On This Day: Aug 26

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 15 posts previously published on August 26th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Summer vacation part one was in the mountains; today we leave ... Read more ➡
  • 2017
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 2017). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Getting started. #blacklivesmatter ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Gave Prairie her first taste of reindeer sausage, from one of ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Prairie and I on the coastal trail, on our morning walk. ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on August 26, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Beautiful morning for a walk along the coastal trail. #vacation ➡
  • 2004
    • The Seattle Times: Kerry for President The Seattle Times has officially endorsed Kerry for President. ➡
    • Happy Anniversary! Today is the 37th anniversary of the marriage of John Hanscom and Roberta Ward — also known quite fondly by me as Mom and Dad (though not respectively…I have an odd family, but not that odd). ➡
    • Untrusted content, nofollow, etc. Phil Ringnalda pointed to an idea that Ian Hickson just tossed out while brainstorming ways to battle the ever-increasing issue of comment spam. Personally, I'd love to be able to wrap the comments section of my individual entry pages in something like this — and actually, it reminds me a lot of a technique I used to use when I had my website running on my own webserver. ➡
    • A good UI is a good thing Terrence has a review of his Nomad Zen Xtra mp3 player posted, and while it's essentially a positive review, one line stood out to me. After having had the unit for six months and using it on what sounds like a near-daily basis, he mentions that he has 'basically mastered the controls.' ➡
  • 2003
    • Marriage 'by The Book' The Public Nuisance has a wonderful idea: as long as the religious right is proposing basing our national definition of marriage by Biblical standards, let's go ahead and do just that. ➡
    • Washington Post cribbing research from blogs? RonK at the Daily Kos points out today that it appears the Washington Post's Dana Millbank is doing a lot of research by reading weblogs. ➡
  • 2002
    • Rebuilding from scratch Unfortunately, when I got home, it quickly became obvious that this was no minor problem. The iMac that I've been using for my webserver, was dead -- D - E - D, ded. ➡
    • First Post Testing...testing...1...2...3...is this thing on? ➡