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 21 posts previously published on February 16th

• 2024
  • 📚 Cadet Kirk by Diane Carey The final and best of this YA series. ➡
  • Year 50 Day 290 What better way to spend a Friday evening? ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Feb 16 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 16 ➡
• 2016
  • Another “Right, I haven’t done that yet today” picture. (47/366) ➡
• 2014
  • Grumpy face because my RLS is acting up tonight. Grrrr! ➡
• 2013
  • Do You Know Anything About Techno? A mid-90s-techno-and-rave mix inspired by a YouTube clip of a bad (well, presumably, I haven't actually watched it...yet...) mid-90s movie called Vibrations. ➡
• 2009
  • Links for February 12th through February 16th Sometime between February 12th and February 16th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Mindfuck Movies • Firefighters Get Eyeful When Called to Hotel • Legal Guide for Bloggers • 13 Facts About Friday the 13th • Star Trek Inspired Corset ➡
  • Non-Alcoholic Hangover Ugh. Unpleasant. I'm just hoping that it wears through by this afternoon so I can flake out for a nap at some point. Failing that...well, I can be _damn_ sure that I'm going to pass right out tonight. ➡
• 2008
  • Twice an Uncle Paul Fain Hanscom was born at 5:58PM AST (6:58PM in Oregon). Emily and Paul are doing fine. They had not recorded height and weight when Kevin called. ➡
  • Another Valentine’s Day Present Valentine's Day morning, as I was puttering about the house and getting ready for the day while Prairie slept in, there was a knock at the door. When I answered, I was handed a package from Amazon by one of our landlords. This was a little confusing, as I didn't remember ordering anything, but it was definitely addressed to me ➡
• 2007
  • Just move it to the streets Nice rant on Metroblogging Seattle yesterday regarding the ongoing, neverending mess of a fight between Greg 'Big Dig Seattle' Nickels, Christine 'Viaduct? Vhy _not_ a duck?' Gregoire, and the people of Seattle who just want this all over with... ➡
• 2006
  • First Confirmed OS X Malware Key points: this is _not_ a virus, rather, it's a trojan horse; it's buggy (doesn't perform all the intended actions); and for most people, activating the payload involves entering their password, which should tip most people off that something's not right. ➡
• 2005
  • Comment Spam Update This is so nice to see. Since Feb. 8th (the last time I reset the logfile), the only entries in MT-Blacklist's log for Eclecticism are automatic updates of the master blacklist. ➡
  • Newsflash: Psychics as accurate as ever I'm running behind in my online reading, between concentrating on my server and then feeling ill last weekend — I'm currently reading items from Feb. 13th in NetNewsWire, and I've got 2000 unread items to go — but sometimes there are advantages to being a bit behind the times. ➡
  • Too many movies! Apparently the most movies you can have in your Netflix queue is 500. I had no idea. Of course, I'm not sure I expected to end up with a queue this big when I started this whole Netflix thing, either. ➡
  • Hitchiker’s Trailer Amazon has the full trailer for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on their home page right now. It's Flash-based and kind of small, but at least it's there. So far, things look promising. ➡
  • Cuff ’em on! Eat ’em off! Oh, so you think the fuzzy handcuffs your sweetie gave you for Valentine's Day are cool, huh? Kind of funny, maybe something to add a little 'spice' to your sex life if you get the nerve? That's nothin'. Check out what I got from Prairie for Valentine's Day this year… ➡
• 2004
  • Congratulations! One last post before I stop monopolizing Em's family's computer…a wedding picture of Kevin and Emily! ➡
  • Wanted: advice concerning Wikis I've got a project running around in my head that I believe a Wiki would be a good solution for, but I've not done much to play with/experiment with Wikis in the past. I'd like to start playing around with this project soon after I get home, so if there's anyone out there who might be able to give some advice or recommendations, I'd appreciate some 'expert assistance'… ➡
  • Preparing to head home Well, the deed is done — there are now three sets of 'Mr. and Mrs. Hanscom' in our branch of the Hanscom family. ➡
• 2001
  • Just a quick test of Lynx Kind of amusing how a Mac-junkie like me still loves being able to do things through a command line and a text-based terminal from time to time…guess I'm showing my age as a 'net old-timer or something. ➡

