 19
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - 2015 Tour de France Stage 9 TTT
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Paris-Nice 2015, Stage Four
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Tour de France 2014, Stage 2
- Biased Blow-By-Blow, Giro d'Italia 2014, Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Giro d’Italia 2014, Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2014
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Milan-San Remo 2014
- Santa Denial, & How Lance Armstrong Taught Me to Lie
- Doping & the Talent Conundrum
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Vuelta a España Stage 20
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Tour de France Stage 8
- Biased Blow-By-Blow - Giro d'Italia Stage 10
- Book Review - “The Secret Race”
- Stage Play - Lance’s Defense
- Doping Journalists, and “Un-Boosting”
- Lance & Eminem
- Missy Giove Busted!
COVID-19 pandemic
- I’ll Drink to COVID - the Pandemic Beck’sts
- Has Any Good Come From the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- COVID-19: Helping Teens Cope
- Can COVID Anti-Vaxxers Be Reasoned With?
- COVID Wristbands
- Travel Tips During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Why Don’t The Dutch Wear COVID Masks?
- Teleworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- How to Talk to Your Cat About COVID-19
- What Are Hospitals Like During the Pandemic?
- When Will the Pandemic End?
- More COVID Chronicles – Baking in Place
- The Toilet Paper Hoarding Conundrum
- Is Cycling Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
- E-Book Options During COVID-19 Lockdown
- Shelter-in-Place FAQ
Bits & Bobs
- From the Archives - The CarbonTech Debate
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XIV
- My Bad Habits
- From the Archives - Our Fiesta
- We Have A Winner! - Part II
- Old Yarn - The Cinelli Jumpsuit
- From the Archives - Death Ride Photo Quagmire
- From the Archives - Guitar Man
- From the Archives - So We Missed the Eclipse
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XIII
- albertnet 15th Anniversary + My Favorite Posts!
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XII
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume XI
- Overlooked Posts of 2023
- 2023 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- From the Archives - Careergate
- Because It Amuses Me: the albertnet Subhead
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume X
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume IX
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume VIII
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume VII
- More Tom Swifties
- From the Archives - What Is It With TAs?
- Errata
- Human vs. CATgpt
- From the Archives - a Rather Snotty Letter
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume VI
- From the Archives - Cockroaches at La Loma
- More Beer Pix - the Milestone Beck’sts
- I Drank a Gallon of Water a Day for a Week - Here’s What Happened
- 2022 Last-Minute Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Ask A Guy Who Catalogs Inept References to Neon in Rock Music
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume V
- Why Wordle?
- The albertnet Tier Lists
- What Hurts?
- Three Toasters
- From the Archives - Bike Tour Journal Part III
- From the Archives - Bike Tour Journal Part II
- I’ll Drink to COVID - the Pandemic Beck’sts
- From the Archives - Albert Finds Employment
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume IV
- About the Author
- Autocomplete Zeitgeist Revisited
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume III
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume II
- 2021 in Review - the Quiz
- From the Archives - Bits & Bobs Volume I
- Family Shibboleths: a Glossary of Albert-isms
- From the Archives - A Rather Hostile Letter
- HAZOP Blues III: The Final Insult
- From the Archives - HAZOP Blues II: The Spawning
- From the Archives - HAZOP Blues
- Tom Swifties
- From the Archives - Thank You (Not) for the Cheesy Microscope
- Beck’st Spotlight - What Beer Goes Best With “Remains of the Day”?
- English: I Think That That Language Is Screwy
- What Are Hospitals Like During the Covid-19 Pandemic?
- When Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End?
- The Toilet Paper Hoarding Conundrum
- More Beer Pix (Beck’sts) - Nostalgic for Pubs!
- From the Archives - Video Gaming in the ‘80s
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting A Colonoscopy But Were Afraid To Ask
- Online Holiday Gift Guide!
- Interview with Santa Claus
- Drama in Philosophy Class!
- Studying French at UC Santa Barbara
- Responding to Reader Comments
- Even More Beer Pix - Beck’st-O-Rama!
- From the Archives - Latin [Class] Is for Lovers
- From the Archives - How a Camp Stove Almost Cost Me My Marriage
- Beer Pix - Pure Beck’sting Satisfaction
- The Autocomplete Zeitgeist
- My Fathers Things - Looking For a Home
- Olympic Spotlight - What Is Curling? (FAQ)
- My Favorite Failure
- Santa, Lance Armstrong, and the Christmas Eve Doldrums
- Famous Last Words - Part II
- Famous Last Words
- From the Archives - Seeking Office Work, or “I Played Myself”
- From the Archives - Pushing the Envelope
- From the Archives - My New College Apartment
- ECLIPSE 2017, BAYBEE!
