On This Day: Jul 2

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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 32 posts previously published on July 2nd

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Book twenty-three of 2018: Outland, by Alan Dean Foster. 🌟🌟 ➡
    • Oh, sure. Mexico’s election rides “a wave of populist anger” resulting in “a landslide victory” that is “a clear rejection of the status quo in the nation” and a “sweeping mandate to reshape the country” — and moves to the political left. Okay, US voters: our turn in November! ➡
  • 2017
    • Patches (as we have dubbed this very friendly neighborhood cat) decided that Prairie’s lap was the place to be, caring not one whit that poor Prairie is allergic and would immediately have to go change clothes. “It was worth it,” says Prairie. #cat #kitty #catsofinstagram ➡
    • We got matching his-and-hers skeleton keys today. 😄💀🔑 ➡
  • 2016
    • Well, hopefully this will make finding her easier…. #findingdory ➡
    • New car! And actually new, too — a 2016 Chevy Sonic with all of 16 miles on the odometer! Plus very nice service from Miguel and everyone else here. It’s an exciting day! (184/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (32/?): black low tops with multicolored (red, green, orange, purple, blue) striping, purple inner lining, and suede(-ish) heel stripe and tongue logo. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • Lawn mowing isn’t my favorite chore, but some days it’s gotta be done. ➡
  • 2011
    • Life in Ellensburg: All Graduated and Employed! I know it's been a long time since I've done much in the way of 'real' blogging. Believe me, I _know_ -- it's been bugging me. However, the reason for the delay has been for two very interconnected reasons: I don't like blogging about things that are happening until they've actually happened, and I've been a lot busier here than I expected to be. It's all for good reasons, though -- Ellensburg has been treating me very well, as it turns out. ➡
    • Markdown is the new Word 5.1 Almost all of my writing for many, many years now has been in a text editor using Markdown-formatted text. I'm using Markdown formatting for this blog post (which WordPress then automatically translates into HTML), I've written many, many discussion board posts for school in Markdown format before pasting them into BlackBoard, and I use Markdown formatting whenever I'm writing email messages. ➡
    • A Real First-Class News Experience Now, I'm not a die-hard 'information wants to be free' crusader, and I really don't have a problem with paying a reasonable fee for media that I'm interested in. However, I do want to be able to _use_ the information that I pay for, and a specialized system is _not_ something I'm willing to pay for. Give me text on a webpage, RSS feeds for my newsreader...information I can _use_, not something that locks it away. ➡
    • My First and Only Online Handle I'm actually kind of lucky in this respect. I've only ever used one online handle, and while I've deprecated it a bit these days in favor of my real name, I still actively use it as a login name and occasional identifier. Most anyone who's interacted with me online for any appreciable amount of time will recognize my online alias of djwudi. ➡
  • 2007
    • Me and Prairie ...as seen on the Simpsons. If we were ever on the Simpsons, that is. Courtesy of the character generator in The Simpsons Movie website. ➡
  • 2005
    • Tsunami Early Warning System After the massive destruction of the south Asia tsunami, the Red Cross has decided to distribute FREE Tsunami Early Warning System/ Earthquake Detectors. Earthquakes can be dangerous. Especially at beaches where Tsunamis can occur. Know the signs to watch for of a nearby earthquake! ➡
  • 2004
    • Eau de Power Mac Taste and scent specialists International Flavors and Fragrances have partnered with fashion and art magazine Visionaire to produce a special fragrance capturing the scent of computers — specifically, 'the headspace in the Apple computer store in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood.' ➡
    • 9/11 ≠ Iraq Designs on the White House has been running a t-shirt design contest, and they've just announced the winners. Some good shirts in there, I'm hard pressed to find a favorite. ➡
    • Hagar the Horrible …Hagar used his position on the reproductive health committee to oppose the otherwise overwhelmingly approved vote to recommend over-the-counter sale of the morning-after contraceptive Plan B. The vote to approve the sale of Plan B was then overruled by the Bush administration. ➡
  • 2003
    • Woof Just what every goth dog lover needs — a doggie bones costume! ➡
    • Still looking I could have sworn that I linked to this before (it's been on the 'net for months), but I can't find it now, and it's bouncing around the 'net again. ➡
    • LiveJournal RSS feeds Just a note to myself: RSS feeds are available for any LiveJournal simply by adding "/rss" to the end of the URL. ➡
    • Yummy! I just looked at the label on the soda machine here and could have sworn that rather than Cherry Coke, it read Chewey Coke. ➡
    • Juxtapositioning Interesting, if depressing, combinations of headlines on MSNBC's main page right now: Bring them on! / Two more soldiers die. ➡
    • Bring 'em on! Can we get away with starting a 'Ball Gags for Bush' fundraiser drive? ➡
    • The hat?!? No one wants to put words in J. K. Rowling's mouth, but it's safe to assume that when she hails her readers' creativity, she has in mind something other than tales wherein Professor Snape is fellated by the Sorting Hat. ➡
    • Old School Went out to the Vogue last night for an old-school techno night. ➡
    • Angels or Devils ...if you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But, if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. It's just a matter of how you look at it, that's all. ➡
    • 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC has just been awarded the 2010 Olympics. Pretty nifty — they're just a couple hours north of Seattle, so I might actually be able to wander up that way and see some of the fun in seven years or so. ➡
    • Great Wall of China disappearing This was a little distressing to read about: the Great Wall of China, one of the few (the only?) man-made structures visible from space, is falling apart. ➡
    • People Powered Democracy Most of all, these people seemed to be supporting Dean because other people they know and trust are supporting Dean. The Internet campaign magnifies the voices of friends and relatives above the voices of the famous or the powerful. ➡

