{"id":16479,"date":"2020-01-18T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:35:37","slug":"on-this-day-jan-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/18\/on-this-day-jan-18\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 18"},"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. Here are my past posts for January 18\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>23<\/strong> posts previously published on January 18th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/18\/year-50-day-261\/\">Year 50 Day 261<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today needed a little sartorial optimism. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/18\/year-50-day-261\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/18\/25152\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What Parler Saw During the Attack on the Capitol: &#8220;A collection of more than 500 videos [that] provide one of the most comprehensive records of a dark event in American history through the eyes of those who took part.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/18\/25152\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/18\/martin-luther-king-jr-day\/\">Martin Luther King Jr. Day<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A selection of quotes from and about MLK. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/18\/martin-luther-king-jr-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/18\/23417\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Helping make Norwescon go! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/18\/23417\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/18\/on-this-day-jan-18\/\">On This Day: Jan 18<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/18\/on-this-day-jan-18\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/18\/21528\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got a nice scarf from my brother @kevinhanscom &#8211; #cascadia plus a nice #joydivision #unknownpleasures tribute. Perfect! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/18\/21528\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/18\/20865\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book nine of 2017: Batman, by Craig Shaw Gardner. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/18\/20865\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/18\/20868\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eight of 2017: Desolation Road, by Ian McDonald (@norwescon&#8217;s Writer Guest of Honor for #nwc40). &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/18\/20868\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/18\/19166\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today became a &#8220;laze around the house in pajamas&#8221; kind of day\u2026which I&#8217;m entirely okay with. (18\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/18\/19166\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17268\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Probably a good idea, I&#8217;ll admit. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17268\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17271\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Friends, snacks, and Cards Against Humanity. Not a bad Saturday evening! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17271\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17274\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No clue what I was dreaming about, but I woke myself up at 1:20 AM by biting my tongue hard enough that I tasted blood. Got back to sleep eventually, and I can&#8217;t see any visible damage now, but the tip of my tongue is quite tender today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/18\/17274\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/01\/18\/google-transit-a-for-effort\/\">Google Transit: A for Effort&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I need to walk a block, scale a chain-link fence, climb a hill, play Frogger across three lanes of northbound traffic, one express lane, and three lanes of southbound traffic on I-5, go down a hill, scale another chain link fence, hike through some woods, and swim across the lake on the NSCC grounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/01\/18\/google-transit-a-for-effort\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/18\/tagmaps\/\">TagMaps<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">TagMaps is a really cool little toy from Yahoo's research labs that I just stumbled across. It's using heavy concentrations of tags on Flickr and overlaying them on a map, allowing you to zoom around the map and see how people have tagged their city. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/18\/tagmaps\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/18\/melting\/\">Melting<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Snowmelt on pine needles on the NSCC campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/18\/melting\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/relnofollow-massive-weblog-anti-spam-initiative\/\">rel=\u201cnofollow\u201d : Massive weblog anti-spam initiative<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Six Apart has announced in co-operation with Google, Yahoo, MSN Search and other blog vendors a massive joint anti-spam initiative based on the HTML link type rel='nofollow'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/relnofollow-massive-weblog-anti-spam-initiative\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/tip-of-the-slung\/\">Tip of the Slung<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A very interesting thread popped up on MetaFilter yesterday (though I just found it this evening) after Las Vegas weatherman Rob Blair fumbled during a broadcast. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/tip-of-the-slung\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/bank-of-america-can-kiss-my-ass\/\">Bank of America can kiss my ass<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Bank of America will get their money, as fast as I can get it to them without risking my health or home &mdash; and I'll be very happy not to do business with them in the future. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/18\/bank-of-america-can-kiss-my-ass\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/18\/mars-vs-marriage\/\">Mars vs. Marriage<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As a long-time science fiction geek, I'd really like to get excited about the new emphasis on space exploration and research, and even a little more budgetary increase is better than none. Somehow, though, it comes across to me as nothing more than election-year grandstanding than something that's really going to have much impact. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/18\/mars-vs-marriage\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/18\/washington-presidential-caucuses-feb-7th\/\">Washington Presidential Caucuses: Feb. 7th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Washington State Caucuses are coming up on February 7th. This is everyone's chance to help choose who will run against George W. Bush in the 2004 Presidential election. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/18\/washington-presidential-caucuses-feb-7th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/18\/just-so-theres-no-confusion\/\">Just so there&#8217;s no confusion&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...the Yahoo profile for dj_woody_on_lsd is _not_ -- I repeat -- _not_ me. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/18\/just-so-theres-no-confusion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/18\/what-the-heck-is-this-from\/\">What the heck is this from?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wanna buy a duck? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/18\/what-the-heck-is-this-from\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1994<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/18\/from-usenet-11894-0513\/\">[From Usenet: 1.18.94 0513]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Where'd I get all the info?  Lots of reading, and working in the only theatre in Alaska to have Dolby Digital installed.  Anchorage's Fireweed theatre was at the time the biggest Dolby Digital installation on the West Coast. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/18\/from-usenet-11894-0513\/\">&#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 18<\/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-16479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479","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=16479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}