Blog Archive

• Afghanistan 76
  • Sep 10, 2019 New book, new ways to order Sep 10, 2019
  • Nov 13, 2018 In Afghanistan, watching someone learn to code for the first time Nov 13, 2018
  • Nov 5, 2018 Learn Pashto with Podcasts Nov 5, 2018
  • Jun 5, 2018 My new book: The Taliban Reader Jun 5, 2018
  • Jan 31, 2018 Fuzzy Searching and Foreign Name Recognition Jan 31, 2018
  • Jan 17, 2018 Tabula for extracting table data from PDFs Jan 17, 2018
  • Dec 7, 2016 The Taliban on the Clintons (May 2000) Dec 7, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Reading the Taliban: Himal Magazine article Dec 2, 2016
  • Oct 27, 2016 Kael Weston on Sources and Methods Oct 27, 2016
  • Oct 13, 2016 On the demise of afghanistannewscenter.com Oct 13, 2016
  • Oct 5, 2016 Coming Soon: The Taliban Reader Oct 5, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Aug 21, 2016 Learn all the districts of Afghanistan with Anki! Aug 21, 2016
  • Dec 26, 2015 Reading the Afghan Taliban: 67 Sources You Should Be Studying Dec 26, 2015
  • Nov 29, 2015 'Obedience to the Amir', or how the Afghan Taliban govern Nov 29, 2015
  • Nov 1, 2015 Vanishing Interest in Afghanistan Nov 1, 2015
  • Sep 24, 2015 Taliban public punishments, 1996–2001 Sep 24, 2015
  • Aug 28, 2015 AFP covers the Taliban Sources Project Aug 28, 2015
  • Dec 10, 2014 New book: An Educator's Tale Dec 10, 2014
  • Sep 16, 2014 Our First Publication: "I Am Akbar Agha", Memoir of a Taliban Insider Sep 16, 2014
  • Aug 9, 2014 Two new co-authored reports on Afghanistan Aug 9, 2014
  • Sep 23, 2013 Taliban Time Travel, or How Our Understanding Is Almost Always Two Years Old Sep 23, 2013
  • Jul 20, 2013 Book of the Week: 'Al-Shabab in Somalia' Jul 20, 2013
  • Jan 15, 2013 ISAF's First Fifteen Days Jan 15, 2013
  • Dec 22, 2012 Catching Up: Poetry of the Taliban Dec 22, 2012
  • Dec 16, 2012 Catching Up: An Enemy We Created Dec 16, 2012
  • Dec 10, 2012 Catching Up: AAN Report on ISAF Night Raids Dec 10, 2012
  • Dec 27, 2011 #talibantwitterfight: The News Story That Wasn't Dec 27, 2011
  • Dec 7, 2011 Entropy and insurgent radicalisation: an ISAF goal? Dec 7, 2011
  • Sep 19, 2011 Vietnam's Kill-Capture Raids Sep 19, 2011
  • Sep 13, 2011 Those '40 al-Qaeda insurgents'... Sep 13, 2011
  • Aug 20, 2011 An Appeal for Funding Aug 20, 2011
  • May 17, 2011 ISAF Press Release Word Clouds May 17, 2011
  • May 16, 2011 More data on 'Kill-Capture' Raids May 16, 2011
  • May 15, 2011 Kandahar Prison Escape: the Taliban's Tale May 15, 2011
  • May 13, 2011 TalQaeda: the Timeline May 13, 2011
  • May 3, 2011 The Afghan Taliban react to bin Laden's death May 3, 2011
  • May 1, 2011 The Petraeus Effect May 1, 2011
  • Apr 3, 2011 'The Kill Team' Apr 3, 2011
  • Jan 30, 2011 Afghanistan's Child Soldiers Jan 30, 2011
  • Jan 21, 2011 Helmand Refugee Appeal Update - Distribution Day Jan 21, 2011
  • Jan 9, 2011 'An Enemy We Created': the website Jan 9, 2011
  • Dec 28, 2010 UPDATED: An Appeal Dec 28, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Real People as Agents Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Deedee Derksen picks her 2010 books Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 18, 2010 The Best Books of 2010 (UPDATED) Dec 18, 2010
  • Dec 14, 2010 Open Letter: The Response (UPDATED) Dec 14, 2010
  • Dec 11, 2010 An Open Letter to President Obama Dec 11, 2010
  • Dec 5, 2010 No Comment: McChrystal and Petraeus Dec 5, 2010
  • Nov 26, 2010 Taliban Realism over the September 11 Attacks Nov 26, 2010
  • Nov 22, 2010 Foreign fighters down south? Nov 22, 2010
  • Nov 21, 2010 Petraeus, Lisbon and the Great PR Push Nov 21, 2010
  • Nov 13, 2010 'Fly Freely' - Afghan Women's Poetry Nov 13, 2010
  • Nov 7, 2010 Marie Colvin in Kandahar for the Sunday Times Nov 7, 2010
  • Jul 3, 2010 Hope Is Not A Strategy Jul 3, 2010
  • Jun 20, 2010 Kandahar Timeline 1979-2010 Jun 20, 2010
  • May 14, 2010 Kandahar Portraits May 14, 2010
  • May 1, 2010 From 'Ghazal' by Shin Gul Aajiz May 1, 2010
  • Apr 29, 2010 Kandahar Chronology (September 2001-October 2009) Apr 29, 2010
  • Apr 26, 2010 Ask the Scholars: when and where was Mullah Mohammad Omar born? Apr 26, 2010
  • Apr 25, 2010 New(ish) Kandahar Blogs Apr 25, 2010
  • Apr 24, 2010 Jere van Dyk's 'Captive' Apr 24, 2010
  • Apr 23, 2010 Kandahar's Electricity Problems Apr 23, 2010
  • Apr 19, 2010 Mullah Omar captured? Apr 19, 2010
  • Apr 18, 2010 Kandahar Survey Apr 18, 2010
  • Apr 16, 2010 "So how is it?" Apr 16, 2010
  • Apr 12, 2010 Civilian Casualties from Zheray Apr 12, 2010
  • Apr 12, 2010 Hearts and Minds Apr 12, 2010
  • Apr 12, 2010 #overheardinkandahar Apr 12, 2010
  • Apr 11, 2010 Back Home Apr 11, 2010
  • Feb 7, 2010 Real People, Real War Feb 7, 2010
  • Feb 2, 2010 John Nagl and 'the future of counterinsurgency' Feb 2, 2010
  • Jan 30, 2010 'Talking to Terrorists' Jan 30, 2010
  • Jan 13, 2010 Presenting Mullah Zaeef Jan 13, 2010
  • Jan 8, 2010 Staying Apart Jan 8, 2010
  • Jan 1, 2010 5 Books Everyone Should Read About Afghanistan Jan 1, 2010
• Useful Tools 64
  • Jul 15, 2023 Automating social media posting for my new blogposts Jul 15, 2023
  • May 26, 2021 Getting Out of the Intermediate Language Plateau: Arabic Edition / Principles May 26, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Small, unexpectedly powerful boxes May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Rosenblatt's Mark I Perceptron May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Deep Learning: Best in Show? May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Removing Barriers: Deep Learning Edition May 23, 2021
  • Dec 10, 2020 How to use jQuery and Handlebars in your website Dec 10, 2020
  • Dec 10, 2020 A basic overview of how to use Handlebars Dec 10, 2020
  • Jul 8, 2018 Using Regex with Python to Find Strings Jul 8, 2018
  • Jun 4, 2018 Machine Learning with Weka Jun 4, 2018