On This Day: Jul 1

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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 25 posts previously published on July 1st

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Facebook people got a preview, but here’s the unveiling for everyone else: My new #tattoo has escaped from its plastic wrap cocoon! #Vulcan calligraphy for Kol-Ut-Shan, the philosophy of #IDIC, Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Particularly appropriate in these times, I believe. (And #StarTrek has always been political, progressive, and social justice minded. Ahem.) #llap ... Read more ➡
  • 2017
    • Ronald pounds desperately against the glass, trying to escape before the building collapses around him…. #mcdonalds #ronaldmcdonald #urbandecay #construction ➡
  • 2016
    • Book twenty-nine of 2016: Redshirts, by John Scalzi. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (183/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (31/?): black low tops with purple lining and upper sidewall stripe, and purple, black, and grey double tongue (a style I find odd, and just wear normally instead of flipping the outer tongue down to show the color). #chucks #converse ➡
    • Mmmm…treats for breakfast, thanks to a friend recently in Portland. Sugary goodness! ➡
  • 2014
    • Hanging out in Prairie’s office until she’s ready to head home for the day. ➡
  • 2009
    • Book Review: Gothic Charm School Simply put, this should be highly recommended, if not required reading not just for goths, but also for anyone curious about the goth community, whether because they are personally interested or because they have an acquaintance, friend, or loved one (spouse, significant other, boy- or girlfriend, relative, child, or secret crush) who counts themselves among the spooky set. ➡
    • Links for June 30th through July 1st Sometime between June 30th and July 1st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • The Slow Reversal of Periods and Quotation marks • The Boys Club • 16 Bitchin' Commands and Shortcuts for Twitter • Fallen Princesses • Supervolcano May Be Brewing Beneath Mount St Helens ➡
  • 2008
    • Goth Pride Mine aren't ready yet, but here's a nice group shot of the group in the truck. ➡
    • Links for June 30th through July 1st Sometime between June 30th and July 1st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Obama to expand Bush's faith based programs • Seattle Gothic Pageant Presents - GOTH PRIDE 08! • Photos of last night's heat lightning storm over Seattle • World’s fastest man: Tyson Homosexual • Eye on the Universe  (July-August 2008) ➡
    • Stick a Fork In Me, I’m Done How many cannibals could your body feed? ➡
  • 2007
    • Rataphooey Given that Ratatouille has just hit theaters, I feel compelled to revisit a question I asked just over a year ago: Is Pixar a 'boys only' club? ➡
  • 2005
    • Fanfic Well, chalk me up as a pop-culture nerd living in dork central, as my one -- and so far, my only -- foray into fanfic so far has been a short piece called 'Glitch'...and yes, it's Matrix-derived. ➡
    • Which fireworks display? Two out of the past three years, I've gone down to Gas Works Park for the annual WaMu Family Fourth fireworks display. However, seeing as how Seattle is blessed with two major fireworks shows, I'm considering switching over to the Fourth of Jul-Ivar's event at Myrtle Edwards Park. ➡
  • 2004
    • Bush ad equates Kerry, Gore and Moore with Hitler To be entirely honest, I'm torn between being disgusted by this latest video from the Bush campaign, and outright laughing at how spectacularly it could — and should — backfire on them. ➡
    • Unintended consequences A national magazine is looking for people whose weblogs have led to unexpected problems. I got interviewed because of my experiences with Microsoft, and now they're looking for more personal, relationship-oriented stories. Can anyone out there help toss some pointers their way? ➡
    • Spider Man 2 Overall, Spider Man 2 is a lot of fun. Walking home and turning it over in my head, I kept coming back to the same basic thoughts I had about Spider Man. I'm not quite as wild about Spider Man 2 as I was about the first — but there are some definite similarities. ➡
  • 2003
    • Up yours! When the universe gives you the finger, you know it's all pointless. ➡
    • Declaration of Independence from OS 9 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that Classic and OSX are not created equal, that they are drastically different in so many ways, that among these are file sharing, system crashes, software compatibility, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, we should banish Classic from our computers. ➡
    • Guilty pleasures It's a silly, stupid, overplayed song — but I've gotta admit, I still enjoy it, and I'd love to hear The Rednex 'Cotton-Eye Joe' performed live, with a real band (banjo, fiddle, harmonica, and all). ➡
    • 26 Things The subject list for the 26 Things photographic scavenger hunt has been posted. One month to find photos for everything listed… ➡
    • Um…dad? I was alive in 2000, okay? The Doonesbury strips for yesterday and today really should not be missed. ;) ➡

On This Day: Jun 30

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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 June 30th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Time to go home! (182/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (30/?): black low tops with red lining, stitching, and sidewall stripe. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • Hanging out on the President’s lawn and chatting with parents of incoming freshman about the Law and Justice program. ➡
  • 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. ➡

On This Day: Jun 29

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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 17 posts previously published on June 29th

