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On This Day: Feb 28

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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 30 posts previously published on February 28th

  • 2024
    • Year 50 Day 302 Every office should have a T-rex somewhere in it. ➡
    • My New Osborne 1 Though our full-size Osbornes were disposed of years ago, I'm ridiculously pleased to have this lil' guy on my desk now. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2021
    • Difficult Listening Hour 2021.02.27 Unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants, let's-see-what-happens mixing. You never know what might fall into one of these! ➡
    • 📚 11/2011: Dance on Saturday by Elwin Cotman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee 4/6 A really strong collection of short stories and one novella. I really enjoyed the way these slipped between the real and the fantastic, and between mundanity and surreal horror and humor. ➡
  • 2020
    • The Body Shop is adopting “open hiring”: No interviews, no background checks, no drug tests. When there is a job available, just answer three yes-or-no questions and the job is yours. It’s a new philosophy called “open hiring”—and it works. ➡
    • Bookshop: A centralized shopping website for independent bookstores. Start here instead of at Amazon! Discovered through this Forbes article. ➡
    • This moment from Deadline’s Picard podcast made me laugh: in a discussion of how the various Trek governments mapped to real-world governments, Jonathan Frakes ends with, “And now we have a Pakled as a President.” ➡
    • Ranking the Democratic Candidates on Black Issues There you have it. Elizabeth Warren’s 'black agenda' is the blackest of them all. ➡
    • A “live laugh love”-style sign, but using text from the Long-Time Nuclear Waste Warning Messages. I love this. ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 28 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 28 ➡
  • 2019
    • 🖖 #StarTrekDiscovery S02E07: Yay! No more Spock-teasing! Space squid are fun, and Tilly gets flustered around causality violations. Glad Pike at least mentioned Ash killing Culber. Still really unsure about Section 31, all the Spock stuff, and now time travel, but holding on. ➡
    • Well, now I know who to blame for my dreary fashion sense: Beau Brummell (well, and discovering the goth community in my youth….). I break out of the drab-ness occasionally (my Pride kilt from Verillas, for example), but…yeah. Maybe I could do more. Need to ruminate on this. ➡
  • 2016
    • Weekends should be longer than two days. (59/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Once again, frozen yogurt for dessert before heading out to a show. :) ➡
  • 2009
    • Dollhouse As evidenced by my recent tweet, I've now given Joss two chances to win me over to Dollhouse, and he's 0 for 2. It just doesn't work for me, and there's a number of smaller reasons that add up to one big fail. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • The root of the problem… It’s nothing really, but the grammatically preferable version of this phrase is 'for whom I’m supposed to root,' which is the most hilarious collection of words I’ve encountered since 'Academy Award-winning screenwriter Ben Affleck.' ➡
    • Numbers I don't get it: why is the latest Enterprise the NCC-4 8 15 16 23 42? ➡
  • 2006
    • Tuesday Ten (In My Pants) A variation on the 'ten random tracks' music meme, adding in the fortune-cookie game of adding '...in my pants' to the end of the fortune...or in this case, song title. ➡
    • I’m 6.29% Slut Just a cute little bit of web silliness: using the Slut-o-Meter to compute your promiscuity according to Google. According to the Slut-o-meter, I'm 6.29% slut. ➡
  • 2005
    • Keeping New Readers Problogger has a short series of posts with tips on how to keep readers who have stumbled across your site via a search engine hit or some other method. Interesting stuff, though nothing groundbreaking, and as it turns out, I do most of what he recommends already. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • Search improvements While MovableType does include its own search function, I've chosen not to use it for djwudi.com because I have a number of pages that live outside of my weblog, which MT would not be able to search. However, I'd run into a bit of a problem with the search engine I am using, and I think I've finally got it solved. ➡
  • 2002
    • Where were you? I found an interesting discussion today, and thought it was well worth cribbing to use here on my site. One of the members of the HTF started a thread asking where people were and what they remember about significant dates in history. ➡
    • They fight crime! He's a hate-fuelled misogynist stage actor from the Mississippi delta. She's a transdimensional red-headed nun who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime! ➡
    • Moving soon I talked to Melvin last night, and got the go-ahead to move into the new apartment, probably starting next week sometime, so that I can be in by the 15th. ➡
  • 2001
    • Shake, rattle and roll I just found out when I got to work that Seattle got quite a bit of a shaker yesterday -- current estimates put the quake that just hit them at 6.8. ➡
    • Radio – and future gigs? My personal moment of triumph was when one person called to tell Nick to quit playing a compilation CD, at which point Nick let him know that it was actually me mixing live. I guess my mixes were going pretty smoothly! ➡
    • Back online Sorry 'bout the recent downtime over the past couple of days...problems with the cable modem. In any case, everything's resolved now, and things are looking good. ➡

On This Day: Feb 27

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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 26 posts previously published on February 27th

