On This Day: Nov 16

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This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 16 posts previously published on November 16th

  • 2023
    • Year 50 Day 198 This is my 'getting off campus later than expected for the third day in a row' face. ➡
  • 2020
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.The first experiments in directly accessing and manipulating human memory raised ... Read more ➡
    • Bookshop over Amazon This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Most of the books we buy are second-hand, but we do ... Read more ➡
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.Lockdown has affected your memory – here’s why: “Many of us ... Read more ➡
    • On This Day: Nov 16 Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 16 ➡
  • 2019
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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.One nice thing about the aliens being so selective about who ... Read more ➡
  • 2018
    • This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on November 16, 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 Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint).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 forty-six* of 2018: Deathday, by William C. Dietz. ⭐️⭐️ * ... Read more ➡
  • 2006
    • Back already! Well now, that didn't take long! As you can see, I'm back...mostly. ➡
  • 2005
  • 2004
    • Jason Webley Halloween Deathday 2004 Bootleg laurachandae was kind enough to send me a copy of her recording of Jason Webley's Halloween show, so I've converted it to .mp3 and have posted it on my webserver. It's only the first half of the show (apparently a mic cable got unplugged during intermission), but what there is is pretty good quality, and very listenable. ➡
  • 2003
    • World record pillow fight! 766 people showed up at Oregon State on Friday to take part in a jumbo pillow fight in hopes of topping the Guinness Book of Records mark. ➡
    • Bombs? Assassinations? Attacks? Place your bets! Remember the Policy Awareness Market? It was a DARPA-backed plan to establish a 'futures' market wagering on the likelihood of terrorist attacks, assassinations, and the like. Well, guess what? It's back! ➡
    • Bush denied 'license to kill' What's more disturbing? The fact that we have an administration with the unmitigated gall to make such requests in the first place? Or the fact that we have a President who is so mistrusted, disliked, and outright hated by so many people that they feel the need for that level of security? ➡
    • The Democratic parties According to The New Republic, it's looking more and more like we practically have two feuding Democratic parties now: Clinton's version and Dean's version. ➡
  • 2001
    • XP sucks! This is a truely genius piece of work -- someone actually managed to scale up to wherever the sign is and alter it. In other words, this isn't just some joker with Photoshop at work -- this is a real-world hack job. ➡
    • Enterprise: Civilization Random bit of trivia I stumbled across this past week -- Kim Darby, who played Jenny Myer in Better off Dead had, much earlier in her career, played Miri in the Star Trek Original Series episode 'Miri'. ➡