On This Day: May 15

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.

There are 24 posts previously published on May 15th

  • 2024
    • Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold 📚: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: An excellent exploration of the differing personalities of the Vorkosigan brothers in the midst of military adventure and political maneuvering. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 thirty-three of 2019: A Case of Conscience, by James Blish. ... Read more ➡
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 2018). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Signs I’m concentrating on work: iTunes makes it four full tracks ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 2018). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Okay, this is a horrible clickbait-y headline, but: “Science news: Octopuses ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Ah, the joys of spring housecleaning, as I tackle the skylight ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on May 15, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Goofing around on a walk through Seattle’s arboretum in 2005. I ... Read more ➡
  • 2009
    • I Did Some Wonder Loaf I love Joe Cocker's version of 'With A Little Help From My Friends,' but in all honesty, I've _never_ been entirely sure just what he's singing. I know what the lyrics are, or at least what they should be...I just don't think Joe did. ➡
  • 2007
    • Photo Drop Photo Drop is a slick little Dashboard widget -- actually, one of the first that was slick and potentially useful enough for me to download and toss in to my Dashboard, which isn't exactly the most-used OS X feature on my system. ➡
  • 2006
    • First Time in Five Years Every few years I actually get up the nerve to see just how goofy I look without the beard. The last time was five years ago (and no photos exist of that round), so I figured it was finally time to give it another shot. ➡
    • Mother’s Day It's late in the day, so most won't read this until the day after, but...happy Mother's Day to all the various moms I know (and, for that matter, all those that I _don't_ know). ➡
  • 2005
    • Bittorrent trackers? Anybody know of any other good trackers out there? My Google-fu did me no good whatsoever, and as long as Season Four of Enterprise has been a bit more watchable than prior seasons, I'd kind of like to see how it all wraps up. ➡
    • Pop-Lock Is there any real difference between what's now called 'Pop-Lock' (or 'Pop-n-Lock', as I've generally heard it) and what used to be called 'The Robot' back in the 80's heyday of breakdancing? I can't really see much difference at all, if any. ➡
    • Uptime? What uptime? Prairie and I were in the midst of getting ready for dinner and a movie on Saturday evening when suddenly all the power in my apartment went out. Power outage? The building across the street still had power.... Crud, it's just me. ➡
  • 2004
    • Manly Pink: The photos I got my friend Jessica to wander around with me today and play photographer so that I could fulfill my earlier promise of posing in pink t-shirts, kilt, and boots in return for assistance with the redesign of my website. So, without further ado: me in pink! ➡
    • The Incredibles Is it just me, or does this guy (I'm assuming it's the Villain) look a lot like John Lithgow's character in the Sylvester Stallone movie Cliffhanger? ➡
    • Spam attack! I have no real idea if any of my readers (other than myself) subscribe to either my 'full posts with comments' feed or my 'comments only' RSS feeds, but if you do, my apologies for the spam dumps of the last few days. ➡
    • Metric vs. American paper size Slashdot recently posted a link to this fascinating (in a geeky sort of way) rundown of the Imperial (Metric) system and how it relates to paper sizing. Some of what followed in the discussion thread I knew, some I didn't, but it was one of the more interesting threads I've read on /. in a while. ➡
    • Protect the Baby Squirrels Technologically or politically, some people always feel the need to keep others from 'kicking the baby squirrels'. ➡
  • 2003
    • The Matrix: Reloaded In short, I'm _quite_ satisfied with what I was presented with. At the same time, I can certainly understand why so many middling to flat out bad reviews have been popping up in the last few days. ➡
    • Zero matches on Google Today's Foxtrot cracked me up. ➡
  • 2002
    • Avast, ye maytees! This should be a blast -- according to an article in the Seattle PI, this August there will be a fleet of sailing ships coming to Seattle, including a cannon duel on Lake Union! ➡