{"id":24414,"date":"2020-08-31T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24414"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:12:37","slug":"on-this-day-aug-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/31\/on-this-day-aug-31\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Aug 31"},"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>16<\/strong> posts previously published on August 31st<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/31\/weekly-ish-notes-august-20-31-2025\/\">Weekly-ish Notes: August 20\u201331, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week and a bit in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week or so. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/08\/31\/weekly-ish-notes-august-20-31-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-sourcery-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x1f4da; Sourcery by Terry Pratchett<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Once again, somehow, while not necessarily _doing_ much, the Luggage is a standout character. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/31\/%f0%9f%93%9a-sourcery-by-terry-pratchett\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/31\/year-50-day-121\/\">Year 50 Day 121<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're home! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/08\/31\/year-50-day-121\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/31\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-08-29\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.08.29<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Week twenty-six of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/31\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-08-29\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/31\/on-this-day-aug-31\/\">On This Day: Aug 31<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from August 31 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/08\/31\/on-this-day-aug-31\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/31\/20218\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty of 2016: We&#8217;ll Always Have Parrots, by Donna Andrews. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/31\/20218\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/31\/20191\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yeah\u2026I&#8217;m that guy who goes to the local brewery storefront and orders a ginger ale. :) (244\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/08\/31\/20191\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/31\/upheaval\/\">Upheaval<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The move is in progress -- tons of boxes filled with crap floating from one apartment to the other, and all sorts of unfun disarray and nastiness. Ugh. Moving's stressful enough when it's anticipated and planned, but having to suddenly dive full-force into it with no advance notice is _horrendous_. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/08\/31\/upheaval\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/31\/no-cameras-at-bumbershoot\/\">No Cameras at Bumbershoot?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to the Bumbershoot website, 'Cameras are not allowed at Bumbershoot\u2014please leave them at home.' Anyone out there have any more info? What's the deal here? And how are they going to be enforcing it? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/08\/31\/no-cameras-at-bumbershoot\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/kevin-and-noah\/\">Kevin and Noah<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My little brother and my one-month old nephew. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/kevin-and-noah\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/im-everywhere\/\">I&#8217;m everywhere!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">With the addition of the new Mac OS X release of Skype, there are now a veritable plethora of ways to get ahold of me online, should anyone be so inclined. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/im-everywhere\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/g5-imac\/\">G5 iMac<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The new G5-based iMac is up on Apple's site. Haven't spent a ton of time on the site, yet, but first impressions are that it's a damn impressive piece of engineering, packing all that into such a tiny little space. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/08\/31\/g5-imac\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/31\/bumbershoot-03-sun-aug-31\/\">Bumbershoot &#039;03: Sun, Aug 31<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">And here we go again &mdash; day three of this year's Bumbershoot! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/31\/bumbershoot-03-sun-aug-31\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/31\/bumbershoot-03-sat-aug-30\/\">Bumbershoot &#039;03: Sat, Aug 30<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Allrighty then &mdash; day two of my wanderings at Bumbershoot 2003. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/08\/31\/bumbershoot-03-sat-aug-30\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/08\/31\/yet-another-trick-in-place\/\">Yet another trick in place<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Alrighty then -- more goodies are in place! To go with the (re-)addition of the smiley hack, I've combined a couple other ideas to really enhance the comment postings here. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/08\/31\/yet-another-trick-in-place\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/08\/31\/temptation\/\">Temptation!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seeing as how I just landed this position with Xerox\/Andersen, and that I know they'd like me to commit to at least a year, do I stay with the safe bet with good future opportunities? 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