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 58 It's going to be _very_ nice to have a light rail station here when it finally opens. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • I just don’t get why anyone would voluntarily wear pants on 90°+ days. Well, most other days, too, but especially on really hot days. (181/366) #kilt #utilikilt #nopants #noneatall #notasinglepant ➡
    • Chucks of the day (29/?): hiking boot style high tops with heavier tan canvas body, brown (fake?) leather toes, heel stripe, and logo, thick maroon laces, and lace hooks instead of grommets for the top two eyes. A particular favorite pair, these were a really fun find. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • Ow. So after >50,000 steps over two days, my calves are pissed; I’ve been hobbling around all day. Tomorrow’s likely to be an uncomfortable day at work. ➡
  • 2006
    • Abstract Rose I'm still here. Just working on playing catchup after a very eventful (but very fun) few days. I'll get more up here soon...in the meantime, keep an eye on my Flickr stream. ;) ➡
  • 2005
    • War of the Worlds Verdict: very well done, brilliant and extremely effective effects sequences, several nice nods to the 1953 film version, as true to H. G. Wells' book as it could be given the modern-day setting...but with two major flaws that, to me, end up making this one a renter. ➡
    • Office Depot bootlegs I stopped by the downtown Seattle Office Depot on lunch to do some coveting, and had to wonder how customers were expected to compare the quality of the various LCD displays when they were all playing a highly-compressed video of music videos taken from CMT's broadcast stream. ➡
    • Podcast 03: Difficult Listening Hour 04 I'm posting a series of mix sessions I did a few years back. This is Difficult Listening Hour 04 (1h 14m 27s, 85.39Mb). Download, drop into your .mp3 player, and -- hopefully -- enjoy! ➡
  • 2004
    • Apple’s getting into weblogging Very interesting tidbit of information about the server version of OS X 10.4/Tiger in Apple's preview pages: they're including a 'weblog server' based on the blojsom project, which in itself is based on the blosxom weblogging software. ➡
    • NYT interview with Ron P. Reagan There's a very interesting interview with Ron P. Reagan (President Reagan's son) in the Times today. I like the way this man thinks. ➡
  • 2003
    • Red wine Regardless of how Apple corporate wants to portray its products, the Mac isn't a machine for the masses any more than red wine is the preferred beverage at baseball games. To be honest, the masses don't have the capability to appreciate the elegance and depth of this platform. ➡
    • Dean supporters at Pride Day It was nice to see a good contingent of Dean supporters out and about during the festivities today. I've got a few pictures of them, but they're pretty buried in the photo album, so here's some direct links… ➡
    • Seattle Gay Pride Day 2003 Had an absolute blast out and about today at the Pride Day festivities. Lots of fun — tons of pictures can be found in the photo gallery. Enjoy! ➡
    • Katharine Hepburn dies Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy -- and then death. Acting's just waiting for the custard pie. That's all. ➡
  • 2002

Difficult Listening Hour 2020.06.27

