kodex Notes

2024-11-22T21:29:00Z

Our neighborhood park added monkey bars. Now we're overrun with drunk monkeys

2022-09-25T15:30:00Z

A blup is "a bad baby".

2022-01-28T11:39:00Z

And the award for Dumbest Emoji goes to...Mx Claus! 🧑‍🎄

2022-01-16T18:29:00Z

What do babies dream about?

2022-01-07T21:38:00Z

Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2021-12-25T11:00:00Z

Synopsis of a post-midnight conversation in the Koser household: --You haven't heard of this popular Beatles song? What rock have you been living under? --Christ, the Solid Rock. Boom. Mic dropped, walking away.

2021-11-21T20:25:00Z

Brian: “When I was a little boy, phones didn't have screens. You could only call and talk to people on the phone.”

Lydia: “(laughing) What were they thinking?!”

2021-11-02T22:02:00Z

How many go back full-time to public school in the next year and how many stay at home?

2021-10-19T12:30:00Z

What did the pizza say to his wife?

I'm feeling ranchy!

2021-10-13T11:11:00Z

My REST APIs are correct 200% of the time

2021-10-09T17:06:00Z

My idea for a YouTube series channel "Butt or Scotch": I will review brands of Scotch whisky. After taking a sip of the Scotch, if it's good, I'll say, "That's Scotch!" If it's bad, I'll say, "That's butt!"

2021-10-04T12:36:00Z

That is unexpectable!

2021-08-13T13:53:00Z

2021-08-11T14:18:00Z

From T. S. Eliot's Choruses from "The Rock":

They constantly try to escape From the darkness outside and within By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.

2021-07-24T21:25:00Z

Amber's nickname: Pork Snorpy

2021-07-04T09:57:00Z

David started using a paper dictionary:

My only regret is not realizing sooner how much I value qualities other than speed in my dictionarying – cleanliness, transparency, loyalty to my best interests, not to mention the refreshing physicality of the whole thing.

2021-06-12T11:09:00Z

Lydia's version of Hush Little Baby:

Hush my little baby
Don’t you cry
Daddy’s going to buy you a popping sleigh
If that popping sleigh pops away, 
Daddy’s going to buy you a goat with hay
If that goat eats all that hay,
Daddy’s going to buy you a diamond ring. 
If that diamond ring breaks to brass
Daddy’s going to buy you a cup of clear glass. 
If that cup breaks again
Daddy’s going to buy you a baby hen. 
If that hen had some chicks
Daddy will buy you a clock that ticks. 
If that clock doesn’t wake you up
Daddy’s going to buy you a rabbit skin. 
There is nothing wrong about that
So we’ll eat it up. 
Daddy’s going to buy you a hat.

2021-06-11T11:07:00Z

The 20-5-3 rule:

20 minutes every day outside
5 hours a month "semi-wild" like a national park
3 days a year off the grid in nature

2021-06-02T20:27:00Z

If I were a My Little Pony, I would have a purple body and curly yellow hair. My name would be "Daffil" and I would be a hairdresser, so my cutie mark would be a blow dryer.

2021-05-25T17:28:00Z

Good article, but the real takeaway is:

On macOS, you can open an emoji keyboard with ctrl + cmd + space. On Windows, you can open one with windows + .

2021-05-25T17:21:00Z

If you’re willing to embrace the grind you’ll look like a magician.

2021-05-18T09:44:00Z

Tim: “What's that song you're singing, Brian?”

Melissa: “It's from 'Wilbur's Spider'.”

Brian: “...You mean 'Charlotte's Web'?”

2021-05-16T15:24:00Z

2021-05-14T19:07:00Z

My cat name: Wobbleton

2021-05-12T14:08:00Z

The first free online copy of Domesday Book. With an interactive map!

2021-04-28T14:13:00Z

Excellent list. One of my favorites:

Naming things is fantastic. Everything on the screen should have a name. It’s better for your work. It’s better for accessibility. It’s better for your design. Take a table view and name it ‘Inbox’, ‘Screener’, or ‘Paper Trail’, and they suddenly mean something. What you do with them has changed. A good name transforms design and action.

