The Annals

2009
Nov
07
What Will Become?
“So there's this girl who thinks she's no good because she's like me and you you know she makes mistakes does not nice things does ...”
Oct
19
Dinner on 19 October 2009
“Tonight for my dinner group I cooked an assortment of dishes: 1. Greek-inspired beef. I bought ...”
Sep
10
Real, or Ideal? OR What To Name A Post When No Cohesive Theme Binds It Together
“1. Academia Last night I went to the "Evening for New Graduate Students" at BYU (which ...”
Aug
31
So Far, So Good
“Of course, having a good first day as a graduate student is bound to be ...”
26
21
Jul
23
Susan
“I keep postponing this post, but the postponed, post-pondering, shall now be posted! By the way, ...”
13
08
Brain Dump
“Just a bunch of thoughts.... I'm really tired right now. Last night I got distracted by ...”
Jun
13
This is for all you geeks out there
“I will liken my cleaning habits unto a garbage-collected memory management system. I store most ...”
09
Apr
30
Pandemonium
“You know, it's kind of easy to get freaked out about a possibly approaching tidal ...”
25
Powers of Two
“Okay, I know I just had a post called "Two Ideas". I guess I'm feeling ...”
The Poet's Trap
“I must avoid becoming a cliché poet. Not just the use of cliché phrases Do I fear But ...”
"And Ye Would Not!"
“I "So, what now?" he asked Deep worry on his royal brow. "We attack," his man replied. "We make ...”
21
Two Ideas
“These ideas have rather caught my attention: About the Semantic Web, see this TED talk by ...”
20
Why...
“...are eBooks embracing DRM while online music stores are abandoning it? What's the difference aside ...”
16
Dubious Honor, But See The Show!
“Well, I'm not quite sure what it says about my not-quite-nascent acting career (they said ...”
Now I Have No Excuse
“Here's a list of the highly varied recommendations I received in response to my last ...”
07
Official Announcement and Official Request
“Announcement I'm starting the Master's program in computer science at BYU in the fall! That means ...”
Quixotesque
“Don Quixote was published something like 400 years ago in archaic Spanish that I can ...”
01
Day of Deceit
“The painfully obvious "Scientists worldwide admit global warming is a hoax" is actually pretty good. ...”
Mar
30
When Dating Is Like Writing And One Is Prone To Writer's Block
“I date like an artist. In both works of art (especially writing) and in dating, ...”
13
By Very Small Means
“A drip, a drop, Percolate, plop, Pooling, puddling, Flowing, flooding, Torrent tearing, Eroding, wearing, Gully grinding, Chasm winding, Until is seen from outer ...”
02
A Quick Rebuttal
“I wish to respond to this. 1. Do you really consider Putin's presidency -- which so ...”
Feb
14
But I Do
“With words, sweet words -- the currency of the day --- He tells how you've won ...”
08
Mormonism Unveiled! (Again!)
“ A Harvard Latter-day Saint girl named Rachel Esplin explains Mormonism in the above video. I ...”
01
Jan
31
Bang!
“He was backed into a corner. The Apache Kid's tenure as sheriff had been a ...”
21
Quote: Old Truths
“Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. ...”
19
18
11
Ideologue-y
“Do you ever feel that the previous generation just sees you as another potential acolyte ...”
08
Quote: Meaning, Grace, and Fulfillment
“In the end, the number of prayers we say may contribute to our happiness, but ...”
2008
Dec
31
Wasn't Me
“Accusations are being made (ahem... Gabe!) and it's time to defend myself: no, I did ...”
25
Upon A Christmas Night
“White flakes of snow spun and swirled outside, while the dated heater raged like a ...”
Merry Christmas from the National Weather Service!
“ Winter Storm Warning Spokane Area (Washington) URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 1038 PM PST ...”
23
Newly Cursed :-)
“Well, Kent and Dayna were so kind as to give me a ride to the ...”
21
Haunted Harry
“Great stories have a way of making me reflect on my life, remember how it ...”
19
Change
“Change. Things are changing. Some of these are unhappy changes, and in many ways the ...”
14
A Question for my Loyal Readers
“I have a multi-part question for you guys: Do you have a Google account? If so, do ...”