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Week eighteen of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. As a way of getting back into practice and doing something regularly, I’ve started doing regular Twitch broadcasts, now on Saturday mid-mornings. These are the results. Anything goes.

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On This Day: Jun 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 19 posts previously published on June 28th

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Watching television…dramatically. :) (180/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (28/?): olive green high tops. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • Cheers! To the final hours of a fun Vegas weekend. ➡
    • Wandering from casino to casino until it’s time to head to the airport. The Luxor is really neat. ➡
  • 2013
  • 2007
    • Blacklight no more. This Friday and Saturday nights will be [the Blacklight's] final nights at CHAC. Our contract is up, so we are going out with a bang - June 29th is FabulousFetish Friday hosted by General Bek and DJ Paul Aleinikoff, and of course June 30th is our New Wave Dance Party with DJ Evan Blackstone. ➡
  • 2005
    • Just a coincidence I've updated my original post to reflect this, but just to be perfectly clear, it does appear that North Shore's "I'm just here to get laid..." shirt is nothing more than a coincidence, as I knew was possible. From what I can tell, my I'm Too Sexy... shirts ('I'm too sexy for my blog' and 'I'm too sexy for your blog') are still one-of-a-kind. ➡
    • OpinionOutpost comment spam Today I received the following comment on my weblog. The comment was posted to an old entry, had nothing to do with the subject of the entry, and was nothing more than an unsolicited advertisement -- in short, it was spam. ➡
  • 2004
    • Apple Tiger banners at WWDC I love it when Apple gets snippy… ➡
    • Top 100 Grossing Movies of All Time From Alicia, a list of the top 100 grossing movies of all time. Following in the footsteps (blogsteps?) of those before me in this particular meme, the movies that I have not seen are in bold. ➡
    • Apple announcements at WWDC 2004 Somehow in all of the weekend's festivities, I'd managed to completely space that this week was the 2004 WWDC (and I call myself a Mac geek?), so coming home to start finding reports of new toys from Apple was a very pleasant surprise. ➡
    • Orchids One thing I stumbled across this weekend that I'd never seen before was the Volunteer Park Conservatory, which has five different sections filled with all manner of plants, from cacti to orchids. I'll definitely want to head back up that way again and try to get some better shots, but for now… ➡
    • Sunburn Even with sunscreen, I think six hours in the sun for yesterday's Pride events was a bit much. ➡
  • 2003
    • Streaming update Just a quick note that I've updated my 'About DJ Wüdi' page to replace the download links for my mixes with streaming audio links instead. ➡
  • 2002
    • Good ruling, bad timing In today's political climate, I just don't think that even the Supreme Court will have the will to uphold this ruling. A shame, too -- no matter my personal religious beliefs, I fully support the decision that was made here. ➡
    • I know most of these Here's a fun little read -- someone's made a list of the top 40 gay themes, compiled not (necessarily) by popularity, but by the songs themselves and their relationship to the gay world. ➡

