{"id":24253,"date":"2020-07-14T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24253"},"modified":"2020-07-06T10:13:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T17:13:59","slug":"on-this-day-jul-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/14\/on-this-day-jul-14\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 14"},"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 14th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/14\/the-murderbot-diaries-vol-1-by-martha-wells\/\">The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 36\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Murderbot is such a great character. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/14\/the-murderbot-diaries-vol-1-by-martha-wells\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-antares-maelstrom-by-greg-cox\/\">The Antares Maelstrom by Greg Cox<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: No big morals or messages here; just a good \u2018fifth season\u2019 adventure playing on old western gold rush tropes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/07\/14\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-antares-maelstrom-by-greg-cox\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/14\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one\/\">&#x1f3a5; Mission: Impossible \u2013\u00a0Dead Reckoning Part One<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A great, big, ridiculous summer action movie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/14\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/14\/year-50-day-73\/\">Year 50 Day 73<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The first movie I've seen in the theater since _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/14\/year-50-day-73\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/14\/on-this-day-jul-14\/\">On This Day: Jul 14<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/14\/on-this-day-jul-14\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/14\/21896\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It\u2019s @norwescon picnic day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/14\/21896\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/14\/12343\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora\u2019s Box for DIY Guns: Ugh. Defeating restrictions against 3D printing guns may be legally and technologically interesting, but in my eyes is also ethically and morally reprehensible. This is a disturbing story. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/14\/12343\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/14\/20002\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a spinny chair must be in want of an occasional spin. (196\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/14\/20002\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/14\/20005\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (44\/?): black lightweight fabric (a little shiny\u2026nylon?) high tops. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/14\/20005\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/14\/18038\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At least it cooled off. It&#8217;s only 92 now! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/14\/18038\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/14\/delicious-july-13th\/\">Links for July 13th through July 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 13th and July 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0&ldquo;Fleeting Expletive&rdquo; Ban Lifted \u2022\u00a0Mayor McGinn Proposes Letting Bars Stay Open Later, or All Night \u2022\u00a0Reviewing the History Channel's World War II shows as if they were genre fiction TV \u2022\u00a0Soccer fans shun hookers for art's sake \u2022\u00a0Embattled Marysville School Board member resigns <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/07\/14\/delicious-july-13th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/14\/delicious-july-10th\/\">Links for July 10th through July 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 10th and July 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0The 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads of All Time \u2022\u00a0Top 10 Myths _about Mythbusters_ \u2022\u00a0Watchdog Group: Dozens of Active-Duty Troops Found on Neo-Nazi Site \u2022\u00a0The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin: A Round-Up \u2022\u00a0DateLine <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/07\/14\/delicious-july-10th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/delicious-july-14th\/\">Links for July 14th from 11:50 to 17:00<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 11:50 and 17:00, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Blackbird that can mimic the sound of ambulance's siren makes family's life hell \u2022\u00a0Citizen Camera \u2022\u00a0McCain encourages adoption, unless you're gay \u2022\u00a0Building demolition based on old Japanese game \u2022\u00a0FoxTrot does Webcomics <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/delicious-july-14th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/this-is-journalism\/\">This is Journalism?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'll freely admit that, while geeky, I'm not one who will stand in line for hours for an item I can get faster and easier if I wait a few days. I'm less concerned with 'firsties' than with my own convenience. That said -- I _love_ the fact that the customer in this video actually calls the reporter on his idiotic 'reporting.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/this-is-journalism\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/goodbye-and-good-riddance-alfaretta\/\">Goodbye (and Good Riddance) Alfaretta!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street, the wrecking ball is halfway done leveling this old brick building.... 8th and Seneca. I used to _live_ at 8th and Seneca, in an old brick apartment building. I don't suppose... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/goodbye-and-good-riddance-alfaretta\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/delicious-july-9th\/\">Links for July 9th through July 14th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between July 9th and July 14th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0The Greatest Sideshow Video Ever Made \u2022\u00a0A Web of Geeks, Every One of Which Knows a Lot about Something \u2022\u00a0iPhone BookShelf \u2022\u00a0Snack Foods That Sound Like Sex Acts \u2022\u00a0Wonderlic Test] <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/delicious-july-9th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/two-phrases\/\">Two Phrases<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...how egotistical does one have to be to automatically assume that their respect is _so fucking important_ that one must jump through multiples hoops in order to _earn_ it? How about we give people respect because they are _humans_ with _lives_ and _feelings_ just as important as our own? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/07\/14\/two-phrases\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/14\/300-multiple-choices\/\">300 Multiple Choices<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The idea for using server response codes as SMS shorthand that's going around right now is cute, but I still prefer an idea I from January of '04, when I ran across the idea of applying server response codes to dating. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/14\/300-multiple-choices\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/14\/mt-ranier-from-discovery-park\/\">Mt. Ranier from Discovery Park<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is my current desktop background, too. Could be sharper, but not bad for being handheld using my old $40 all-manual zoom lens. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/14\/mt-ranier-from-discovery-park\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/14\/playing-with-mt-32-beta\/\">Playing with MT 3.2 Beta<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm spending a little bit of time playing with the just-released public beta version of Movable Type 3.2 on a separate weblog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/14\/playing-with-mt-32-beta\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/photographers-protest-at-the-ballard-locks\/\">Photographers Protest at the Ballard Locks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How wonderful. I can't claim total inspiration for this, as all I did was point to the article regarding Ian Spiers' run-in with Homeland Security while photographing the Ballard Locks, which brought it to the attention of Myk O'Leary of Life, it is a Travesty. After reading that article, however, Myk is organizing a peaceful protest at the Ballard Locks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/photographers-protest-at-the-ballard-locks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/men-and-sex\/\">Men and Sex<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From Dr. Joyce Brothers &mdash; how much do you know about men and sex? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/men-and-sex\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/the-tsa-security-or-petty-thieves\/\">The TSA: Security, or petty thieves?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This inspector found a lighter that I was given by my step daughter for our first Father's Day together. It was a cigar lighter that did not run on Liquid Fuel, but gas. He looked at it and exclaimed, 'Wow I have always wanted one like this'. Then proceeded to tell me that he had to confiscate my lighter. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/07\/14\/the-tsa-security-or-petty-thieves\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/great-minds-think-alike-and-so-do-ours\/\">Great minds think alike (and so do ours)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It does matter, dad. I'm glad it matters to you, I'm glad that, thanks to you, it matters to me \u2014 and I'm glad that, even with all our disagreements, you're my dad. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/great-minds-think-alike-and-so-do-ours\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/homework\/\">Homework<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Bring Marilyn Monroe's \"I Belong to Daddy\" in to work tomorrow so I can let Bethany hear it and compare with some of Bj\u00f6rk's work. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/homework\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/whats-going-on\/\">What&#039;s going on?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All of a sudden, the right-hand sidebar, rather than displaying on the right side of the page, is being shoved underneath the left-hand sidebar, after all the main content \u2014 at least, that's what's going on in IE6 on the PC. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/whats-going-on\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/greek-mythological-family-tree\/\">Greek Mythological family tree<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now, the Newmans'  work has been published by the University of North Carolina Press as 'A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology: Comprising 3,673 Named Figures of Greek Mythology, All Related to Each Other Within a Single Family of 20 Generations.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/greek-mythological-family-tree\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/stubble-fun\/\">Stubble fun<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Silly advantage to having a shaved head: that sixteenth of an inch stubble makes a great impromptu scrub brush! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/stubble-fun\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/filler\/\">Filler<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">X: useful people, Y: girls with nice breasts, Z: filler. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/filler\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/14\/batteries\/\">Batteries<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Note to myself: Pick up a 9-volt battery for the smoke alarm on the way home tonight. 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