07
Epitaph Upon A Dream (For Tender Hearts)
“28 November 2008 When everything's all wrong And, in that life that you imagined, Someone else now plays ...”
Nov
25
Code
“Software projects I've developed or contributed to: BYU Natural Language Processing Laboratory Feature Engineering Console Spoken Language Identification ...”
22
20
Cyclops
“by A. S. Pushkin Translation by Josh Hansen All at once losing tongue and mind, I look at ...”
15
10
The Public Square Segregated
“I read and then replied to some comments on somebody's note on Facebook regarding the ...”
09
Familiar Territory
“My sincere apologies, friends, but I must impose upon your eyes, web browsers, and feed ...”
08
Religious Values and Public Policy
“Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of ...”
06
Obamanymy
“One of the great things about the impending presidency of Barack Hussein Obama is that ...”
05
03
Why My Blog's Seemed Boring Lately
“Hello dear, devoted(?) fans! I owe you an explanation. Those of you who have just been ...”
01
Choice, Compulsion, Popular Opinion, and the Public Interest
“Choice Relative to our own capability to act, believe, intend, or feel in various ways, choice ...”
Choose
“There comes a point for all of us where we simply have to make a ...”
Oct
31
Papers
“Published Papers "Gutenberg's Heir: The Internet As An Agent of Linguistic Change." SCHWA: Linguistic Perspectives on ...”
30
Choice and Belief: A Deliberately Credulous Introduction
“It's been a little while since posting, and there's a reason: I've been sitting on ...”
17
Jabs
“I've never posted a video before as far as I can remember, but this was ...”
16
Psalm 37:21
“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. Interesting....”
14
Gotta Write
“So I just have this urge to write something for the world -- more to ...”
08
Super-Quick
“A super-quick, late-night post: Craziness of project for school, craziness of trying (with varying degrees of ...”
03
Thus Quoth Kissinger
“Russia Blog is running a recent editorial from the International Herald Tribune in which Henry ...”
02
The Dark Bailout
“Via Greg Mankiw: ”
Sep
27
Our Own Advice
“Says Robert Shimer via Greg Mankiw's blog: The U.S. has long been a beacon of free ...”
Bailin' on Palin
“In case there are any Republican bosses / campaign strategists reading this blog, here's a ...”
25
When Vader Bails People Out...
“Raghuram G. Rajan, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund said: Where are the titans ...”
24
More Options
“Brookings Institution: Concerns about the Treasury Rescue Plan”
Power Grab
“The Paulson Plan is a dud. No, wait, I take it back. It's not a ...”
23
Worse Than The Disease
“NO!!! Forget about the election. Forget about the war. Forget about it all, because by the ...”
07
Ninja
“I'd just sat down to study Artificial Intelligence or somesuch, With much nodding and much drowsing (You always ...”
Aug
23
Retrospective on a Meaningful Friendship
“5 July 2008 You've grown in beauty since I came here, Grown in gentleness, and candor. And, while ...”
Obamanomists
“If the economic policy of Barack Obama is "Obamanomics," then its practitioners must be "Obamanists." ...”
The Hulk: Incredible?
“Just saw The Incredible Hulk for free due to the generosity of a friend of ...”
15
Boko Maru
“At a jazz festival I once heard a band called Boko Maru. They were really ...”
Conflicting Views of Georgia
“I'm not sure who out there has been paying attention to this when they could ...”
06
Jul
29
25
Comment Policy
“You no longer need to be logged in to comment on joshhansen.net. Just give a ...”
18
Dark-ness
“SPOILER WARNING! Don't read the second part of this post if you haven't seen The ...”
17
One Good Reason To Stay Up Till 2:03 AM
“This paper: Unsupervised Analysis for Decipherment Problems. Boring as it might sound, I think I ...”
16
Waiting in Line
“Normally time spent waiting in lines is utterly wasted. Just scratch it off of the ...”
15
School
“Degrees Enrolling in the Master's program in Computer ...”
13
T is for Tokyo
“That's good enough for Cookie Monster. Problem is, the skyline at the top of my ...”
11
About Josh
“My name is Josh Hansen, and this is my website! I'm a Washington boy with ...”
Enter Monstropolitan
“I've been wanting to do this for a long time -- merge my public ¡Oye, ...”