2021-04-27T13:15:00Z

Koser's Theory of Leftovers: At midnight, leftovers are redistributed evenly

(E.g., if I eat 4 pizza slices, Melissa eats 2, and there are 2 slices left, we both get 1 slice the next day)

2021-04-27T11:48:00Z

A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.

— Frederik Pohl

2021-04-26T16:08:00Z

Tell a story. Find a story structure.

2021-04-26T15:39:00Z

How am I just now seeing this

2021-04-26T09:13:00Z

By betting on Starship, which entails a host of development risks, NASA is taking a chance on what would be a much brighter future. One in which not a handful of astronauts go to the Moon or Mars, but dozens and then hundreds. In this sense, Starship represents a radical departure for NASA and human exploration.

2021-04-23T14:57:00Z

An interesting book by an interesting man. The digitization story is also interesting.

2021-04-20T13:07:00Z

In the background I heard Amber doing a broken record repeat of "a dream is a wish your heart makes." A little bit later, Brian came up to show me a picture on his phone and said, "A bream is a fish in some lakes." 🤦‍♀️🙄

2021-04-13T11:46:00Z

Interesting essays on early animation

2021-03-27T21:55:00Z

Read one of these as a kid and loved it. I had no idea the series was so successful.

2021-03-25T09:59:00Z

2021-03-21T17:14:00Z

My favorite blog post in years.

2021-03-09T17:31:00Z

Gladdapadda!

2021-02-22T00:17:00Z

My and my guys all sleep on our backs. We call ourselves The Back Sleep Boys.

2021-02-22T00:16:00Z

Idea for an oven commercial: Hansel and Gretel can't fit the witch into the microwave

2021-02-04T16:04:00Z

API and webpage to link ISBNs with goodreads, WorldCat, and Amazon book IDs

2021-02-01T23:40:00Z

Willing to muddle

2021-01-29T15:00:00Z

2021-01-19T14:06:00Z

A guided tour that walks through the fundamentals of Git, inspired by the premise that to know a thing is to do it.

2021-01-19T13:59:00Z

Looks like a great beginner course

2021-01-19T11:54:00Z

2021-01-15T21:07:00Z

2021-01-14T16:33:00Z

2021-01-14T16:32:00Z

2021-01-14T16:04:00Z

A cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. The substitutions are the real star.

2021-01-14T16:03:00Z

2021-01-14T15:56:00Z

Free and liberated ebooks, carefully produced for the true book-lover.

2021-01-11T15:09:00Z

Ducks made some tape for me.

2020-12-29T09:17:00Z

This is dangerous

2020-12-28T20:43:00Z

My dog name ideas:

Rufiage
Jingle Llama
Featherpot

2020-12-25T00:00:00Z

Laughing at the ridiculous "Year With No Santa Claus" while playing Power Grid

2020-12-24T00:00:00Z

Christmas Eve: watching "It's A Wonderful Life" with the girls (their first time), looking at lights projector on ceiling while lying on mattress, eating chocolate, and opening the Mom Koser's gift

2020-12-18T00:00:00Z

Wrapping presents for Ruth with the girls

2020-12-14T00:00:00Z

Lydia lost her keychain at Publix, I prayed, and God immediately answered.

2020-12-06T22:20:00Z

Scott Rolen hit a homerun for my 10th birthday

2020-12-03T00:00:00Z

Having an impromptu romp with all three girls on the mattress after dinner. Tickles, pillow fights, horsey rides, and wrestling.❤️

2020-11-24T09:32:00Z

Can we criticize policies instead of dumb stuff like Joe Biden's pulpit saying, "The Office of the President Elect"?

2020-11-09T18:20:00Z

My TV shows:

Carrot Seed, Carrot Seed
Puppy Troll
Poodle Snack
Kitty Curl
Teddy the Bear

2020-11-04T10:15:00Z

We don't know the true name of the bear!!!?

2020-10-28T00:00:00Z

You're the least of my worries.

