{"id":16462,"date":"2020-01-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16462"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:34:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:34:34","slug":"on-this-day-jan-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/on-this-day-jan-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 9"},"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. Here are my past posts for January 9\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>37<\/strong> posts previously published on January 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/09\/year-50-day-252\/\">Year 50 Day 252<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award nominee announcement day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/09\/year-50-day-252\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/09\/self-hosted-image-gallery-recommendations\/\">Self-Hosted Image Gallery Recommendations?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Everything I've found is either abandoned or looks like early-2000s software. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/09\/self-hosted-image-gallery-recommendations\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-snow-crash\/\">&#x1f4da; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fun to re-read this for the first time in at least two decades. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-snow-crash\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/09\/25123\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;1\/2021: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1969 Hugo Best Novel This was excellent, and rather remarkably topical for being 50+ years old. Addressing gender and politics personal and national, and though many points are quite dark, with definite hope. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/09\/25123\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/09\/25120\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Historians Contextualizing the Capitol Insurrection: A Roundup: A list of their publications is below, in alphabetical order by author\u2019s last name. This is a dynamic document, and will change as historians publish more pieces. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/09\/25120\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23344\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I don&#8217;t really keep up with automotive news, but\u2026um\u2026Subaru? Everything okay over there? Bonus: As long as this model exists, any contest\/competition that awards a car as a prize, but doesn&#8217;t offer this model, obviously gives no FUCKS. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23344\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23340\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Short Treks E10: &#8220;Children of Mars\u201d: A curious and moody prequel that sets up a bit of backstory, but mostly won&#8217;t really fall into place until Picard starts. Guessing that \u201csynths&#8221; might be androids based on Romulan experiments with Borg technology? &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23340\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23338\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We now know that cuttlefish have stereoscopic vision\u2026: because scientists tested the theory by having the cuttlefish wear 3D glasses and showing them 3D movies of shrimp and watching where the cuttlefish tried to strike to eat the shrimp. Not only is it cool, but CUTTLEFISH WEARING 3D GLASSES! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23338\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23336\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hopepunk and Solarpunk: On Climate Narratives That Go Beyond the Apocalypse: &#8220;Hopepunk stories are not specifically climate-focused and, more importantly, do not necessitate hopeful worlds. In the age of Trump, this basic act of extending to another person kindness, rather than disdain or vitriol, becomes a political narrative\u2026.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/23336\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/on-this-day-jan-9\/\">On This Day: Jan 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/09\/on-this-day-jan-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/09\/12771\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep And doesn\u2019t know where to find them She has one ring to bring them in And in the darkness bind them \u2014\u00a0@IceBergMama on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/09\/12771\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/09\/12769\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">TIL: Titivillus was the \u201cpatron demon of scribes\u201d, blamed for causing typos. I am a poure dyuel, and my name ys Tytyvyllus &#8230; I muste eche day &#8230; brynge my master a thousande pokes full of faylynges, and of neglygences in syllables and wordes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/09\/12769\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/09\/20841\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book four of 2017: Hexomancy, by Michael R. Underwood. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/09\/20841\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/09\/19142\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A relaxing day at home. Helping Prairie make dinner (homemade pizza and buffalo chicken) by staying out of the way. This is often my best method of helping in the kitchen (until cleanup, which is usually my responsibility). (9\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/09\/19142\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/01\/09\/somebody-has-to-pay-for-free\/\">Somebody has to pay for &#8216;free&#8217;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think Obama's general idea is a good one, and I support it and the thinking behind it. I just wish I could be more optimistic that students in Washington would actually have a chance to take advantage of it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/01\/09\/somebody-has-to-pay-for-free\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/09\/17217\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Almost forgot to take a picture today (dunno if this is formally a shot-a-day project, but this&#8217;ll be nine in a row, and that&#8217;s a good trend), so you get me kicked back in my chair while watching TV. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/09\/17217\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/01\/09\/just-cant-get-flexible-in-1999\/\">Just Can&#8217;t Get Flexible in 1999<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now that I've run through all the long-form mixes I had laying around, here's the first of two mashups I've put together: Depeche Mode vs. Prince. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/01\/09\/just-cant-get-flexible-in-1999\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/09\/link-journalism\/\">Link Journalism<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Even though I'm 'just' a consumer, not a journalist in any sense, and not involved with or affiliated with any of these organizations, I'm fascinated by the effects of the evolving connections that technology is making possible between the media and the public, and within and among the various media organizations themselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/09\/link-journalism\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/09\/4000-lattesto-go\/\">4,000 Lattes&#8230;to go?