  • 2024
  • 2020
    • Star Trek: Picard S01E06: Much better than last week. Borg cube action that isn’t just squicky siblings, Soji hits a point of no return, and Picard comes face to face with parts of his past, good and bad. But who gave the Romulans a Lament Configuration? ;) ➡
    • Was the Democratic Nomination Rigged? A Reexamination of the Clinton-Sanders Presidential Race by Anthony J. Gaughan: “This article makes three central points. First, it contends that the overwhelming weight of evidence makes clear the 2016 Democratic nomination process was not rigged in favor of Hillary Clinton. Second, this article argues that the Democratic Party rules ... Read more ➡
    • On Bernie Bros Perfect, superhuman leaders do not exist in life. ➡
    • Running A Con, Conference Or Festival In The Age Of A Burgeoning Pandemic!: “Get ahead of this now. Do not make us e-mail you to ask you what’s up. This isn’t about causing panic — it’s about undercutting it. It’s about reassuring us that you have this in your mind, with plans forming.” ➡
    • Coronavirus: Don’t Panic! Liberally adapted from a Washington Post article, a list of best practices for dealing with the coronavirus. ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 27 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 27 ➡
  • 2019
  • 2018
    • So this bust of Mad Magazine’s Alfred E. Neuman is something I brought home from Alaska after Dad died. He had it on his desk for years, and now I have it near mine. I got curious (after watching a little Antiques Roadshow) and did some Googling to see what I could find out about ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • I’m sportsing! With the sports and the running and the I have no idea what’s going on! We’re out cheering on one of Prairie’s students at today’s #CWU vs. #OSU rugby match. Go Wildcats! Sports that ball! Woo! #CWUpride (58/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Live long and prosper. _\// ➡
  • 2014
    • I guess I can jump on the #throwbackthursday bandwagon too! Here’s me at around two, looking at a Playboy centerfold with my mom. One of my favorite childhood pictures. :) ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for February 25th through February 27th Sometime between February 25th and February 27th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • The Whedonite's Dilemma • New Frontiers Sweepstakes • Young 'Slumdog' Stars Back in Mumbai Slums • Yoda Is a Muppet • Mermaid Dream Comes True Thanks to Weta ➡
  • 2007
  • 2006
    • BSG on the iTMS followup Just a quick followup to my post comparing Battlestar Galactica downloads via Bittorrent and via the iTMS: according to MacRumors, recent BSG episodes are appearing in an uncropped widescreen ratio. ➡
  • 2005
    • Battlestar Galactica Season 1…done! Up until this week, I never got the whole thing with people downloading and watching shows on their computer. I've got such a low opinion of the majority of TV shows that I just couldn't see spending the time and resources on such a project. Then I got bit by the Battlestar bug. ➡
    • Halle Berry wins Razzie…and respect Halle Berry staged an Oscar-worthy parody of her Academy Awards meltdown at last night's 25th annual Razzie awards in Los Angeles. Breaking with tradition, the Catwoman star showed up in person to collect her award as the worst actress of 2004. ➡
    • Just stop talking Many years ago, I went to a summer camp in which one of the activities was horseback riding. This ended up being a less-than-successful experience for me, though, as as soon as I got up in the saddle the horse reared up, dumping me rather unceremoniously on the ground as I slid off the saddle and over the horse's rear end. ➡
    • MT-Blogroll I've just updated and revised my blogroll over to the right. Instead of relying on an external service to manage my blogroll, I'm now using a new plugin from Arvind Satyanarayan called MT-Blogroll that implements blogroll management directly into the MT interface. ➡
  • 2004
    • Nickels, Sims: Quit yappin’ and start doin’! When I wrote out the list of cities supporting equal marriage rights, it was a little disappointing to not have Seattle in that list, too. Living in the area of Seattle I do, it always seemed to me that Seattle would be a natural for supporting this kind of movement. ➡
  • 2003
    • Dive! Dive! Dive! NASA has had its day. It's given us technological marvels from cell phones to SETI screensavers. But we're not mining the moon. We're not terraforming Mars. And we're certainly not finding any aliens. ➡
  • 2002
    • Enterprise: Fusion Finally...after 16 episodes of interesting but non-typical behavior (as far as we know) from the Vulcans shown on Enterprise, we finally get a show exploring a bit more about Vulcan culture...albeit in an unusual fashion. ➡
    • No more splash page I just nuked the splash page for my site, so now this page should be the first thing you see. I'd been tossing it over in my head for a while, as it really didn't serve a purpose other than making it just a little harder to get to the actual content of my site. ➡
    • Cross-platform 3.0 Just wanted to let you know that you should revise your opinion about OmniWeb. The latest sneaky peek versions have much improved CSS support. The attached screenshot shows your page using the latest sneaky peek version 49 released today. While it's not perfect, you'll surely agree that it's a huge step forward. ➡
    • Enterprise parody season THE TROUBLE WITH TROUSERS: The Enterprise discovers the planet of the Geramines, descendants of radical feminists who fled Earth after the Phallus Wars. As the inhabitants will only speak to women, T'Pol beams down to make First Contact. Disaster ensues when the Geramines take offence to her trousers, a symbol of male patriarchy. ➡

On This Day: Feb 26

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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 26 posts previously published on February 26th

