On This Day: Apr 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 30 posts previously published on April 2nd

  • 2024
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • A thought I’ve had on occasion, and has resurfaced thanks to India’s anti-satellite test threatening the ISS: What if the reason we’ve never heard from an alien race is that they all ended up with so much orbital junk that they can’t safely leave their planet anymore? ➡
    • Book twenty-eight of 2019: My Life as a White Trash Zombie, by Diana Rowland. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 An enjoyable bit of modern zombie fun. Superficial similarities to I, Zombie (recently dead 20-something woman works in a morgue for easy access to brains), but goes its own way. ➡
  • 2017
    • Got another good long (windy) walk in today. Just over four miles this time! ➡
    • Chucks of the day (51/53): specked tan hightops with brown laces. #chucks #converse ➡
    • Linkdump for March 31st through April 2nd An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between March 31st and April 2nd. • Rosie’s Phenomenal Precision Insult Machine! • Joss Whedon's obsession is not feminism • Of dwarves and gender • On Wm. Golding's Lord of the Flies • What's Wrong With Using The Word 'Gypsy?' ➡
  • 2016
    • Book fourteen of 2016: The Liar, by Stephen Fry. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (93/366) ➡
  • 2015
    • I had to. At least once. :) #nwc38 ➡
  • 2014
    • I know what I’m reading next! 638 pages, all covering Season Two of TOS. I’m such a Star Trek nerd. :D ➡
    • Long day today; need to stay on campus for an evening meeting. We’ll get home…eventually…. ➡
  • 2011
    • Ellensburg Update So, the next few months are going to be a mix of some fun part-time work drawing on my geek tendencies and generally relaxing and exploring western Washington, with a jaunt over to Norwescon come Easter weekend. I think it's going to be a good spring and summer. ➡
  • 2009
    • Crazy Like A Fax Back in 1996, this fax came in at the job I was working. We saved it for a month, then were going to throw it away when I decided that it was too gloriously insane to lose. I laminated it for safekeeping, and have had it ever since then. Gotta love the crazy. ➡
    • Links for April 1st through April 2nd Sometime between April 1st and April 2nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Easy Auto-Download of TV Programs From Usenet • Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites • Family Guy == Unfunny • Where Gadgets Go to Die: Facility Strips, Rips and Recycles • Wrong Tomorrow ➡
  • 2005
    • Spring Forward Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed tonight, everyone! (And thanks to Prairie for reminding me, otherwise I would have...) ➡
    • The War Prayer O Lord God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with pale forms of their patriotic dead... ➡
    • Bye Pope Pope John Paul II is dead. ➡
    • It’s all in the name… From an IRC conversation in #flickr this morning: how I first caught Prairie's eye, and some very abnormal psychology. ➡
  • 2004
    • PDA stylesheet tester? Is there an online resource that will display a webpage as if it were being viewed on a handheld PDA device? ➡
    • Sick Well, I survived my three days of long hours helping out at one of the other stores in the area. Unfortunately, pushing myself that hard seems to have resulted in my picking up a really nasty little bug. ➡
  • 2003
    • Coalition Members and Human Rights Flipping through these two very sobering documents, I was reminded of the hypocrisy behind members of the coalition that are so blatantly careless in regards to human rights. So, I give you the following — an introduction to the members of Bush's coalition against Iraq, as presented by their records for human rights. ➡
    • 80 days (Where were you, part 2) Time Magazine has a special issue out now where to celebrate their 80th anniversary, they pick eighty days that changed the world — their choice for the 80 most important days of the past 80 years. ➡
    • Coalition member nations? Quick question (though I doubt I'll get a quick answer) — is there a list of which nations are members of the U.S. coalition in the war against Iraq anywhere? ➡
    • Stay out of Photoshop An L.A. Times photographer has just been fired after it was discovered that the photo he submitted and ended up getting placed on the front page had been digitally manipulated. ➡
    • The news in type Here's an interesting ongoing art/design project: The news in type. Each day, the designer is taking one headline and finding a way to render it typographically. ➡
    • Seamless City San Francisco photographer Michael Koller is working on a project he calls Seamless City — a continously stitched together photograph of a thirty mile walk around San Francisco. ➡
  • 2002
    • A little money trickles in Well, I got some good news today. Not a job yet, but at least a little extra funds coming my way. ➡
    • New toy This is too cool. Yesterday evening I was talking with Melvin (my landlord), and he gave me a new toy to play with! ➡
  • 2001
    • Been a busy weekend I'm rapidly discovering just how amazingly long Fridays are going to be for me for the foreseeable future -- in essence, I've got a gauranteed minimum of 22 hours up every Friday. ➡

