{"id":24247,"date":"2020-07-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24247"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:13:24","slug":"on-this-day-jul-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/11\/on-this-day-jul-11\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 11"},"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>30<\/strong> posts previously published on July 11th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/11\/worldcon-schedule-update\/\">Worldcon Schedule Update<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'll be presenting on digital accessibility, a panelist on the history of Norwescon, and DJing the Wednesday Night Dance. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/11\/worldcon-schedule-update\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/11\/year-50-day-70\/\">Year 50 Day 70<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A modern update to a gadget I remember from my grandma's home. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/11\/year-50-day-70\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/07\/11\/25365\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 25\/2021: Jaws by Peter Benchley &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; This is one instance where the movie is definitely better than the book. Not that the book is particularly bad, but it has subplots that haven\u2019t aged at all well, all of which were omitted from the film. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/07\/11\/25365\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/11\/on-this-day-jul-11\/\">On This Day: Jul 11<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/11\/on-this-day-jul-11\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/11\/13420\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-eight of 2019: White Trash Zombie Gone Wild, by Diana Rowland. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; More zombie conspiracy fun, this time in the midst of Mardi Gras and a zombie festival. Started off a little tougher than the rest, but got on track again fairly quickly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/11\/13420\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/11\/13415\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-seven of 2019: Fall, or Dodge in Hell, by Neal Stephenson. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; Still top of my favorite current authors list, Stephenson once again keeps my mind churning with a huge, complex, fascinating SF\/F mishmash of VR worlds and religion. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/07\/11\/13415\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12339\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Test post. micro.blog cross posting to Facebook stopped working. Seeing if turning it off and on again does the trick. If this shows up on Facebook in a few minutes, I&#8217;m good. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12339\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12337\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design. I&#8217;m entirely on board with this (and, actually, my current personal website\u2019s design isn&#8217;t all that far away from this aesthetic). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12337\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/linkdump-for-may-26th-through-july-11th\/\">Linkdump for May 26th through July 11th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between May 26th and July 11th. \u2022 ALL POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO \"THEY SHOULD GET IN LINE AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, THE WAY MY FAMILY DID,&rdquo; WITH CITATIONS (ALSO JOKES) \u2022\u00a0Civility. Some thoughts. \u2022\u00a0What To Do When \u2015 Not If \u2015 Roe Vanishes \u2022\u00a0Really neat answer to this question about early Star Trek fandom \u2022\u00a0Why &lsquo;Solo&rsquo; Works <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/linkdump-for-may-26th-through-july-11th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12334\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The audio from Trump&#8217;s bizarre and incoherent &#8220;I have no organ, the only musical is the mouth, the brain is much more important\u201d ramble is just begging to be sampled into any number of songs. Just sayin\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/11\/12334\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19993\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-one of 2016: Fight Club 2, by Chuck Palahniuk and Cameron Stewart. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19993\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19966\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty of 2016: Books of Blood Vol. 3, by Clive Barker. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (193\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19966\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19969\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (41\/?): white high tops with black &#8220;paint splatter&#8221; design, red and blue sidewall stripes. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/11\/19969\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/11\/18023\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I was trying to take my picture for today, when suddenly I was photobombed by a mischievous little monkey! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/11\/18023\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/11\/18026\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s hot enough here that the suet we put out for the birds is melting through the bottom of the cage! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/11\/18026\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/11\/club-blacklights-last-hurrah\/\">Club Blacklight&#8217;s Last Hurrah<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few shots from the Blacklight's final weekend. Most are from Friday night, which featured a few performances by a local fetish group...and as such, range from mildly NSFW (near-nudity with pasties) to _extremely_ NSFW (bondage, domination, and simulated lesbian strap-on sex). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/11\/club-blacklights-last-hurrah\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/11\/heat-wave\/\">Heat Wave<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">75 degrees already, and it's only 8:30 in the morning. An expected record-setting high of 96 degrees. Y'know, I _thought_ I moved to Seattle...who snuck up on me and shipped me to southern California? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/11\/heat-wave\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/11\/the-mm-army\/\">The M&#038;M Army<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've been meaning to document my growing M-and-M's figurine collection for some time now, and finally got around to it today, after spending a few minutes and fifty cents assembling a DIY lightbox. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/11\/the-mm-army\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/11\/2005-international-district-summer-festival\/\">2005 International District Summer Festival<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few shots of the International District Summer Festival, since I went back _with_ my camera yesterday. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/11\/2005-international-district-summer-festival\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/11\/so-then-off-i-fucked\/\">So then \u2014 off I fucked.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Slate has a wonderful look at the history and vernacular of our Vice President's most notorious favorite four-letter word in A Very, Very Dirty Word. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/11\/so-then-off-i-fucked\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/debate-time\/\">Debate time!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's a wonderful clip from Jon Stewart's 'Daily Show' online right now &mdash; a debate betwen President George W. Bush and Presidential candidate Governor George W. Bush &mdash; that is flat-out hilarious. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/debate-time\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/necho-aggregators\/\">[N]echo aggregators<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What surprised me while going through my newsfeeds tonight is that Dave, while he may come across as an ass at times, is certainly not one to sit on his ass while some new technological goodie comes across his screen (even if it's one he's not entirely thrilled with). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/necho-aggregators\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/haiku\/\">Haiku<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another thing I like about the Dean campaign \u2014 they're not afraid to have a sense of humor. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/haiku\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/drink-the-kool-aid\/\">Drink the Kool-Aid<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Robert Scoble switches Kool-Aid brands, if only for a moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/drink-the-kool-aid\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/jet-propelled-sheep\/\">Jet-propelled sheep<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I can't help but think that this is one sheep that I wouldn't want to be standing behind when it passed gas&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/jet-propelled-sheep\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/just-a-suggestion\/\">Just a suggestion&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Re-Elect Pass the Buck and Wag the Dog for President in 2004! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/just-a-suggestion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/politician-to-english-translation\/\">Politician-to-English translation<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">But to think that somehow we went out of our way to insert this single sentence into the State of the Union address for the purpose of deceiving and misleading the American people is an overdrawn, overblown, overwrought conclusion. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/11\/politician-to-english-translation\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/11\/creepy-and-very-interesting\/\">Creepy, and very interesting<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I guess the event that really opened my eyes took place only a few days after my arrival. A terrorist bomb destroyed a shuttlebus...sixty school children. There were no survivors. That day I vowed to put an end to terrorism.... And I will. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/11\/creepy-and-very-interesting\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/11\/in-the-shoebox-off-the-net\/\">In the shoebox, off the &#8216;net<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm currently without a way to get my computers up and running (my monitors are still in Alaska, coming down with Rick in a month or two, I can't get DSL until I get my first phone bill, and I don't have a modem built into any of my machines). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/11\/in-the-shoebox-off-the-net\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1998<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1998\/07\/11\/from-usenet-71198-2300\/\">[From Usenet: 7.11.98 2300]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's a fine day, people open windows, they leave their houses, just for a short while....it's going to be a fine night tonight, it's going to be a fine day tomorrow...etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1998\/07\/11\/from-usenet-71198-2300\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 11<\/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-24247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24247","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=24247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}