{"id":24239,"date":"2020-07-07T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24239"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:11:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:11:54","slug":"on-this-day-jul-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/07\/on-this-day-jul-7\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>22<\/strong> posts previously published on July 7th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/07\/year-50-day-66\/\">Year 50 Day 66<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A jaunt up to the Seattle Center and MoPOP's Laika exhibit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/07\/year-50-day-66\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/07\/on-this-day-jul-7\/\">On This Day: Jul 7<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/07\/on-this-day-jul-7\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/07\/21243\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Made it out to the Merc! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/07\/07\/21243\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19960\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Taken this morning. We let the dropped seeds under the bird feeder do what they want during the spring, and we&#8217;ve got a nice little sunflower patch going right now. The birds seem to like the extra perching spots as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19960\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19963\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#8220;This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.&#8221; \u2014 Arthur Dent, in Douglas Adams&#8217; The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy (189\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19963\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19936\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (37\/?): white high tops with blue lining and sidewall. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/07\/19936\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/07\/18011\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another day of chatting about Law and Justice with incoming students&#8217; parents. #cwu #cwupride <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/07\/18011\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/07\/dj-wudi-mashup-give-it-a-crablouse\/\">DJ W\u00fcdi Mashup: Give It A Crablouse<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sources: The Lords of Acid's The Crablouse (In Its Native Environment (Album) and Whatever You Do, Remain Calm (Instrumental)) mixes, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Give It Away. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/07\/dj-wudi-mashup-give-it-a-crablouse\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/07\/delicious-july-4th\/\">Links for July 4th through July 7th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 4th and July 7th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Brendan Fraser lays out the 12 steps to an action movie's success \u2022\u00a0How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand \u2022\u00a0Michael Bay's Rejected 'The Dark Knight' Script \u2022\u00a0No Matter How It Is Sliced, It Is Still Bologna \u2022\u00a0A bike for the final frontier <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/07\/delicious-july-4th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/07\/12000-free-hugs\/\">12,000 Free Hugs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Buried in the midst of my Pride photos: my 12,000th photo uploaded to Flickr. Yeesh! Another 8,000-some shots and I'll have as many pictures on Flickr as I have tracks in iTunes. Photowhore _and_ musicwhore, that's me! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/07\/12000-free-hugs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/07\/meez\/\">Meez<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A cute little avatar, plus brief bits on my job, fourth of July fireworks, and an upcoming vacation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/07\/meez\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/july-first-thursday\/\">July First Thursday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few shots from tonight's 'Electric' Seattle Photobloggers exhibition at Art Rage Studios, as part of this month's First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/july-first-thursday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/london-terror-attack\/\">London Terror Attack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Witnesses saw the top ripped off a double-decker bus near Russell Square close to King's Cross train terminal, and three more apparently coordinated explosions caused carnage on packed subway trains as Londoners made their way to work. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/07\/london-terror-attack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/07\/adsense-down\/\">Adsense down?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Google's Adsense appears to be down at the moment, which is causing loading problems for my weblog. Apologies to all if it's hitting you, but there's not a thing I can do about it except wait for them to get things together. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/07\/adsense-down\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/07\/step-right-up-get-yer-tickets-here\/\">Step right up! Get yer tickets here!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The automated systems that create the Google News pages occasionally make some rather odd decisions when combining headlines with summaries&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/07\/step-right-up-get-yer-tickets-here\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/first-post-2\/\">First post!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yeah, it's cheesy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/first-post-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/greetings-earthlings\/\">Greetings, Earthlings<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just something cool: a weblog from space, written by NASA Science Officer Ed Lu from on board the International Space Station. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/greetings-earthlings\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/typepad-beta-testing\/\">TypePad beta testing!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got a surprisingly cool e-mail when I got home today -- I'm a TypePad beta tester! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/typepad-beta-testing\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/marc-laura-and-a-12-egg-omelette\/\">Marc, Laura, and a 12-egg omelette<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, and one last thing &mdash; just in case you were curious, this is what happens to Alaskans who spend an entire day in the summer sun of the Gorge without bothering to use sunscreen. I don't recommend it. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/07\/marc-laura-and-a-12-egg-omelette\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/07\/nasa-better-get-cracking\/\">NASA better get cracking<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anybody think we'll be in a position to start colonizing planets other than Earth within the next 50 years? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/07\/nasa-better-get-cracking\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/07\/rocky-horror-what\/\">Rocky Horror what???<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's a fairly disturbing idea -- celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show by remaking it as a made-for-TV movie, keeping the original music and lyrics, but updating it to a more modern setting. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/07\/rocky-horror-what\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/07\/site-design-why-css\/\">Site design: why CSS?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm redesigning the site to comply with current Cascading Style Sheet standards. 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