{"id":24012,"date":"2020-05-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24012"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:26:32","slug":"on-this-day-may-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/11\/on-this-day-may-11\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<p>Since I&#8217;ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I&#8217;m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>23<\/strong> posts previously published on May 11th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/11\/weekly-notes-may-5-11-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: May 5\u201311, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/11\/weekly-notes-may-5-11-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/11\/the-flowers-of-vashnoi-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">The Flowers of Vashnoi by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 26\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: A nice quick novella tying together several small threads from various points earlier in the series. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/11\/the-flowers-of-vashnoi-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/11\/year-50-day-9\/\">Year 50 Day 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something about this shirt really bugs my wife. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/11\/year-50-day-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/11\/on-this-day-may-11\/\">On This Day: May 11<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/11\/on-this-day-may-11\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/11\/21166\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got my new and improved #glif from @studioneat today! (Handy-dandy phone stand\/holder\/tripod mount for photo\/videography.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/11\/21166\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/11\/19587\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty of 2016: Anatomy of Melancholy, by Joey Comeau and Emily Horne. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; (132\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/11\/19587\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/11\/17761\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We didn&#8217;t have time for our usual pre-show treat last night, so we&#8217;re making up for that this afternoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/11\/17761\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/11\/im-bjorn-this-is-my-band-smeagol-sweat\/\">I&#8217;m Bjorn. This is my band, Smeagol Sweat.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Utilikilts are only worn by guys named Bjorn who play the pan flute in middle earth metal bands with names like Smeagol Sweat. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/05\/11\/im-bjorn-this-is-my-band-smeagol-sweat\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/11\/spockstradamus\/\">Spockstradamus<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, with a little digging around on Memory Alpha, I present a (likely _very_ incomplete) list of things that Spock Prime _could_ warn the Federation about, as they should still exist to pose future threats to the Federation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/11\/spockstradamus\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/11\/thoughts-on-star-trek\/\">Thoughts on Star Trek<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the many long months leading up to the release of the film, I'd wanted it to be good, I'd hoped it would be good, and as we got closer, the many outstanding reviews gave me hope -- and for once, I wasn't let down. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/11\/thoughts-on-star-trek\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/11\/justification-and-oh-yeah-happy-mothers-day\/\">Justification (and oh yeah, Happy Mother&#8217;s Day)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">See? My year-after-year failure to do anything big for Mother's Day wasn't being inconsiderate, absentminded or forgetful -- I was just respecting the wishes of the woman who started the whole thing in the first place! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/11\/justification-and-oh-yeah-happy-mothers-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/11\/black-and-white-but-not-really\/\">Black and White (But Not Really)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not really a black and white photo, but it kind of looks like it. How's that for a description? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/11\/black-and-white-but-not-really\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/11\/finally\/\">Finally!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got home after work, popped in the disk, and hit the fateful \"Erase and Install\" button. A few minutes later (probably about 15 or so...I didn't time it, but it went faster than I expected) I was prompted to reboot, and Tiger was up and running. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/11\/finally\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/a-visual-i-didnt-need\/\">A visual I didn&#8217;t need&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I'm sure that a benefit run to support the Seattle Animal Shelter is a very good cause, when we're living in an era with some rather well-known odd kinks, maybe naming it the \"Furry 5K\" wasn't the best choice in the world&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/a-visual-i-didnt-need\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/u-district-street-fair\/\">U-District Street Fair<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This could be an entertaining way to spend some time this weekend &mdash; the annual U-District Street Fair. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/u-district-street-fair\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/google-bits-redactions-and-spam\/\">Google bits: redactions and spam<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got a piece of comment spam earlier that, when I looked at it, made me laugh, simply because in an effort to make it look almost like a real comment, the spammer had mixed links in with a paragraph of real text. It just so happens that the paragraph they chose was one from Google's website, discussing how pages are indexed after being submitted to Google. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/google-bits-redactions-and-spam\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/manly-pink-1\/\">Manly Pink #1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mere hours after I put up my silly little challenge, Matt responded with a ready-to-go stylesheet that's very pink! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/manly-pink-1\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/we-need-pink-manly-pink\/\">We need pink! Manly pink!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anybody want to redesign my site for me? It's gonna need pink. Lots of pink. And big, hard, nippleless breasts. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/11\/we-need-pink-manly-pink\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/11\/mayday-my-life-may-10th-2003\/\">Mayday! My life, May 10th, 2003<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here we are &mdash; one day of my life, my entry into the Mayday Project. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/11\/mayday-my-life-may-10th-2003\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/11\/mayday-preparations\/\">Mayday preparations<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Had a good day wandering around Seattle yesterday taking pictures for the Mayday Project. Unfortunately, putting pictures up is currently on hold, as Rick accidentally walked off with my camera when he left the Vogue last night. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/11\/mayday-preparations\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/11\/why-blog\/\">Why blog?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some days I sit back and wonder just why I do this. My site doesn't get a whole lot of traffic -- primarily just my folks and a few friends who stop by from time to time when they remember. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/11\/why-blog\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/11\/ack\/\">Ack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oops -- I just upgraded my blog software to the newest version, and in the process nuked the hack I had that inserted smileys into posts. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/11\/ack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/11\/spider-man\/\">Spider-Man<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I told you I'd get around to this. ;) In brief -- it rocked. 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