  • Jan 25, 2018 Tweeting to the Void Jan 25, 2018
  • Jan 24, 2018 Installing PostgreSQL on a Mac Jan 24, 2018
  • Jan 17, 2018 Tabula for extracting table data from PDFs Jan 17, 2018
  • Jun 27, 2017 Spaced Repetition Without Computers Jun 27, 2017
  • Jan 17, 2017 Trello to Markdown: a Chrome extension Jan 17, 2017
  • Jan 15, 2017 ClozeMaster: learn words in context Jan 15, 2017
  • Jan 11, 2017 10 podcasts to learn about data science and programming Jan 11, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Introducing CoachBot: Your Personal Language Taskmaster Jan 6, 2017
  • Jan 5, 2017 Taskpaper --> Omnifocus Jan 5, 2017
  • Jan 2, 2017 Pet Peeve: Tech Switching Jan 2, 2017
  • Dec 29, 2016 Dinner Party Decision Matrix: A Python Tool Dec 29, 2016
  • Dec 26, 2016 Talking DevonThink with Gabe Weatherhead Dec 26, 2016
  • Dec 20, 2016 Django vs Flask Dec 20, 2016
  • Dec 19, 2016 DevonThink Resurgent Dec 19, 2016
  • Dec 13, 2016 Notification Zero Dec 13, 2016
  • Dec 11, 2016 Daddybot Dec 11, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Highlights + DevonThink = Pretty Great Dec 9, 2016
  • Nov 17, 2016 Encrypt Your Dropbox Files Nov 17, 2016
  • Nov 11, 2016 Squarespace Goes SSL Nov 11, 2016
  • Oct 24, 2016 On Completing Udacity's Intro to Programming Nanodegree Oct 24, 2016
  • Oct 18, 2016 Different Uses for Spaced Repetition Oct 18, 2016
  • Oct 17, 2016 Bots: Part of the Future of Language Learning? Oct 17, 2016
  • Oct 11, 2016 Seeing The Forest But For The Trees: On Exist.io Oct 11, 2016
  • Sep 24, 2016 Turn Off Facebook's News Feed Sep 24, 2016
  • Sep 15, 2016 PhD Tools: Goodreads for Cross-Pollination Sep 15, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Freewriting and Journalling to Think Through your Work Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Pen and Paper Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 12, 2016 PhD Tools: Vitamin-R and the Pomodoro Technique for Getting Going Sep 12, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Sep 7, 2016 PhD Tools: Omnifocus for Managing your Non-PhD Life Sep 7, 2016
  • Sep 6, 2016 PhD Tools: Backup Systems for Staving off Sadness Sep 6, 2016
  • Sep 5, 2016 PhD Tools: Turn Off the Internet with Freedom Sep 5, 2016
  • Sep 2, 2016 PhD Tools: RescueTime for Time Tracking Sep 2, 2016
  • Sep 1, 2016 PhD Tools: Mellel for Layout and Final Presentation Sep 1, 2016
  • Aug 31, 2016 PhD Tools: Bookends for Managing References Aug 31, 2016
  • Aug 30, 2016 PhD Tools: Scrivener for Writing Long Things Aug 30, 2016
  • Aug 29, 2016 PhD Tools: Save your web links with Pinboard Aug 29, 2016
  • Aug 26, 2016 PhD Tools: DevonThink for File Storage and Discovery Aug 26, 2016
  • Aug 25, 2016 PhD Tools: Think better with Tinderbox Aug 25, 2016
  • Aug 24, 2016 PhD Tools: Visualise Structure and Kanban Flow with Trello Aug 24, 2016
  • Aug 23, 2016 Walking with Words Aug 23, 2016
  • Aug 22, 2016 PhD Tools: Beeminder Aug 22, 2016
  • Aug 21, 2016 Learn all the districts of Afghanistan with Anki! Aug 21, 2016
  • Nov 15, 2015 Upcoming Maniac Week Nov 15, 2015
  • Oct 13, 2015 Four Colours Oct 13, 2015
  • Sep 18, 2015 Ecolinguism and the ethics of learning new languages Sep 18, 2015
  • Sep 2, 2015 How to Survive Middlebury's Arabic Summer School Programme Sep 2, 2015
  • Jun 7, 2015 Arabic Language Update: I did it! (Almost) Jun 7, 2015
  • Mar 21, 2015 How I use Goodreads to pick what I read Mar 21, 2015
  • Oct 24, 2014 Note-Taking Jujitsu, Or How I Make Sense Of What I Read Oct 24, 2014
  • Oct 23, 2014 Sources & Methods: Podcast Follow-Up Oct 23, 2014
  • Sep 5, 2014 An Ankified Urdu Frequency Dictionary Sep 5, 2014
  • Jan 13, 2013 A Jedi-Mind Trick and Three Other Approaches to Learning Vocabulary Jan 13, 2013
  • Jan 2, 2013 Useful Tools: Pinboard Jan 2, 2013
• Tech 61
  • Jul 15, 2023 Automating social media posting for my new blogposts Jul 15, 2023
  • May 28, 2021 On the interpretability of models May 28, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Small, unexpectedly powerful boxes May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Held back by misunderstanding May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 PDP: a precursor to modern neural networks? May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Rosenblatt's Mark I Perceptron May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Deep Learning: Best in Show? May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Removing Barriers: Deep Learning Edition May 23, 2021
  • Jan 29, 2020 How the Internet Works Jan 29, 2020
  • Mar 21, 2019 Mastery-based Learning with Launch School Mar 21, 2019
  • Mar 12, 2019 Sources and Methods Does Technology Mar 12, 2019
  • Dec 31, 2018 RaspberryLPIC: A New Series & Setup Steps Dec 31, 2018
  • Dec 2, 2018 Earning a certificate in Linux Essentials from LPI Dec 2, 2018
  • Nov 13, 2018 In Afghanistan, watching someone learn to code for the first time Nov 13, 2018
  • Jun 18, 2018 Diagnosing Diabetes with Weka & Machine Learning Jun 18, 2018
  • Jun 13, 2018 From AI to to Brahms Jun 13, 2018
  • Jan 25, 2018 Tweeting to the Void Jan 25, 2018
  • Jan 17, 2018 Tabula for extracting table data from PDFs Jan 17, 2018
  • Jan 15, 2017 ClozeMaster: learn words in context Jan 15, 2017
  • Jan 13, 2017 Developing for Android with Udacity Jan 13, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Introducing CoachBot: Your Personal Language Taskmaster Jan 6, 2017
  • Jan 5, 2017 Taskpaper --> Omnifocus Jan 5, 2017
  • Jan 2, 2017 Pet Peeve: Tech Switching Jan 2, 2017
  • Dec 26, 2016 Talking DevonThink with Gabe Weatherhead Dec 26, 2016
  • Dec 19, 2016 DevonThink Resurgent Dec 19, 2016
  • Dec 17, 2016 Knot 3: Encryption, Race and Tunnels Dec 17, 2016
  • Dec 13, 2016 Notification Zero Dec 13, 2016