On This Day: Apr 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 24 posts previously published on April 1st

  • 2024
  • 2022
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • NIN Strobe Light is Out! Generally, I'm not much for April Fools on the internet, as much of what's out there is dumb, mean, or some combination of both. This one, though, I'm good with. ➡
  • 2018
    • A welcome home Easter drink, dinner, and dessert from Prairie. ➡
    • Sunday at #NWC41: Icky Mouse. ➡
    • Forgot to post last night, but this is my annual Saturday night at #NWC41 shirt. Always good for laughs when wandering the parties! ➡
  • 2017
    • 90 minutes and almost five miles on this morning’s walk (with a quick smooch break midway through). ➡
  • 2016
    • Spring is here, and my version of “casual Fridays” means breaking out the kilt. (92/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Lounging. Like one does at the end of the day, you know. ➡
  • 2009
    • Why I Wish NIN’s ‘Strobe Light’ Was Real As the day wore on, I started thinking about just why this particular joke appealed to me so much, and why -- as horrid as this may seem to some people -- yes, I wish this one wasn't a hoax. If this were a real album, I'd _gladly_ pay good money to pick it up. ➡
  • 2006
    • 2006 Emerald City Comicon I spent a few hours wandering around this years' Emerald City ComiCon today. Most of the pictures I've posted to Flickr are of the costume contest, but there's quite a few from my wanders through the showcase floor as well. ➡
    • Sounds good to me… Vote Adama for President in 2008 ➡
  • 2005
    • Best. April. Fools. Story. EVAR!!!1!!11! With Star Trek: Enterprise hanging by a veritable thread the last two years, a new direction for the show has recently been unveiled that is being hailed both as a triumph of corporate synergy for the Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures, and a way to keep the show on the air. ➡
    • Boring Area Guide Today Boing Boing pointed to the masterfully-done parody of their site, Boring Boring. Reading it in my newsreader, I was treated to the following automatically-generated ad after their post... ➡
    • Congratulations Marc and Laura! Assuming all went as planned, at some point earlier today, my friends Marc and Laura got married. Congratulations, you two! Sorry I can't be there, but my best wishes go out to both of you. ➡
    • Gothic…but not a Goth Ogre's been running a 'Kill Your Idols' week on his journal this week, asking people to take their favorite musician, filmmaker, author, and artist down a few notches. To wrap things up, today's topic was 'your scene', which prompted this brilliant post by chrisbynum that absolutely _nails_ much of why I've never self-identified as 'Goth'. ➡
    • April Fools Day I tried coming up with something amusing to post for April Fools Day, but couldn't come up with anything I really liked. So, failing that, I'll just remind everyone to have fun today, and try not to get too suckered. :) ➡
  • 2003
    • April Fools! Well, yeah, okay, so it's the 2nd now. In lieu of actually posting any sort of joke, a few fun April Fool's links… ➡
    • Bow down before the one you serve Well, I conquered the world tonight. Twice actually. ➡
    • The same way in any country …voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. ➡
  • 2002
    • Bye-bye Andersen Okay. How's this for an 'April Fools' day post -- I got fired. Unfortunately, this isn't a joke. ➡

On This Day: Mar 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 19 posts previously published on March 31st

