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title: "Greatest Hits Vol. 2, the Babble Bits"
date: 2008-04-26T13:21:21-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2008/04/26/greatest-hits-vol-2-the-babble-bits/
author: Les Orchard
tags: [metablogging, retrospective, entries]
---

# Greatest Hits Vol. 2, the Babble Bits

Following right on the heels of [Greatest Hits Vol. 1](http://decafbad.com/blog/2008/04/26/greatest-hits-vol-1-the-tinkery-bits) is another volume, this time including the entries that were more made of babble or ramble and not so much with code.  Again I welcome additions, comments, criticisms, and complaints.

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- 2007 Sep 25: [l.m.orchard's OPML blog: Tuesday, September 25, 2007](http://blogs.opml.org/decafbad/2007/09/25)
    - My dad passed away, and I tried to take something positive away from it.
- 2006 Sep 18: [Just call me "Crash"](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/09/18/just-call-me-crash)
    - The conditions for my hermitage in Silicon Valley were established early.
- 2006 Aug 09: [Hacking del.icio.us is out and about!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/08/09/hacking-delicious-is-out-and-about)
    - Wherein I celebrate my second book appearing on store shelves.
- 2006 Jun 24: [Go West, Young Man!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/06/24/go-west-young-man)
    - The one where we pack it all up and head to California.
- 2006 Jun 09: [Wedding Day is Today](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/06/09/wedding-day-is-today)
    - An announcement of becoming the luckiest man on the planet.
- 2006 May 26: [Confessions of a Serial Enthusiast](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/26/confessions-of-a-serial-enthusiast)
    - An analysis of my inability to finish anything on my own site.
- 2006 Feb 09: [A Long-Tailed Creative Yawp](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/02/09/a-long-tailed-creative-yawp)
    - A celebration of the long tail and befriendable creators.
- 2006 Jan 27: [Don't Pee in the Potato Chips](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/01/27/dont-pee-in-the-potato-chips)
    - Wherein I try to acknowledge some of the things I owe to Dave Winer and be nice in the future.
- 2006 Jan 01: [Look, Mom, I'm on the radio!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/01/01/look-mom-im-on-the-radio)
    - I got interviewed on a radio show about my first book, yay!
- 2005 Sep 13: [Hacking RSS and Atom is out!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/09/13/hacking-rss-and-atom-is-out)
    - Wherein I celebrate my first book hitting the shelves.
- 2005 Jun 17: [We're engaged!](http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/06/17/were-engaged)
    - An announcement of intention of becoming the luckiest man on the planet.
- 2005 Jan 07: [Beginner’s Mind versus Teacher’s Mind](http://decafbad.com/blog/2005/01/07/beginners-mind-versus-teachers-mind)
    - Cultivating an open mind and an attenuated ego.
- 2004 Dec 03: [If you snore, get tested for sleep apnea. Now.](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/12/03/if-you-snore-get-tested-for-sleep-apnea-now)
    - Sleep apnea sucks.  If you snore, get checked out.
- 2004 Nov 02: [I ran out of costume ideas](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/11/02/ipodcostume)
    - The one where I dress up like an iPod for Halloween.
- 2004 Oct 11: [All Growed Up as an Info Freako](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/11/allgrowedup)
    - A reflection on how I grew up to be this odd and information addicted.
- 2004 Oct 07: [Falling for the Podcasting Hype](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/10/07/podcastinghype)
    - Wherein I express my early interest in podcasting, despite or because of amateurism.
- 2004 Jul 14: [Dork Funk](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/07/14/dork-funk)
    - Another periodic navel-gaze into my life as a blogger and a dork.
- 2004 May 25: [I was a pre-teen Transactor author wannabe (and still am!)](http://decafbad.com/blog/2004/05/25/i-was-a-pre-teen-transactor-author-wannabe-and-still-am)
    - A declaration of what my perfect blog might look like.
- 2003 Jul 23: [This evening’s sleep brought to me by science](http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/07/23/sleep-apnea)
    - Wherein I first start using a CPAP machine and treat my sleep apnea.  Go get tested if you snore.
- 2003 Oct 16: [Seeking Out Opposites](http://decafbad.com/blog/2003/10/16/seeing-out-opposites)
    - Another way to keep forcing brain expansion.