{"id":24241,"date":"2020-07-08T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24241"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:12:06","slug":"on-this-day-jul-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/08\/on-this-day-jul-8\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 8"},"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>35<\/strong> posts previously published on July 8th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%93%9a-memory-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Less action and more introspection, mystery solving, and Barrayaran politics, always with Bujold\u2019s signature wit and incredibly well-rounded, imperfect, and very real characters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%93%9a-memory-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/year-50-day-67\/\">Year 50 Day 67<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A vintage pachinko machine that my wife inherited from her grandfather. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/year-50-day-67\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-missing-link\/\">&#x1f3a5; Missing Link<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The artistry and craftsmanship of Laika\u2019s work is always worth watching. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-missing-link\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mere-anarchy-by-mike-w-barr-et-al\/\">&#x1f4da; Mere Anarchy by Mike W. Barr et al.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tracking the Federation's response to a planetary disaster over several decades of TOS. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/08\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mere-anarchy-by-mike-w-barr-et-al\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/07\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2022-07-08\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2022.07.08<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is just an hour of goofing around, mostly just testing to make sure all my electronic wires were configured correctly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/07\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2022-07-08\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/08\/24264\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-eight of 2020: Ghost Ship by Diane Carey &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #startrek #tng &#x1f596; Painfully obviously early in the TNG novels (it is the first not adapted from an episode). Characterizations are wildly off base (Riker\u2019s distrust of Data is basically overt racism). Just\u2026oof. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/08\/24264\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/08\/on-this-day-jul-8\/\">On This Day: Jul 8<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/08\/on-this-day-jul-8\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/08\/21872\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-six of 2018: Tim\u2019rous Beastie, edited by Amanda Lafrenais. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/08\/21872\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/08\/19954\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pretty sure there&#8217;s now a tiny little Lego &#8217;90s-era Tom Cruise in our collection. (190\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/08\/19954\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/08\/19957\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (38\/?): blue and black dual-layer high tops with blue laces. An odd style that I picked up mostly out of curiosity and amusement (I&#8217;m not sure of the appeal of looking like I&#8217;m trying to wear two pair at once), but don&#8217;t wear often. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/08\/19957\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/08\/18005\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">These crosswalk lines just got painted outside the building I work in. One of them \u2014 the one on the right in the foreground \u2014 is offset by about six inches (to the right, from this vantage point) away from consistency with the other three. This is going to drive my #ocd tendencies bonkers every ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/08\/18005\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/08\/18005\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/08\/18008\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Early lunch today so I can go see a friend defend her master&#8217;s thesis this afternoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/08\/18008\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/123456-789\/\">12:34:56 7\/8\/9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a fun little numerical oddity: at the time of this posting (more or less, as Wordpress doesn't let me schedule a post time down to the second), the combined date and time (if you drop the leading zero from the two-digit abbreviation for the year) becomes 123456789. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/123456-789\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen\/\">Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yesterday, nearly two years to the day after going to see Michael Bay's first 'Transformers' film, Rick and I once again channelled our inner 12-year olds, did our best to turn off our brains, and headed off to see 'Transformers: Rise of the Fallen'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/delicious-july-5th\/\">Links for July 5th through July 8th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 5th and July 8th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Monsignor&rsquo;s Confessional: Darkness That Exists Just for You \u2022\u00a0Introducing the Google Chrome OS \u2022\u00a0Sarah Palin's 10 Most Awkward Media Moments \u2022\u00a0Fiction World Rocked as Woman Claims No Sexual Attraction to Neil Gaiman \u2022\u00a0Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2009 Results <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/08\/delicious-july-5th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/08\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest\/\">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and I went out to see the new [Pirates of the Caribbean][1] movie last night. The reviews aren't being terribly kind, but we had a lot of fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/08\/pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-mans-chest\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/spamalot\/\">Spamalot<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Coming to Broadway in early 2005: Monty Python's 'Spamalot', 'the musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.'' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/spamalot\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/meme-fun\/\">Meme fun<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This was originally a LiveJournal meme, but it was so goofy and intricate that I had to join in the fun. So. Bear with me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/meme-fun\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/reading-protected-livejournal-entries-via-rss\/\">Reading protected LiveJournal entries via RSS<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How to read protected 'friends only' LiveJournal posts in your RSS aggregator. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/reading-protected-livejournal-entries-via-rss\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/kill-bill-part-three\/\">Kill Bill &#8211; Part Three<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I actually heard a rumor about this a couple of weeks ago, but I just now got around to a quick Google to see if there was any truth to what I'd heard. Apparently there is &mdash; Tarrantino is planning on a third part to the Kill Bill saga. In fifteen years. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/kill-bill-part-three\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/another-excuse-called-into-question\/\">Another excuse called into question<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now, there were enough records of human rights violations in Iraq under Hussein's rule that I in no way doubt that he is a bad, bad man who needs to be soundly spanked. However, from everything I've read to date, it very strongly appears that he told the truth when he said that Iraq had no WMDs, and he told the truth when he said that he heard of the Halabja massacre through the media, and did not order the gas attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/another-excuse-called-into-question\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/west-coast-bloggers\/\">West Coast Bloggers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hellz yeah, biznatch &mdash; West Coast Bloggers, <strong><em>REPREZENT<\/em><\/strong>! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/west-coast-bloggers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/spidey-vs-doc-ock\/\">Spidey vs. Doc Ock<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Worth watching &mdash; an absolutely incredible stop-motion animation short film of Spider Man battling Doc Ock&hellip;done entirely in Lego. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/spidey-vs-doc-ock\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/demand-space\/\">Demand Space<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">D just pointed me to Demand Space, just started by a friend of hers, and they've got a really good limited-time-only Grand Opening special (at least, it looks like it to me, though I haven't looked into these things in a while). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/08\/demand-space\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/information-overload\/\">Information overload<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm sure there's a lot of nifty stuff out there on the 'net right now. Guess y'all will just have to go find it yourselves. Sorry! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/information-overload\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/electronic-voting-problems\/\">Electronic voting problems<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unfortunately, as is often the case, the reality looks to be falling far short of what is actually needed. New Zealand's Scoop magazine has a very disturbing article examining Diebold's electronic voting machines, and investigating just how secure they really are. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/electronic-voting-problems\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/discovering-typepad\/\">Discovering TypePad<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's definitely interesting being in a beta test period with weblogs that are public, and yet being bound by a (limited) NDA that prevents me from saying much of anything about the service itself. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/discovering-typepad\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/putting-the-long-letter-on-hold-for-a-bit\/\">Putting The Long Letter on hold for a bit&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">NOTICE: This weblog (The Long Letter) will be going on hold for a bit. I'm not disappearing, though -- I'm just going to be using Eclecticism as my primary weblog for the duration of the TypePad beta testing project. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/putting-the-long-letter-on-hold-for-a-bit\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/not-britney\/\">Not Britney!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Britney Spears admitted today that she isn't a virgin. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/not-britney\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/itms-exclusive-lxg-soundtrack\/\">iTMS Exclusive: LXG Soundtrack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like Apple's iTunes Music Store is catching on (or, at the very least, getting enough interest to warrant an interesting experiment): in the US market, the soundtrack for the movie The Leage of Extraordinary Gentlemen will only be available through the iTMS &mdash; no CD's will be pressed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/itms-exclusive-lxg-soundtrack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/how-to-proceed-from-here\/\">How to proceed from here<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm working on figuring out the pros and cons to various ways of approaching the fact that I've now got a secondary weblog that I need to keep active as well as having this weblog that's been active for a good few years now at its current address. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/how-to-proceed-from-here\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/how-do-i-do-this\/\">How do I do this?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, so I've got this new toy to play with, and I do need to make sure to play with it. I just need to figure out how to play with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/how-do-i-do-this\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/menas-here-too\/\">Mena&#039;s here too<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mena's moved her weblog over to TypePad too. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/08\/menas-here-too\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/08\/it-works\/\">It works!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You'll notice the new(est) look to the site -- finally found a layout I liked, and was flexible enough to work sitewide. Spent most of the day in front of the computer working on it, and now the majority of the pages are converted over to the new design. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/08\/it-works\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/08\/headaches\/\">Headaches<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think that I've got things so that they should be visible at the moment, but with IE crapping out every time I make a change, I'm not entirely sure. 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