Eclecticism

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 March 30th

• 2025
  • Weekly Notes: March 24–30, 2025 A week in the life of…. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. ➡
• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 333 Day three of Norwescon is done! ➡
• 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
  • …but there your rights stop. ...no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. ➡
• 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. ➡

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
  • Year 50 Day 332 Norwescon day two is done! ➡
• 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
  • Which way do you want to go? Up? Or down? Weblogs are 'temporally broken', according to Eric Meyer. ➡
  • A visit from the geek*muffin My friend Kirsten has been in town this weekend, stopping over here on her way out to a conference for her work. Had a wonderful time hanging out with her. ➡
• 2003
  • Worst headline ever This has got to be the single worst headline I think I've ever seen. ➡
• 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! ➡

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 March 28th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 331 Norwescon day one is done! ➡
• 2020
  • 📚 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. ➡
  • On This Day: Mar 28 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 28 ➡
• 2019
  • Another ST:DIS Theory After watching tonight’s episode of Discovery (S02E11), Prairie and I came up with what we think is a very possible theory about where this season might go in the next few episodes, and it's one that impacts a fair amount of the future Trek universe. ➡
  • 🖖 #StarTrekDiscovery S02E11 Another solid episode. Glad they didn’t drag out the Burnham family reunion drama over multiple episodes, but the scenes with Michael and her mom were really good. Spock continues to evolve nicely. And we have theories about ties to future series…. ➡
  • The NRA is a Terrorist Organization As far as I’m concerned, at least (and I’m certainly not the only one). That there are still many people who support this group is positively disgusting. ➡
  • VOTE Everyone: When it's time to vote, GET OUT AND VOTE. ➡
  • A map of the entire internet from May 1973, the month I was born. Originally posted by David Newbury, who found it in old papers acquired from his dad. Kottke points out that those circles and squares “represent individual computers and routers, not universities or cities.” ➡
• 2018
  • I have arrived at @norwescon #nwc41! Room’s not ready yet, so I’ll see what I can do to start helping set up. Time to get this geek vacation going! ➡
• 2016
  • Book thirteen of 2016: Tron, by Brian Daley. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ➡
  • Ugh…brought con crud home this year. Just slept for most of 13 hours, and will probably be right back in bed after having some breakfast. Harrumph. (88/366) ➡
• 2014
  • I’m healthy the rest of the week. Fridays are burger days! ➡
• 2010
  • Norwescon, Sakura-Con, and Easter Weekend I keep seeing questions about why Norwescon and Sakura-Con are both scheduled for Easter weekend this year. Here's my attempt at an answer, with the disclaimer that I'm not speaking officially for Norwescon or Sakura-Con. ➡
• 2009
  • Geek and Other Holidays I've just resurrected an old project, using Wikipedia's list of unofficial observances to create a calendar file (in `.ics` format) suitable for download and direct import or subscription in iCal, Outlook, Google Calendar, or (as far as I know) any other reputable calendar program. ➡
• 2008
  • Dik Od Triaanenen Fol (Finns Ain’t What They Used to Be) For those who may not get to see Spamalot onstage, is the skinny on 'Bin Faaarkrekkion's New Moosical, _Dik Od Triaanenen Fol (Finns Ain't What They Used to Be)'. ➡
• 2005
  • Funeral Music Prairie just pointed out this list of the top ten favorite funeral songs in Europe... ➡
• 2004
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Quite simply, a must-see, and I'll be very surprised if another film bests it this year. That may sound a little odd at not quite three full months into the year, but yes, the movie was that damn good. ➡
  • QuickSilver A piece of Mac freeware worth touting: Quicksilver. ➡
• 2003
  • On your knees! Gee, it's a good thing that I live in a country that's filled to the brim with nothing but one hundred percent, across the board, no exceptions, God-fearing Christians. ➡
  • I 'Hart' blogging? Another political contender is dipping is toes into the blogging world — this time it's Gary Hart. ➡
  • More protest music links A couple more protest song links, courtesy of Doc Searls. ➡
  • Bada-bing! Celluloid factory burns down. No film at 11. ➡
• 2002
  • Another CBDTPA Wired's reporting that in addition to the CBDTPA bill that's going through the Senate, a representative is planning on introducing a similar bill to the House. Double-plus-ungood. ➡
  • Osama’s been bloggin’ Here's a truly bizarre piece of work -- Osama bin Laden's Blog. ➡
  • Virtual LEGOs! Oh, man -- I could get so lost playing with virtual Legos that I'd forget all about work. That'd be a bad thing. ➡
  • Sex is funny So just why is it that so many 'good Christians' can't ever seem to joke around about sex? ➡
  • She’s not one of my favorites anyway More reasons copy-protected audio CD's are a Bad Thing: Celine Dion may be hazardous to your Mac. ➡
  • Going up…way up I am so stoked about the possibilities that could come of this. According to an article on Space.com, within 12 years we could have space elevators stretching 62,000 miles above the earth, capable of hauling payloads to the top every three days. Too freakin' cool. ➡
  • Ebert on copy protection The way to launch a new CD is to get it talked about -- not to insult potential fans by making it unplayable on their equipment even after they buy it legitimately. ➡
  • Eugenics wars I'm trying to figure out what surprises me more -- that someone in the UK is writing an article that appears to be seriously promoting eugenics in the near future, or that in the resulting MeFi discussion nobody thought to mention the Eugenics Wars. ➡
  • When Elephants Dance Michael Fraase's 'When Elephants Dance' is an excellent summation of the current flap over digital rights and the dangers in the entertainment industries current drive to control everything. ➡