On This Day: Jun 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 32 posts previously published on June 27th

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 24/2021: Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1974 Hugo Best Novel This one still holds up really well. Still fascinating, as much for the many questions left unanswered as for those which aren’t. A great picture of possible first contact. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Staying out of politics is privilege Hey, I’ll be honest. I’m one of those for whom it would be very easy to just ‘stay out of politics’. But on very real, personal, ethical and moral grounds, I cannot and will not do that. ➡
    • “How shameful that we have not been nearly as committed to equality as they are to hate.” — Ijeoma Oluo, “What is it Going to Take?” ➡
    • Book twenty-two of 2018: Fear Itself, by James Swallow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #dis ➡
    • My only hope right now — and I fear that it’s a long shot — is that Congressional Democrats 1) find their spines, and 2) have enough power to remind everyone that the Republicans made it clear that a Supreme Court Justice can’t be replaced in an election year. ➡
    • Well. Twitter just started exploding with the news that Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is retiring, and Trump will get a second Supreme Court pick. Chances are good we’re pretty much screwed for my lifetime. There is no profanity sufficient for this news. ➡
  • 2017
    • Very pleasant dinner on the new patio tonight. Gorgeous evening! ➡
  • 2016
    • Self-portrait in 1990s-style Mac black and white dithering thanks to #bitcam. Ah, nostalgia! (179/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (27/?): dark green high tops. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2015
    • Support Matters 137 of 509, or 27% of my Facebook friends, are publicly displaying their support for full equality, regardless of sexual orientation. That's a huge percentage, even for an admittedly self-selected group of contacts, most of whom are highly likely to share my general beliefs. ➡
    • Though I’ll be at home hiding from the Eburg heat most of the day, at least I can make this CWU Pride shirt my shirt of choice today. :) ➡
  • 2014
    • We caught the Bellagio fountain, then decided we’d done enough for one day and have come back to our room to crash. ➡
    • Not a bad fortune for Vegas. Especially with the “…in bed” rule. ;) ➡
    • Between Paris and Bally’s. ➡
    • Hello from Paris! Eiffel Tower and everything! ➡
  • 2013
    • Married! One week ago, on June 19th, Prairie and I got married in a small civil ceremony at the Kittitas County Courthouse here in Ellensburg. ➡
    • Now PGP-enabled With all the recent concerns about security and privacy in the world of PRISM, I finally decided to carry through on something I'd considered from time to time in the past, and have set myself up to be able to handle PGP encryption for my mail. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Cartwheel 'Chronophotography' composite photo from the Fremont Solstice Parade. ➡
  • 2005
    • Shiny! Just a quick note of thanks to Bryan, Dori, Shelley, Tvindy, Jacqueline, Johan, and probably others that I've forgotten. All of you have, at one point or another, either personally or through your weblogs, recommended Firefly. I just finished watching the last episode tonight...and damn if I'm not as excited about Serenity as the rest of you are. ➡
    • Imitation, Flattery, and All That Jazz… If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then I suppose I should consider myself flattered -- either that, or there's a rather surprising coincidence going on. Update: Coincidence! See the end of this post for more... ➡
    • MiS Day Two: 2005 Seattle Gay Pride Parade Day two of the "MiS (Men in Skirts)" weekend has come and gone. Rick, Kirsten, and Kory joined Prairie and I to head up the hill to this year's Gay Pride parade. ➡
  • 2004
    • Seattle Pride Parade and Festival 2004 All the recent attention on gay rights, marriage, proposed constitutional amendments and the like have directed enough attention on the gay community to allow the Seattle Pride festivities to expand to two days, and I spent some of yesterday and much of today wandering around and enjoying the show. ➡
    • Björk! Don't get me wrong, I love Bjöork's music, and I think she's gorgeous. But this is always what I've thought she looked like: a cross between a Troll Doll and a Gelfling. ➡
  • 2003
    • Manuals? Manuals? Have you actually purchased a Microsoft product in the last ten years? You don't get any manuals. You get a 'quick start' booklet and a cyanide capsule and that's it. ➡
    • Glad I'm not a Republican You have to realize that this was an INTERNET poll and therefore those who participated in it had to be able to read. So if you take away the illiterate vote, which comprises about 50% of the democratic base, you get these skewed results. ➡
    • Summertime, and the living is easy… It's gorgeous outside. Sun, clear skies, temperatures in the high 70's to low 80's — and I have to go to work. Grumble. On the bright side, it should be a gorgeous day for the Pride Parade tomorrow! ➡
    • Geek humor Lots of programming and computer related jokes at Fog Creek Software. I even contributed one — woohoo! ➡
    • MoveOn primary results The votes are counted, the exit polls are complete, and the results from the MoveOn primary are in. Over 300,000 MoveOn members have cast votes -- a turnout bigger than the election turnout in many states -- and news outlets from CBS to Reuters have covered the story as it unfolded this week. ➡
  • 2002
    • Political compass Here's an interesting online test -- a Political Compass that adds a vertical Authoritarian/Libertarian line to the traditional horizontal Left/Right line and uses a series of questions to map out your political position. ➡