2020-10-20T21:33:00Z

See when a word was first used in print. Turns out I'm as old as "nano-bot", "gangsta rap", and "air quotes".

2020-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lydia taking her first shower by herself, and enjoying it immensely. "I love you, Mommy." Dancing to music afterwards.

2020-10-17T00:00:00Z

Holland Farm with the family. The corn pit; striding through the corn maze with Lydia and Ruth; the picnic by the car; sending Lydia and Amber on the zipline, each by herself; rolling through the big pipe with the girls giggling and trying to stay upright; the picnic at Bucee's.

2020-10-10T00:00:00Z

Melissa: I mocked it at first, but I've come to accept it.

Brian: Hey, that kind of describes our marriage!

2020-10-09T09:56:00Z

Analysts find the best scenario for economy emerges when a Democrat is President, but Republicans control Congress.

It depends on what you mean by "the economy". GDP? Stock market performance? Decreasing the poverty rate?

2020-10-09T00:00:00Z

Melissa: It's Friday night, what do you want to do?

Brian: Curl up with a sexy...book. But not Facebook. Facebook's a hussy.

2020-10-07T14:17:00Z

You should never assume that Google is in the right, but Oracle is always wrong.

2020-10-06T00:00:00Z

Folding the church laundry with Lydia. She helped because she wanted to.

2020-10-05T09:13:02Z

2020-10-05T09:13:01Z

2020-10-02T00:00:00Z

Singing "Do You Want to Be a Bullfrog?" as a family at the dinner table (to the tune of "Do You Want To Build a Snowman?")

2020-09-29T08:17:00Z

My band: Wee Wee Wonky Bomb

2020-09-25T13:12:00Z

His [President Warren G. Harding's] speeches left the impression of an army of pompous phrases moving over the landscape in search of an idea; sometimes these meandering words would actually capture a straggling thought and bear it triumphantly as a prisoner in their midst, until it died of servitude and overwork.

— William McAdoo

2020-09-22T15:34:00Z

In the animated movie Hercules, I wonder why Disney used the Greek name for the ruler of the underworld, Hades, and not his Latin name, Pluto?

2020-09-19T13:21:00Z

So next time someone tells you we shouldn't be eating food that's been genetically modified, you can tell them we already are.

2020-09-13T00:00:00Z

Melissa: Ooo, I know what I'll do for your funeral! I'll release a balloon to represent your soul rising to Heaven, and it'll be teal because that was your favorite color--

Brian: No, don't do that.

Melissa: But as we celebrate your life--

Brian: Celebrate me now, not at my funeral! I want you to be sad when I die; I was a cool guy!

2020-09-03T00:00:00Z

Melissa: If I wear that, people will think I'm gay.

Brian: They won't think that with a hunk like me walking beside you!

2020-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the Hutt house, playing with Amber and keeping Lydia company while she used the restroom.

2020-08-16T00:00:00Z

Melissa: He's got a sexy, smoldering look.

Brian: Yep, that's what you want in a doctor.

2020-08-10T00:00:00Z

The girls dressed in princess dresses, sweetly singing happy birthday to me while I lay in bed ❤️

2020-08-07T00:00:00Z

Brian doing a ridiculously energetic and hilarious dance to "Wiggle Through the Night", a song on the girls' microphone

2020-07-27T00:00:00Z

Trying to guess the names of classical music tunes; laughing because Brian tried to sound educated so many times

2020-07-19T00:00:00Z

Laughing with Brian while watching "Baggage" with Jomboy and Jake on YouTube

2020-07-16T12:07:00Z

On 02/02/2020 GitHub captured a snapshot of every active public repository. Those millions of repos were then archived to hardened film designed to last for 1,000 years, and stored in the GitHub Arctic Code Vault in a decommissioned coal mine deep beneath an Arctic mountain in Svalbard, Norway.

