On This Day: Jun 30

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 30, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 18 posts previously published on June 30th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 30, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Time to go home! (182/366) ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 30, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Chucks of the day (30/?): black low tops with red lining, ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on June 30, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Hanging out on the President’s lawn and chatting with parents of ... Read more ➡
  • 2010
    • The Blue Box When Kevin and I were younger, and too small to work dad's record player, we had our own: the classic Fisher-Price phonograph. To go with this, Dad gave us a small blue box (well, blue, white, and green, but I've always thought of it as blue) with a bunch of old 45s that he and his brother Doug had collected when they were younger. ➡
    • 30 Years of Airplane Possibly one of the funniest films ever made, Airplane!, just turned 30. While I'd read that Airplane! was based on Zero Hour!, I'd never realized just how closely the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team had hewed to the original. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for June 26th through June 30th Sometime between June 26th and June 30th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • LANL Scientist Makes Radio Waves Travel Faster Than Light • Picasa Web Albums - Pride 09 • Fake Photojournalism Wins • Giving Up My iPod for a Walkman • "A Barkeeper Entering the Kingdom of Heaven": Did Mark Twain Really Hate Jane Austen? ➡
    • MiniBreak: Olympic National Park A couple of weekends ago, Prairie and I took our first minibreak in a _long_ time, heading out with her dad to the Olympic National Park. We camped out at the Sol Duc Campground, soaked in the Sol Duc Hot Springs, hiked around the campground area, and drove out to the coast to hike along Rialto Beach. ➡
  • 2008
    • Links for June 27th through June 30th Sometime between June 27th and June 30th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Top 10 Strangest Anti-Terrorism Patents • The best God joke ever - and it's mine! • Metafilter looks at 'Christiane F', or 'Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo' • Presbyterian assembly votes to drop gay clergy ban • The Presurfer: Oops! ➡
    • Pride 2008 Pride yesterday was a lot of fun. Every other year I've gone, I've shot from the sidelines, doing my best to get an overview of the entire parade and all the different groups. This year, I decided to try something different. ➡
  • 2007
    • I’m not doing this story. I wish more newscasters would do something like this. Kudos for Mika Brzezinski, and it's a pity she has to work with shmoes like the two guys who just won't let this drop and keep pushing it in her face. ➡
  • 2004
    • Daring Fireball on Dashboard and Konfabulator I haven't poked my head into the Dashboard versus Konfabulator brouhaha for two reasons: firstly, I'm not a user of Konfabulator; and secondly, the whole thing seemed patently ridiculous to me. However, John Gruber has done a masterful job of explaining why this is really a non-issue. ➡
    • Tech Support Porn The job market just keeps getting wierder. Consider this Portland Craigslist job posting, for instance… ➡
  • 2003
    • Dollars don't equal votes Don't ever be discouraged by dollars. Dollars don't equal votes. ➡
    • Geeks and gay queens Geeks are irritating [people], doesn't make them bad. They are kinda like gay queens, complete with self-love and temper tantrums, except with a fetish for finickiness rather than young boys. ➡
    • 1602 Sir Nicholas Fury is head of the Queen's Intelligence, Dr Stephen Strange is her court physician (and magician), the Inquisition is torturing 'witchbreed', many of whom have taken sanctuary in England under the wing of Carlos Javier, and now a mysterious treasure -- which may be a weapon of some kind -- is being sent from Jerusalem to England by the last of the Templars. ➡
    • Watching the bat I have to admit, this is really amazing — the Howard Dean campaign is posting the results of their fundrasing in near-realtime, with updates every half hour, as this is the last day for fundrasing for this quarter. ➡