{"id":24390,"date":"2020-08-19T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24390"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:09:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:09:07","slug":"on-this-day-aug-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/19\/on-this-day-aug-19\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 19"},"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>19<\/strong> posts previously published on August 19th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/19\/year-50-day-109\/\">Year 50 Day 109<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're on a boat! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/19\/year-50-day-109\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/19\/%f0%9f%93%9a-downbelow-station-by-c-j-cherryh\/\">&#x1f4da; Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">High concept interstellar politics and space battles that just never really got me invested. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/19\/%f0%9f%93%9a-downbelow-station-by-c-j-cherryh\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/19\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world-dominion\/\">&#x1f3a5; Jurassic World Dominion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I know the critics were snarky, but we really enjoyed it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/08\/19\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-jurassic-world-dominion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/19\/on-this-day-aug-19\/\">On This Day: Aug 19<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/19\/on-this-day-aug-19\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/08\/19\/13458\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The announcement of the 2019 Hugo Awards winners means that I&#8217;ve had to readjust my progress on my Hugo &#8220;best novel&#8221; reading project, and am now at only 21.33% of the way through. As I said when I started, this is a marathon, not a sprint. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/08\/19\/13458\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/19\/21331\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A longer and more adventurous day than anticipated, but mom has made it to her new home! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/19\/21331\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/19\/21334\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Mom&#8217;s ferry coming in to Bellingham, right on time! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/08\/19\/21334\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/19\/20173\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don&#8217;t know why there is a knife stuck into this utility pole, but it amused me when it caught my eye. (232\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/19\/20173\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/19\/18220\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just playing. I like the combination of pixelation and retro effect filters. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/19\/18220\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/19\/18223\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This morning&#8217;s clouds wrapped into a #RollWorld Image @RollWorldApp, #TinyPlanet #PhotoSphere #StereoGraphic #RollWorldApp <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/08\/19\/18223\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/19\/delicious-august-18th\/\">Links for August 18th through August 19th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between August 18th and August 19th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/08\/19\/delicious-august-18th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/19\/delicious-august-19th\/\">Links for August 19th from 06:33 to 18:38<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 06:33 and 18:38, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/19\/delicious-august-19th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/19\/iphoneipod-touch-application-recommendations\/\">iPhone\/iPod Touch Application Recommendations<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recommendations based purely on my own personal needs, wants, and desires. These are the applications I've installed on my iPod Touch that have managed to stick around for more than a few days of experimenting... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/08\/19\/iphoneipod-touch-application-recommendations\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/19\/incommunicado\/\">Incommunicado<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, not really, the next few days should be pretty good overall. They're just going to be _really_ busy, and probably not entirely unstressful. As such, I'm likely not going to be reachable or even online until...um...Wednesday, at the earliest. I think. No guarantees. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/19\/incommunicado\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/schwarzkopf-avoids-endorsing-bush\/\">Schwarzkopf avoids endorsing Bush<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Four years ago, retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf enthusiastically endorsed George W. Bush in his presidential bid. This year, however, 'Stormin'' Norman appears to be singing a different tune. On Tuesday's Hardball television show, host Chris Matthews tried to sound out who Schwarzkopf would be voting for. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/schwarzkopf-avoids-endorsing-bush\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/preaching-to-the-choir\/\">Preaching to the Choir<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">More of Bush and company applying his ridiculously nearsighted 'if you're not with us, you're against us' policy to his own constituents. It's very clear now: if you're not a raving fan, you have no business being anywhere near the President of the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/19\/preaching-to-the-choir\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/19\/time-for-that-operation\/\">Time for that operation<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Gender Genie is a potentially cute little application that examines a block of text, and uses an algorithm to attempt to determine the sex of the author. According to the authors of the algorithm, it's supposed to be correct roughly 80% of the time. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/19\/time-for-that-operation\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/19\/seattle-skyline-poster\/\">Seattle skyline poster<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My friend Tim is going to be selling a gorgeous panoramic poster of the Seattle skyline. More details and contact information can be found on his weblog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/19\/seattle-skyline-poster\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/08\/19\/pie-ghosties-scots-and-naked-girls-kinda\/\">Pie, ghosties, scots, and naked girls (kinda)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Saturday, I headed out with a full crew of people to go see the Barenaked Ladies in concert out at the Gorge. 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