- Alternative Payment Methods
- My Brief Foray into Politics
- My First Week as a College Student
- Sleeping Through College
- Leap Years & Leap Seconds
- Beck’sting: Frexting for Men?
- From the Archives - The Great TA Smackdown
- From the Archives - The Closet, or My Claustrophobia
- What You Didn't Know About Giraffes!
- From the Archives - Wacko College Rhetoric Paper
- From the Archives - Flooding
- From the Archives - Heavy Metal Roommate
- From Farting Liberally to Liberal Arts - The Flatulence Files
- Yes, I Have a Girl’s Name
- Inside the Corporate Yurt
- From the Archives - The Fall of the House of Albert
- Why Girls Dig Cyclists
- I Don’t Smell a Rat
- Lie, Memory
- From the Archives - Going Broke at College
- From the Archives - A Very Odd Letter
- From the Archives - Sitting Out Super Bowl XXIII
- Descent Into Chaos: My 2005 Holiday Newsletter
- From the Archives - My First Thanksgiving as a College Kid
- From the Archives - I Enter the Computer Age
- A New Jacket for Fall!
- From the Archives - The Shirt
- More War of Words
- The Grammar Wars
- From the Archives - Freshmen Hoods
- From the Archives - Temp-to-Perm: A Study in Shame
- From the Archives - Lost “Star Trek” Episode
- Nash Bridges Towed My Car!
- 2012 Holiday Newsletter
- No Mo' NoDoz
- Conundrum of the Lost Sock
- UCSB Final Exam Maelstrom
- Haircut Gone Wrong
- Almost Intelligent - Part II
- Almost Intelligent - Part I
- I, Chatbot
- Unintentional Fiction in Bike Race Stories
- "Getting the Brush" by Fear
- Rock Song Covers & Music Fusion
- Bride of "Pink Floyd The Wall"
- The Broken Femur Report - Part III
- The Broken Femur Report - Part II
- The Broken Femur Report - Part I
- Stereo RIP - Passing of the Windsor
- Donating Blood
- When You Are Engulfed in Shame
- Winter Storm
- Daylight Saving Time
- From the Archives - Tutoring
- James Bond Gunned Down
- Protecting the Santa Myth - 2010 Holiday Newsletter
- The Lotion Sniper
- From the Archives - Letter from UCSB
- Football With Hemingway
- Farewell,‘84 Volvo
- We Have a Winner!
- Brutal Mountain Bike Crash Recounted in College Paper
- Forty
- My First Cell Phone
- Mud Bath
- Intro
Index current as of October 13, 2024
A final note
As I
continue adding posts to this blog, I’ll list them here, in whatever category
list(s) they seem to fit, to keep this index current. If you think I’ve mis-categorized or
forgotten anything, e-mail me and let me know … after all, I’m all too human, and putting together this
index was more work than I’d expected. Also, the title of this post is a bit of a misnomer as it will often be incomplete. It’s hard to keep up!
In closing , I shall quote my favorite Thai waiter: “Enjoy please enjoy.”
The original albertnet Fifth Anniversary post
Well, a milestone came and went recently that I forgot to notice: the fifth anniversary of albertnet! I probably should have celebrated by putting up crepe paper and balloons and giving my readers free food, or at least a big discount. But this is only a blog and it’s free, so (as I often tell my kids) you’ll get nothing, and like it.
The original albertnet Fifth Anniversary post
Well, a milestone came and went recently that I forgot to notice: the fifth anniversary of albertnet! I probably should have celebrated by putting up crepe paper and balloons and giving my readers free food, or at least a big discount. But this is only a blog and it’s free, so (as I often tell my kids) you’ll get nothing, and like it.
Okay, fine, here are some balloons:
It did occur to me that I could use this occasion to finally undertake a project I’ve long considered worthwhile: creating an index of albertnet posts. Read on for a discussion of site navigation, categorization schemes, pageview rankings, and of course for the index itself. (If you’re not interested in the asides and just want to see the index, scroll down until you see “The categories” in a big bold font, and go from there.)
