{"id":16497,"date":"2020-01-27T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16497"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:36:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:36:30","slug":"on-this-day-jan-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/on-this-day-jan-27\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 27"},"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 27\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>25<\/strong> posts previously published on January 27th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/27\/the-end-of-section-31\/\">The End of Section 31<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just write it off as a special forces unit that has been dangerously embarrassing and embarrassingly dangerous and needs to be disbanded. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/27\/the-end-of-section-31\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/27\/year-50-day-270\/\">Year 50 Day 270<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lunch and a book on a grey, drizzly Seattle winter day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/27\/year-50-day-270\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/27\/%f0%9f%93%9a-these-burning-stars-by-bethany-jacobs\/\">&#x1f4da; These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The fourth of this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award nominees. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/27\/%f0%9f%93%9a-these-burning-stars-by-bethany-jacobs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/27\/norwescon-39-thursday-night-dance\/\">Norwescon 39 Thursday Night Dance<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now that I&#8217;m prepping to DJ the Thursday night dance at Norwescon 45 in a couple months, I realized that I&#8217;d never posted my Norwescon 39 Thursday night dance recording here. Whoops! So here it is, a few years late &#8212; four and a half hours of music from the opening night of a science-fiction ... <a title=\"Norwescon 39 Thursday Night Dance\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/27\/norwescon-39-thursday-night-dance\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Norwescon 39 Thursday Night Dance\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/27\/norwescon-39-thursday-night-dance\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/27\/bug-by-giacomo-sartori-translated-by-frederika-randall\/\">&#x1f4da; Bug by Giacomo Sartori, translated by Frederika Randall<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unfortunately, this one just did not work for me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/01\/27\/bug-by-giacomo-sartori-translated-by-frederika-randall\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/23528\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ring doorbell app packed with third-party trackers: \u201cRing isn&#8217;t just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/23528\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/on-this-day-jan-27\/\">On This Day: Jan 27<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/on-this-day-jan-27\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/23526\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">SF Disco Preservation Society: Huge archive of DJ mixtapes from the 2000s back to the days of disco. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/27\/23526\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/27\/13114\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book ten of 2019: Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories by Abbey Mei Otis. #PKDickAward nominee. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; Some of these are funny, many of them are disquieting and leave the reader a little uneasy. I didn\u2019t dislike it, though I\u2019m not sure I can really say that I liked it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/27\/13114\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/27\/13111\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book nine of 2019: Time Was, by Ian McDonald. #PKDickAward nominee. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; A short, sweet tale of soldiers in love, time travel, the unraveling of their story, and the love of books. I very much enjoyed this one. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/01\/27\/13111\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/27\/21546\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Before and after. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/01\/27\/21546\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/27\/19196\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Wednesday! The lightbulb-over-the-head thing isn&#8217;t as impressive when one bank of fluorescent lights is burnt out. (27\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/27\/19196\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17347\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another find in old boxes. Nobody&#8217;s sure what this is; the only thing everyone agreed on was &#8220;creepy.&#8221; So, of course, I asked if I could have it. :D <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17347\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17350\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found while going through Prairie&#8217;s grandpa&#8217;s old boxes: an Alaska travel brochure published in 1976. So much good stuff in here! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17350\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17326\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Trying something new: a swordfish sandwich! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17326\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17329\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Footies in the surf! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17329\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17332\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another pretty morning, another pretty beach walk. I can understand why SoCal is such a draw for so many people. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17332\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17335\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We didn&#8217;t think to bring sandals when we packed, so we both got new sandals for beach walking. Prairie&#8217;s are really cute, mine look good in a very guy-ish way. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/27\/17335\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/27\/delicious-january-26th\/\">Links for January 26th through January 27th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between January 26th and January 27th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022 _Gods and Monsters_ Is 99 Cents Jan. 27th, 2009 Thru Feb. 03rd, 2009 at iTunes US \u2022 Obama Tells Arabic Network US Is 'Not Your Enemy' \u2022 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read: Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy \u2022 Layers | Screen Forensics \u2022\u00a0Pope Outrages Jews Over Holocaust Denier <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/27\/delicious-january-26th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/27\/faux-klingons\/\">Faux Klingons<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don't let faux Klingons send real Americans to war. It's wrong. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/27\/faux-klingons\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/27\/michael-hanscom-for-governor-of-washington\/\">Michael Hanscom for Governor of Washington<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If these idiots actually force us into a re-vote, I'll mount a write-in candidacy drive. Michael Hanscom for Governor of Washington. Sounds good to me. Hell, just running on a platform of 'no re-votes if I lose' should get me a sizeable chunk of the vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/27\/michael-hanscom-for-governor-of-washington\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/27\/a-pronounced-deficiency-in-iq-metafilter\/\">A pronounced deficiency in IQ | Metafilter<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My theory - it's Bush's comprehensive knowledge of and fluency in Latin that leads to his pronunciation. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/27\/a-pronounced-deficiency-in-iq-metafilter\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/27\/one-cookie-10-billion\/\">One cookie = $10 billion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">TrueMajority.org has a nicely effective flash animation posted using Oreo cookies to demonstrate how easy it really could be to fund social needs and keep our military budget at a resonable level. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/27\/one-cookie-10-billion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/27\/crossing-my-fingers\/\">Crossing my fingers<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, a while back, I'd gone poking around Apple's job site, as it was rumored that they were going to be opening an Apple Store just outside of Seattle, in Bellingham, and I signed up for their job search. Tonight I got e-mailed details on four job openings for the upcoming Bellevue store, and decided what the heck &mdash; it's worth a shot! So, I've applied for two of the positions: Mac Specialist and Mac Genius. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/27\/crossing-my-fingers\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1996<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/01\/27\/from-the-archives-12796-1549\/\">[From the archives: 1.27.96 1549]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a couple of quick things. Another couple of cd's, and added a link to the Kinko's website that just went online. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/01\/27\/from-the-archives-12796-1549\/\">&#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 27<\/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-16497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497","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=16497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}