  • Dec 11, 2016 Daddybot Dec 11, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Highlights + DevonThink = Pretty Great Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Knot 1: Solitary Confinement & Digital Security Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 17, 2016 Encrypt Your Dropbox Files Nov 17, 2016
  • Nov 12, 2016 Music, Sound & Technology Nov 12, 2016
  • Nov 11, 2016 Squarespace Goes SSL Nov 11, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Python Side-Project: Approach Nov 5, 2016
  • Oct 30, 2016 Scratching Below the Surface with David Heinemeier Hansson Oct 30, 2016
  • Oct 28, 2016 A Greener Technological Footprint Oct 28, 2016
  • Oct 11, 2016 Seeing The Forest But For The Trees: On Exist.io Oct 11, 2016
  • Sep 17, 2016 Coding Chronicles: Failure Sep 17, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Freewriting and Journalling to Think Through your Work Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 12, 2016 PhD Tools: Vitamin-R and the Pomodoro Technique for Getting Going Sep 12, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Sep 7, 2016 PhD Tools: Omnifocus for Managing your Non-PhD Life Sep 7, 2016
  • Sep 6, 2016 PhD Tools: Backup Systems for Staving off Sadness Sep 6, 2016
  • Sep 5, 2016 PhD Tools: Turn Off the Internet with Freedom Sep 5, 2016
  • Sep 1, 2016 PhD Tools: Mellel for Layout and Final Presentation Sep 1, 2016
  • Aug 31, 2016 PhD Tools: Bookends for Managing References Aug 31, 2016
  • Aug 30, 2016 PhD Tools: Scrivener for Writing Long Things Aug 30, 2016
  • Aug 23, 2016 Walking with Words Aug 23, 2016
  • Aug 22, 2016 PhD Tools: Beeminder Aug 22, 2016
  • Aug 21, 2016 Learn all the districts of Afghanistan with Anki! Aug 21, 2016
  • Aug 19, 2016 Walking Amman Aug 19, 2016
  • Aug 18, 2016 Remove Your Colour Aug 18, 2016
  • Nov 22, 2015 On Untangling Syria's Socially Mediated War Nov 22, 2015
  • Mar 21, 2015 How I use Goodreads to pick what I read Mar 21, 2015
  • Oct 24, 2014 Note-Taking Jujitsu, Or How I Make Sense Of What I Read Oct 24, 2014
  • Feb 4, 2013 Learning to Code Feb 4, 2013
  • Jan 2, 2013 Useful Tools: Pinboard Jan 2, 2013
  • Dec 27, 2011 #talibantwitterfight: The News Story That Wasn't Dec 27, 2011
  • May 16, 2011 More data on 'Kill-Capture' Raids May 16, 2011
  • May 13, 2011 TalQaeda: the Timeline May 13, 2011
  • Jun 20, 2010 Kandahar Timeline 1979-2010 Jun 20, 2010
• Books 55
  • Dec 27, 2022 2022 Readings Dec 27, 2022
  • Sep 10, 2019 New book, new ways to order Sep 10, 2019
  • Jun 5, 2018 My new book: The Taliban Reader Jun 5, 2018
  • May 6, 2018 My First Arabic Book Translation May 6, 2018
  • Jun 26, 2017 The book you need to read on bin Laden's life post-2001 Jun 26, 2017
  • Jun 19, 2017 Robert Caro's Big Long Book Jun 19, 2017
  • Jun 4, 2017 How We Forget Jun 4, 2017
  • Feb 13, 2017 'Master Arabic' is Out Today! Feb 13, 2017
  • Jan 12, 2017 Master Arabic: What's in the Premium Edition? Jan 12, 2017
  • Jan 3, 2017 Everything You Need to Study Jordanian Arabic Jan 3, 2017
  • Jan 2, 2017 The ways memory skills augment your life Jan 2, 2017
  • Dec 30, 2016 Pre-Order Now: 'Master Arabic' Dec 30, 2016
  • Dec 25, 2016 Syria’s Revolution: The First Draft Dec 25, 2016
  • Dec 21, 2016 The Best Books I Read in 2016 Dec 21, 2016
  • Dec 21, 2016 Reading and the American Revolution Dec 21, 2016
  • Dec 17, 2016 Knot 3: Encryption, Race and Tunnels Dec 17, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 The Two Books Every Intermediate Arabic Student Needs to Read Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Highlights + DevonThink = Pretty Great Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Knot 1: Solitary Confinement & Digital Security Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 23, 2016 The Inner Game: How a Perspective Shift Can Radically Improve Your Performance Nov 23, 2016
  • Oct 16, 2016 Fundamentals Versus Hacks Oct 16, 2016
  • Oct 15, 2016 Skills Development: Foundations Oct 15, 2016
  • Oct 5, 2016 Coming Soon: The Taliban Reader Oct 5, 2016
  • Sep 28, 2016 Sustainable Climbing: Three Book Reviews Sep 28, 2016
  • Sep 15, 2016 PhD Tools: Goodreads for Cross-Pollination Sep 15, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Aug 26, 2016 PhD Tools: DevonThink for File Storage and Discovery Aug 26, 2016
  • Aug 15, 2016 On Learning New Skills, #showyourwork and other housekeeping Aug 15, 2016
  • Dec 26, 2015 Reading the Afghan Taliban: 67 Sources You Should Be Studying Dec 26, 2015
  • Dec 16, 2015 The Best Books I Read in 2015 Dec 16, 2015
  • Nov 29, 2015 'Obedience to the Amir', or how the Afghan Taliban govern Nov 29, 2015
  • Mar 21, 2015 How I use Goodreads to pick what I read Mar 21, 2015
  • Feb 25, 2015 Apocalypse Then: a short review of Filiu's 'Apocalypse in Islam' (2011) Feb 25, 2015
  • Dec 31, 2014 North Waziristan: A Reading List Dec 31, 2014
  • Dec 22, 2014 Some Books and Other Things from 2014 Dec 22, 2014
  • Dec 10, 2014 New book: An Educator's Tale Dec 10, 2014
  • Oct 24, 2014 Note-Taking Jujitsu, Or How I Make Sense Of What I Read Oct 24, 2014
  • Sep 16, 2014 Our First Publication: "I Am Akbar Agha", Memoir of a Taliban Insider Sep 16, 2014
  • Aug 5, 2014 How to learn a language to fluency: interview with Gabe Wyner Aug 5, 2014
  • Dec 27, 2013 The Best Books I Read in 2013 Dec 27, 2013
  • Jul 20, 2013 Book of the Week: 'Al-Shabab in Somalia' Jul 20, 2013
  • Dec 28, 2012 Some Things I Read Dec 28, 2012
  • Dec 22, 2012 Catching Up: Poetry of the Taliban Dec 22, 2012
  • Dec 16, 2012 Catching Up: An Enemy We Created Dec 16, 2012
  • Sep 19, 2011 Vietnam's Kill-Capture Raids Sep 19, 2011
  • Apr 3, 2011 'The Kill Team' Apr 3, 2011
  • Jan 9, 2011 'An Enemy We Created': the website Jan 9, 2011
  • Dec 22, 2010 Real People as Agents Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Deedee Derksen picks her 2010 books Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 18, 2010 The Best Books of 2010 (UPDATED) Dec 18, 2010