  • 2024
    • Year 50 Day 300 I had to go out and stand in the snail. ➡
    • These Are Facts 'I want to present a list of items which are very well documented facts, but would’ve been absolutely, patently insane 10 years ago.' ➡
  • 2020
    • RIP Clive Cussler His books weren't exactly great, but I'll admit, they can be fun. And whatever you think of his books, the work he did in the real world is pretty impressive. ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 26 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 26 ➡
  • 2019
    • Unsolicited Mac app recommendation: I don’t have to use the command line very often, but when I do, I really enjoy using Cathode, a vintage terminal emulator. Scan lines! Green/amber (or whatever) screens! Curved CRTs! Fading scroll artifacts! It’s ridiculous and a lot of fun. ➡
    • I’ve been thinking about moving away from WordPress for a while now, and I think I may have found my replacement backend: Grav. I’ve got a base install running. Next: play with settings and design, look for WordPress importers, external editor/microblog support options, etc. ➡
    • Book twenty of 2019: Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1946 Retro Hugo Best Novel (for The Mule, part two of this book) 📚 Very much enjoying finally reading these (and surprised that it seems I never had, or had done so so long ago that I’d forgotten). ➡
  • 2018
    • Linkdump for February 26th from 08:00 to 08:06 An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 08:00 and 08:06 on February 26th. • The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery • Gun Rights, ‘Positive Good’ and the Evolution of Mutually Assured Massacre • The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims • Inside The Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns • Why the Second Amendment does not stymie gun control • Slavery, the Second Amendment, and the Origins of Public-Carry Jurisprudence ➡
    • Linkdump for January 17th through February 26th An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between January 17th and February 26th. • 4 Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings • How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment • A Gun Ban Is Inevitable. Not just high-capacity assault rifles. ALL the guns. • One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings • How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment • The Problem with Panic ➡
  • 2016
    • 57° at the end of the workday. I was comfortable without my coat! :) (57/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • A somewhat better view of my one (so far) tattoo than in last night’s shot. Got this a few years before I left Alaska, so…oh, at least 15 years ago now. Someday I’ll get another – I know what and where, I just haven’t done it yet. ➡
  • 2009
    • On the Neverending Story Yes, there's a chance that they're taking a film that's loved by many who were kids when it came out and 'updating' it to be bigger, louder, and _stupider_. However, if we're lucky, this could turn out to be one of those cases where they just might improve on the original. ➡
  • 2005
    • …ask what you can do for your country. One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed.  He awakens to see George Washington standing by him.  Bush asks him, 'George, what's the best thing I can do to help the country?' ➡
    • My Movable Type tweaks I got an e-mail from a friend who's in the process of switching over to Movable Type, and he asked if I had any recommendations for plugins or tweaks to the core system. Here's a look at what I'm currently using. ➡
    • C-List Blogging According to Dave Pollard's breakdown, I'm a 'C-List Blogger'. ➡
    • Theatre Plans The Seattle Times has announced the 5th Ave. Theatre's 2005-2006 season. Lots of good stuff coming up, including The King and I, but the one that's really catching my eye is Sweeny Todd. ➡
  • 2004
    • Violence is ( bad | good ) ! Group One blames violence in video games and movies for the behavior of today's youth. Group Two buys out entire theaters for church groups, youth groups and families to see Mel Gibson's 'The Passion'. Any bets on just how separate those two groups really are? ➡
    • An insider’s view of MS Word 6.0 Microsoft Word for the Mac versions 4 and 5 were my introductions to Word, and in the opinion of myself and many other people, were the pinnacle of Microsoft's Mac programming. Then came Word 6. ➡
  • 2003
    • By the infinite dick of God I first found this on the 'net ages ago, and used to have a copy somewhere on my hard drive. I'd forgotten about it for a long time, then the phrase "by the infinite dick of God" popped into my head tonight, and I decided to search this out and... ➡
    • We'll bomb who we want! The Propaganda Remix Project has a book of posters being released in March, complete with forward by Kurt Vonnegut, introduction by Howard Zinn, and commentary by the Center for Constitutional Rights. Looks worth picking up — my copy is on order. ➡
    • New WTC plan chosen Well, it looks like the winning plan for the replacement complex for the WTC has been revealed. While it's not the one I favored, maybe it'll translate better into the real world than the pictures of it I've seen so far. ➡
    • This isn't helping A few days ago, Robert Scoble asked what we think Microsoft should do in the future, both with technology and to improve their public persona. I haven't done much for coming up with a list of what they should do, but here's a hint to Micosoft: this is something you really shouldn't do. ➡
    • Caring for your Introvert The worst of it is that extroverts have no idea of the torment they put us through. Sometimes, as we gasp for air amid the fog of their 98-percent-content-free talk, we wonder if extroverts even bother to listen to themselves. We can only dream that someday…it will not be impolite to say "I'm an introvert. You are a wonderful person and I like you. But now please shush." ➡
  • 2002
  • 1995
    • [From Usenet: 2.26.95 0238] Somewhere around a year or more ago, there was an ftp site that had a remix of 'last' by Butch Vig that had been nixed from the 'fixed' ep. As far as I've been able to tell, it's not available anywhere else, and has never been released. ➡

