{"id":23477,"date":"2020-02-07T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23477"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:54:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:54:50","slug":"on-this-day-feb-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/on-this-day-feb-7\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 7"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>31<\/strong> posts previously published on February 7th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/07\/times-agent-by-brenda-peynado\/\">Time&#8217;s Agent by Brenda Peynado<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: Eighth book and fifth Phliip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/07\/times-agent-by-brenda-peynado\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-prisoner-of-vega-by-sharon-lerner-and-christopher-cerf\/\">&#x1f4da; The Prisoner of Vega by Sharon Lerner and Christopher Cerf<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently the illustrator had never watched Star Trek. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-prisoner-of-vega-by-sharon-lerner-and-christopher-cerf\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-truth-machine-by-sharon-lerner-and-christopher-cerf\/\">&#x1f4da; The Truth Machine by Sharon Lerner and Christopher Cerf<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All the early-reader excitement you can fit in 41 illustrated pages. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-truth-machine-by-sharon-lerner-and-christopher-cerf\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/year-50-day-281\/\">Year 50 Day 281<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a little light reading before going to sleep. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/07\/year-50-day-281\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/07\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-02-05\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2023.02.05<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Getting back into the swing of things! The usual eclectic randomness. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/07\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-02-05\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/07\/25186\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I AM THE DESIGNER OF THIS RESTAURANT\u2019S OUTDOOR SEATING SPACE, AND THIS IS MY ARTIST\u2019S STATEMENT: \u201c\u2026 the elaborate act of justifying why all of this is okay takes about as much energy as the rest of it.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/07\/25186\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23578\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; nine of 2020: The Outside, by Ada Hoffman &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee Humankind is out in space, limited to mid-20th century tech while super advanced AI gods control advanced tech, FTL flight and comms\u2026oh, and Lovecraftian energies are destroying people. Fun! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23578\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23575\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Erasure of Elizabeth Warren Continues: I\u2019ve been noticing this in a number of the articles I\u2019ve seen \u2014 not just post-Iowa, either, though it\u2019s become more obvious and egregious \u2014 and it\u2019s been ticking me off. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23575\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23573\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a quick note of kudos to Malia M. at Dreamhost customer support, who was able to recover a directory I accidentally (and quite foolishly) deleted this morning, and did so with a backup from yesterday. Great customer service! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23573\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/dlh-2020-02-06\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.02.06<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Week three of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/dlh-2020-02-06\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/on-this-day-feb-7\/\">On This Day: Feb 7<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/on-this-day-feb-7\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23571\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Magic Debug Values: &#8220;\u2026are specific values written to memory\u2026so that it will later be possible to tell whether or not they have become corrupted\u2026. Memory is usually viewed in hexadecimal, so memorable repeating or hexspeak values are common.&#8221; Though not a programmer, I&#8217;d seen some of these in various other contexts. Particularly fond of 8BADF00D, ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23571\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/07\/23571\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/07\/21562\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eight of 2018 (and second #pkdickaward nominee): All Systems Red, by Martha Wells. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/07\/21562\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/07\/19241\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Gotta keep practicing! (38\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/07\/19241\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/07\/17392\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A book and a fancy hot chocolate. Not at all a bad way to spend a Friday evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/07\/17392\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/07\/17395\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The first decent snow of the winter, and rain is predicted by the middle of next week! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/07\/17395\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/07\/delicious-february-6th\/\">Links for February 6th from 18:43 to 23:36<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between 18:43 and 23:36, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/07\/delicious-february-6th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/07\/me-as-an-mm\/\">Me as an M&#038;M<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Me as an M&M. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/07\/me-as-an-mm\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/07\/would-you-survive-a-horror-movie\/\">Would you survive a horror movie?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">No psycho slayer is going to get between you and your right to life. You're an ass-kicker, a charge taker, and if need be, a monster masher. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/07\/would-you-survive-a-horror-movie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/07\/dont-drop-out-dean\/\">Don&#8217;t drop out, Dean<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'd love to see Dean stay in the race even if he doesn't pick up Wisconsin. I think it would be great if he could do essentially what Sharpton has been doing the entire time &mdash;  just doggedly hang in there, show up for the debates, and make sure that his voice gets heard and that the questions that need to be asked are asked and don't get brushed under the carpet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/07\/dont-drop-out-dean\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/07\/caucus-time\/\">Caucus Time<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My particular precinct had twenty-four people show up, split roughly 2\/3 for Kerry and 1\/3 for Dean, which ended up being the final delegate split (two delegates for Kerry and one for Dean). I'm expecting that that was probably the rough result for the rest of the precincts in the room. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/07\/caucus-time\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/just-in-case-things-werent-tense-enough\/\">Just in case things weren&#039;t tense enough<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">North Korea is entitled to launch a pre-emptive strike against the US rather than wait until the American military have finished with Iraq, the North's foreign ministry told the Guardian yesterday. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/just-in-case-things-werent-tense-enough\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/blacker-than-black\/\">Blacker than black<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Researchers have created the blackest black ever made on Earth, by bubbling a shiny metal plate in nitric acid for a few seconds. It reflects 10 to 20 times less light than the black paint currently used to reduce unwanted reflections in instruments. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/blacker-than-black\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/rebutting-powell\/\">Rebutting Powell<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If one believes everything Colin Powell said to the Security Council on February 5th, one's first response ought to be that there's no reason to fight a war, since US surveillance capabilities are so awesome that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) can easily be found. And one's first question should be why has the United States for over two months withheld this apparently so damaging evidence from those weapons inspectors, who could have verified conjectures and destroyed WMD stocks and production facilities. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/rebutting-powell\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/better-a-terrorist-than-a-republican\/\">better a terrorist than a republican<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">better a terrorist than a republican&hellip;at least the terrorists are fighting for a real cause <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/better-a-terrorist-than-a-republican\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/saying-what-you-feel\/\">Saying what you feel<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Y'know, sometimes, whether or not it's polite, whether or not it's 'politically correct,' you just need to say what you feel, in all its uncensored glory. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/saying-what-you-feel\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/following-in-lotts-footsteps\/\">Following in Lott&#039;s footsteps<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rep. Coble needs to apologize. And the rest of America's electorate <em>really<\/em> need to realize that these short-sighted, racist, and inflammatory remarks are neither likely to 'slip under the radar' as they did in pre-internet days, nor are the people they affect going to just shrug them off. It's time to grow up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/07\/following-in-lotts-footsteps\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/do-you-have-slack\/\">Do you have slack?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The only difference I've been able to see between Discordians and SubGeniuses, is that SubGeniuses get laid. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/do-you-have-slack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/who-wrote-the-bible\/\">Who wrote the bible?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's some fascinating stuff courtesy of The Straight Dope -- a five-part series covering the primary theories on who wrote and edited the Bible. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/who-wrote-the-bible\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/word-of-the-day-amanuensis\/\">Word of the day: amanuensis<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I generally think of myself as having a fairly good vocabulary, but yesterday at a department meeting Carrie tossed out a term that I hadn't ever come across before -- _amanuensis_, which she said was a synonym for secretary. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/07\/word-of-the-day-amanuensis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/07\/shadow-of-the-vampire\/\">Shadow of the Vampire<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not bad at all, though not quite as good as I'd hoped it would be. 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