  • Jul 7, 2010 Irish Parallels Jul 7, 2010
  • Apr 24, 2010 Jere van Dyk's 'Captive' Apr 24, 2010
  • Jan 30, 2010 'Talking to Terrorists' Jan 30, 2010
  • Jan 13, 2010 Presenting Mullah Zaeef Jan 13, 2010
  • Jan 1, 2010 5 Books Everyone Should Read About Afghanistan Jan 1, 2010
• Language 54
  • Aug 10, 2023 Language Learning Crash Course: from slightly more than zero to slightly less than advanced Aug 10, 2023
  • May 26, 2021 Getting Out of the Intermediate Language Plateau: Arabic Edition / Principles May 26, 2021
  • Nov 7, 2018 Learn Persian / Farsi / Dari with Podcasts Nov 7, 2018
  • Nov 5, 2018 Learn Pashto with Podcasts Nov 5, 2018
  • Oct 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Homestay Edition Oct 20, 2017
  • Aug 13, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Phone Calls and Timed Breaks Aug 13, 2017
  • Jun 22, 2017 Italian Comprehension: Putting Myself On the Hook Jun 22, 2017
  • May 24, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Meaningful Leisure May 24, 2017
  • Apr 30, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Increasing Spoken Fluency Apr 30, 2017
  • Apr 29, 2017 Guest Post: Can robots be language coaches? Apr 29, 2017
  • Apr 17, 2017 On Reading in Arabic: The Evidence Apr 17, 2017
  • Apr 15, 2017 You need to be reading more to get ahead in Arabic Apr 15, 2017
  • Apr 9, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Independent Study Apr 9, 2017
  • Mar 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Leaving Qasid Mar 20, 2017
  • Mar 12, 2017 Why do Arabic fonts appear so small? (and how to fix it) Mar 12, 2017
  • Mar 10, 2017 Audio Courses with Language Transfer Mar 10, 2017
  • Feb 23, 2017 Core Language Learning Beliefs Feb 23, 2017
  • Feb 18, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Keeping Pace Feb 18, 2017
  • Feb 14, 2017 How to learn a language without a teacher Feb 14, 2017
  • Feb 13, 2017 'Master Arabic' is Out Today! Feb 13, 2017
  • Feb 4, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Deepening My Studies Feb 4, 2017
  • Feb 3, 2017 Actual Fluency Feb 3, 2017
  • Jan 27, 2017 How to learn a page of verbs Jan 27, 2017
  • Jan 23, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Adjustments at the Deep End Jan 23, 2017
  • Jan 16, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Introducing Taylor Jan 16, 2017
  • Jan 15, 2017 ClozeMaster: learn words in context Jan 15, 2017
  • Jan 12, 2017 Master Arabic: What's in the Premium Edition? Jan 12, 2017
  • Jan 9, 2017 Classical Arabic and a Sources and Methods Recap Jan 9, 2017
  • Jan 8, 2017 How to best work with a language coach Jan 8, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Introducing CoachBot: Your Personal Language Taskmaster Jan 6, 2017
  • Jan 5, 2017 Randomise Your Learning Jan 5, 2017
  • Jan 4, 2017 Things We Control: On Internal vs External Goals Jan 4, 2017
  • Jan 3, 2017 Everything You Need to Study Jordanian Arabic Jan 3, 2017
  • Jan 1, 2017 New Year, New Arabic-language Podcast Jan 1, 2017
  • Dec 30, 2016 Pre-Order Now: 'Master Arabic' Dec 30, 2016
  • Dec 23, 2016 Share the Gift of Language Coaching Dec 23, 2016
  • Dec 18, 2016 Seeking Python Code Mentor Dec 18, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 The Two Books Every Intermediate Arabic Student Needs to Read Dec 9, 2016
  • Nov 22, 2016 Learning a Language? Try a New Approach Nov 22, 2016
  • Oct 27, 2016 Kael Weston on Sources and Methods Oct 27, 2016
  • Oct 18, 2016 Different Uses for Spaced Repetition Oct 18, 2016
  • Oct 17, 2016 Bots: Part of the Future of Language Learning? Oct 17, 2016
  • Sep 27, 2016 Lessons Learnt: Language Study Habits That Work Sep 27, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Sep 4, 2016 Svifnökkvinn minn er fullur af álum: Lessons in Icelandic Sep 4, 2016
  • May 25, 2016 How to become a memorisation and language ninja May 25, 2016
  • Nov 22, 2015 On Untangling Syria's Socially Mediated War Nov 22, 2015
  • Sep 18, 2015 Ecolinguism and the ethics of learning new languages Sep 18, 2015
  • Sep 2, 2015 How to Survive Middlebury's Arabic Summer School Programme Sep 2, 2015
  • Jun 7, 2015 Arabic Language Update: I did it! (Almost) Jun 7, 2015
  • Sep 5, 2014 An Ankified Urdu Frequency Dictionary Sep 5, 2014
  • Aug 5, 2014 How to learn a language to fluency: interview with Gabe Wyner Aug 5, 2014
  • Jan 13, 2013 A Jedi-Mind Trick and Three Other Approaches to Learning Vocabulary Jan 13, 2013
  • Jan 7, 2013 Five Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Learning Languages Jan 7, 2013
• Coding 48
  • May 23, 2021 Rosenblatt's Mark I Perceptron May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Deep Learning: Best in Show? May 23, 2021
  • Dec 10, 2020 How to use jQuery and Handlebars in your website Dec 10, 2020
  • Dec 10, 2020 A basic overview of how to use Handlebars Dec 10, 2020
  • Dec 4, 2020 Using APIs to make things happen on the web Dec 4, 2020
  • Dec 3, 2020 How events drive programming for the web Dec 3, 2020
  • Dec 2, 2020 The Four Positions for Inserting Elements into the DOM Dec 2, 2020
  • Nov 14, 2020 Different ways of accessing the text contents of DOM nodes in JavaScript Nov 14, 2020
  • Nov 12, 2020 Using CSS selectors with JavaScript DOM methods Nov 12, 2020
  • Nov 10, 2020 Turning array-like objects into arrays with JavaScript Nov 10, 2020
  • Oct 15, 2020 Understanding the use cases for Closures in JavaScript Oct 15, 2020
  • Oct 13, 2020 What is Lexical Scope? Oct 13, 2020
  • Oct 12, 2020 Working with JavaScript's Object Prototype model Oct 12, 2020
  • Feb 12, 2020 Two Ruby patterns around map and reduce Feb 12, 2020
  • Jan 29, 2020 How the Internet Works Jan 29, 2020
  • Mar 21, 2019 Mastery-based Learning with Launch School Mar 21, 2019
  • Mar 12, 2019 Sources and Methods Does Technology Mar 12, 2019
  • Feb 25, 2019 Using Ruby's .digits method Feb 25, 2019
