Stories by Tomte

Bicycling Street Smarts, Chapter 6: Using Your Brakes (2001)

The Importance of Criticism and Critical Thinking (2021)

Ars Technica’s ultimate board game gift guide, 2018 edition

Wot I Think: Sorcery Parts 1 And 2 (2016)

Pop music: Fewer gatekeepers, more opportunities (2021)

Why web usage statistics are (worse than) meaningless (1995)

E-scooters under fire: Can cities make them safer? (2021)

What to read when you disagree: Books about respect (2021)

Writing the Ultimate Locking Check (2020)

Hymen: Facts and Conceptions (2012) [pdf]

Xiph.org Video Presentations: Digital Show and Tell

Get Tenure

The emerald ash borer is threatening a Native-American tradition (2019)

Time – Why is 11 am and 1 hour == 12:00 pm? (2018)

Why German bread is the best in the world (2018)

Vulnerabilities and Exploits (2017)

Macro Shots Taken Inside Instruments (2012)

Typographical Printing-Surfaces (1916)

WordPress and Tumblr are keeping the internet weird

Entropy Games