On This Day: Jun 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 22 posts previously published on June 26th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • More Shaming 'Liberals are using their cultural power against the right because it’s the only power they have left, and people have a desperate need to say, and to hear others say, that what is happening in this country is intolerable.’ ➡
    • “Kirstjen Nielsen was not heckled for what she believes. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was not booted from the restaurant because of her politics. They were singled out because of things they actually did. And that is the difference.” ➡
  • 2016
    • Book twenty-eight of 2016: Death by Umbrella, by Christopher Lombardo and Jeff Kirschner. ⭐️⭐️ (178/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • No. This is too many hots. I do not approve. ➡
  • 2014
    • Made it! ➡
    • I like these weird, slightly Giger-esque biological blobby art things. Prairie finds them disturbing. ➡
    • Since we’re about to head down to Vegas, today’s #throwbackthursday shot is from out last/first time there, back in 2006! ➡
  • 2008
    • You Win! On this day, 60 years ago, The New Yorker published 'The Lottery,' by Shirley Jackson. ➡
    • Links for June 25th through June 26th Sometime between June 25th and June 26th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Albanian Custom Fades - Woman as Family Man • He let them down. He ran around and hurt them. • The Big List of Things I Like About LibraryThing • Olympic start gun gives inside runners an edge • Chrysler will offer wireless Internet access in 2009 models • The Fly: The Opera ➡
    • Sentenced to two life terms in bed? Another addition to the list of reasons why I'm going to hell, or, things I _really_ shouldn't find funny, but do. It's not the following story that's funny -- to the contrary, it's rather horrendous -- but NetNewsWire's 'show corrections' feature inadvertently had me snickering as my brain mashed together bits of the two versions of the story summary. ➡
  • 2004
    • Vote Vote as if your life depended on it. It does. ➡
    • Server issues In case Dad or Kirsten check in, there seem to be issues with the djwudi.com/hanscomfamily.com/geekmuffin.com/interalia.org server at the moment. ➡
  • 2003
    • Seattle Solstice Odd things about being a (fairly) recent Alaska transplant — this last weekend was summer solstice, and I didn't even really notice. While I don't think I'll ever be moving back to Alaska, the summertimes really are some of what I miss. ➡
    • Butt Kicking ;) I get the impression from what you said that your sole experience with Harry Potter so far is watching the first movie. If that's truly the case, than I'm not too surprised that you 'don't get it.' ➡
    • 1-800-ooooops An adulterous Finn pressed all the wrong buttons as he made love in a car -- unknowingly prompting his mobile phone to call home just in time for his wife to hear his mistress moan 'I love you.' ➡
    • The Fear Thing and the Sex Thing Not fearing sex is great training for not fearing anything else. Including how you look and sound on TV. ➡
    • More on Lawrence v. Texas This is huge. Our nation took a huge step today toward eliminating one of the last standing impediments to true equality under the law. Just wait until the press picks this up. ➡
    • Year 5 over already I didn't really mean to stay up until 4:15am to finish Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last night…I just got sucked in and lost track of time. Roughly eight or nine hours reading time over the course of the day all told, before and after work. Good stuff! ➡
    • Supreme Court Tries Sodomy…and likes it! Sorry, I couldn't help the title — especially after Slate magazine's unfortunate choice of headline ('Supreme Court tries sodomy') from the beginning of this trial. ➡
  • 2002
    • I’m back! Really! I’m here! I got back in Monday night, I've just been too caught up in either resting or getting life as usual going again down here to have tossed anything up on the page for the past couple days. ➡