2020-07-14T00:00:00Z

A Leaf For My Boo, Adam's autobiography

2020-07-13T00:00:00Z

Doing the sandwich song with the girls, one parent holding the feet and the other their hands

2020-07-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing with Brian while reading My Immortal

2020-06-30T15:05:00Z

Clothing that injects junk license plate data into surveillance systems

2020-06-30T00:00:00Z

Is that how we want to raise our children? As elephant racists?

2020-06-16T00:00:00Z

Looks like you're faced with Sophie's Choice: do you shoot your peanut butter child, or your chocolate child?

2020-06-14T00:00:00Z

Church softball game--Brian hit really well each time at bat, and later got Philip Wedge out between first and second base.

2020-05-21T00:00:01Z

Daughter sandwich song with the girls right before bed

2020-05-21T00:00:00Z

Beating Michael and Esther at Wingspan on our first playthrough

2020-05-13T10:34:00Z

There's only so many things you can care about in a day, and Josh McDaniels is never going to be one of them.

— Michael Wilbon, May 12, 2020

2020-05-10T00:00:00Z

Creating a conspiracy theory with Brian about Japan having faster-than-light space travel!

2020-05-08T15:52:00Z

If every animal is special, and each one has its own, unique intelligence, then why should we be any more enamored of the octopus than, say, the clownfish or the clam?

2020-04-07T16:40:00Z

2020-04-07T00:00:00Z

Brian sang rock-a-bye-baby to Amber in the voice of the Swedish Chef as he swung her around, and she giggled uproariously.

2020-04-06T10:46:00Z

Oh my God

2020-03-28T00:00:01Z

Lydia, while you were sleeping we tattooed a wolf on your butt. And if you don't believe me, you can go show your butt to your mother and ask her.

2020-03-28T00:00:00Z

I never listen to the haters. And it's a good thing, because they're never right.

2020-03-26T00:00:00Z

Brian brought Penny to sit on our bed, and she just started laughing with delight and shaking from side to side in her happiness at seeing us.

2020-03-25T00:00:00Z

Brian beat me by one point in Terraforming Mars, but then as we were putting the game away we discovered a card that gave me an extra two points which I'd forgotten to count.

2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Brian playing with the girls on the mattress--letting them walk up his legs, body slamming, crawling under each other.

2020-03-08T00:00:00Z

I don't think Jesus was paying for the bodies. Those are a bonus.

2020-02-29T00:00:00Z

Eating lunch at Michael and Esther's house after playing at the park, and Brian just looked so manly and gorgeous.

2020-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was 8:30 at night, and Brian and I hadn't eaten. I had wanted to make burgers, but it just kept getting later and later as we tried to get the kids into bed at a decent hour. Finally they were down, but since it was so late I considered just scrounging. Brian, self-sacrificing that he is, said that would be fine with him. I felt dissatisfied with how the night was turning out, and after a minute of internal debate declared I was going to make the burgers anyway. He looked so pleased, I knew I’d made the right decision.

2020-02-11T11:17:00Z

2020-02-11T00:00:00Z

Shen Yun performance with Brian

2020-02-08T00:00:00Z

Playing with Lydia and Amber on Saturday morning, carrying them in our arms and treating them like babies. They loved it, and were so sweet, cute, and giggly.

2020-02-01T00:00:00Z

Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall come into the living room.

2020-01-31T21:12:00Z

Amazing

2020-01-27T16:37:00Z

2020-01-23T09:40:00Z

Former co-worker Mike Kastrantas's arcade game records on Twin Galaxies

2020-01-22T08:42:00Z

I can't think of a good analogy for this

2020-01-13T11:40:00Z

Goodreads recommendations need work

2020-01-12T11:40:00Z

Eating lunch with the family at the table. Everyone was happy and content, eating well without complaining, and we read Little House. It's the most peaceful and content I've felt in a long time.

2020-01-11T00:00:00Z

Melissa: If everyone in the congregation is in the choir, who will they sing to?

Brian: God. Boom! Mic dropped.

2020-01-04T00:00:00Z

You know what they say, love is an action. Also known as sex.