  • Feb 16, 2019 Solid Study Habits for Coders Feb 16, 2019
  • Feb 13, 2019 Using Ruby's .zip method to combine arrays Feb 13, 2019
  • Dec 31, 2018 RaspberryLPIC: A New Series & Setup Steps Dec 31, 2018
  • Nov 13, 2018 In Afghanistan, watching someone learn to code for the first time Nov 13, 2018
  • Jul 8, 2018 Using Regex with Python to Find Strings Jul 8, 2018
  • Jun 24, 2018 Python Virtual Environments, Testing Environments and Markdown Strikethrough Jun 24, 2018
  • Jun 23, 2018 Real-World Go with Referenced Functions Jun 23, 2018
  • Jun 18, 2018 Table Tests in Go Jun 18, 2018
  • Jun 18, 2018 Diagnosing Diabetes with Weka & Machine Learning Jun 18, 2018
  • Jun 17, 2018 Figuring out the Go testing ecosystem Jun 17, 2018
  • Jun 13, 2018 From AI to to Brahms Jun 13, 2018
  • Jun 4, 2018 Machine Learning with Weka Jun 4, 2018
  • Jan 31, 2018 Fuzzy Searching and Foreign Name Recognition Jan 31, 2018
  • Jan 24, 2018 Installing PostgreSQL on a Mac Jan 24, 2018
  • Jan 23, 2018 Making and shuffling lists in Python Jan 23, 2018
  • Jan 17, 2018 Tabula for extracting table data from PDFs Jan 17, 2018
  • Mar 12, 2017 Why do Arabic fonts appear so small? (and how to fix it) Mar 12, 2017
  • Jan 13, 2017 Developing for Android with Udacity Jan 13, 2017
  • Jan 11, 2017 10 podcasts to learn about data science and programming Jan 11, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Introducing CoachBot: Your Personal Language Taskmaster Jan 6, 2017
  • Dec 29, 2016 Dinner Party Decision Matrix: A Python Tool Dec 29, 2016
  • Dec 20, 2016 Django vs Flask Dec 20, 2016
  • Dec 18, 2016 Seeking Python Code Mentor Dec 18, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Python Side-Project: Approach Nov 5, 2016
  • Oct 30, 2016 Scratching Below the Surface with David Heinemeier Hansson Oct 30, 2016
  • Oct 24, 2016 On Completing Udacity's Intro to Programming Nanodegree Oct 24, 2016
  • Oct 18, 2016 Different Uses for Spaced Repetition Oct 18, 2016
  • Oct 15, 2016 Skills Development: Foundations Oct 15, 2016
  • Sep 17, 2016 Coding Chronicles: Failure Sep 17, 2016
  • Aug 15, 2016 On Learning New Skills, #showyourwork and other housekeeping Aug 15, 2016
• Productivity 44
  • Aug 6, 2023 All the things I wish I knew about studying at school Aug 6, 2023
  • Jul 15, 2023 Automating social media posting for my new blogposts Jul 15, 2023
  • May 27, 2021 FastAI Lesson Zero: video notes May 27, 2021
  • Feb 16, 2019 Solid Study Habits for Coders Feb 16, 2019
  • Jul 8, 2018 Using Regex with Python to Find Strings Jul 8, 2018
  • Jun 5, 2018 My new book: The Taliban Reader Jun 5, 2018
  • Jan 25, 2018 Tweeting to the Void Jan 25, 2018
  • Jan 17, 2018 Tabula for extracting table data from PDFs Jan 17, 2018
  • Mar 3, 2017 Walk Around the Block Mar 3, 2017
  • Jan 31, 2017 Variations on a Pomodoro Jan 31, 2017
  • Jan 11, 2017 Resetting my base line: caffeine edition Jan 11, 2017
  • Jan 6, 2017 Introducing CoachBot: Your Personal Language Taskmaster Jan 6, 2017
  • Jan 4, 2017 Things We Control: On Internal vs External Goals Jan 4, 2017
  • Dec 13, 2016 Notification Zero Dec 13, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Highlights + DevonThink = Pretty Great Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 8, 2016 Nutritional Density Dec 8, 2016
  • Nov 23, 2016 The Inner Game: How a Perspective Shift Can Radically Improve Your Performance Nov 23, 2016
  • Oct 30, 2016 Scratching Below the Surface with David Heinemeier Hansson Oct 30, 2016
  • Oct 16, 2016 Fundamentals Versus Hacks Oct 16, 2016
  • Oct 15, 2016 Skills Development: Foundations Oct 15, 2016
  • Oct 11, 2016 Seeing The Forest But For The Trees: On Exist.io Oct 11, 2016
  • Sep 24, 2016 Turn Off Facebook's News Feed Sep 24, 2016
  • Sep 19, 2016 PhD Tools: Tea Sep 19, 2016
  • Sep 16, 2016 PhD Tools: Sleep and Movement to Nourish the Body Sep 16, 2016
  • Sep 15, 2016 PhD Tools: Goodreads for Cross-Pollination Sep 15, 2016
  • Sep 14, 2016 PhD Tools: "Always return to your primary sources" Sep 14, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Freewriting and Journalling to Think Through your Work Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Pen and Paper Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 12, 2016 PhD Tools: Vitamin-R and the Pomodoro Technique for Getting Going Sep 12, 2016
  • Sep 9, 2016 PhD Tools: The Secret to Finishing Your PhD Sep 9, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Sep 7, 2016 PhD Tools: Omnifocus for Managing your Non-PhD Life Sep 7, 2016
  • Sep 5, 2016 PhD Tools: Turn Off the Internet with Freedom Sep 5, 2016
  • Sep 2, 2016 PhD Tools: RescueTime for Time Tracking Sep 2, 2016
  • Sep 1, 2016 PhD Tools: Mellel for Layout and Final Presentation Sep 1, 2016
  • Aug 31, 2016 PhD Tools: Bookends for Managing References Aug 31, 2016
  • Aug 30, 2016 PhD Tools: Scrivener for Writing Long Things Aug 30, 2016
  • Aug 29, 2016 PhD Tools: Save your web links with Pinboard Aug 29, 2016
  • Aug 26, 2016 PhD Tools: DevonThink for File Storage and Discovery Aug 26, 2016
  • Aug 25, 2016 PhD Tools: Think better with Tinderbox Aug 25, 2016
  • Aug 24, 2016 PhD Tools: Visualise Structure and Kanban Flow with Trello Aug 24, 2016
  • Aug 23, 2016 Walking with Words Aug 23, 2016
  • Aug 22, 2016 PhD Tools: Beeminder Aug 22, 2016
  • Aug 18, 2016 Remove Your Colour Aug 18, 2016
• Journalism 36
  • Jun 26, 2017 The book you need to read on bin Laden's life post-2001 Jun 26, 2017
  • Dec 17, 2016 Knot 3: Encryption, Race and Tunnels Dec 17, 2016
  • Dec 7, 2016 The Taliban on the Clintons (May 2000) Dec 7, 2016
  • Oct 13, 2016 On the demise of afghanistannewscenter.com Oct 13, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Aug 21, 2016 Learn all the districts of Afghanistan with Anki! Aug 21, 2016
  • Nov 22, 2015 On Untangling Syria's Socially Mediated War Nov 22, 2015
