{"id":24149,"date":"2020-06-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24149"},"modified":"2020-06-01T08:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:08:56","slug":"on-this-day-jun-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/09\/on-this-day-jun-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jun 9"},"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>18<\/strong> posts previously published on June 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/06\/09\/retro-news-gigs-music-theater-closes\/\">Retro News: Gigs Music Theater Closes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A blast from the past \u2014\u00a0two news reports on the closing of Anchorage's all-ages music venue Gigs Music Theater, in August of 1998. Includes a quick shot of me DJing! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/06\/09\/retro-news-gigs-music-theater-closes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/06\/09\/year-50-day-38\/\">Year 50 Day 38<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A couple cool, grey, drizzly days are very welcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/06\/09\/year-50-day-38\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/09\/on-this-day-jun-9\/\">On This Day: Jun 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from June 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/06\/09\/on-this-day-jun-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/06\/09\/12257\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The book After Man: A Zoology of the Future imagines what animals might look like if humans went extinct, and absolutely captivated me when I was a kid. Neat to see a new edition is being released. Recommended! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/06\/09\/12257\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/06\/09\/21196\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Cleaning up Prairie&#8217;s old G4 #iMac to be given away. These were such adorably cute machines! And it&#8217;s fun to be using MacOS 10.4.11 again, with its stylish brushed chrome UI. Kind of sad to be letting this go, really, but we haven&#8217;t used it in six years, so it&#8217;s better to let it go ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/06\/09\/21196\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/06\/09\/21196\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/09\/19719\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;ve decided that my #tinydinosaur is named Toby, in honor of The West Wing&#8217;s Toby Ziegler, who is cranky and snarling at everyone all the time. (161\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/09\/19719\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/09\/19722\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (10\/?): black and tan low tops with tessellated flaming (or horned) skull design. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/06\/09\/19722\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/09\/17869\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Dammit, Monday. I already knew this was a Monday without your having to go and make it a seriously Monday-ish Monday. Can I get a do-over? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/06\/09\/17869\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/06\/09\/delicious-june-7th\/\">Links for June 7th through June 9th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between June 7th and June 9th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0The Story Behind the Recycled Newspaper Prop \u2022\u00a0Copyright: The Elephant in the Middle of the Glee Club \u2022\u00a0Study: Secondhand Smoke May Affect Mental Health \u2022\u00a0How to Send Your Face to Space \u2022\u00a0Kids of Lesbians Have Fewer Behavioral Problems, Study Suggests <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/06\/09\/delicious-june-7th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/09\/bonehead\/\">Bonehead<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As I waited for the bus to roll to a stop, I peeked out the windows and scanned our parking lot for the car to see if Prairie was back from her morning jaunt with Hope. The car wasn't in the lot... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/09\/bonehead\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/09\/trifecta\/\">Trifecta<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Point one: A news story about a Darwin Award contender. Point two: _great_ headline. Point three: horrid choice of ad banner (probably automatically generated). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/06\/09\/trifecta\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/06\/09\/seattle-polite\/\">Seattle Polite<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As I stood there, the car coming down the hill slowed, stopped, and the driver nodded for me to cross. I pointed at the light -- 'You've got the green, buddy...' -- and he just waved me across. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/06\/09\/seattle-polite\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/little-details\/\">Little details<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Former Microsoftie Will Parker has an interesting post about the Microsoft Mac Business Unit's work on a generally under-appreciated aspect of software publishing: the packaging. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/little-details\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/visitorville\/\">VisitorVille<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apache log file analysis plus SimCity equals VisitorVille, a program that displays your website as a city, with traffic represented by people moving from building to building (page to page), and arriving via bus (referrers and search engines). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/visitorville\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/enough-already\/\">Enough already<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yes, yes, we know. Reagan died. Can we get back to reporting about more important things now, please? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/enough-already\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/no-longer-the-top-of-the-heap\/\">No longer the top of the heap<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, it lasted longer than I thought it would, given how fast technology advances, but my dual 2.0 Ghz Power Mac G5 is no longer the top-of-the-line machine from Apple. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/06\/09\/no-longer-the-top-of-the-heap\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/09\/thatll-stop-them\/\">That&#039;ll stop them!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our Attorney General wants to make terrorist attacks against military bases or nuclear plants a capital offense. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/06\/09\/thatll-stop-them\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/09\/needles-and-bottles-and-junkies-oh-my\/\">Needles and bottles and junkies, oh my!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently, some of the tenants next door feel that using garbage cans is more trouble than it's worth, and prefer to toss a fair amount of their garbage out the window and into the alleyway --  everything from smashed TVs to used syringes, all mixed in with a generous helping of broken glass bottles. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/06\/09\/needles-and-bottles-and-junkies-oh-my\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from June 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}