On This Day: Sep 4

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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 21 posts previously published on September 4th

  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Book forty-seven of 2019: Starfleet Academy, by Diane Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️ A quick and simple bit of fluff, based on an early CD-ROM game. As such, not exactly the most complex or demanding of novels, even among Trek books, but that’s about what I expected, so no disappointment. ➡
  • 2018
    • Thanks to @brentsmmons for pointing out the URL for an RSS feed of your micro.blog timeline: https://micro.blog/feeds/USERNAME.json. (Also, hooray for resurrecting NetNewsWire!) ➡
    • These shots of the fire at the National Museum of Brazil are amazing. What a horrifying loss. ➡
    • The first planning meeting for Norwescon 42 is this Saturday! If you’re in the Seattle (or surrounding) area and want to help put on a great literary-focused SF/F con, come down and join us. If you haven’t been to Norwescon before, much more info is on our website. ➡
  • 2016
    • It’s cupcake time! Nice to have friends who give us treats. (248/366) ➡
    • Finally found some of the current #Lego minifigs (our local @fredmeyerstores has been letting us down and not stocking these, so we went down and found some at the Yakima @target)! Got one of the three I really wanted (the arctic #explorer with #penguin; I also really want the one wearing a penguin suit and ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • What with post-vacation recovery, I’ve missed a few days of my photo-a-day project (though as I posted multiples some days on the trip, I think my average is still on track ), so this shot of me at VI(NL) from just before I moved out of Anchorage seems appropriate for today’s #throwbackthursday shot. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2004
    • Bumbershoot 2004: Saturday Another year of Bumbershoot is off to a rousing start for Prairie and I. Lots of good music and peoplewatching today, and more to come. This rundown will be a bit abbreviated, as I'm pretty tired, but I wanted to get as much as I could out of my head while it was still fresh. ➡
    • Off to Bumbershoot Prairie and I are heading off to Bumbershoot today. Possibilities for places we might end up… ➡
    • Olympic Commentary Sometimes, the best part about the Olympics isn't the events or the athletes themselves, but the commentary... ➡
  • 2003
    • Just an idea Someday I'm actually going to come up with a good, clean, attractive design. Until then (and that day may be a long, long time coming), I'll keep poking, prodding, and stumbling around. ➡
    • I'm bored That is all. ➡
    • Debate wrapups From the gist of what I've read so far, it seems that while Dean wasn't at his best, he did hold his spot at the top of the pack, while Lieberman came off like a complete ass. ➡
    • Meetings are the mind killer I must not attend meetings. Meetings are the mind killer. Meetings re the little-death that brings total obliteration. ➡
    • Universal dropping CD prices Under the new pricing scheme, Universal would lower its wholesale price on a CD to $9.09 from $12.02. The company said it expected retail stores to lower CD prices to $12.98, from the $16.98 to $18.98 they now charge, and perhaps to as low as $10. ➡
    • The blackboard jungle It's a rather sad commentary on the state of many inner-city summer schools, and the challenges teachers face in trying to teach those students at the bottom end of the curve. However, at the same time, it is absolutely beautifully written, and gave me quite a few laughs while reading it. ➡
  • 2001
    • More cruiseship daydreaming Every time I had to place another call to Xerox to see if I could get a tech to fix my machine today, the idea of spending six months getting paid to spin for a club on a cruise ship sounded better and better. ➡

On This Day: Sep 3

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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 20 posts previously published on September 3rd