On This Day: Feb 25

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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 37 posts previously published on February 25th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • Induction Ranges are Magic Cooking with an induction range is really neat, and IKEA gave us really good service. ➡
    • 📚 Ymir by Rich Larson No review, as this book is a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and I am the coordinator for the award ceremony at Norwescon. While I have no input into the selection of nominees or judging, I want to be sure to avoid any appearance of influence. ➡
  • 2021
    • TT2020: TT2020 is an advanced, open source, hyperrealistic, multilingual typewriter font for a new decade! ➡
  • 2020
    • We know what. But what about how? End the filibuster, flip the Senate: the debate Democrats almost had We’re deep into the primary now. There have been 10 Democratic debates (12 if you count the debates broken into two nights), and even more forums, town halls, and so on. We know, at this point, what the candidates want to do. It’s time ... Read more ➡
    • You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus: Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.: “Certain containment measures will be appropriate, but widely banning travel, closing down cities, and hoarding resources are not realistic solutions for an outbreak that lasts years.” ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 25 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 25 ➡
    • How to win Monopoly in the shortest possible time: “Refuse to let bank fail. Rushing one million Monopoly dollars to you by airmail – carry on.” ➡
  • 2018
    • Time for the next film in our Hitchcock collection. As with many of these (all of them so far, actually), my first time seeing this one. ➡
    • Book eleven of 2018 (and fifth #pkdickaward nominee): The Wrong Stars, by Tim Pratt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • 2017
    • Prairie decided to bring out two settings worth of the antique Noritake china she inherited from her grandparents. It’s actually the first time I’ve seen it; it’s a really pretty set. ➡
    • This makes me laugh every time I see it. Some of you will do the same, others may not understand. But it’s funny to me. ➡
  • 2016
    • Good: One month from today, I’ll be geeking out at #nwc39 with many geeky friends. Bad: The rest of today. At least tomorrow’s Friday. (56/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Done…and got the t-shirt to prove it! ➡
    • All hooked up. Just hope they remember to unhook me in time. ;) “Always give 100%…unless you’re donating blood.” ➡
    • Waiting to give blood. The chairs look…somewhat intimidating. At least there aren’t any straps. :) ➡
  • 2014
    • End of the day, time to get ready for bed. ➡
  • 2009
    • Pixar and Gender Long-time readers will recognize this particular soapbox, but it's good to know I'm not the only one standing on it: Pixar's gender problem. ➡
    • Links for February 24th through February 25th Sometime between February 24th and February 25th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • 'Trek' Cast to Reunite on 'Family Guy' • "Dear President Obama": The President Reads 10 Letters a Day From the Public, With Policy Ramifications • FIRST PHOTOS: Weird Fish With Transparent Head • EMI Music Debuts First iTunes Pass With Depeche Mode • doubleTwist ➡
    • Nacelles Monthly J.J. Abrams: 'The key is to appreciate that there are purists and fans of 'Star Trek' who are going to be very vocal if they see things that aren’t what what they want. But I can’t make this movie for readers of Nacelles Monthly...' ➡
  • 2005
    • Flickr being bought by…everybody? For the past few days, rumors have been flying around that Yahoo is buying Flickr. Whatever the truth of the matter, never let it be said that Flickr isn't handling the rumors with good grace and a sense of humor. ➡
    • Critical Mass While I don't currently own a bike, so I couldn't join in the ride, I did wander down to Westlake Plaza today to catch the gathering of riders for this month's Critical Mass ride. ➡
    • Brad! Janet! Professor Snape! This week, at Frank N. Furter's School of Wizardry and Witchcraft... ➡
    • Etch-A-Sketch Tech Support Thank you for calling Etch-A-Sketch Support! ➡
  • 2004
    • The Passion The more I read about Mel Gibson's 'The Passion', the less interested I am in seeing two hours of one man being brutally tortured to death. ➡
    • Irony, copyright, and site design First, read what this gentleman has to say about the appropriation of content from other weblogs…then, head on over and check out his site design ➡
    • I’ve got a fan! Last week, almost a year since he left his original comment, Deakster came back. I now have 75 bogus trackback pings from Deakster — why, I do believe I'm being harassed, ladies and gentlemen. ➡
    • Biosphere There's an interesting article from the Philadelphia Inquirer looking at the early-90's Biosphere experiment. I remember being fascinated by this at the time it was going on. Apparently the experiment did last the full two years planned, though not without problems. ➡
    • Grey Tuesday followup Downhill Battle has posted a followup to yesterday's 'Grey Tuesday' event. ➡
  • 2002
    • BtSOD (Blue t-Shirt of Death) Once I know I've got the funds settled for both the move and my June trip to Alaska for James and Stacy's wedding, I'm getting at least one of these. Probably one of the BSOD-t's and the Mac Bomb-t. ➡
    • Copy-proof CD’s not so copy-proof? I found a thread on the HTF today (which has since been deleted) -- apparently the new 'copy proof' CD's can be copied with some old software. The copies may actually be better than the original CD's, too! ➡
    • I knew it wouldn’t all be good news Because I'll be starting the connection process over, my website could be down for as much as close to 2 months. Speakeasy asks to allow up to two weeks for the connection to take place (from placing the order to the signal coming up and online), and they can't start the process until after you've had a working phone at the address for a month. ➡
    • Hedwig – first impressions I just got done watching Hedwig and the Angry Inch and...well...to be honest, I'm not really sure right off the bat just what I thought of this film. I'm going to let it percolate in my brain for a bit -- I've got to get to bed right now and post more thoughts on it later. ➡
  • 2001
    • Free DVDs Every year during the holiday season the Suncoast company has a sales competition for its member stores, and this year our store won -- from what I'm told, not a rare thing. ➡
    • Back from UAA, possibly on the radio This Tuesday, I'll be spinning on 88.1 FM KRUA sometime between 7pm and 10pm! Should be fun…looking forward to trying my hand at a radio gig. And, as an added bonus, if anyone feels like it, you can listen in over the web (as long as you have Real Player G2 installed) through KRUA's website! ➡