On This Day: Jun 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 23 posts previously published on June 25th

  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2018
    • Shame 'Shame is a potent weapon, and it’s little surprise that people invested in the status quo want those who can wield it to unilaterally disarm.’ ➡
  • 2016
    • Time to watch aliens blow things up real good! :D (177/366) #independenceday #themovie #nottheholiday #thesequel #nottheoriginal #independencedayresurgence #thatone ➡
    • Chucks of the day (26/?): black velvet high tops with pink satin lining, pink top sidewall stripe, and white and pink laces. #chucks #converse ➡
    • Chucks of the day (25/?): light blue low top slip-ons. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • I have a halo! ;) ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for June 24th through June 25th Sometime between June 24th and June 25th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Female Characters in Toy Story Don't Get Much Play • Not Safe for Work • Doom, Duke3D and More: A Guide to Some Early FPS and Source Ports • About 100 Words • "To the Straight Guy at the Party Last Night" ➡
  • 2008
    • Links for June 25th from 07:42 to 13:30 Sometime between 07:42 and 13:30, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Really clever advertising campaign for Breeze Excel laundry detergent • An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant • Religious Groups' Official Positions on Same-Sex Marriage • NYT: Reporters Say Networks Put War • Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less • Others' grass not so green after drunken drive on lawn mower ➡
  • 2006
    • In brief… Another quick update: Busy busy busy. Fun...but pretty non-stop. More eventually! ➡
  • 2005
    • MiS Day One Today was day one of what I've dubbed the "Men in Skirts" weekend, with a jaunt out to Golden Gardens Park for the Utilikilts 5th Anniversary party. ➡
    • Shake, rattle, and roll 'Did you feel that?' 'Yeah...what is that?' 'No idea.' The entire apartment was shaking, slightly, but very noticeably, about once every second and a half or so. It felt like a small earthquake, except that it was far too regular, and it kept going. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • Year Five In other good news, I received my copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix this morning. I'm already halfway through. Good stuff. :) Now, off the computer, and back to Hogwart's… ➡
    • Vatican art online The Vatican has put their artwork collections online at Vatican Museums. I haven't taken the time to dive through it extensively yet, but it looks to be a fascinating site. ➡
    • IntyOS IntyOS is not a port of Contiki and does not have the same desktop environment, nor the same built-in tools. It was written from scratch in CP-1600 assembly language in order to fit exactly to the hardware specificities of the Intellivision. Its main goal is now to see how far it's possible to go with today's technologies on such a limited system from the early 80's... ➡
    • $300/minute According to the San Francisco Gate, the Bush re-election campaign is gearing up to spend at least $426,640 a day, seven days a week, between now and November 2004. ➡
    • One Thousand Reasons There's nothing wrong with cowboys. They need to be tough and independent to be successful on the ranch. All those cows and snakes and such. Unfortunately, this attitude doesn't work as well for the leader of a country. ➡
    • Truth is the Weapon… It's been said a lie can circle the global before Truth gets its boots on. But once shod, Truth and only Truth can crush tyrants, kick down prison doors and walk the world back into the sunshine of freedom. ➡
    • Alive again There was some unintended downtime here last night through mid-day today — unfortunately, I don't really know much more than that. ➡