Site navigation
In Google’s perfect world, everybody would have a personal Blogger page and would go to his or her Reading List (aka “dashboard”) regularly to keep up on all the blogs that he or she is following. That way, you’d never miss a post. But I don’t think very many people ever do this. (I myself seldom do, because it’s too depressing: of the six blogs I follow, five have ground to a halt so it’s like looking at the obituaries of these blogs.)
You can always go to the albertnet home page, but of course most of my posts (~98%) are obscured by a tidy little file tree structure that you can’t be bothered with. How can I expect people to browse this blog when there’s lower lying fruit, like channel surfing, all around us?
One hypothetically useful navigational tool is the support of tags, aka labels, on each post. What? You’ve never seen these? They’re at the bottom of each post, along with the handy “Reaction” check-boxes that you also never noticed:
All you have to do is click on one of the labels, and Blogger will automatically search for other albertnet posts on that topic. The only problem is, it doesn’t give you a list of posts. It just barfs the posts themselves up on the screen, one after another, with the newest post at the top. This isn’t nearly as useful as a Google-style search results screen would be. (It’s kind of amazing Google hasn’t imposed its search-result uniformity on its Blogger sites.) Also, the results list only shows a few posts; to see the rest, you have to go all the way to the end and click “Older Posts.” A piece of advice: don’t waste your time with these labels.
But guess what? There’s also a little search bar at the top of the albertnet screen where you can type anything you want, and Blogger will search on that keyword within albertnet. It’s just above the masthead, to the left:
The only problem is, this doesn’t work very well either. You still don’t get a nice list of posts that you could choose from as from a menu. It’s more like a prix-fixe meal: one post spooling after another, as before. It’s basically useless.
So how does anybody find anything on my blog? Well, usually they don’t. Sometimes somebody Googles “albertnet” plus something else; for example, I see a recent search on “albertnet race rwport.” [Sic.] But I think mostly I have first-time readers stumbling on my blog with random Google searches.
(Or maybe not so random. I see, for this past week, the following thematically linked searches that had lead to albertnet pageviews:
- how long after vasectomy can I m…
- jerking off after vasectomy
- requirements for vasectomy in calif…
- scrotum sagging after vasectomy
So, my big celebration of five years of albertnet is to give you loyal albertnet readers a way to easily find past posts. But first I had to figure out how to categorize them—no easy feat given the almost random nature of my blog topics.
Categorization
The easiest category to come up with was the most popular, based on pageviews. Of course I have to take the pageview count with a grain of salt; probably a lot of pageviews are fraudsters poking around the Internet for whatever vulnerability they can find. There’s also no way to know whether somebody reads a post once he’s gotten to it. But I do believe that the posts with the most pageviews are the ones readers share with others. (I can see a post “tip” from time to time.) So I’ll include a list of the top ten posts as of today.
Note that if you’re supposing these ten top posts are the only ones you should check out, you should think again. First of all, this list is biased in favor of older posts, since the longer a post has been out there, the more pageviews it will scoop up. Also, this list is based on March, 2014; if you’re reading this long after that, this top-ten list is outdated (though I’ll be adding posts to the main index going forward). Meanwhile, these ten top posts combined comprise less than 20% of total pageviews, so they’re not exactly runaway favorites. In case you’re curious, here’s the breakdown as of March 8, 2014 (when I originally created this index):
[UPDATE: Here’s the index as of April 8, 2023. It’s not easy to tell, but each of the top four posts accounts for about 1% of all pageviews and the top 33 posts together comprise about 15% of the total:]
(Should I take a hint from my pageviews and try to tailor my posts to my perceived audience, to increase the popularity of my blog? No. First of all, I refuse to cater to the whims of an unknown and possibly hypothetical audience. Plus, there’s no single category into which the top ten posts currently fall. Finally, I’ve decided it’s impossible to predict what people will like no matter what metrics are used.)
Some posts simply defy categorization, like The Lotion Sniper, Mud Bath, and Bride Of “Pink Floyd The Wall.” Watch this space, because I’m planning to add a “Bits & Bobs” section to catch these oddball posts.
Many posts fit within more than one category. Some topics, like cycling, are too general to comprise a single category. But I’ve managed to cobble together categories that I think will be useful and representative.
Index current as of October 13, 2024
Many posts fit within more than one category. Some topics, like cycling, are too general to comprise a single category. But I’ve managed to cobble together categories that I think will be useful and representative.
Index current as of October 13, 2024
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