  • 2024
    • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 🎥: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Not quite the mind-blowing heights of Fury Road, mostly just because Fury Road would be so difficult to follow up. ➡
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Just returned from an Alaskan cruise. Enjoy this sequence of a humpback whale breaching in the distance. I sure enjoyed seeing it. ➡
  • 2018
    • Book thirty-three of 2018: Star Trek: The Classic Episodes Vol. 2, by James Blish. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • Book thirty-two of 2018: Moving Mars, by Greg Bear. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Actually finished a couple weeks ago, but was vacationing and not posting photos.) ➡
    • A small selection from last week’s vacation trip to Lake Coeur d’Alene. ➡
    • Linkdump for September 1st through September 3rd An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between September 1st and September 3rd. ➡
  • 2016
    • Three laps around the lake and over five and a half miles for our morning walk today. (247/366) ➡
  • 2006
  • 2004
    • I’m an iTunes Affilliate Earlier this week, I tossed a link to my linklog to Apple's new iTunes Affiliate program, but didn't write up anything more about it, as at that point, I didn't really know much at all. While I was there, though, I went ahead and tossed in an application…and what do you know, last night I got my e-mail telling me that I was accepted into the program . ➡
  • 2003
    • Democratic debate tomorrow night New Mexico is going to host a 'conversation' style debate among the nine contenders for the Democratic nomination tomorrow night, at the University of New Mexico, Albequerqe. ➡
    • The world's oldest profession Who are some of your favorite historical whores? How about slutty eras? Eras you wish were a little less prudish? ➡
    • Diplomacy based on petulance The Bush Administration continues to amaze me -- they have an amazing ability to firmly put both feet in their mouth with their head up their ass. ➡
  • 2002
    • My new desktop I just found this image (along with a ton of other [often barcode-based] very cool desktop images) at some site that I can't read because it's all in Cryllic. ➡
    • Validation fixed (kinda) One of the stumbling blocks I discovered today about enabling Trackback is that it breaks the W3C Validator -- even though I make sure to use valid XHTML 1.0 in my pages, the validator chokes on the RDF code needed for Trackback to work correctly. ➡
    • Cybersodomy? There's a page for everything on the 'net these days -- even gay robots. ➡
    • Bumbershoot ’02 It's taken me a couple days to get to this, and it's not going to be nearly as long as last year's opus — but I did get to spend last Saturday out at this year's Bumbershoot. Unfortunately, I could only hit one day this year, so I decided to go Saturday, as it seemed to have the best lineup of artists I knew I wanted to see. ➡
  • 2001
    • Bumbershoot ’01: Monday, Sep. 3rd NW Connection Community Choir, Kevin Kent, Bill Dana, Kiki & Herb, Tiger Lillies, WOFA, C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Nikol Collars, and Nina Hynes. ➡

On This Day: Sep 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 21 posts previously published on September 2nd

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • If you have a love of classic musicals (and an Apple TV+ account), Schmigadoon! is absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Book forty-six of 2019: Dead Wake, by Erik Larson. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fascinating account of the sinking of the Lusitania, and the many factors that led to the tradgedy. Larson’s historical non-fiction work is great — perfect reading while taking a pleasure cruise vacation! ➡
    • Book forty-five of 2019: Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1962 Hugo Best Novel Good story, and this was very likely one of my earliest introductions to any sort of consensual non-monogamy ideas, but gender role and sexuality issues bother me. ➡
  • 2017
    • Yummy treats between movies! ➡
    • Oh, yum. Indian wraps for lunch. So good! ➡
    • Shiny shoe day! I have gold, Prairie has silver. We’re heading to the Cinerama’s 70mm Film Festival today, so we decided to bling it up Hollywood style (on our feet, at least). #chucks #converse ➡
    • Chucks of the day (55/55): shiny gold (lamé-ish) high tops. #chucks #converse ➡
  • 2016
    • Friday of a three day weekend! While many of my friends are at either #dragoncon or #pax, I’ll be spending the weekend at home hiding from the #ellensburgrodeo. Have fun with whatever you’re doing! (246/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Gorgeous! #rainbow #ellensburg ➡
  • 2008
  • 2005
    • The New Apartment Finally -- pictures of the new apartment! Each of the following shots has notes added if you click through to the Flickr page, pointing out some of the bits and pieces you see in the rooms. And now...tour time! ➡
  • 2004
    • Frances: the satellite view Thanks to a program called OSXplanet that puts a map of the globe on my desktop, complete with current cloud patterns, I can watch Hurricane Frances approach the Florida coastline from the comfort of my apartment. Freaky and cool, all at the same time. ➡
    • First Charley, now Frances When Hurricane Charley hit Florida, my grandparents had to be evacuated to a shelter for the duration of the storm. During their time there, Grandpa suffered a fall, ended up in their retirement home's hospital after they returned from the shelter, and was just able to come home to Grandma on Friday. Now, however, with Hurricane Frances bearing down on Florida, word has come that it's highly likely that they will have to evacuate again. ➡
  • 2003
    • Rule #1: Validate Bottom line: valid markup is a Good Thing™. Sure, it's a bit of a pain, and it can take a little time to get used to the conventions involved in writing valid code. The amount of time, effort, and anguish involved in solving niggling little browser issues that valid code saves, though, is more than worth it. ➡
    • esoterically.net: Psych Eval The Guardian has a fascinating and disturbing article posted where psychologist Oliver James analyzes George W. Bush. ➡
  • 2002
  • 2001

On This Day: Sep 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 18 posts previously published on September 1st