  • 2024
  • 2020
  • 2019
    • Since the next book in my Hugo reading project is an early Heinlein, and I’ve already disliked the last two of his that have come up in this project, it’s time for a fluff break. For which, the irresistible title My Life as a White Trash Zombie should do just fine. ➡
    • Book twenty-seven of 2019: The Forever Machine, by Mark Clifton & Frank Riley ⭐️⭐️ 1955 Hugo Best Novel 📚 Odd mix of early postulation about how AI might affect society and almost new-age “woo” of psychoanalysis rejuvenating the physical body to youth. Not very engaging. ➡
  • 2018
    • My Saturday morning #nwc41 shirt: geektrolling! #starwars #startrek 🖖 ➡
  • 2016
    • Made it through a full day of work, and it’s a very pleasant sunny and 74° afternoon. Improvements are being made. (91/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Feeling better today. Not 100%, but progress has definitely been made. ➡
  • 2009
    • Okay ladies, now do something silly! Unofficial Disney silliness -- the princesses mug for the camera. ➡
    • Links for March 30th through March 31st Sometime between March 30th and March 31st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo’s New Penguin Exhibit Almost Ready • I Invented … the Apple Logo • Old Moon Images Get Modern Makeover • Marketing Genius, Episode II: The Camblr Strikes Back • Marketing Genius • Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, 2008 the Other Half of Famous Twins ➡
  • 2007
    • Quote of the Day There's a long standing theory that Hollywood action movies deliberately play up US urban gang violence...a part of a propaganda effort to persuade foreigners that America is _not to be [messed] with_. The British equivalent is Faulty Towers and Monty Python, which simply makes people want to stay the hell away in case it's contagious. ➡
  • 2005
    • It’s only domestic violence if you’re straight More news from Ohio regarding their ridiculous approach towards domestic violence. The law is being updated to close the loophole that limits domestic violence charges to married couples, which sounds good -- but all's not well yet. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
    • Where do we go from here? So pretend you are a presidential candidate. It is November of this year. Iowa is a few short months away and Iraq is the issue dominating the news. You are asked: 'What's your plan for Iraq?' How do you answer? ➡
    • Examining Dean's platform I found a nice point by point examination of Howard Dean's stated platform so far. ➡
    • More music Two more anti-war music links: Zach de la Rocha/DJ Spooky and Meshell Ndegeocello. ➡
    • On your knees, part II Thousands of marines have been given a pamphlet called 'A Christian's Duty,' a mini prayer book which includes a tear-out section to be mailed to the White House pledging the soldier who sends it in has been praying for Bush. ➡
    • Too…many…windows… I've been told I need to stop posting so much information on my site. Not wanting to cause any undue stress to any of my five loyal readers, I should probably resolve that henceforth, I shall no longer blog about anything other than my pets, what I ate for lunch each day, and the annoying things that my co-workers did today. ➡

On This Day: Mar 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 19 posts previously published on March 30th

  • 2024
  • 2020
    • Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device: Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face. ➡
    • Today I learned: In at least one appearance, the NCIS ambulance uses a Starfleet Medical logo (seen on the right rear door panel). Now there’s a crossover I didn’t expect! (Thanks to Ex Astris Scientia for this tidbit! 🖖) ➡
    • On This Day: Mar 30 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 30 ➡
  • 2018
    • My Friday evening shirt for #NWC41! ➡
    • My Friday morning #NWC41 shirt: gothtrolling! #depechemode #joydivision #thecure ➡
    • Forgot to post last night, but this was my Thursday evening shirt for #nwc41 (from @swear_trek)! ➡
  • 2017
    • Linkdump for March 30th from 13:25 to 16:32 An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 13:25 and 16:32 on March 30th. • The Male Power Fantasy (and why Mad Max and Captain Kirk don't fit) • So many biological genders • Fight Club and toxic masculinity (with a side of Mad Max: Fury Road) • Geisha FAQ • Earth is dangerous • Of privilege and nostalgia • To everyone else in the galaxy, all humans are basically Doc Brown. • Snarky but amusing and thorough Romeo and Juliet analysis • The singular "they" ➡
    • Linkdumps are Back Resurrecting my old occasional digest posts of neat stuff I've seen recently, this time using Pinboard, the Pinner iOS app, and the Postalicious WordPress plugin. ➡
    • Linkdump for March 30th from 11:01 to 11:37 An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 11:01 and 11:37 on March 30th. • A Tasting Menu of Female Representation • Everything is Chemicals • Humans Are Weird • Old Fandom-New Fandom Dictionary • Dear Fellow Guys....stop hitting on women at work.... ➡
  • 2016
    • Grump! Made it through a half-day of work, then it was back home and into bed. So done with this. (90/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • Two days of lying around the house doing nothing. I am determined to be back to normal (or at least what passes as such for me) by tomorrow. ➡
  • 2010
  • 2005
    • Rise of the M-Pire! This is wonderful: An M&Ms tribute to Star Wars, promoting their new dark chocolate line of M&Ms debuting on April 1st. ➡
  • 2004
    • Exploring Hitchcock So far, the Hitchcock biography is fascinating, and I'm only about a third of the way through. I did, however, realize that while I've certainly enjoyed what I've seen of Hitchcock's films, I've actually seen very few: Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds are the only ones! ➡
    • This is boring? I, along with many (most?) people, have a tendency to lament about how boring my life is. After all, my general day-to-day routine is usually just that: routine. I get up, dink around on the 'net, go to work, come home, dink around on the 'net, and go to bed. ➡
    • Sosumi On the bright side, webloggers now have protection against libel suits. On the downside, though, the case that prompted this decision is truly bizarre, and I have to feel sorry for the woman whose case was just overturned by the ruling. ➡
  • 2003
    • US priorities in Iraq Here's a good visualization of just how much help the US is planning on giving the people of Iraq once the war is over. Hint — not much. ➡
  • 2001
    • Neil Gaiman’s ‘Goliath’ Neil Gaiman has in recent years become one of my favorite modern authors. With 'Goliath', he contributes his own take on the Matrix with a short story that I find to be one of the best contributions on the Matrix site. ➡

