{"id":24301,"date":"2020-07-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24301"},"modified":"2020-07-13T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:13:15","slug":"on-this-day-jul-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/27\/on-this-day-jul-27\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jul 27"},"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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on July 27th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/27\/weekly-notes-july-21-27-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: July 21\u201327, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/07\/27\/weekly-notes-july-21-27-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/27\/year-50-day-86\/\">Year 50 Day 86<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One-bit dithering. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/07\/27\/year-50-day-86\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/07\/27\/25369\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">TextSniper &#8211; Capture and extract any text from your Mac&#8217;s screen: Instantly capture non-selectable text from YouTube videos, PDFs, images, online courses, screencasts, presentations, webpages, video tutorials, photos, etc. It&#8217;s so simple and easy as taking a screenshot with a built-in snipping tool for Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/07\/27\/25369\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/27\/on-this-day-jul-27\/\">On This Day: Jul 27<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from July 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/07\/27\/on-this-day-jul-27\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/27\/12378\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My niece, after seeing my new tattoo on my calf: \u201cPeople with arm tattoos are bad!\u201d Me: \u201cYou mean, like this?\u201d As I pull up my sleeve to show her my first tattoo. Niece, eyes wide: \u201c\u2026unless they\u2019re family. Then they\u2019re okay.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/27\/12378\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/27\/12376\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">YATP (Yet Another Test Post): Facebook has apparently changed their API, so direct micro.blog > Facebook cross-posting isn&#8217;t working. This is to see if an IFTTT > Facebook applet still works (after the micro.blog > WordPress step). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/07\/27\/12376\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/27\/20068\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The A\/C is back! There will actually be a perceivable difference between inside and out! (209\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/07\/27\/20068\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/07\/27\/18818\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mmmm\u2026home grown cucumber fresh off the vine. Sweet and tasty! Plus fresh picked tomato for Prairie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/07\/27\/18818\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/27\/18123\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few days of not shaving, and I&#8217;m showing definite signs of scruff. Everyone is happy about this. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/27\/18123\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/27\/18096\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found at an antique store this morning: The Gentleman&#8217;s Companion, Vol. I (Being an Exotic Cookery Book) and Vol. II (Being an Exotic Drinking Book), first published in 1939, updated in 1946. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/07\/27\/18096\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/27\/deacon-john-hanscom\/\">Deacon John Hanscom<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Many congratulations to my dad, who was ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons at Holy Spirit Episcopal Church this last Wednesday evening! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/07\/27\/deacon-john-hanscom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/27\/one-mans-porn\/\">One man&#8217;s porn&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'Are these _real_?' I asked myself as I scrolled down the row of pictures on the webpage. Prairie started giggling. 'That's the kind of thing most guys would say while they're looking at porn.' I laughed. 'I _am_!' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/07\/27\/one-mans-porn\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/livejournal-syndication-update\/\">LiveJournal Syndication Update<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Allrighty then...it wasn't the solution that I was hoping for, but I think I've managed to fumble my way through _a_ solution for my issues with the woody_eclectic LiveJournal feed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/livejournal-syndication-update\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/we-are-the-web\/\">We Are the Web<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There is only one time in the history of each planet when its inhabitants first wire up its innumerable parts to make one large Machine. Later that Machine may run faster, but there is only one time when it is born. You and I are alive at this moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/we-are-the-web\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/phobic\/\">Phobic<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've mentioned my fear of flying in the past. Earlier today, Steven Frank wrote about his battle with the same phobia -- and from the sound of it, he was hit by it far harder than I was. If you're phobic or know someone who is, this is well worth reading. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/phobic\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/livejournal-readers-help\/\">LiveJournal readers: help!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, here's the situation. Right now, there's 29 of you reading my stuff (or at least skimming it occasionally) through the LJ syndication account woody_eclectic, which I think is great. There's just one little issue, though...and it's one that I can't (easily) fix on my own. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/livejournal-readers-help\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/a-long-long-time-ago\/\">A long, long time ago&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...no far away galaxy, though. Last night I got an e-mail from Kathleen, who'd stumbled across my Gigs photoset while looking for an old friend of hers. She was kind enough to send me an old photo from Gigs and said I could go ahead and post it along with the rest of my pictures from the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/07\/27\/a-long-long-time-ago\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/bushcheney-vs-dean\/\">Bush\/Cheney vs. Dean<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is what it's all about. Not $2000 a head dinners so the fat cats can buy their \"special interests\" by keeping the status quo, but by people all across the country giving what they can, because they believe in a candidate, and because they want to make a change for the better. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/bushcheney-vs-dean\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/siggraph-fun\/\">Siggraph fun<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Did I mention that I'm jealous? What fun shiny toys they must have there! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/siggraph-fun\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/koosay-eebay-and-ooday\/\">Koosay, Eebay, and Ooday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You\u2019ve probably noticed that there are many different spellings of Arabic names depending on which news source you are reading. The truth is that there is no consensus how to write Arabic words in English. If we are going to investigate Arabic names we must therefore use phonetic spellings. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/koosay-eebay-and-ooday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/metabetablog\/\">Metabetablog<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I mention this because my last post got incorporated into the latest creation. Made me laugh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/metabetablog\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/im-such-a-music-whore\/\">I&#039;m such a music whore<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Newest additions to the ever-growing collection, thanks to The Vogue, Jonas, John, and the fine folks at musicwerks: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/im-such-a-music-whore\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/importing-mt-archives-month-by-month\/\">Importing MT archives: month by month<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm starting work on importing my archives from The Long Letter into Eclecticism. I wanted to see if I could figure out how to import one month's worth of posts at a time, instead of the whole kit and kaboodle. Here's what I ended up with. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/07\/27\/importing-mt-archives-month-by-month\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/27\/eight-legged-freaks\/\">Eight Legged Freaks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A silly premise, scientific accuracy thrown out the window, sterotypical characters, and cheezy lines, all add up (in my world, at least) to a very enjoyable couple hours at the movies. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/07\/27\/eight-legged-freaks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/07\/27\/job-details-more-books-and-monkeys\/\">Job details, more books, and monkeys<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anyway...went out to see Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, one of the big films I'd been waiting to see this summer. 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