  • Nov 1, 2015 Vanishing Interest in Afghanistan Nov 1, 2015
  • Sep 24, 2015 Taliban public punishments, 1996–2001 Sep 24, 2015
  • Aug 28, 2015 AFP covers the Taliban Sources Project Aug 28, 2015
  • Dec 31, 2014 North Waziristan: A Reading List Dec 31, 2014
  • Aug 9, 2014 Two new co-authored reports on Afghanistan Aug 9, 2014
  • Sep 23, 2013 Taliban Time Travel, or How Our Understanding Is Almost Always Two Years Old Sep 23, 2013
  • Jan 22, 2013 Following Pakistan's Elections Jan 22, 2013
  • Jan 15, 2013 ISAF's First Fifteen Days Jan 15, 2013
  • Dec 27, 2011 #talibantwitterfight: The News Story That Wasn't Dec 27, 2011
  • Dec 7, 2011 Entropy and insurgent radicalisation: an ISAF goal? Dec 7, 2011
  • Sep 13, 2011 Those '40 al-Qaeda insurgents'... Sep 13, 2011
  • May 17, 2011 ISAF Press Release Word Clouds May 17, 2011
  • May 16, 2011 More data on 'Kill-Capture' Raids May 16, 2011
  • May 15, 2011 Kandahar Prison Escape: the Taliban's Tale May 15, 2011
  • Apr 3, 2011 'The Kill Team' Apr 3, 2011
  • Jan 30, 2011 Afghanistan's Child Soldiers Jan 30, 2011
  • Jan 21, 2011 Helmand Refugee Appeal Update - Distribution Day Jan 21, 2011
  • Dec 28, 2010 UPDATED: An Appeal Dec 28, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Deedee Derksen picks her 2010 books Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 18, 2010 The Best Books of 2010 (UPDATED) Dec 18, 2010
  • Dec 14, 2010 Open Letter: The Response (UPDATED) Dec 14, 2010
  • Dec 11, 2010 An Open Letter to President Obama Dec 11, 2010
  • Nov 22, 2010 Foreign fighters down south? Nov 22, 2010
  • Nov 21, 2010 Petraeus, Lisbon and the Great PR Push Nov 21, 2010
  • Nov 7, 2010 Marie Colvin in Kandahar for the Sunday Times Nov 7, 2010
  • May 14, 2010 Kandahar Portraits May 14, 2010
  • Apr 24, 2010 Jere van Dyk's 'Captive' Apr 24, 2010
  • Feb 7, 2010 Real People, Real War Feb 7, 2010
  • Jan 8, 2010 Staying Apart Jan 8, 2010
• General 35
  • Jan 31, 2019 Pain: A Love Story Jan 31, 2019
  • Mar 6, 2017 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Guinea Pigs Mar 6, 2017
  • Dec 21, 2016 Two Charities Needing Your Support Dec 21, 2016
  • Dec 16, 2016 Into Eternity: the construction of Onkalo's tunnels Dec 16, 2016
  • Dec 15, 2016 Broken Pots Dec 15, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Knot 2: Translation as Trauma, Taxis and Artificial Intelligence Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 8, 2016 Nutritional Density Dec 8, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Positive feedback on my Memory Skills course Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 14, 2016 Kukicha or Twig Tea Nov 14, 2016
  • Sep 29, 2016 Learning Without Seams Sep 29, 2016
  • Sep 8, 2016 Starting the Spaced Repetition Foundation Sep 8, 2016
  • Jul 24, 2016 Chondrichthyan Fun: a review of Shark MOOC Jul 24, 2016
  • May 25, 2016 How to become a memorisation and language ninja May 25, 2016
  • Sep 9, 2015 Sources and Methods: Back for Season 2 Sep 9, 2015
  • Aug 28, 2015 AFP covers the Taliban Sources Project Aug 28, 2015
  • Dec 28, 2012 Some Things I Read Dec 28, 2012
  • May 13, 2011 TalQaeda: the Timeline May 13, 2011
  • Jan 21, 2011 Helmand Refugee Appeal Update - Distribution Day Jan 21, 2011
  • Jan 9, 2011 'An Enemy We Created': the website Jan 9, 2011
  • Dec 28, 2010 UPDATED: An Appeal Dec 28, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Real People as Agents Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 22, 2010 Deedee Derksen picks her 2010 books Dec 22, 2010
  • Dec 18, 2010 The Best Books of 2010 (UPDATED) Dec 18, 2010
  • Dec 14, 2010 Open Letter: The Response (UPDATED) Dec 14, 2010
  • Dec 11, 2010 An Open Letter to President Obama Dec 11, 2010
  • Dec 5, 2010 No Comment: McChrystal and Petraeus Dec 5, 2010
  • Jul 7, 2010 Irish Parallels Jul 7, 2010
  • Jun 20, 2010 Kandahar Timeline 1979-2010 Jun 20, 2010
  • May 22, 2010 On Experts May 22, 2010
  • May 1, 2010 From 'Ghazal' by Shin Gul Aajiz May 1, 2010
  • Apr 29, 2010 Kandahar Chronology (September 2001-October 2009) Apr 29, 2010
  • Apr 19, 2010 Mullah Omar captured? Apr 19, 2010
  • Apr 11, 2010 Back Home Apr 11, 2010
  • Feb 2, 2010 John Nagl and 'the future of counterinsurgency' Feb 2, 2010
  • Dec 31, 2009 New Year, New Website Dec 31, 2009
• PhD 25
  • Jan 31, 2017 Variations on a Pomodoro Jan 31, 2017
  • Jan 4, 2017 Things We Control: On Internal vs External Goals Jan 4, 2017
  • Sep 19, 2016 PhD Tools: Tea Sep 19, 2016
  • Sep 16, 2016 PhD Tools: Sleep and Movement to Nourish the Body Sep 16, 2016
  • Sep 15, 2016 PhD Tools: Goodreads for Cross-Pollination Sep 15, 2016
  • Sep 14, 2016 PhD Tools: "Always return to your primary sources" Sep 14, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Freewriting and Journalling to Think Through your Work Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 13, 2016 PhD Tools: Pen and Paper Sep 13, 2016
  • Sep 12, 2016 PhD Tools: Vitamin-R and the Pomodoro Technique for Getting Going Sep 12, 2016
  • Sep 9, 2016 PhD Tools: The Secret to Finishing Your PhD Sep 9, 2016
  • Sep 7, 2016 PhD Tools: Omnifocus for Managing your Non-PhD Life Sep 7, 2016
  • Sep 5, 2016 PhD Tools: Turn Off the Internet with Freedom Sep 5, 2016
  • Sep 2, 2016 PhD Tools: RescueTime for Time Tracking Sep 2, 2016
  • Sep 1, 2016 PhD Tools: Mellel for Layout and Final Presentation Sep 1, 2016
  • Aug 31, 2016 PhD Tools: Bookends for Managing References Aug 31, 2016
  • Aug 30, 2016 PhD Tools: Scrivener for Writing Long Things Aug 30, 2016
  • Aug 26, 2016 PhD Tools: DevonThink for File Storage and Discovery Aug 26, 2016
  • Aug 25, 2016 PhD Tools: Think better with Tinderbox Aug 25, 2016
  • Aug 24, 2016 PhD Tools: Visualise Structure and Kanban Flow with Trello Aug 24, 2016
  • Aug 22, 2016 PhD Tools: Beeminder Aug 22, 2016
  • Nov 15, 2015 Upcoming Maniac Week Nov 15, 2015
  • Aug 20, 2011 An Appeal for Funding Aug 20, 2011