On This Day: Feb 24

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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 31 posts previously published on February 24th

  • 2024
    • Year 50 Day 298 Prepping my music library for DJing the Thursday night dance at Norwescon. ➡
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • 📚 10/2021: Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee 3/6 Another apocalyptic trudge through wastelands (Appalachia during the long winter of an ecological collapse), finding other travelers, & trying to avoid predatory groups. Well written; not my thing. ➡
    • New glasses! Similar to the old pair, just half frames instead of frameless. They’ll do just fine. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • I don’t think I’ve seen any of Billy Porter’s work, don’t really know who he is, but that is one hell of an outfit, and I really like what he has to say about it. ➡
    • Book nineteen of 2019: Foundation, by Isaac Asimov. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 Though I’m a big fan of Asimov’s short fiction, I don’t think I’d actually read this series, and I’m happy to see that (for the most part) Asimov’s writing doesn’t suffer as much as other works from this era do. ➡
  • 2018
    • Out to enjoy a chilly, drizzly, Seattle winter day at the zoo! ➡
  • 2016
    • Really liking these sunny and 50° afternoons. Spring’s closer! (55/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • Without women, the story doesn’t even begin But what the story really says, this story men made up to hold women down, is that women have the power to change the world. Women have the power to throw the world into chaos and they do it because the world as it is isn’t good enough. ➡
    • Yesterday’s calendar page. This is about the only sports poll I could have an opinion on. ➡
  • 2014
    • Playing with filters; I think I made an album cover. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for February 23rd through February 24th Sometime between February 23rd and February 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Safari 4 Hidden Preferences • And the Circle Is Complete • UserFriendly comic plagiarized multiple punchlines from Metafilter comments • Last.fm – the Blog · "Techcrunch Are Full of Shit" • Roger Ebert: The Oscars are Outsourced ➡
  • 2007
    • It’s Academic, Really… The sea squirt has a very simple brain which is used only to find a suitable spot to root itself for life. Once it's settled into a spot, it no longer needs the brain, so it eats it. This has been compared by at least one Researcher to a professor receiving tenure at a university. ➡
  • 2006
    • Schrodinger’s Mac This is the kind of geeky science stuff that I love: quantum computers that give results when they're turned off. ➡
    • Quote of the Day 15,000 atheists in London rioted after a blank sheet of paper was found on a cartoonist's desk. ➡
  • 2005
    • You Ashcroft! Well, it turns out that some airline passengers watching the Oscar-nominated film 'Sideways' on foreign flights are, in fact, hearing 'Ashcroft' as a substitute for a certain seven-letter epithet commonly used to denote a human orifice. ➡
    • Yeah, I’m clueless about these things… Now, in theory, it's supposed to be possible for me to go out onto the 'net somewhere to find digitized copies of tv shows that I could download and then watch on my computer. How in the world would I go about this? ➡
    • Battlestar Galactica Episode 1 This is incredibly cool: The Sci-Fi Channel has posted the first episode of Battlestar Galactica season one on their website, free, uncut, and without commercials. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • Catching up, part four: political bits Yeah, well, I had to jump back into this side of things eventually. On the bright side, much as this stuff might worry and/or scare me, at least I'm paying attention to it now, which I wasn't for far too many years. ➡
    • Catching up, part three Again, in no particular order, bits and pieces from my 'technology' grouping in NetNewsWire… ➡
    • Catching up, part two This time, the focus is on Macintosh goodies. All you PC-using heathens can read on in wistful fantasyland, or just find something else to do — like reinstall Windows again. ;) ➡
    • Playing catchup I'm skimming over a lot of stuff in my newsreader (758 new items after being out of touch for a week!), but in no particular order, here's some of the stuff that caught my eye… ➡
    • Need some free shoes? Enough soggy Nike basketball shoes to outfit every high school team in the state are drifting through the Pacific Ocean toward Alaska after spilling from a container ship off Northern California. ➡
    • He's got a point If anyone in [My Fair Lady] was gay, it had to be Higgins and Pickering -- you're telling me two single men in their late fifties who live together and enjoy speaking properly and dressing Audrey Hepburn in fabulous outfits aren't? ➡
    • Back online We're back! Sorry about the downtime. In the end, I have to admit that it all boils down to one simple thing — money matters aren't my strong point. ➡
  • 2002
    • Infocom presents Tetris You are looking at the shaft. A large red block, four units by one unit, is above your head, dropping slowly. It has its long edge horizontally aligned. ➡
    • A splash of color A bit of visual design tweaking on the website, which, of course, messes something else up. ➡
    • Lots of moves, and Casey turns 30 I don't think I remember quite all of it, but I think it was crumb cake and white cake crumbled into pieces and mixed with pudding, put into a litterbox, with a litter scooper for a cutting/serving tool, and complete with Tootsie Rolls melted and formed into the right shapes to serve as kitty poop! ➡

On This Day: Feb 23

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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 February 23rd