On This Day: Jun 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 17 posts previously published on June 24th

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Finally Friday evening. If only I could just collapse for the weekend. Things to do, though. As always. (176/366) ➡
    • Chucks of the day (24/?): Tri-color red, light purple, and dark purple low tops with dark purple laces. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2014
    • What better way to start the day than with a trip to the dentist? ➡
  • 2010
    • Links for June 18th through June 24th Sometime between June 18th and June 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • SCOTUSblog » Today’s Decision in Doe v. Reed • Supreme Court on R-71: Names on Anti-Gay Rights Petition Public • My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto • "Login" Is Not a Verb • The iPad: A Near-Miracle for My Son With Autism ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for June 12th through June 24th Sometime between June 12th and June 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Michael Bay Finally Made an Art Movie • Roger Ebert on the new Transformers film • Dear Pixar, From All the Girls With Band-Aids on Their Knees • 16volt Release Entire (7 Album) Back Catalog for Free • Mixxx | Free Digital DJ Software ➡
  • 2008
    • Links for June 23rd through June 24th Sometime between June 23rd and June 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • June 24, 1947: They Came From ... Outer Space? • Bob Dylan On Abraham Lincoln • Ten Big New Features in Mac OS X Snow Leopard • Neighborhoods Map - Neighborhoods Program - City of Kent, Washington • Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas • The Paragraph in Web Typography & Design ➡
  • 2004
    • Drunk flash fun Very silly, and not as simple as it seems -- how long can you keep this drunk man upright? ➡
    • Going down A plane is about to crash. There are five passengers on board, but there are only four parachutes. ➡
  • 2003
    • Thankfully I finally got a new digital camera last week…. It's pretty nice. I wish I could download pictures to my PC. Thankfully, I have a Mac now. (I hated when annoying people said things like that before I had a Mac. ;) ➡
    • 'Hands-free' isn't accident free I've got a habit of hanging up on people if I know that they're calling me from a cell phone in their car. I've been grumbled at this on more than a few occasions, especially lately when they can use the excuse that they're using a 'hands free' headset, so they don't have to have one hand on the phone. I'll still get off the phone — I've never believed that jabbering on a cell phone while driving, with or without a headset, is safe. ➡
    • Quickies! Of primary interest, however, is the public unveiling of a drink I came up with a few years back, and had been quite popular among my friends since then. We've just finally given it a name: Quickie! ➡
    • Drool Steve Jobs announced the usual slew of goodies during his WWDC keynote speech. ➡
  • 2002
    • St. Patrick’s Gargoyle Using the concept that some of the Gargoyles we see on churches and buildings are actually angels assigned to Earth, Katherine Kurtz creates an entertaining little mystery story with a touch of light theology thrown in here and there. ➡