  • May 17, 2011 ISAF Press Release Word Clouds May 17, 2011
  • May 13, 2011 TalQaeda: the Timeline May 13, 2011
  • Dec 22, 2010 Real People as Agents Dec 22, 2010
• Arabic 21
  • May 6, 2018 My First Arabic Book Translation May 6, 2018
  • Oct 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Homestay Edition Oct 20, 2017
  • Aug 13, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Phone Calls and Timed Breaks Aug 13, 2017
  • May 24, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Meaningful Leisure May 24, 2017
  • Apr 30, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Increasing Spoken Fluency Apr 30, 2017
  • Apr 17, 2017 On Reading in Arabic: The Evidence Apr 17, 2017
  • Apr 15, 2017 You need to be reading more to get ahead in Arabic Apr 15, 2017
  • Apr 9, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Independent Study Apr 9, 2017
  • Mar 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Leaving Qasid Mar 20, 2017
  • Mar 12, 2017 Why do Arabic fonts appear so small? (and how to fix it) Mar 12, 2017
  • Feb 23, 2017 Core Language Learning Beliefs Feb 23, 2017
  • Feb 18, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Keeping Pace Feb 18, 2017
  • Feb 13, 2017 'Master Arabic' is Out Today! Feb 13, 2017
  • Feb 4, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Deepening My Studies Feb 4, 2017
  • Feb 3, 2017 Actual Fluency Feb 3, 2017
  • Jan 27, 2017 How to learn a page of verbs Jan 27, 2017
  • Jan 23, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Adjustments at the Deep End Jan 23, 2017
  • Jan 16, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Introducing Taylor Jan 16, 2017
  • Jan 15, 2017 Master Arabic: Behind the Cover Jan 15, 2017
  • Jan 12, 2017 Master Arabic: What's in the Premium Edition? Jan 12, 2017
  • Jan 9, 2017 Classical Arabic and a Sources and Methods Recap Jan 9, 2017
• Podcast 18
  • Mar 21, 2019 Mastery-based Learning with Launch School Mar 21, 2019
  • Mar 12, 2019 Sources and Methods Does Technology Mar 12, 2019
  • Feb 26, 2017 Three Podcast Recommendations Feb 26, 2017
  • Feb 3, 2017 Actual Fluency Feb 3, 2017
  • Jan 11, 2017 10 podcasts to learn about data science and programming Jan 11, 2017
  • Jan 9, 2017 Classical Arabic and a Sources and Methods Recap Jan 9, 2017
  • Jan 2, 2017 The ways memory skills augment your life Jan 2, 2017
  • Jan 1, 2017 New Year, New Arabic-language Podcast Jan 1, 2017
  • Dec 26, 2016 Talking DevonThink with Gabe Weatherhead Dec 26, 2016
  • Oct 27, 2016 Kael Weston on Sources and Methods Oct 27, 2016
  • Aug 15, 2016 On Learning New Skills, #showyourwork and other housekeeping Aug 15, 2016
  • Nov 8, 2015 Misquoting Mohammad meets Sources & Methods Nov 8, 2015
  • Oct 13, 2015 Four Colours Oct 13, 2015
  • Sep 9, 2015 Sources and Methods: Back for Season 2 Sep 9, 2015
  • Oct 24, 2014 Note-Taking Jujitsu, Or How I Make Sense Of What I Read Oct 24, 2014
  • Oct 23, 2014 Sources & Methods: Podcast Follow-Up Oct 23, 2014
  • Sep 7, 2014 Sources & Methods, or why I started a podcast Sep 7, 2014
  • Aug 5, 2014 How to learn a language to fluency: interview with Gabe Wyner Aug 5, 2014
• Jordan 13
  • Oct 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Homestay Edition Oct 20, 2017
  • May 24, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Meaningful Leisure May 24, 2017
  • Apr 9, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Independent Study Apr 9, 2017
  • Mar 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Leaving Qasid Mar 20, 2017
  • Jan 3, 2017 Everything You Need to Study Jordanian Arabic Jan 3, 2017
  • Jan 1, 2017 New Year, New Arabic-language Podcast Jan 1, 2017
  • Dec 9, 2016 Knot 2: Translation as Trauma, Taxis and Artificial Intelligence Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Climbing Routes Without Numbers Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Climbing Fuheis: Two and a Half Ascents Nov 5, 2016
  • Sep 2, 2016 Existential Battles: Climbing in Amman Sep 2, 2016
  • Aug 19, 2016 Walking Amman Aug 19, 2016
  • Aug 18, 2016 Jordan Diaries: Start with Geography Aug 18, 2016
  • Aug 15, 2016 On Learning New Skills, #showyourwork and other housekeeping Aug 15, 2016
• Incremental Elephant 11
  • May 24, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Meaningful Leisure May 24, 2017
  • Apr 29, 2017 Guest Post: Can robots be language coaches? Apr 29, 2017
  • Feb 18, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Keeping Pace Feb 18, 2017
  • Feb 14, 2017 How to learn a language without a teacher Feb 14, 2017
  • Feb 13, 2017 'Master Arabic' is Out Today! Feb 13, 2017
  • Jan 23, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Adjustments at the Deep End Jan 23, 2017
  • Jan 12, 2017 Master Arabic: What's in the Premium Edition? Jan 12, 2017
  • Dec 30, 2016 Pre-Order Now: 'Master Arabic' Dec 30, 2016
  • Dec 23, 2016 Share the Gift of Language Coaching Dec 23, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 The Two Books Every Intermediate Arabic Student Needs to Read Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Positive feedback on my Memory Skills course Dec 2, 2016
• Deep Learning 10
  • May 28, 2021 On the interpretability of models May 28, 2021
  • May 27, 2021 FastAI Lesson Zero: video notes May 27, 2021
  • May 26, 2021 Arthur Samuel and the 'Frontier of Automation' May 26, 2021
  • May 26, 2021 Telling Cats from Dogs May 26, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Small, unexpectedly powerful boxes May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Held back by misunderstanding May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 PDP: a precursor to modern neural networks? May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Rosenblatt's Mark I Perceptron May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Deep Learning: Best in Show? May 23, 2021