  • 2024
  • 2022
    • Hey, friends? I love you! I hope you are doing well, and for those of you who have the privilege, time, energy, and ability, that you do what you can to give your friends and loved ones the support they need. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • It seems my recent photos may have been overly moody. So here’s a post-workout grin with minimal processing. (54/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • I never left the house today, so I figured I’d see if these guys had any ideas for an interesting photo. ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for February 18th through February 23rd Sometime between February 18th and February 23rd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Reality TV Helps Break Down Racial Barriers • Can You Really Just Waltz Into SAM, Say You Have No Money to Pay the Suggested Donation, and Be Let In? • Re: The P-I's Online Plan • The Mystery of Ireland's Worst Driver • Wil Wheaton: Spoiler Alert: WATCHMEN is fucking awesome. • Writing Star Trek Novels, Or, Why Don’t You Get a Morally Acceptable Job? ➡
  • 2007
    • The Clothesline Project The Clothesline Project is a program started on Cape Cod, MA, in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. It is a vehicle for women affected by violence to express their emotions by decorating a shirt. ➡
  • 2006
    • Option 30 I have no idea where this came from or who dug it up, but it gave me a good laugh: Trent Reznor, _long_ before Nine Inch Nails, covering Billy Idol's 'Eyes Without A Face' with Reznor's early-80's band Option 30. ➡
    • Alaskan Barbies A new (to me) variation of an old joke. This particular version will likely only be amusing to those who've lived in Anchorage at some point. Others may find it a handy guide to Anchorage's neighborhoods. ;) ➡
  • 2005
    • Now with Markdown I've just added John Gruber's excellent text-processing plugin Markdown to the site, and enabled it for comments as well as for my own use when writing posts. ➡
    • Hunter S. Thompson Seeing all the many varied reports of Hunter S. Thompson's unfortunate demise reminds me that I've actually never read any of his work. So, then, a question for those more familiar with Thompson's work than I am: any recommendations? ➡
  • 2004
    • Grey Tuesday It's time for music fans to stand up and demand change from the music industry's copyright cartel. Tuesday, February 24 will be a day of coordinated civil disobedience: websites will post Danger Mouse's Grey Album on their site for 24 hours in protest of EMI's attempts to censor this work. ➡
    • Mardi Gras I'll be making one of my few mid-week appearances at the Vogue tonight… ➡
    • Welcome to the neighborhood After watching Phil struggle with his hosting provider for a couple weeks over system resources, he and I got to talking, and in the name of good geek-karma, I offered him a spot on my personal webserver. ➡
    • Introductions Got to introduce Jonas, Jon, and Jeannie to Fetish Night at the Vogue last night. Much fun was had by all, as far as I know, even if Jonas did give me crap for going out to dance to Depeche Mode's 'Strangelove'. ;) ➡

On This Day: Feb 22

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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 February 22nd

  • 2024
  • 2021
    • We’re Just Rediscovering a 19th-Century Pandemic Strategy: “Imagine a sci-fi movie featuring a scary new virus. You would probably picture people protecting themselves with space suits and respirators. Who would have thought that the key to fighting this novel coronavirus would be as simple as fresh air? Only everyone 100 years ago.” ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Moody Monday? Just liked the strong shadows from the afternoon sun. (53/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Possibly as close as I’m likely to get to the stereotypical selfie. Couldn’t get myself to stoop to duckface, though. I have some pride. ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for February 16th through February 22nd Sometime between February 16th and February 22nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Tommy Westphall’s Mind: A Multiverse Explored • Turkey: Archeological Dig Reshaping Human History • Typography for Lawyers • PeteSearch: How to Split Up the US by Facebook Interactions ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Entropy and Breakthrough I've submitted two photos to JPG Magazine for possible inclusion in their next issue, one each for their themes of Entropy and Breakthrough. If you're a JPG member, click through and toss a vote my way! ➡
  • 2005
    • Jim Steinman I just need to know what the song you just played was — but before you tell me, I want you to check something out for me. By any chance was that song written or produced by Jim Steinman? ➡
    • Kubrickr Here's a nifty toy for all you Wordpress users that have recently updated to v1.5 and are using the default 'Kubrick' theme: Kubrickr. Given a tag, it will search Flickr for all licensed photos with that tag and then allow you to crop the photo down to create a replacement header graphic that drops right into the Kubrick layout. ➡
    • My Netflix ‘wishlist’ I've (again) run up against the 500-title limit in my Netflix Queue. To get around that, I've made a very focused del.icio.us account for DVDs I want to rent, but can't put in my Netflix queue at the moment. Keep an eye on it if you like. Or not. Whichever. ;) ➡
    • Fun with typos Seen today on Accelerate Your Macintosh: Mac Ureal Tournament 2004 v3355 Update. Eeeeewwwww. ➡
    • Ego …accusing a blogger of narcissism is like accusing your minister of piety, isn't it? ➡
    • Full-time blogging I've got to admit, I wish I could 'pull a kottke' and move to blogging as a 'job'. The idea has a lot of appeal. Unfortunately, I'm in no shape financially to do such a thing, and I don't have the wide readership that he has that would allow me to request donations. ➡
  • 2004
    • Safety != comfort In linking to the story on SUV safety yesterday, Scoble mentioned the statistical ridiculousness of being comfortable driving, yet being afraid to fly. The thing is, this is something that I can identify with — far better than I'd like, in fact. ➡
  • 2001
    • DJ Wudi @ UAA this Saturday Just a quick reminder that this Saturday I'll be spinning from 2pm-10pm for the UAA Dance Marathon fundraiser for the Providence Children's ICU. ➡