Outta Here
“And here is the geekish last post from my Ziggity Zam family blog: To use the ...”
On The Road Again: Bidding Farewell to The Vato
“This is the momentous final post from my old ¡Oye, vato! blog. Shed a virtual ...”
Birdwatching With Dad
“8 May 2008 An osprey screeches. Again. Wait on rippling lake Begins, Companioned by a solitary Wind. Today In the land of the ...”
Song for a Gecko
“Oh once I spotted old Gremio Climb 'board ship off to sea, The goodship Petasatus His dest'ny for ...”
01
Today in the Life of Josh
“ Awake a bit after noon, shocked to have slept so late. (Gotta set an alarm!) Standard ...”
Jun
20
17
A Friend's Poem
“After about 5 years of separation from most of my earthly belongings, I finally went ...”
13
Oh, Senators, Again!
“Related to my public outrage against the farm bill, the Swine Line lets us know ...”
The Epic of Zagmurf
“I went to Cheney to visit Susanna yesterday, and had a great time. After going ...”
10
Pay-As-You-Drive?
“There is a proposal for Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance. Your insurance rate is per-mile, not per-6-month-term. ...”
07
Oh, Senators!
“"Senate" is a from Latin word basically meaning "old folks". You'd think with all of ...”
05
Mar
14
06
"That Evil May Be Done Away"
“The most recent issue of BYU Political Review is well worth reading. In particular, I ...”
02
Feb
16
Being Postsuppositional
“My thinking has started along many of these lines before, but I never followed them ...”
15
Flags
“And a harsh foreign policy view by means of color-coded flags. ”
It Cuts Deep
“Mwa ha ha, you fools! You thought it mattered who gets elected this fall! Oh ...”
08
Driven by Cruelty
“Strange how a nation whose people pride themselves so much in fair treatment of each ...”
Jan
29
Immigration's Economic Key
“Problems With the Romney Plan Mitt Romney's plan to end illegal immigration worries me. In particular, ...”
13
Dance Party
“I went to a dance party tonight. It was almost against my will - I ...”
Crosswalk
“I was walking home from the library. As I was nearing crosswalk, a guy coming ...”
2007
Dec
Nov
26
Some Political Thoughts
“Largely based on discussions of egregious violations of the Constitution by the Bush presidency, and ...”
14
Standing Against the Tide
“ Many people believe that the United States should execute a precipitous withdrawal from Iraq. I ...”
A Return to Blogism
“My good friend Michelle pointed out with disappointment that I hadn't posted anything to my ...”
Jul
17
Followup Links
“These links seem relevant to my previous post:Myths and Realities of the George Bush PresidencyIncumbent ...”
Jun
16
We Are Children of God
“What does this mean? Here are some ideas: The all-consuming fire of God's love There is simply ...”
15
I Disapprove: English Immersion as Foolishness and Arrogance
“See this link about English immersion education programs. English immersion sounds like something that foreigners ...”
May
25
En españa - totally soaked, newly conscious
“I'm completely wet. Tonight we're going to see the new Pirates movie, Piratas del carribe ...”
16
See also / Vease también
“http://spainstudy2007.blogspot.com/”
15
12
Apr
25
Read This
“A summary of surveys on Muslim attitudes towards sharia, a "global Caliphate," democracy, and the ...”
11
An Introduction to Secret Combinations
“Thousands of years ago somewhere in Central America thrived two opposing civilizations, the Nephites and ...”
Feb
23
22
Life
“I recently had a debate with my roommate about a very significant issue: how do ...”
17
Did you know...
“That one of the main themes in the soundtrack from The Hudsucker Proxy comes from ...”
Jan
30
¿Y México? ¡Se fue!
“Some seemingly bad news: my trip to Mexico has been canceled on account of insufficient ...”
03
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
“I just listened to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge while ...”
2006
Sep
22
Automated Merger of GEDCOM Files
“Have you ever had the misfortune of having to merge two GEDCOM files while doing ...”
Aug
16
Counterpoint
“This is my response to the email I received from “La Russophobe,” whose blog I ...”
Point
“I reproduce here an email I received in response to my previous post, “How to ...”
03
How to Tell Constructive Writing from Diatribe
“Alright friends, I’m going to ask you to compare two blog posts. After that we’ll ...”