  • May 23, 2021 Removing Barriers: Deep Learning Edition May 23, 2021
• Climbing 9
  • Dec 2, 2016 Climbing Routes Without Numbers Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 23, 2016 The Inner Game: How a Perspective Shift Can Radically Improve Your Performance Nov 23, 2016
  • Nov 20, 2016 Different Kinds of Climbing Nov 20, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Climbing Fuheis: Two and a Half Ascents Nov 5, 2016
  • Oct 21, 2016 Letting Go Oct 21, 2016
  • Oct 13, 2016 Keep Moving Oct 13, 2016
  • Sep 29, 2016 Learning Without Seams Sep 29, 2016
  • Sep 28, 2016 Sustainable Climbing: Three Book Reviews Sep 28, 2016
  • Sep 2, 2016 Existential Battles: Climbing in Amman Sep 2, 2016
• Movement 9
  • Jan 31, 2019 Pain: A Love Story Jan 31, 2019
  • Mar 3, 2017 Walk Around the Block Mar 3, 2017
  • Dec 2, 2016 Climbing Routes Without Numbers Dec 2, 2016
  • Nov 23, 2016 The Inner Game: How a Perspective Shift Can Radically Improve Your Performance Nov 23, 2016
  • Nov 20, 2016 Different Kinds of Climbing Nov 20, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Finishing GMB's Elements Nov 5, 2016
  • Nov 5, 2016 Climbing Fuheis: Two and a Half Ascents Nov 5, 2016
  • Sep 16, 2016 PhD Tools: Sleep and Movement to Nourish the Body Sep 16, 2016
  • Aug 23, 2016 Walking with Words Aug 23, 2016
• LanguageLearner'sJournal 8
  • Oct 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Homestay Edition Oct 20, 2017
  • Aug 13, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Phone Calls and Timed Breaks Aug 13, 2017
  • May 24, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Meaningful Leisure May 24, 2017
  • Apr 30, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Increasing Spoken Fluency Apr 30, 2017
  • Apr 9, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Independent Study Apr 9, 2017
  • Mar 20, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Leaving Qasid Mar 20, 2017
  • Feb 18, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Keeping Pace Feb 18, 2017
  • Feb 4, 2017 Language Learner's Journal: Deepening My Studies Feb 4, 2017
• Memory 7
  • Aug 6, 2023 All the things I wish I knew about studying at school Aug 6, 2023
  • Jun 22, 2017 Italian Comprehension: Putting Myself On the Hook Jun 22, 2017
  • Jan 27, 2017 How to learn a page of verbs Jan 27, 2017
  • Jan 15, 2017 ClozeMaster: learn words in context Jan 15, 2017
  • Jan 2, 2017 The ways memory skills augment your life Jan 2, 2017
  • Dec 17, 2016 Knot 3: Encryption, Race and Tunnels Dec 17, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Positive feedback on my Memory Skills course Dec 2, 2016
• First Draft Publishing 6
  • Sep 10, 2019 New book, new ways to order Sep 10, 2019
  • Jun 5, 2018 My new book: The Taliban Reader Jun 5, 2018
  • Dec 2, 2016 Reading the Taliban: Himal Magazine article Dec 2, 2016
  • Dec 26, 2015 Reading the Afghan Taliban: 67 Sources You Should Be Studying Dec 26, 2015
  • Nov 29, 2015 'Obedience to the Amir', or how the Afghan Taliban govern Nov 29, 2015
  • Dec 10, 2014 New book: An Educator's Tale Dec 10, 2014
• Science 6
  • May 28, 2021 On the interpretability of models May 28, 2021
  • May 26, 2021 Arthur Samuel and the 'Frontier of Automation' May 26, 2021
  • Jun 18, 2018 Diagnosing Diabetes with Weka & Machine Learning Jun 18, 2018
  • Dec 16, 2016 Into Eternity: the construction of Onkalo's tunnels Dec 16, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Knot 1: Solitary Confinement & Digital Security Dec 2, 2016
  • Jul 24, 2016 Chondrichthyan Fun: a review of Shark MOOC Jul 24, 2016
• Art 5
  • Feb 19, 2023 Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum Feb 19, 2023
  • Jun 13, 2018 From AI to to Brahms Jun 13, 2018
  • Jan 15, 2017 Master Arabic: Behind the Cover Jan 15, 2017
  • Dec 15, 2016 Broken Pots Dec 15, 2016
  • Nov 29, 2016 Looking the Wrong Way: Faces in 'Arrival' Nov 29, 2016
• Pakistan 5
  • Jun 26, 2017 The book you need to read on bin Laden's life post-2001 Jun 26, 2017
  • Nov 29, 2015 'Obedience to the Amir', or how the Afghan Taliban govern Nov 29, 2015
  • Dec 31, 2014 North Waziristan: A Reading List Dec 31, 2014
  • Sep 5, 2014 An Ankified Urdu Frequency Dictionary Sep 5, 2014
  • Jan 22, 2013 Following Pakistan's Elections Jan 22, 2013
• Travel 5
  • Nov 20, 2016 Different Kinds of Climbing Nov 20, 2016
  • Aug 18, 2016 Jordan Diaries: Start with Geography Aug 18, 2016
  • Dec 28, 2010 UPDATED: An Appeal Dec 28, 2010
  • Jan 13, 2010 Presenting Mullah Zaeef Jan 13, 2010
  • Jan 8, 2010 Staying Apart Jan 8, 2010
• Knot 4
  • Dec 28, 2016 Knot 4: Empathy, Tech Scepticism and Climate Change Dec 28, 2016
  • Dec 17, 2016 Knot 3: Encryption, Race and Tunnels Dec 17, 2016
  • Dec 9, 2016 Knot 2: Translation as Trauma, Taxis and Artificial Intelligence Dec 9, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Knot 1: Solitary Confinement & Digital Security Dec 2, 2016
• Reviews 4
  • Feb 19, 2023 Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum Feb 19, 2023
  • Jun 14, 2020 Sholay Jun 14, 2020
  • Jun 11, 2020 Kapoor & Sons Jun 11, 2020
  • Jun 11, 2020 Dil Dhadakne Do Jun 11, 2020
• Uncategorized 3
  • Apr 20, 2013 Translators Sought -- Job Opening Apr 20, 2013
  • Nov 26, 2012 Writing the history of the Taliban movement Nov 26, 2012
  • Feb 5, 2010 FT does Kandahar Feb 5, 2010
• Business 2
  • Dec 23, 2016 Share the Gift of Language Coaching Dec 23, 2016
  • Dec 2, 2016 Positive feedback on my Memory Skills course Dec 2, 2016
• Environment 2
  • Dec 16, 2016 Into Eternity: the construction of Onkalo's tunnels Dec 16, 2016
  • Oct 28, 2016 A Greener Technological Footprint Oct 28, 2016
• Pashto 1
  • Nov 5, 2018 Learn Pashto with Podcasts Nov 5, 2018
• RaspberryLPIC 1
  • Dec 31, 2018 RaspberryLPIC: A New Series & Setup Steps Dec 31, 2018
• Somalia 1
  • Jul 20, 2013 Book of the Week: 'Al-Shabab in Somalia' Jul 20, 2013