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 February 15th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 289 An unexpected work conversation. ➡
• 2023
  • 📚 The Extractionist by Kimberly Unger No review, as this book is a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and I am the coordinator for the award ceremony at Norwescon. While I have no input into the selection of nominees or judging, I want to be sure to avoid any appearance of influence. ➡
  • Bandwagon Time: Jock-Nerd/Prep-Goth Test Someone who combines the geeky knowledge of nerds with the non-conformity of Goths to engage in gaming, fantasy-worlds and the like. ➡
• 2021
  • Difficult Listening Hour 2021.02.13: Snow Day! The Seattle area was getting inundated with snow, so every song in this mix was pulled from a playlist of tracks with wintery themes. ➡
  • 📚 9/2021: Rule of Capture by Christopher Brown ⭐️⭐️⭐️ It is not easy to read near-future dystopian SF set in an America waiting for the outcome of a contested election after the fascist incumbent loses but the Texas Gov. invalidates the electoral votes and it goes to SCOTUS. ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Feb 15 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 15 ➡
• 2018
  • Opening night! #blackpanther ➡
• 2016
  • Out for a stroll at Priest Point Park with Finn, Hope, and Nalah. (46/366) ➡
• 2014
  • And here’s the last of the kids here today, nephew Leo! ➡
  • My newest niece, Sadie Opal! ➡
  • And here’s Nalah’s little sister, almost-three-year-old Finn! ➡
  • Me and my just-turned-five niece Nalah! ➡
• 2009
  • Meeting N Last weekend, Prairie became the proud aunt of little Nalah Sophia Graham. After giving her some time to get used to being with her parents (and vice versa), we went over on Friday night to meet her. She's definitely a cutie! ➡
• 2007
  • Are ‘diggers’ the internet’s neocons? It's that same all-or-nothing, no-quarter-given, us-or-them, black-and-white viewpoint that our culture is rapidly sinking into. No matter whether the arena is politics or the net, online or off, there seems to be no room left for people who actually want to _talk_ to each other, _even if they don't agree_. ➡
• 2006
  • iTunes Essentials: Goth The iTunes Music Store's Essentials series has weighed in on the 'essentials' of goth. It's an interesting collection of tracks. Not a bad selection, either -- I'm mostly just impressed that they have this many non-pop artists available now. ➡
  • I got shot by Dick Cheney! Okay, so sure, I've never been much for hunting, and I knew it could be a bad idea. Still -- how many times do you get a chance to go kumquat hunting with the veep? Too bad it turned out like this. ➡
• 2005
  • Thanks, Six Apart What it boils down to is that over the years, time and time again, I've gotten incredibly friendly and personal service from the crew at Six Apart. I can't think of a better way to build and maintain customer loyalty than that. ➡
  • Final comment tweaks Some few final tweaks to the comments tonight, and I think I'm finally done tinkering. For now, at least. There's always more projects coming down the line somewhere. :) ➡
  • Let’s try this again, shall we? Allrighty then. I've done some restructuring and work on the server, and it's time to bite the bullet and see how things go: comments are turned on again. Or, at least, they're turned on for this entry and any going forward. ➡
  • Another article in CNNMoney My Uncle Doug pointed this one out to me: Blogging is all fun and games, until the boss finds out. The article doesn't cover any new ground, and I just get a single-sentence mention, but it's another one for the list. ➡
• 2002
  • Cross-platform compatibility…ugh Testing my website in every browser available to me to see how they handle the CSS code I'm using. ➡
  • Just testing something This post is more of an excuse to post this link (assuming it works) so that I can do some work double-checking how my site renders in different browsers at a set window size. Feel free to ignore it. ➡
  • Geek Love I gotta say, this is really cool. ➡
• 2001
  • But will I remember it? When your mind forgets who you can trust and who is your enemy, how can you ever hope to solve a mystery? ➡
  • Sugar and Spice While most definitely a 'fluff' film, it was a lot of fun, and one of these days I'm going to have to sit down with my friends and see just how many shots were parodies of/tributes to famous crime/drama flicks. ➡

Since I’ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I’m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.