Difficult Listening Hour 2020.03.28

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Week seven 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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📚 seventeen of 2020: The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A fun, quick read; amusingly thematically appropriate for the moment. Only this has the advantage of being fictional with a satisfactory resolution. If only COVID-19 could be dealt with in five days.

On This Day: Mar 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 18 posts previously published on March 29th

  • 2024
  • 2020
    • Difficult Listening Hour 2020.03.28 Week seven of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around; now on Saturday mornings. ➡
    • 📚 seventeen of 2020: The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A fun, quick read; amusingly thematically appropriate for the moment. Only this has the advantage of being fictional with a satisfactory resolution. If only COVID-19 could be dealt with in five days. ➡
    • On This Day: Mar 29 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 29 ➡
  • 2018
    • Forgot to do a #nwc41 con shirt photo yesterday. Here’s my first Thursday shirt before I nap! ➡
    • Up to 40 ribbons. Now time for lunch and nap! #nwc41 ➡
    • Thursday morning of #NWC41, the con doesn’t officially open for two more hours, 25 ribbons. Good start! ;) ➡
  • 2016
    • So tired of con crud. Made it through the day without a fever, though, so I’ll make a stab at going to work tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes…. (89/366) ➡
  • 2014
    • If I’m going to get sick, at least it happened on a weekend where we had nothing planned. One day of doing nothing down, one to go. Time to NyQuil myself into oblivion for the night. ➡
  • 2009
    • Norwescon Tweetup Barring any unforeseen complications, I'm tentatively choosing 3pm on Saturday afternoon as a good time, the location is still to be determined. ➡
  • 2006
    • pwned My weblog owns 43.75 % of me. Does your weblog own you? ➡
  • 2005
    • Camp Tomato! An afternoon of fun and games beginning at Woodland Park and ending with a concert in Ballard. The day begins with a potluck picnic at 1 pm. Various tomato activities will follow. After a dinner break, Jason will give a concert at the new Paradox Theater. Tomato, tomato, wheee! ➡
    • Search Engine Wars Statcounter has introduced a new section to the statistics they track titled 'Search Engine Wars' -- it's a graph of how much traffic your site gets from each search engine. Out of the last 1,100 hits to my site, here's what it shows me. ➡
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
    • Bye-bye ‘Enterprise!’ I've been watching the new Star Trek show, Enterprise, off and on for a while now. I haven't caught every new episode, but those I have, I posted my thoughts on. It doesn't look like I'll be doing this anymore, though. ➡
  • 2001
    • My new job OK, open yer...whatcha-call...hard drive, and find yer, uh...refragulation file...see it? Keep lookin'...not there? Ooooh, you got troubles! OK, try this...hit the 'c' key 187 times as fast as you can! ➡
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📚 sixteen of 2020: This Immortal by Roger Zelazny ⭐️⭐️ 1966 Hugo Best Novel

Meh. Maybe it’s a combination of mid-60s SF and the current pandemic stress, and I might have been more receptive at another time, but this was a slog.