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From this morning's introduction of the iPhone, as Steve Jobs was demonstrating various features of the gadget (as reported by [MacRumors)... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/09\/4000-lattesto-go\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/3530572-geek\/\">35.30572% Geek<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At least, according to the Original Geek Test, that's my final score. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/3530572-geek\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/its-illegal-to-be-annoying\/\">It&#8217;s Illegal to be Annoying<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No, I'm not kidding. Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/its-illegal-to-be-annoying\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/andy-rosen-early-punk-photos\/\">Andy Rosen: Early punk photos<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I came across an article in today's Seattle Times about Andy Rosen, who'd taken a lot of photographs of the early punk scene in London -- and is just now starting to showcase a lot of never before seen photos on Flickr. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/andy-rosen-early-punk-photos\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/ego-up-ego-down\/\">Ego up, ego down<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Perfect scores can go two ways: perfectly good...or perfectly bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/09\/ego-up-ego-down\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/09\/heywhats-all-that-white-stuff\/\">Hey&#8230;what&#8217;s all that white stuff?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, it finally happened &mdash; after nearly a week of wild rumors and near-panic (I had no less than three of my customers at work plan 'snow days' last Thursday based on the weather reports), it's finally actually snowing in Seattle this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/09\/heywhats-all-that-white-stuff\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/blockquotes-in-typepad-and-movabletype\/\">blockquotes in TypePad and MovableType<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Over the past few days, a few people have been posting in a thread on the TypePad User Group, trying to figure out why every so often, using the blockquote tag would suddenly cause display issues in a finished post. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/blockquotes-in-typepad-and-movabletype\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/jobsmayer-collaboration-online\/\">Jobs\/Mayer collaboration online<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The composition created by Steve Jobs and John Mayer during the Macworld keynote while demoing GarageBand has been posted online. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/jobsmayer-collaboration-online\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/curls\/\">Curls?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm starting to wonder just how long I can go before I get sick of the curls and shave my head again. It could be just a few days &mdash; or it could be months. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/curls\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/more-on-the-ihpod\/\">More on the iHPod<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Additionally, one (and only one) report &mdash; that at the moment, doesn't seem to be taken terribly seriously by most people &mdash; claims that HP 'will be working with Apple to add support for Microsoft's superior Windows Media Audio (WMA) format to the iPod by mid-year.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/more-on-the-ihpod\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/kodak-moments\/\">Kodak moments<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&hellip;the bottom line is simply anybody but Bush. And by 'anybody', I mean anybody who can realistically have a chance of defeating Bush &mdash; and by that, I mean the Democratic nominee. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/kodak-moments\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/ecto-beta-available\/\">ecto beta available<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The creator of blogging client Kung-Log has rewritten, updated, and renamed it, and has just relased the first public beta of ecto, which I'm playing with now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/09\/ecto-beta-available\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/why-does-pres-bush-want-to-drop-bombs-on-innocent-iraqis\/\">Why does [Pres. Bush] want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At the earlier briefing, Ari, you said that the President deplored the taking of innocent lives. Does that apply to all innocent lives in the world? And I have a follow-up. My follow-up is, why does he want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/why-does-pres-bush-want-to-drop-bombs-on-innocent-iraqis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/lots-of-categories\/\">Lots of categories<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Categories are now listed in each individual post, and there's a lot more to choose from. Am I too anal yet? I've gotta be getting there. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/lots-of-categories\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/aint-goin-down\/\">Ain&#039;t goin&#039; down&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Someday, I would dearly love to hear Garth Brooks' 'Ain't Goin' Down 'til the Sun Comes Up' as covered by Ministry. Possibly with Les Claypool doing the vocals. I can hear it in my head &mdash; I just wish I could hear it with my ears. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/aint-goin-down\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/browser-daydreaming\/\">Browser Daydreaming<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Respoding more seriously to Phil Ulrich's question of what I'd like to see in a web browser, I daydream for a while about perfect UIs and plug-in based rendering engines. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/09\/browser-daydreaming\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/09\/words-of-wisdom\/\">Words of Wisdom<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I normally nuke just about every piece of random e-mail I get, but I got one today that I actually thought was worth sharing: Things I wish I'd known before I went out in the real world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/01\/09\/words-of-wisdom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1996<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/01\/09\/from-the-archives-1996-0314\/\">[From the archives: 1.9.96 0314]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Created a page to shamelessly promote myself, with the various (okay, two) clubs I'm dj'ing at currently. (grin) Hey, somebody's gotta do it, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/01\/09\/from-the-archives-1996-0314\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1995<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1995\/01\/09\/from-usenet-1995-0231\/\">[From Usenet 1.9.95 0231]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've seen it on two discs...the import version of the HLAH single (pink and blue cover, no halo number listed, only three tracks to it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1995\/01\/09\/from-usenet-1995-0231\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}