On This Day: Jan 8

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Since I’ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I’m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past. Here are my past posts for January 8…

There are 40 posts previously published on January 8th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • 🎥 Ticket to Paradise Unimaginative and entirely predictable, but harmless, and more or less saved by Clooney and Roberts' undeniable easygoing chemistry. ➡
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Twitter permanently suspends President Donald Trump: citing “the risk of further ... Read more ➡
    • Suspended Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.2019-2020 Tech company donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.The 432-year-old manual on social distancing: “In this spookily prescient booklet, ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.🖖 Discovery S03E12 and E13: Well, it ended well, at least ... Read more ➡
  • 2020
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.The opening notes of the closing credits music for Enterprise are ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.A Brief History of Convention Ribbons: “If you’ve gone to conventions ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Best Star Trek Captain: How Captain Picard beat Captain Kirk: “For ... Read more ➡
    • Our Idols are Fallible …excusing Asimov by saying that some of his contemporaries were guilty of similar transgressions is like downplaying his productivity by pointing out that other authors were prolific. ➡
    • Domain Switch I've moved to michaelhans.com ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.‘Star Trek: Picard”: Patrick Stewart on Why He’s Returning: “The new ... Read more ➡
    • On This Day: Jan 8 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 8 ➡
  • 2019
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.As the following conditions are true: There is yet another high ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available. Book four of 2019: FTL, Y’all! Tales from the Age ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.I’ve had about 24 hours without power over three separate outages ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available. Book three of 2019: The Stone Sky, by N. K. ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.National Geographic: “Before we explored outer space, we tried to paint ... Read more ➡
  • 2018
    • Linkdump for December 27th through January 8th An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between December 27th and January 8th. • Why So Many Men Hate the Last Jedi But Can’t Agree on Why • My Hero, Luke Skywalker • Stop reading what Facebook tells you to read • List: Alternatives to Platonic Love • This is not going to go the way you think: The Last Jedi and the necessary disappointment of epilogues ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2016). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.The plows came through our circle yesterday, and the resulting snow ... Read more ➡
  • 2015
    • Trust There is a better than 50% chance that I'll be ordering an Apple Watch on the day they're added to the Apple Store. ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on January 8, 2014). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.I’m about to eat twenty-seven peanut butter cups! ➡
  • 2013
    • Unhappily Ever After Seven short tales, all based off of Disney tales, but far darker than what you're used to. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for December 28th through January 8th Sometime between December 28th and January 8th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • freezebubbles • xkcd: Converting to Metric • Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Seattle: Green River near Auburn • UiRemote: The Universal Infrared Remote for iPhone • 25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek • 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now • NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack • Weak cellphone law puts drivers off the hook • Whose Streets? • Chart Porn: The Unofficial Theory Of Sci-Fi Connectivity ➡
    • Stormpocalypse! First off, the good news: we're not being affected by the current weather craziness hitting the northwest. That said, this is nuts! This stormpocalypse hit us in two stages: first the snowpocalypse, and now the floodpocalypse. I've been watching #waflood on Twitter, and it's been fascinating watching all the updates appear. ➡
  • 2008
    • Good Action is Geography If you build a fast engine, you don’t need fast cutting, because the story’s being told fluidly, and the pages are just turning very quickly. ➡
  • 2006
    • Whoops…something slipped. And I think that pretty much brings us up to date. Plans for tonight are light: work 'til 6pm, do my reading for school tomorrow, have dinner, and watch tonight's Desperate Housewives. Non-stop excitement, I tell you! ➡
  • 2005
    • Progress: Related Entries The keyword index will work, but I've got a lot of work to do on my keywords before I can bring it live. In the meantime, I've re-implemented Adam Kalsey's 'related entries' code, listing five similar entries in the sidebar of each individual entry page. ➡
    • This is Ponderous This is ponderous, man. Really ponderous. ➡
    • 12 Sentences From ctakahara: Take the first sentence of the first post of each month for the past year and make a paragraph from it. ➡
  • 2004
    • About that iPod mini So, contrary to my initial opinion, count me fully in the camp of the iPod mini supporters. If my current iPod ever dies — which hopefully won't happen for quite a while yet — the iPod mini will do quite well for me. ➡
    • U.S. Treasury: Anonymous until we change our mind The U.S. Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 e-mail addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used e-mail to comment on a government proceeding. ➡
    • Announcing the…iHPod? In an unexpected partnership, Apple and HP announced today that HP will be re-branding and selling Apple iPods and including iTunes pre-installed on HP branded desktop computers. ➡
    • Photoshop CS won’t do money Adobe Photoshop CS apparently has special image-recognition code built in that will detect someone attempting to work with scanned currency, and then refuse to work with the image. ➡
    • I’m going to be an uncle! My brother and his fiance just found out that Emily is pregnant! ➡
    • Your handwriting as a font Fontifier can make your handwriting into a font ➡
  • 2003
    • Abuse my taste in music Take a peek at the last ten tracks that I've listened to on my computer, then leave a comment to tell me how much my taste in music rocks. Or sucks. Whichever. ➡
  • 1996
    • [From the archives: 1.8.96 0212] Just a couple of quick changes at the moment. I've got a few more planned, but they'll have to wait, as I've just been invited out to coffee at VI (Village Inn), and we must have our priorities, mustn't we? ➡