There are 30 posts previously published on February 14th

• 2024
  • 📚 Aftershock by John Vornholt A few years after the first book in this TOS Starfleet Academy trio, McCoy and Spock deal with mysterious earthquakes. ➡
  • Year 50 Day 288 Got a number of compliments on both my shirt and shoes today. ➡
• 2021
  • Would you be my meatheart? Happy Valentine’s Day! ➡
• 2020
  • On This Day: Feb 14 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 14 ➡
  • Difficult Listening Hour 2020.02.13 Week four of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. All mashups this week! ➡
• 2019
  • 🖖 #StarTrekDiscovery S02E05: Mostly continues the stronger season. I’m really enjoying Pike, the adventures in the Upside Down, and the “sinking ship” effects were really fun. But I’m not sold on the non-secret Section 31, and the continuing Spock teases are ever more annoying. ➡
  • This image, visible for just a second or two in this trailer for LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS, an upcoming animated SF anthology show on Netflix (content warning: strobing/flashing images, glimpses of possibly NSFW content) made me laugh. ➡
  • Happy Valentine’s Day (or not, if you prefer)! A happy Valentine’s Day to all of you who are celebrating with spouses, partners, significant others, metamours, paramours, lovers, friends with benefits, playmates, platonic loves, or any other applicable person, persons, or combinations of the above. And for those of you who for whatever reason don’t celebrate this day, I hope you have a good ... Read more ➡
  • Book sixteen of 2019: Slan, by A.E. van Vogt. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1941 Retro Hugo Best Novel 📚 Definitely dated, esp. regarding views of women, odd extrapolation of tech (a very 40s world, but with ray guns & antigravity ships), but I’ve read far worse from this era. Fans are slans! 😏 ➡
• 2018
  • Valentine’s Day may not be one of the High Holy Days in our household, but it doesn’t go entirely unrecognized, either. Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast! ➡
• 2017
  • Prairie got me a cute lil’ puppy for Valentine’s Day! #lego ➡
  • Quick tip for iPhone users: Say “Hey, ‘puter” to Siri! #lego #legobatman #batman ➡
• 2016
  • Book eight of 2016: Apex, by Ramez Naam. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee. #rameznaam ➡
  • Found a nice path for a morning walk, with real trees! And moss! And a light drizzle! Gee, I think we miss the west side. (45/366) ➡
  • Breakfast of bread and fruit, taken in bed. Good start to this Valentine’s Day! ➡
• 2014
  • Whether you see this as Valentine’s Day, S.A.D. (Single’s Awareness Day), or just another day on the calendar, I hope you have a good one! ➡
• 2011
  • Happy Valentine’s Day! Would you be my meatheart? ➡
• 2009
  • Meat My Valentine Happy Valentine's Day, everyone -- or Happy S.A.D. (Singles Awareness Day), depending on your situation. Whichever it is, I hope you have a good one. ➡
• 2008
  • De M’amour Soiez Sure Our Valentine's Day presents to each other: poesy rings inscribed with 'Of my love be sure' in French. ➡
• 2007
  • Happy Valentine’s Day Hope everyone's V-Day (or anti-V-Day, depending on how you look at this particular holiday) was a good one! ➡
  • Hatred Fatigue Hatred Fatigue: being so wearily sick of the Bush Administration pushing forth an agenda which is on every point the precise opposite of what you think and believe that you can’t bear to pay attention anymore. ➡
• 2006
  • Frequently Secretly Willie Nelson has a new song out. Normally, this wouldn't be something that I'd take much notice of -- while I don't have anything against country music (and even have a little in my collection), it's not my main forte. This one, however...isn't your typical country song. ➡
• 2005
  • Back when I was cute… A post by Terrance prompted me to pull out an old picture of me from when I was about two years old. :) ➡
  • Reason interview with Neal Stephenson There's a great interview with Neal Stephenson at Reason right now. Every time I read something by Neal, whether a book or an interview, it amazes me how unassumingly intelligent this man is. ➡
  • On Valentine’s Day Valentine's Day is like the opposite of Christmas. On Christmas we go to bed looking forward to exchanging gifts with the people we love. On Valentine's Day we exchange gifts hoping to go to bed with the people we love. ➡
  • Happy Valentine’s Day Happy Valentine's Day everyone! The weekend actually didn't end up being too bad, given that I was feeling fairly miserable when it got started. Visits, movies, and a bit of website tweaking. ➡
• 2004
  • Too many people! Besides — my little brother's going to be married in another fourteen hours. I owe him a drink. :) ➡
  • The day before I'm sitting at the house that Kevin and Emily have been staying at, taking advantage of a momentary lull in the activities of the day to check in for a few minutes. ➡
• 2001
  • A little too obvious? This is so sad. They're just lamely trying to copy Steve Jobs' Apple presentation -- right down to the guy having a black shirt and black pants.... It's almost like Windows ME 2. Or as Apple might call it, Windows Me Too. ➡
  • A tribute album worth listening to Tribute albums have a tendency to be one of the most overdone and under-worthy genres in the music business. Take a bunch of songs by a worthy artist, farm them out to a bunch of bands that aren't nearly as well known, and issue a 'tribute' album that usually tends to be an excercise in mediocrity. ➡

Since I’ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I’m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.