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 122 Today's post-travel Lego build: A classic yellow New York City taxicab. ➡
  • 2022
  • 2021
    • 📚 30/2021: The Fire and the Rose by David R. George III ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
    • Neutral Good Insistence on either lawfulness or rebellion is seen as detriments to or distractions from the greater goal of promoting true kindness in the world. ➡
  • 2020
  • 2018
  • 2016
    • Rice Krispy treats made with coconut and peanut butter. Yum! (245/366) ➡
  • 2010
  • 2007
    • Offline Time ...it's pretty much safe to assume that we probably won't be reachable via e-mail or phone for the next two weeks, and _certainly_ won't be responding to messages in a timely manner. Not ideal, but that's what it is. ➡
  • 2005
    • Sometimes predictions come true The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great. ➡
  • 2004
    • Bumbershoot tips A re-post from last year — some rambling from me on how best to approach this upcoming weekend's Bumbershoot festival (which, unfortunately, I'll only be hitting two days of this year, due to my workplace not closing down for Labor Day). ➡
    • Kids’ ideas about sex Sex columnist Dan Savage recently asked his readers to submit letters detailing their childhood misconceptions about sex. The resulting two columns are hilarious… ➡
    • Another one bites the dust Yet another in the ongoing saga of webloggers canned for really stupid reasons. This time, it's Troutgirl, who until recently worked for Friendster. Ontario Empoblog has a good rundown of the situation. ➡
    • What a deal! Y'know, it's really a shame I don't go to Florida State University. Turns out that they're working on setting up a special deal with Apple that would provide free iTunes software to students and allow them to download music for 99 cents per song. ➡
    • Two digits, thousands of votes Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time. By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. ➡
  • 2003
    • Bumbershoot '03: Mon, Sep 1 Finally, we made it to the end — day four of Bumbershoot is over and done with. After this post, no more Bumbershoot babbling until sometime next year! ➡
  • 2001

Difficult Listening Hour 2020.08.29

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Week twenty-six 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: Aug 31

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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 16 posts previously published on August 31st

  • 2025
  • 2023
  • 2020
  • 2016
    • Book forty of 2016: We’ll Always Have Parrots, by Donna Andrews. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
    • Yeah…I’m that guy who goes to the local brewery storefront and orders a ginger ale. :) (244/366) ➡
  • 2007
    • Upheaval The move is in progress -- tons of boxes filled with crap floating from one apartment to the other, and all sorts of unfun disarray and nastiness. Ugh. Moving's stressful enough when it's anticipated and planned, but having to suddenly dive full-force into it with no advance notice is _horrendous_. ➡
  • 2005
    • No Cameras at Bumbershoot? According to the Bumbershoot website, 'Cameras are not allowed at Bumbershoot—please leave them at home.' Anyone out there have any more info? What's the deal here? And how are they going to be enforcing it? ➡
  • 2004
    • Kevin and Noah My little brother and my one-month old nephew. ➡
    • I’m everywhere! With the addition of the new Mac OS X release of Skype, there are now a veritable plethora of ways to get ahold of me online, should anyone be so inclined. ➡
    • G5 iMac The new G5-based iMac is up on Apple's site. Haven't spent a ton of time on the site, yet, but first impressions are that it's a damn impressive piece of engineering, packing all that into such a tiny little space. ➡
  • 2003
  • 2002
    • Yet another trick in place Alrighty then -- more goodies are in place! To go with the (re-)addition of the smiley hack, I've combined a couple other ideas to really enhance the comment postings here. ➡
  • 2001
    • Temptation! Seeing as how I just landed this position with Xerox/Andersen, and that I know they'd like me to commit to at least a year, do I stay with the safe bet with good future opportunities? Or do I chase a dream to see if I can get a spot on the cruise ships? ➡
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📚 thirty-four of 2020: Power Hungry by Howard Weinstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖

Much better than the last one. While the environmental themes are pretty heavy-handed, it’s nice to find a Trek novel where everything isn’t wrapped up neatly with a bow by the end.

On This Day: Aug 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 23 posts previously published on August 30th