2020-01-02T00:00:00Z

Podcasting with Brian for the first time since Penny was born

2019-12-23T09:15:00Z

Gary Larson, welcome to the internet

2019-12-08T12:05:00Z

My dream: I dreamed about poop and the upside-down world

2019-11-27T14:54:00Z

I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows.

2019-11-01T19:56:00Z

Mine and Amber's sandwich: Wolf and Moon Jelly

2019-10-16T10:26:00Z

The WCE somehow comes up with 242 Catholic denominations. That should be a big glaring red flag that it has been a bit—how shall we say?—free and loose with the word “denomination.”

2019-10-15T18:24:02Z

My movie: "Cats Poop Everywhere But Not in the House"

2019-10-15T18:24:01Z

My movie: "Insulation Monkey"

2019-10-12T08:13:00Z

The funniest word is "hornk".

2019-10-07T12:27:00Z

My game: "Hippos Are Dead: Bad Guys Don't Like Animals"

2019-09-30T23:21:10Z

I can't help being linear

2019-09-30T23:21:00Z

Josh Wainwright's bird: the Indignant Dirt Dobbler

2019-09-09T21:04:00Z

Never knew Pantone had a color of the year!

2019-07-22T19:43:00Z

My philosophy: When you go through life being amazing, amazing things happen.

2019-06-24T21:53:00Z

Daniel's Razor: The Daniel Special at Sushi Cafe is always better than you expect, even taking into account Daniel's Razor.

(Apologies to Hofstadter's Law)

2019-05-18T09:12:00Z

😲

2019-05-14T20:57:00Z

This is really in-depth. If you want the biggest bang for your buck, just turn off all notifications.

2019-05-14T09:10:00Z

2019-05-13T21:35:00Z

Orange Juice and Coke isn't crazy!

2019-05-10T10:06:00Z

Museum of Websites: A hand-curated gallery of how famous internet companies have changed over time.

2019-04-25T16:13:00Z

Foods we started eating from this article: sardines (still need to find bone-in), seaweed, chicken liver (the paté recipe is great). Also love:

Make a household rule that you have to take at least 7 bites before deeming a food “yucky.”

2019-04-18T19:22:00Z

Matt Koser:

An apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze.

2019-04-11T10:29:00Z

I had a whole gaggle of 100-point bucks in my sights, sleeping peacefully on their feet, like cows.

2019-04-01T11:44:00Z

It's a problem if you have more Goodreads friends than books marked "read" on Goodreads

2019-03-14T20:58:00Z

Every scene was a post credits scene until the 1960s

2018-12-31T15:43:00Z

Project name idea: Brianstorm

2018-12-15T11:02:00Z

2018-12-11T08:41:00Z

Oh the huge manatee!

2018-12-02T18:20:00Z

Manatee of manatees, all is manatee.

2018-08-02T07:54:00Z

If I'm ever on the run in Mexico, I'll use the alias "Jorge Curioso"

2018-07-13T12:02:00Z

2018-06-29T09:46:00Z

Mike Moore:

Because he's a cool dude with great taste and he loves lamb.

2018-06-28T23:16:00Z

The are two hard things in computer science: originality and profundity.

2018-06-28T19:37:00Z

The library is a gym for the mind.

2018-06-27T15:17:00Z

Case-by-case sensitive

2018-06-25T16:18:00Z

2018-06-10T18:27:00Z

2018-04-26T09:01:00Z

Art's power is intuitive, not didactic.

2018-03-09T17:02:00Z

I googled "clown names" and was disappointed in humanity

2018-01-19T10:22:00Z

2017-12-28T14:53:00Z

A fantasy map creator

2017-12-28T14:52:00Z

Music genre map

2017-12-19T16:02:00Z

Still disappointed we never got my imagined sequels to Super Smash Bros Melee and Brawl:

Super Smash Bros Fracas
Super Smash Bros Donnybrook
Super Smash Bros Brouhaha

2017-12-18T08:19:00Z

And Google spoils another movie. Thanks Google

2017-11-22T09:00:00Z

Really, one could argue that the worst mistake Huff made was one that all of us have made at one point or another. He went to New Jersey.