On This Day: Feb 21

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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 23 posts previously published on February 21st

  • 2024
  • 2020
    • On S3 of ENT (my first time), and people complaining about how dark DIS is must be forgetting the millions dead on Earth, Archer’s obsession leading to psychological torture, organ farming, and piracy, T’Pol’s drug addiction, and who knows what else. Not a shiny happy show! 🖖 ➡
    • Difficult Listening Hour 2020.02.20 Week five of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 21 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 21 ➡
    • 📚 eleven of 2020: The Little Animals by Sarah Tolmie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee Unlike most or all of the other nominees, this was more historical fiction with a thread of magical realism—not a bad thing, though, as it’s a neat work that I very much enjoyed. ➡
  • 2019
    • 🖖 #StarTrekDiscovery S02E06: 90% strong episode, but that last 10%…I have serious concerns with the Discovery’s actions in this episode. Pike did far more than bend General Order 1. Sigh. Mixed feelings tonight. Oh, and (unsurprisingly) my theory about Saru was wrong after all. ➡
    • (2/2) Or, presented in a slightly different format (that works well for this, but would take far too many pages for the full listing), my Star Trek library, sorted by ©/release date. 📚 🖖 ➡
    • (1/2) Our home library currently stands at 2,167 books. Should you be curious and/or bored enough, here’s a link to a listing, sortable by title, author, or a couple other less-useful categories. 📚 ➡
    • Book eighteen of 2019: The Patrian Transgression, by Simon Hawke. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 (Trek novels are my “fluffy comfort food” reading. With few exceptions, I enjoy them all, good and bad, so even mini-reviews are somewhat pointless. You understand, I’m sure. LLAP 🖖) ➡
  • 2017
    • I also got new smut from @ironcircus: Yes, Roya and My Monster Boyfriend. Supporting small-press publishers of NSFW material (at which Prairie rolls her eyes in amusement). ➡
    • Prairie and I got each other shirts! We each now have both #shepersisted and #roguenasa shirts to wear at marches, protests, or just going to the grocery store in this small town on the red side of the state (I’m more likely to do that last one…probably while wearing my kilt). ➡
  • 2016
    • Just feeling a little prickly this evening. (52/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Why, yes universe – a headache was just what I needed on a Friday afternoon. How thoughtful of you! ➡
  • 2009
  • 2007
    • Field Guide to Seattle Viaduct Debate Can't keep all the various options or points of view on Seattle's ongoing 'what do we do about the Viaduct' battle straight? Here's a handy-dandy guide to the various species involved, thanks to SLOG reader 'Golob'. ➡
  • 2005
    • Mature? Me? Naaahhh… The thing about seeing a flock of birds camped out on a publicly accessible dock is that one is faced with the completely immature and totally insurmountable desire to go running down the dock and into the flock. ➡
    • Gorgeous weekend We're back! This was a great weekend — incredibly gorgeous weather. Rather bizarrely for February in Washington, we got clear blue skies, temperatures in the mid-60's, and just a hint of breeze along the beach. ➡
  • 2004
    • Well-Designed Weblogs Looking for some design inspiration? Good pointers to quite a few very impressively designed sites at Well Designed Weblogs Part One and Part Two. And no, I'm not on the list. ;) ➡
    • Help send flowers to the newlyweds Another nice project springing up over the past few days — Flowers for Al and Don. ➡
  • 2002
    • The pope said what? In November, the frail and ailing Pontiff sent his first email, a message sent to his Bishops in Oceania in lieu of what would be a taxing visit. 'This new Internet is a Blessing from the Lord,' the Pope said through an interpreter, 'but Jesus Motherfarking Christ, these annoying-ass pop-up ads are farking pissing me off.' ➡
    • The return of Spudnuts I vas born in a part of Belarus where people what have bluejeans cannot for be to using them becausk they hef no bones. Very sad. Very, very sad. Yes. Funny. But also... SAD. ➡
  • 2001
    • The cam is back One of the side benefits to the new 'puter is that as I've decided to stick mostly to OS 9 on this box, it allows me to resurrect some features of this site that had been on hold for a while. ➡
    • Snoogans Back a while ago, Kevin Smith and company were creating an animated show based on the characters from his film Clerks. Six episodes were made, but only two were ever broadcast (neither of which I ever saw). ➡

On This Day: Feb 20

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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 23 posts previously published on February 20th