  • 2025
  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 120 It's always a little jarring to see the hotel this empty and undecorated. ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 thirty-four of 2020: Power Hungry by Howard Weinstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖 Much better than the last one. While the environmental themes are pretty heavy-handed, it’s nice to find a Trek novel where everything isn’t wrapped up neatly with a bow by the end. ➡
    • On This Day: Aug 30 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 30 ➡
  • 2018
    • And Summer vacation part two (four nights with friends at a lake house on Lake Coeur d’Alene in Idaho) is done! Had to make it a working vacation, but when not being responsible, I drove a boat, rode a rainbow floaty unicorn, swam in a lake, and had a grand time! ➡
  • 2017
    • Book forty-one of 2017: The Final Fury (Invasion! Book four), by Dafydd ab Hugh. 🌟🌟 ➡
  • 2016
    • I was amused by this #chalk #graffiti by the park. That’s #dope. (243/366) ➡
    • (Since I’m the social media guy for @norwescon, I can post this myself as well. Bonus!) Have you registered for #nwc40 yet? This is the time to do it! A full four-day membership is only $50 today and tomorrow…and goes up to $60 on Thursday, September 1st! Get the best deal for a full weekend ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • Ahhh, yes. Now that looks like home. ➡
    • Batman enjoyed Alaska, but he’s looking forward to being back home, too. ➡
    • Batman enjoyed his Alaska trip, too. Here he is with Sleeping Lady/Mt. Susitna in the background. ➡
    • This morning’s final Alaska selfie. Theoretically, Denali is in the background, but the sun was in our eyes and I didn’t get my phone aimed right. ➡
    • One last local indulgence. Mmmmmm…Rudolph! ➡
    • Realized we were right by the Farmer’s Market. Fresh made cinnamon rolls are a great morning treat. :) ➡
  • 2004
    • New glasses are on the way So I've got new eyeglasses on the way. Rimless, fairly small and rectangular, with very thin silver bows, and they come with a set of clip-on shades that match the shape of the lenses exactly. Prairie assures me that they look incredibly good and nearly disappear from my face, not nearly as dominating as my current pair. ➡
    • Rent As mentioned briefly last week, Saturday's evening entertainment was wandering down a couple blocks to the Paramount Theatre to see Rent. ➡
  • 2003
    • Feelin' hot! Hot! Hot! 'I see,' I said, and studied her for a moment. 'We'll just have to leave that to mystery then, won't we?' ➡
    • Bumbershoot tips Kellan asked if I had any tips for the rest of the Bumbershoot weekend. My response kept getting longer and longer, so I figured I might as well toss it up as a post of its own, rather than hiding it in the comment thread. ➡
  • 2002
    • No, really, it’s innocent! When my 12 year old daughter asked for this for her birthday, I kind of wondered if she was too old for it, but she seems to LOVE it. Her friends love it too! They play for hours in her bedroom with this great toy. They really seem to like the special effects it offers (the sound effects and vibrating). My oldest daughter (17) really likes it too! I reccomend this for all children. ➡
    • Smileys are back! I had this hack installed a while ago, and had managed to kill it -- well, it's back! Now, when I or anyone posting a comment types in a 'smiley' code (for instance, ':)') it will be replaced by the corresponding 'smiley' (in this case, ':)'). ➡
    • Suddenly cab drivers seem sane As the city bus drove down the street, two men in the back got into a fight. Concerned for the safety of himself and his other passengers, the driver pulled over to the side of the road and had everyone -- including the two men in the altercation -- evacuate the bus. Everyone did, save one person. ➡
  • 2001
    • Suicide isn’t painless This event has been garnering national media attention not because of the suicide attempt itself, but because of the depressingly horrendous way that people here reacted to it. ➡
    • Kev, drama queens, and Bumbershoot First things first -- my bro was in town! On his way north he stopped off in Seattle for a couple days, and we got to hang out and visit Saturday and Sunday evenings. ➡
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📚 thirty-three of 2020: Strike Zone by Peter David ⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng

Can’t decide if it wants to be comedic or serious, and has wildly out-of-character (or ridiculously exaggerated) moments for nearly every main character. Amusing moments, but not a good Trek novel.

On This Day: Aug 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 21 posts previously published on August 29th

  • 2023
  • 2021
    • 📚 29/2021: The Provenance of Shadows by David R. George III ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🖖🏻 ➡
  • 2020
    • 📚 thirty-three of 2020: Strike Zone by Peter David ⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng Can’t decide if it wants to be comedic or serious, and has wildly out-of-character (or ridiculously exaggerated) moments for nearly every main character. Amusing moments, but not a good Trek novel. ➡
    • On This Day: Aug 29 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 29 ➡
  • 2016
    • Book thirty-nine of 2016: Discount Armageddon, by Seanan McGuire. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (242/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Absolutely gorgeous weather at the fair today. Perfect! ➡
    • I really do like the #Alaska scenery out here. Almost to Palmer! ➡
    • All aboard the warp train! #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp ➡
    • From yesterday, visiting with Royce and Stephanie. Royce and I met in the fourth grade – though visits may be infrequent, it’s always good to get a chance to catch up in person. ➡
    • Portage Glacier as a #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp ➡
  • 2010
  • 2008
  • 2006
  • 2003
    • Bumbershoot '03: Fri, Aug 29 Allrighty then — home from the first day of Bumbershoot 2003, pictures are downloaded to the 'puter, and I've sorted through today's set of 91 to find 10 to toss up here. Let day one begin… ➡
    • Four day weekend! So, I'm about out the door to start a four-day weekend jam-packed with sunshine and good music. Expect lots of pictures and babble over the next few days, if I'm not too exhausted by the time I get home each night! ➡
    • Mac Viruses There are zero known Mac OS X viruses or worms. ➡
    • Holly Chernobyl My friend Holly, whom I've known since we both lived up in Anchorage, is going to be performing in tonight's Pizzazz! Talent Show at Bumbershoot! ➡
  • 2002
    • Cool tricks with MovableType I wanted to toss this up really quickly before I crashed out tonight -- over the course of the evening, I've tossed in a few very cool tweaks to my blog setup. ➡