There are 23 posts previously published on February 13th

• 2024
  • Year 50 Day 287 It's definitely donuts. ➡
• 2023
  • Difficult Listening Hour 2023.02.12 My usual unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants session where I'm just grabbing whatever seems right in the moment. ➡
• 2022
  • 📚 Dead Space by Kali Wallace I had fairly good guesses at several of the final reveals, but enjoyed the journey even if it never really caught me off guard. ➡
• 2021
  • The world’s most misunderstood novel: “The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began from its first publication.” ➡
• 2020
  • Star Trek: Picard S01E04 Absolute Candor 'He can't even go on a guilt trip without a starship.' ➡
  • Spaceballs-Inspired Robot Mask Likely won’t be easily identified as the inspiration, but I think it still comes across as decently robotic. I’m happy with it, at least. ➡
  • On This Day: Feb 13 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 13 ➡
  • 📚 ten of 2020: All Worlds are Real, by Susan Palwick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #PKDickAward nominee Good collection of bittersweet and thoughtful short stories. Particular favorites are “Cucumber Gravy”, “Lucite”, “Homecoming”, “Remote Presence”, and “Recoveries”. ➡
• 2016
  • Prairie and me with nieces Nalah and Finn at Nalah’s 7th birthday party. (44/366) ➡
• 2015
  • Today’s page in my “Stupid Quotes” calendar. #50ShadesofGrey #FiftyShadesofGrey #peopleacutuallyenjoyreadingthisjunk ➡
• 2014
  • Watching more downloaded Olympics while I exercise, but this event was recorded off of Swedish TV. Can’t understand the commentary, but they still sound like sports commentators. Sadly, not a single “börk börk börk!” ➡
• 2010
  • No Olympics For Us While it's not quite to the point of being what I'd call a 'boycott,' it's looking like the chances are extremely slim that we're going to be watching much of this year's Olympic coverage. We'd like to, but NBC has done a marvelous job of ensuring that we either _can't_ watch, or when we can, we don't want to. ➡
• 2009
  • 1234567890 As of now -- Feb. 13th 2009, at 3:31 (and 30 seconds) PM (PST), the Unix Time is **1234567890**. ➡
• 2006
  • Ready for spring I'm quite ready for springtime to roll around again. ➡
• 2005
  • Alive and Well Or, at least, as well as I ever get. ;) More to come as I continue to play catch-up. ➡
• 2004
  • Goin’ to the chapel and they’re gonna get married… I'm off to the airport — my brother Kevin and his fiancee Emily are getting married on Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee, and I'm heading down to be best man at the wedding! ➡
• 2003
  • Seems simple to me Here I am, working at the single biggest software company in the world, packed to the brim with some of the brightest people in the tech industry — and yet they need signs posted outlining a four-step process to get a free soda out of the vending machines. ➡
  • Upgrades galore Two important (in my world) software upgrades hit the 'net today: Mac OS X was upgraded to version 10.2.4, and MovableType was upgraded to version 2.6. Both are installed, and both are working like a charm. ➡
  • Weather wierdness It looks like Dave Winer and John Teggatz have all the cold weather that Dad is complaining he's missing in Anchorage. And on an entirely unrelated note: I really wish that Dave's RSS feed had individual posts linked to their permalinks. ➡
  • Your e-mail is safe from scrutiny More good news as I catch up on my newsreading — the Total Information Awareness program is facing heavy opposition, and is likely to be barred from collecting information on American citizens. ➡
• 2002
  • Enterprise: Shuttlepod One But -- and there's always a but -- those had to be some _horrid_ mashed potatoes if they could patch a hull breach with them, no matter how temporarily! I'd say I'd never tease my mom about her mashed potatoes after that...but, then, that'd be no fun. ;) ➡
  • Looks like I might be moving I'd noticed as we were wandering around that directly beside every door to an apartment was a small door, about a foot and a half wide and two and a half feet tall that also looked like it led into the apartment, but had been painted over and was obviously no longer used. I couldn't figure out what they were for. ➡
• 2001
  • The collection grows again… ...like that's really a surprise to anyone who either knows me or is actually bored enough to read this babble on a regular basis. ➡