{"id":24372,"date":"2020-08-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24372"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:05:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:05:40","slug":"on-this-day-aug-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/11\/on-this-day-aug-11\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 11"},"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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on August 11th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/08\/11\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-magazine-issue-215-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">Clarkesworld Magazine Issue 215 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Highlights for me this month were by David McGillveray and Marisca Pichette. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/08\/11\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-magazine-issue-215-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/11\/year-50-day-101\/\">Year 50 Day 101<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another one of those days where we spent the day puttering around at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/11\/year-50-day-101\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/11\/on-this-day-aug-11\/\">On This Day: Aug 11<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/11\/on-this-day-aug-11\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21312\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Stopped by Mad Myrna&#8217;s and found out they have a Friday night drag show &#8211; been some great performances tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21312\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21315\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My senior portraits, all of which make me laugh now. Top left, Air Force cadet. Top right, Ivy League professor. Bottom left, the stripes on my shirt are aligned with the backdrop! And bottom right, Miami Vice. Aaahhh, the early &#8217;90s! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21315\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21318\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A cup from the 1893 world&#8217;s fair. The initials (HLW) are those of my mom&#8217;s grandfather&#8217;s sister (so, my&#8230;great-grand-aunt or something?), Harriet Wills (we think). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/11\/21318\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/11\/20116\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A closer look at the grasshopper we found tonight. The closer you get, the creepier they look! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/11\/20116\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/11\/20119\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found a big ol&#8217; grasshopper chilling on the lilac in our backyard (he&#8217;s down in the lower left). (224\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/11\/20119\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/11\/18195\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Flopping out on a hotel bed always feels good (but not as good as getting back to your own bed when the trip is done). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/11\/18195\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/11\/18198\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The parking garage is not impressed. #pareidolia <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/11\/18198\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/11\/delicious-august-3rd\/\">Links for August 3rd through August 11th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 3rd and August 11th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Massive Censorship of Digg Uncovered \u2022\u00a0New Ball Prototype \u2022\u00a0Racer \u2022\u00a0How Star Trek Artists Imagined the iPad... 23 Years Ago \u2022\u00a0Clever overhead garage storage hack \u2022\u00a0F.B.I. Challenges Wikipedia Over Use of Its Seal <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/08\/11\/delicious-august-3rd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/11\/delicious-august-9th\/\">Links for August 9th through August 11th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 9th and August 11th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush \u2022\u00a0Deciphering Windows 7 Upgrades: The Official Chart \u2022\u00a0Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi, Revised Edition \u2022\u00a0Where I Write: Fantasy and Science Fiction Authors in Their Creative Spaces \u2022\u00a0We'll Know When We Get There: Sincerely, John Hughes <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/11\/delicious-august-9th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/11\/delicious-august-7th-2\/\">Links for August 7th through August 11th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 7th and August 11th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Famed Utah rock arch collapses \u2022\u00a0Internet Memes \u2022\u00a0Watch the Olympics Online \u2022\u00a0I made it longer because I have not had the opportunity to make it shorter \u2022\u00a0Bremerton baristas banned from wearing pasties <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/11\/delicious-august-7th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/11\/vegas-friday\/\">Vegas: Friday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Finally...another entry in the Vegas weekend! I just keep getting further behind... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/08\/11\/vegas-friday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/11\/got-it\/\">Got it!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">North Seattle, here we come! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/11\/got-it\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/11\/seattle-car-theft-statistics\/\">Seattle Car Theft Statistics<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On average, a car is stolen every 12 minutes in Washington state. That's an average of about 122 cars per day, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/11\/seattle-car-theft-statistics\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/11\/saft-everything-safari-should-have-but-doesnt-yet\/\">Saft: Everything Safari should have, but doesn&#8217;t yet<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thanks to a mention by Dori, I've just discovered Saft, a wonderful little add-on for Safari. While the headline on Saft's site promotes full-screen browsing as its main feature &mdash; something that really doesn't concern me all that much &mdash; there's so much more packed into this little piece of software. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/11\/saft-everything-safari-should-have-but-doesnt-yet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/11\/comments-from-the-peanut-gallery\/\">Comments from the Peanut Gallery<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I went into the e-mail folder where I dump all the comments that I receive on the site, sorted them all by sender, and started scrolling through. Anytime I saw an address with a good number of comments, I snagged any URL that was left with the comments, and added them to the new 'Peanut Gallery' blogroll in the sidebar. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/11\/comments-from-the-peanut-gallery\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/i-was-the-height-of-fashion-i-tell-you\/\">I was the height of fashion, I tell you<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">CTY is a program for Jr. High '&hellip;students whose SAT I scores place them in the top one-half of one percent of their age mates.' I was accepted when I was in 7<sup>th<\/sup> grade after taking the SAT, through the recommendation of my PACT (Program for the Academically and Creatively Talented) teacher, and went to summer CTY sessions for three years running. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/i-was-the-height-of-fashion-i-tell-you\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/cameras-in-classrooms\/\">Cameras in classrooms<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You know, I'm honestly not sure what I think of this. On the one hand, the 'Big Brother' aspect of constant video surveillance creeps me out, in a big way. On the other hand, when used effectively, I could see there being some really strong advantages to the technology. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/cameras-in-classrooms\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/escape-velocity\/\">Escape Velocity<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Get ready to get sucked back in all over again... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/escape-velocity\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/so-subtle\/\">So subtle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\"><strong>O<\/strong>peration <strong>I<\/strong>vy <strong>L<\/strong>ightening, huh? Gee, I'm so glad that we keep getting assured that this war had nothing to do with <strong>oil<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/so-subtle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/typepad-user-forums\/\">TypePad User Forums<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Raymond has created a bulletin-board style TypePad User Forum for tips, tricks, questions, and general discussion of TypePad. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/11\/typepad-user-forums\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/08\/11\/a-good-view-a-picnic-and-naked-women-running-up-and-down-staircases\/\">A good view, a picnic, and naked women running up and down staircases<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">During my lunch break on Friday, though, I hiked up a couple blocks to the Bank of America tower on 5th and Columbia. 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