Jul
31
BYU Dating Reform: Part 1
“So over at Date Club Prophecies you’ll find a pseudo-serious but still thought provoking (in ...”
30
Eighties Heritage Month
“Paris makes more than the law, it makes the fashion –Victor Hugo in Les Miserables Would it ...”
28
Learning C++
“I’m taking (actually, retaking) Computer Science 240 right now. So I’m learning C++. This is ...”
I Cast Mine Pod at Thee!
“Lately I’ve been listening to the UbuntuOS podcast about the Ubuntu Linux distro. It’s a ...”
15
Amigote vuelve a levantarse la cabeza fea
“Ahhhhrrhrhrhrhhaarrrrhhhhhh! That’s the sound of a thousand joints popping and creaking as I stretch out ...”
Apr
29
18
The World According To Me
“Okay, I just took the “Are you a neoconservative?” quiz at the Christian Science Monitor ...”
Feb
23
Radio Free Monticello
“Join the fight to free the tenants! http://www.radiofreemonticello.info ”
21
NetLing Release and Website
“From the Release Announcement: The bits are on the wire and NetLing is live! See the ...”
Jan
29
Down with Eclipse.org’s Flirtation with Playboy
“Okay, this irks me. Good old Eclipse, the Java development environment, is taking advantage of ...”
2005
Dec
31
Wordpress 2
“Hello! In addition to continued outrages in Russia and China, there’s another change going on ...”
What Are We Doing?
“What are we doing becoming so cozy with China? How long can we continue to ...”
29
Ukraine and Yuschenko Stand Firm on Gas
“Forbes reports that Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko has rejected a Russian loan as a means ...”
The Return of Russian Despotism
“This Washington Post article sums up the state of affairs in Russia. Key points include: ...”
27
Longing and Delight
“The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray ...”
23
Performancing - What’s the License?
“The folks over at Performancing are offering a pretty nifty Firefox extension that allows blogging ...”
14
Wikipedia: no muy autoritario
“So, there’s all kinds of stink lately as a result of Wikipedia’s defamatory information debacle. ...”
11
Amigote: a blog identity crisis!
“Ok, I’ve begun the process of developing my own theme for this blog. It’s ancestry ...”
10
Shanwei/Dongzhou Massacre
“Please read and compare the Chinese state news agency’s report on the massacre to this ...”
What Happened to Open Debate? (More on Lieberman)
“This article at the New York Times reveals an interesting perspective on Senator Lieberman’s position ...”
08
MOVING
“ Ok, once again I’m moving the site. We’re going to http://blog.thetikihut.net because I wanted to have ...”
06
Joe Lieberman: voice of reason?
“Now, Mr. Lieberman is talking straight and making sense. He just got back from a ...”
03
Date With Destiny
“Here is my group’s film for the 2005 Oscars competition: Date With Destiny. ”
Firefox 1.5 Bursts Free? Sneaks Out
“Firefox 1.5 has been released. For a list of the crazy new features, check here. ...”
02
Russian squirrel pack ‘kills dog’
“ Another sign that Russia’s welfare system has seen much better days. Read it here. Thanks to ...”
Oct
27
Another Call for Sanity
“Another call for sanity has been issued by Jem Matzan of the Jem Report: I’m ...”
21
MORE OpenOffice
“There’s some more discussion over here and over here that resembles some of my thoughts ...”
08
07
OpenOffice
“I’d also like to say that in general OpenOffice.org is a pretty lame piece of ...”
Cute Girls
“They look wonderful. They smell wonderful. They’re wonderful to hug. I’m a big fan of ...”
01
"That's a Promise!"
“In a recent interview, KDE developer Zack Rusin made some bold and (from my point ...”
Jun
17
Photography and Computational Linguistics
“***The albums aren’t working right now :-( *** Now you get to see a random image ...”
16
It Begins
“Thus begins the new blog of Josh Hansen. Behold its awesomeness!”
2004
Feb
17
Sense and Sensibility
“Just watched "Sense and Sensibility" last night. The most striking thing to me in the ...”
Jan
29
Basics
“A bit of the basics: Ok, so a little bit more about this blog, or rather, ...”
Tales from the Tree
“Well, hello! Welcome to Tales from the Tree or whatever I called this place. Note: Tales ...”
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