{"id":23475,"date":"2020-02-06T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23475"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:54:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:54:36","slug":"on-this-day-feb-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/on-this-day-feb-6\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 6"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>37<\/strong> posts previously published on February 6th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mission-to-horatius-by-mack-reynolds\/\">&#x1f4da; Mission to Horatius by Mack Reynolds<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not really recommended unless you\u2019re a collector, but if you are and can track it down, it\u2019s a quick read and kind of fun to see where the print side of Trek began. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-mission-to-horatius-by-mack-reynolds\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/06\/year-50-day-280\/\">Year 50 Day 280<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think my mug might be mocking me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/06\/year-50-day-280\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/06\/25184\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lawyer finds a &#8216;treasure&#8217; of old photos, suffragette portraits in a hidden N.Y. attic: \u201cAmong the turn-of-the-century photos and equipment is a framed portrait of Susan B. Anthony\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/06\/25184\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/06\/25182\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 6\/2021: Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; The central book of a trilogy, between two #PKDickAward nominees (one in 2018, one this year). More YA adventures on the high seas but in space, in a far-future pseudo-18th century society among a shattered solar system. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/06\/25182\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/star-trek-picard-s01e03-the-end-is-the-beginning\/\">Star Trek: Picard S01E03 The End is the Beginning<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'Engage.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/star-trek-picard-s01e03-the-end-is-the-beginning\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/23566\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For some reason, my micro.blog hadn&#8217;t been picking up my posts for a few weeks. @manton has been very kindly dealing with the weirdness in a trouble ticket, even when the answer was nothing more than &#8220;well\u2026that&#8217;s bizarre\u2026\u201d. But suddenly it&#8217;s working again! It&#8217;s good to be back! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/23566\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/23564\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Daring Fireball: Our Long National Nightmare Is Over: Netflix Makes Preview Autoplay Optional: Oh, thank god. Or, rather, thank you @netflix for finally giving us this option! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/23564\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/on-this-day-feb-6\/\">On This Day: Feb 6<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/06\/on-this-day-feb-6\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/06\/13141\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Idle curiosity: What other biological mutations would Dumbo have needed in order to fly, particularly given an elephant&#8217;s weight, the lack of bones to give the ears structure to support the body, and their forward placement meaning the body would tend to droop below the head? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/06\/13141\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/06\/21534\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book seven of 2018 (and first #pkdickaward nominee): After the Flare, by Deji Bryce Olukotun. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/06\/21534\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/06\/20951\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;m really tired of this (we got around 8&#8243; yesterday), but I&#8217;ll admit it&#8217;s pretty. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/06\/20951\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/06\/20954\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another inch or two, and the wall around our bird feeders and the bird bath stand will be entirely buried. Make it stop! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/06\/20954\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/06\/19244\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The second funniest thing about watching Grey&#8217;s Anatomy (after the completely nonsensical geography) is how often the rain is accompanied by thunder. I&#8217;ve heard thunder more times in ten shows than I did in ten years of living in the Seattle area. (37\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/06\/19244\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/06\/17368\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not actually wearing the mask today, but I wanted to try it out properly. Gotta admit, if I had a need to be out in the cold for a while, this would do a great job of keeping my face warm! Prairie still thinks it just looks creepy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/06\/17368\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/06\/delicious-february-5th\/\">Links for February 5th through February 6th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between February 5th and February 6th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Universal Studios Home Entertainment: Caprica on DVD 4\/21\/09 \u2022\u00a0Dollhouse: Dollhouse's Sexuality Is Creepy on Purpose \u2022 Base System \u2022\u00a0Movie Review - Coraline - Cornered in a Parallel World \u2022\u00a0All the Way Through to &quot;Kerplunk&quot; \u2022\u00a0Neil Gaiman's favorite bad review for _Coraline_ <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/06\/delicious-february-5th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/06\/25-random-things-meme\/\">25 Random Things Meme<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/06\/25-random-things-meme\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/06\/everything-new-is-old-again\/\">Everything New is Old Again<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Like so many inventions, lack of financial backing prevented further development. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/06\/everything-new-is-old-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/06\/seven-deadly-sins\/\">Seven Deadly Sins&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...and twenty-one not-so-deadly combinations. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/06\/seven-deadly-sins\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/06\/blarch-badness-me\/\">Blarch Badness: Me!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/06\/blarch-badness-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/eng101-in-class-writing-analysis-ed-schools-vs-education\/\">ENG101: In-Class Writing: Analysis: Ed Schools vs. Education<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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!'). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/eng101-in-class-writing-analysis-ed-schools-vs-education\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/the-ciccones-lies\/\">The Ciccones: Lies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/06\/the-ciccones-lies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/network-outage\/\">Network Outage<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/network-outage\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/commentstrackback-down-until-further-notice\/\">Comments\/TrackBack down until further notice<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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 <em>not<\/em> reflected in the sites themselves: they all still look like they accept comments, but they won't work. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/commentstrackback-down-until-further-notice\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/muppets-are-scary\/\">Muppets are scary!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/muppets-are-scary\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/then-and-now\/\">Then and now<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At one time we had sex, drugs, and rock and roll, now all we have are STDs, antidepressants, and techno. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/06\/then-and-now\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/average-monthly-job-growth\/\">Average Monthly Job Growth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Robsix and Hurin, knock yourselves out. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/average-monthly-job-growth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/marcel-marceaus-greatest-hits\/\">Marcel Marceau&#8217;s Greatest Hits!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&hellip;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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/marcel-marceaus-greatest-hits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/rss-templates-for-typepad-promovabletype\/\">RSS Templates for TypePad Pro\/MovableType<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/06\/rss-templates-for-typepad-promovabletype\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/what-if-theyre-right\/\">What if they&#039;re right?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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 &mdash; the concept of the end justifying the means has never sat well with me &mdash; 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? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/what-if-theyre-right\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/solving-the-problem\/\">Solving the problem<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/solving-the-problem\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/surfin-safari\/\">Surfin&#039; Safari<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/surfin-safari\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/first-floor-mens-wear-ladies-undergarments-and-zero-g-toilets\/\">First floor: mens wear, ladies undergarments, and zero-g toilets<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/first-floor-mens-wear-ladies-undergarments-and-zero-g-toilets\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/th3-10rdz-pr4y3r\/\">th3 10rdz pr4y3r<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Our Father, who 0wnz heaven, j00 r0ck!\nMay all 0ur base someday be belong to you! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/06\/th3-10rdz-pr4y3r\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/06\/archive-tweaks-search-engine-online\/\">Archive tweaks, search engine online<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/06\/archive-tweaks-search-engine-online\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/06\/archives-back-online\/\">Archives back online<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">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. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/06\/archives-back-online\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/06\/i-so-want-this-movie-to-come-out\/\">I so want this movie to come out!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sweet -- a new preview trailer for Lord of the Rings! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/06\/i-so-want-this-movie-to-come-out\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1997<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1997\/02\/06\/from-usenet-2697-0000\/\">[From Usenet: 2.6.97 0000]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Discarding the philosophical ramblings being touched on here, I'd say...no. 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