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 March 27th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 330 It's day zero of Norwescon! ➡
• 2023
  • Difficult Listening Hour 2023.03.26 Stuck pretty close to 130 BPM for this set, just pulling some of my particular favorite tracks out. ➡
• 2021
  • Birds of Prey: If all of DC’s movies were more like this, I’d have a higher opinion of the franchise. ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Mar 27 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 27 ➡
• 2019
  • The Moment The Matrix Changed Everything: I saw The Matrix in a theater, not the slapdash college presentation from this article, but the audience reactions weren’t all that dissimilar. Seeing that film in the theater early in its run really was a singular experience. ➡
• 2018
  • Saw this on a whiteboard at work. Made me laugh. Can you interpret it? ➡
• 2016
  • Sunday morning at #nwc39: time to get packed up and head back home. Another good con, but it’s going to be good to be back in my own bed. (87/366) ➡
• 2014
  • Quality’s not great, but it’s a crop of a scan of a photo taken in 1995. My first DJ gig, at City Lights in Anchorage. This was a top-40/hip-hop club that I talked into doing a weekly “alternative night”. Only ran for a few weeks before it fell apart, but it was enough to kick ... Read more ➡
• 2008
  • Random Updates It's been a while since I've actually said anything on here, hasn't it? So it goes, sometimes. This past school quarter was a rather unpleasant one, and online babbling became a pretty low priority for me. So, some random updates on the world around me... ➡
• 2006
  • Saturday Mourning I've mentioned before that The Stranger has been consistently doing the best reporting on the Capitol Hill shooting. They continue with this feature story on the events of the night. ➡
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction NRA members and 'right to bear arms' wingnuts, feel free to brand me as a gun-control nut. I'm fine with that. There is _NO good reason_ why this sort of weaponry needs to be openly available to the general public. ➡
• 2005
  • Jello Über Alles This week's This American Life had a fascinating look at Michael Guarino, the prosecuting lawyer in the 1986 obscenity trial against Jello Biafra and the Dead Kennedys over their Frankenchrist album and the H. R. Giger print included with it. ➡
  • How many times were you a minor? On a lighter note, while this news story isn't really something to laugh at, it has a wonderful example of bad writing that made me laugh... ➡
  • It’s only domestic violence if you’re married Here's a jaw-dropping, 'holy shit' item: in Ohio, beating someone you live with is only domestic violence if you're married, and the justification used for this is Ohio's constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. ➡
  • Marilyn Monroe Up until last week sometime, I'd never actually seen a Marilyn Monroe film. I knew who she was, of course, and had seen the occasional brief clip from one film or another here and there, but I had yet to actually watch any of her work. ➡
  • They used to be funny… When did Steve Martin stop being funny? It had to be sometime after 1991, when he wrote and starred in one of my personal favorite films, L.A. Story. ➡
  • Small Pets Allowed As Prairie and I are planning on getting a place together in a few months, we've started occasionally flipping through 'For Rent' listings to see what's available in our price range around town. Yesterday, one of the listings caught my eye. 'Hey -- 'small pets allowed, up to 20 pounds.' We could get forty hamsters!' ➡
• 2004
  • Reasons for staying He never asked me to 'pull his finger' in bed. ➡
• 2003
  • It all makes sense now Looks like some previously classified medical X-rays of Pres. Bush have been leaked. Somehow, the results aren't very surprising. ➡
  • Cpt. Obvious Getting shot at wasn't really that bad. It was the getting shot part that sucked. ➡
  • Unedited video from Basra Noted independent journalist Robert Fisk got to see some unedited videotape shot by Al-Djazaira of Basra, which is supposedly captured and held by British forces. ➡
  • Dean at Harvard Presidential candidate Howard Dean gave a talk at Harvard last night. He asked an interesting question. Next year, how will we feel when China invades Taiwan because they think they have weapons of mass destruction? Has the new Bush Doctrine, pre-emptive wars, unleashed a philosophy of world power that we may not be so comfortable with? ➡
  • Chad kicks much ass April 15^th at the Catwalk Club: Pigface and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (along with two bands I've not heard of, Zeromancer and Bile)! ➡
• 2002
  • This CBDPTA bill is scary Just in case folks haven't figured out how sweeping the Hollings-Feinstein bill, aka CBDTPA is, well, keep reading. ➡
• 2001
  • So, I’m curious… What's up with all these DJ-friendly themed songs hitting the radio lately? By 'DJ-friendly' I don't mean they've all got 32-beat drum-based intros, or anything like that, just that they're all thematically very similar. ➡