Open Loop
A nine-episode podcast with Garrick van Buren in 2012 and 2013, archived with transcripts and a feed.
- Status
- Archived Complete and preserved as it is.
- Dates
- Started Jun 1, 2012. Ended Apr 12, 2013
- Where
- www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/
- Topics
- The open web Play
- Latest evidence
- Latest publication, Apr 12, 2013
Open Loop was a podcast I made with Garrick van Buren. We recorded nine episodes, numbered 0 to 8, from June 1, 2012 to April 12, 2013, talking about Kubb, beer and the technology side projects we were tinkering with. It was my first experiment with podcasting (Open Loop). It began when I emailed Garrick to ask “why aren’t we doing a podcast?” (Open Loop #0). Eric Goplin, director of Minnesota Kubb, joined us for episode 6.
On episode 1 I told the origin stories of Road Sign Math and Planet Kubb, and on episode 7 the story of WikiApiary, three weeks after it began. I put the archive back online in June 2017, and in October 2026 it was republished as a complete podcast feed, with speaker-labelled transcripts machine transcribed and cleaned up with AI.
Activity
9 publications collected from its feeds, the oldest from Jun 1, 2012.
The latest weeks with activity
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Week of Apr 8, 2013 1 publication
- Published Don't Eat the Cupcake
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Week of Jan 7, 2013 1 publication
- Published Turtle Turtle Turtle
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Week of Nov 5, 2012 1 publication
- Published Loppet 2013
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Week of Oct 15, 2012 1 publication
- Published I Know It's Terribly Useful
All activity, week by week. Who made each commit is from its author and co-author lines.
Sources and evidence
Observed daily from GitHub, sitemaps, feeds, the Internet Archive, and Tinylytics. Evidence never sets a status.
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www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/ podcast
- Feed “Open Loop”: 9 items, newest Apr 12, 2013
- Observed Oct 18, 2026
Commits and publications per month, last twelve months.
Connections
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Open Loop discussed Planet Kubb
On Open Loop Source
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Open Loop discussed Road Sign Math
Open Loop Source
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Open Loop discussed WikiApiary
Episode 7, in January 2013, told how I built WikiApiary in about three days and how Garrick named it. Source
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Open Loop discussed Planet Kubb Score
Episode 3, Kubb Fever, linked the Planet Kubb notation and scoresheet and talked through how Garrick van Buren and I record games. Source
History
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milestone
Open Loop returns as a podcast feed
All nine episodes are republished as a podcast feed with speaker-labelled transcripts, cleaned up with AI in October 2026. Source
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archive
Open Loop archive back online
Archive republished. Source
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launch
Open Loop: the first episode
The published episode archive begins with “But No Shoes.” Source