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 9/2021: Failed State by Christopher Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee 2/6 Not quite as “we came far too close to this” as its predecessor, so a bit easier to get through. Has some interesting ideas for a post-ecological-collapse approach to legal liability. ➡
  • 2020
    • Star Trek: Picard S01E05 Stardust City Rag Bjayzl, vajazzle, let's call the whole thing off.... ➡
    • Be Angry, Elizabeth There is nothing wrong with women expressing anger. We’ve certainly given them enough reasons to do so. ➡
    • Saint Expedite Fascinating story, and you know? It never hurts to keep things like this in mind when you're in need of a little extra assistance. ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 20 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 20 ➡
    • Whidbey Island Getaway I played a bit with getting some abstract shots of the decay and geometries of the structures. Those shots, along with more representational shots, are up on Flickr. ➡
  • 2019
    • Siddown, Bernie I have the advantage of being a straight cis white male, and thanks to those genetic/social happenstances, it's easier and safer for me to say this than it is for many other people who don't fall into one or more of those categories: take a seat, Bernie. ➡
  • 2017
    • Book seventeen of 2017: Firestorm, by L. A. Graf. 🌟🌟🌟 ➡
  • 2016
    • From earlier at dinner. My chopstick skills are a little shaky, but I get the job done. :) (51/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Fire Destroys Students?!? Unfortunate fold placement for this issue of the campus paper. (The missing word is “Apartment”, and no one was harmed, just property.) ➡
  • 2010
    • Seagoth Survey Are you now, or have you ever been, involved with or considered yourself a part of the Seagoth (Seattle gothic) community? If so, please take a moment to help me out! Thank you very much! ➡
  • 2007
  • 2004
    • This bandwagon just keeps rollin’ on… Thank God for people like Gavin Newsom — people who decide that it's time to do the right thing, and do it. And congratulations to every single one of the more than 3,000 brand-new married, loving couples. It's been a long time coming. ➡
    • Smoke and mirrors Related to the previous post, a new whitepaper from security consulting firm BoydForbes Security states that the nation's aviation security system is 'smoke and mirrors.' ➡
    • Now boarding Osama bin Laden… Imagine if the world's most notorious fugitive, Osama bin Laden, attempted to board an airliner in the United States. Suppose he were clean-shaven, sporting short hair, wearing a pinstriped business suit and looked like so many other travelers that no suspicions were raised. How far might he get? ➡
  • 2002
    • Cross-platform 2.0 Tom was good enough to send me two screenshots of my site that he took on his *nix box. Generally good results, but (sigh) not perfect. ➡
    • MT Upgrade While I'm sure this matters to absolutely nobody except me, I thought I'd post a quick note to track the changes -- I've just upgraded Movable Type (the scripts that I use to run and manage my blog) to version 1.4. ➡
    • Palindromania Need a cheap excuse to party? At 8:02pm tonight, if you use military time, it will be **20:02 20/02 2002**. This won't happen again until Dec. 12, 2112 at 12:12pm -- and won't happen again after that. ➡
  • 2001
    • New ‘puter! A 350 MHz blue and white Power Mac G3, 128 MB memory, DVD player, 22.3 GB of storage spread across three drives (1 ATA/IDE, 2 SCSI), and dual 17 inch monitors, one running off an IMS Twin Turbo card, the other running off an ATI Rage 128. ➡

On This Day: Feb 19

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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 23 posts previously published on February 19th

  • 2024
  • 2023
    • 📚 Widowland by C.J. Carey No review, as this book is a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and I am the coordinator for the award ceremony at Norwescon. While I have no input into the selection of nominees or judging, I want to be sure to avoid any appearance of influence. ➡
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Book seventeen of 2019: Beyond This Horizon, by Robert A. Heinlein. ⭐️⭐️ 1943 Retro Hugo Best Novel. 📚 As an exploration of boredom in a utopia and the possibilities of genetic engineering, it’s mildly interesting, but felt unfocused, oddly structured, and kind of tedious. ➡
  • 2018
    • Book ten of 2018 (and fourth #pkdickaward nominee): The Book of Etta, by Meg Elison. 🌟🌟🌟 ➡
  • 2017
    • 2017 PK Dick Reviews Here are my thoughts on each of the nominated books, in order from my least favorite to my personal favorite and pick for the award. ➡
    • Book sixteen (and sixth and final #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: Unpronounceable, by Susan diRende. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • Book fifteen (and fifth #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: Super Extra Grande, by Yoss. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • 2016
    • It’s barely visible, but there was a rainbow this evening. I tried to get it shooting up out of my head. Didn’t quite work. (50/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Red Robot thinks it’s time to go home. Sadly, it’s not. I think I need to check his clock settings. ;) ➡
  • 2013
    • 2012 Philip K. Dick Award Thoughts One of the highlights of Norwescon is the award dinner for the annual Philip K. Dick Award for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. For the second year running, I've purchased and read each of the nominated books. What follows are the brief reviews I posted to Goodreads as I finished each book. ➡
  • 2010
    • DVDs vs. Piracy I want to make it clear that I don't condone piracy (of the digital or high-seas version, outside of the silly over-romanticized modern view of historical pirates). However, there's a very real truth in this graphic. ➡
  • 2007
  • 2004
    • 10 Random Songs From D: Put your .mp3 collection on random, list the first 10 songs it plays. No editing allowed (though I don't mind editorializing, myself). ➡
    • 99 percent failsafe That abstinence bit worked REAL well for Mary and Joseph, didn't it? It's 100 percent fail-safe, after all. ➡
    • Apple out of debt Impressive, really — even with the economy in the shape it's been lately, Apple has been doing so well that they were just able to pull themselves out of debt. ➡
    • Clumsy Brits According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, in 2002… ➡
    • XFN Friendly For those who care (yes, this means you, Phil), my 'Elsewhere' page is now XFN-friendly. ➡
    • Why the genealogy bug? Because it makes history real. ➡
    • More on the genealogy project I spent some time last night following up on playing around with software for tracking my family's history on our website. So far, things are actually looking fairly good — and the first version of the family tree is up on the web. ➡
  • 2002