On This Day: Feb 6

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Since I’ll hit 20 years of blogging this November, this year I’m posting a daily list of anything I published on this day in the past.

There are 35 posts previously published on February 6th

  • 2021
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Lawyer finds a ‘treasure’ of old photos, suffragette portraits in a ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2021). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.📚 6/2021: Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The central book ... Read more ➡
  • 2020
    • Star Trek: Picard S01E03 The End is the Beginning 'Engage.' ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.For some reason, my micro.blog hadn’t been picking up my posts ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2020). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Daring Fireball: Our Long National Nightmare Is Over: Netflix Makes Preview ... Read more ➡
    • On This Day: Feb 6 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 6 ➡
  • 2019
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2019). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Idle curiosity: What other biological mutations would Dumbo have needed in ... Read more ➡
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2018). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Book seven of 2018 (and first #pkdickaward nominee): After the Flare, ... Read more ➡
  • 2017
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2017). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.I’m really tired of this (we got around 8″ yesterday), but ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2017). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Another inch or two, and the wall around our bird feeders ... Read more ➡
  • 2016
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2016). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.The second funniest thing about watching Grey’s Anatomy (after the completely ... Read more ➡
  • 2014
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on February 6, 2014). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.Not actually wearing the mask today, but I wanted to try ... Read more ➡
  • 2009
    • Links for February 5th through February 6th Sometime between February 5th and February 6th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! • Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Caprica on DVD 4/21/09 • Dollhouse: Dollhouse's Sexuality Is Creepy on Purpose • Base System • Movie Review - Coraline - Cornered in a Parallel World • All the Way Through to "Kerplunk" • Neil Gaiman's favorite bad review for _Coraline_ ➡
    • 25 Random Things Meme Oh, alright already. Naysayers be damned, here's my entry into the 'twenty-five random things about you' meme that's currently flying around Facebook (and, to a limited extent, creeping out into the rest of the blog world). Some of these, people will know. Others...perhaps not. ➡
  • 2008
  • 2007
    • Seven Deadly Sins… ...and twenty-one not-so-deadly combinations. ➡
    • Blarch Badness: Me! Admittedly, I'm not quite sure how I ended up in the West Seattle round (will I have to move if I win?) -- truth to tell, I think I've been to West Seattle once or twice, and have only lived on First Hill and up here in Northgate -- but hey, no complaints! ➡
  • 2006
    • ENG101: In-Class Writing: Analysis: Ed Schools vs. Education My second paper for my ENG101 class. This was an in-class essay analyzing an editorial by George Will, 'Ed Schools vs. Education'. Final grade: 100% (plus a smiley face and the notation, 'Couldn't have said it better myself!'). ➡
    • The Ciccones: Lies While most of the all-Madonna mashup album is fairly hit-and-miss, this is by far the standout track. Over the music for "Live to Tell", audio quotes from the justifications for the Iraq war are juxtaposed with the song's original chorus. ➡
  • 2005
    • Network Outage Thanks for calling Speakeasy. Some of our broadband customers in the greater Seattle area are currently reporting a network outage due to a vendor failure. We hope to have this resolved within 30 minutes. (pause) (big sigh) If we're lucky. ➡
    • Comments/TrackBack down until further notice Comments and TrackBack pings are currently disabled at the server level for all sites I host (www.michaelhanscom.com, www.hanscomfamily.com, www.geekmuffin.com). As I've done this at the server level, this is not reflected in the sites themselves: they all still look like they accept comments, but they won't work. ➡
    • Muppets are scary! Remember how I was talking about my overactive imagination about a week ago? I had a conversation with Prairie yesterday that reminded me of a couple of perfect examples of this. The freakin' Muppets used to give me nightmares. How sad is that? ➡
    • Then and now At one time we had sex, drugs, and rock and roll, now all we have are STDs, antidepressants, and techno. ➡
  • 2004
    • Average Monthly Job Growth Robsix and Hurin, knock yourselves out. ;) ➡
    • Marcel Marceau’s Greatest Hits! …while we're amused by the fact that Apple is charging 99 cents for a song full o' nothing, we're even more amused by the fact that said track contains the usual digital rights management code to prevent you from playing it on any unauthorized systems. ➡
    • RSS Templates for TypePad Pro/MovableType I just had someone ask how I was able to create the four RSS feeds for my site. Here's a quick rundown, along with the templates themselves, should anyone else want to do the same thing. All the templates are RSS 2.0, and have been checked with the RSS Feed Validator. ➡
  • 2003
    • What if they're right? I'm just not sure if I can unequivocally condemn the drive to oust Saddam. There should be a better way than what we're facing — the concept of the end justifying the means has never sat well with me — but should we enter into this, I just hope it's over quickly, with as little bloodshed as possible, and that this time, it's successful. We didn't get Saddamn out before. We still haven't found bin Laden. I can't even remember if we ever actually ousted Kaddaffi (going back a few years to the Reagan days). If we must go into this conflict, as the powers that be seem to be convinced, can we at least just get it right this time? ➡
    • Solving the problem The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? ➡
    • Surfin' Safari More companies need to realize that this is a real, effective way to encourage their users. We know that Safari is being worked on, we know that it's being worked on by someone who genuinely cares about the project, and we know that they care about and listen to what their customers want to see in the product. I can't think of a better way to build and keep customer loyalty than that. ➡
    • First floor: mens wear, ladies undergarments, and zero-g toilets Forget the roar of rocketry and those bone jarring liftoffs, the elevator would be a smooth 62,000-mile (100,000-kilometer) ride up a long cable. ➡
    • th3 10rdz pr4y3r Our Father, who 0wnz heaven, j00 r0ck! May all 0ur base someday be belong to you! ➡
  • 2002
    • Archive tweaks, search engine online I went into serious geek mode for a few hours tonight (which, unfortnately, caused me to miss Enterprise because I got lost in code and didn't realize what time it was until Candice called at 8:30pm) and have made a few improvements to the site. ➡
    • Archives back online So, for the _truly_ bored (or possibly just masochistic), you can now use the archive links towards the top right of the page to go through a month-by-month listing of everything I've babbled on this site, from November of 2000 to now. ➡
  • 2001
  • 1997
    • [From Usenet: 2.6.97 0000] Discarding the philosophical ramblings being touched on here, I'd say...no. If it's the same promo CD i've got, it's only got two tracks. ➡