2017-11-14T18:49:00Z

Broinlaw

2017-10-17T16:19:00Z

That time all the Pocket trending articles were about AI

2017-10-03T18:24:00Z

I Am Groat

2017-08-25T11:27:00Z

If we could choose any superpower, I'd pick 'slowing time' and Melissa would pick 'telekinesis'. So my power would let me do more work, and hers would let her do less ☺️

2017-07-28T22:33:00Z

A penny saved is a second wasted.

2017-07-21T08:46:00Z

Tim: “There's some cuff links hanging from his rear view mirror.”

Brian: “That's weird to see in Alabama.”

Tim: “I meant to say 'handcuffs'.”

Brian: “Oh. Never mind then.”

2017-07-18T10:10:00Z

2017-07-15T18:30:00Z

If a picture is worth one thousand words, a novel is only worth a 3-second video (80,000 words; 80 pictures; 24 FPS).

2017-07-06T18:56:00Z

A for Affort

2017-07-02T23:41:00Z

Stay implausibly fine

2017-06-09T13:39:00Z

2017-05-12T14:47:00Z

It's gonna be one of those lives.

2017-05-09T17:18:00Z

If capitalism runs its course, we're going to end up with The Gulf of Taco Bell.

2017-03-15T15:44:00Z

I need you to finish that as soon as possible. Sooner than that, if possible.

2016-12-19T09:04:00Z

I enter a password on my phone to open my password manager app so I can get the password for my app that lets me send my clipboard to my PC so I can send a website password from my phone to my PC. 😔

2016-12-12T10:30:00Z

You catch more flies with flypaper than with honey.

2016-11-25T17:25:00Z

Steak 'n Shake: it's nice enough that you can take people there, but cheap enough that you can take people there.

2016-11-15T20:29:00Z

On a scale from e to π, you're a solid 3.

2016-11-05T23:59:00Z

Boo sucky boo!

2016-09-05T22:35:00Z

Butterly Ridiculous

2016-09-04T13:38:00Z

Lydia: “(Pointing at object) This?”

Melissa: “That's a stepstool.”

Brian: “That's right! It's called that because Mommy had it before she got married.”

2016-08-29T16:32:00Z

The data must flow

2016-08-06T17:12:00Z

He wouldn't know a seal if it came up and honked him on the nose.

2016-07-27T20:13:00Z

Comfort Creatures

2016-07-09T23:03:00Z

Booboose!

2016-06-30T18:36:00Z

Don't feel judged, feel nudged.

2016-06-28T11:11:00Z

How serious, on a scale from pudding to death?

2016-06-10T12:26:00Z

We're smoking on all cylinders now!

2016-05-23T09:04:00Z

My dad:

I like the jib of your chin.

2016-04-28T23:39:00Z

Even a stopped duck quacks twice a day.

2015-12-03T10:26:00Z

"Us lions."

2015-05-09T11:00:00Z

A short duck with a sudden suck

2015-03-28T08:37:00Z

Reading is staring at marked slices of a tree, hallucinating vividly.

Katie Oldham

2015-03-05T08:10:00Z

My attempt at a Wodehousian character observation:

He was the sort of man who blew his nose and then examined his handkerchief with interest.

2015-03-04T11:18:00Z

I'm sorry to be the Baron of Bad News

2014-07-04T19:01:00Z

From a Japanese Christmas card:

In this peaceful season, in these beautiful days, I decide to present you with my heartly miss and suitable bless.

2014-07-04T18:59:00Z

I'm the Laura Ingalls Wilder of nonsensical analogies.

2014-07-04T18:58:00Z

I have the hunger of one thousand tiny men, each one thousand times smaller than an ordinary man.

2014-04-16T12:02:00Z

If I became a pirate in India, I would call myself, "Jolly Rajah".

2014-04-09T10:47:00Z

I knew you cared, I just didn't know how much.

2014-03-27T09:24:00Z

Everyone ignores the first "R" in "February". I like to add one to make up for it. Frebruary.

2014-03-07T15:36:00Z

Million-dollar idea: kangaroo pants