{"id":23479,"date":"2020-02-08T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23479"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:55:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:55:02","slug":"on-this-day-feb-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/08\/on-this-day-feb-8\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 8"},"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>32<\/strong> posts previously published on February 8th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/08\/year-50-day-282\/\">Year 50 Day 282<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The quiet of the afternoon was almost eerie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/08\/year-50-day-282\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/08\/all-your-images-are-belong-to-zuck\/\">All Your Images Are Belong to Zuck<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If you have what you consider to be a hard-line stance against AI-generated images, and you post your photos and\/or artwork to Instagram, Threads, and\/or Facebook, you should likely either rethink that hard-line stance or stop posting your images. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/08\/all-your-images-are-belong-to-zuck\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/08\/the-escapement-by-lavie-tidhar\/\">&#x1f4da; The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Like reading a dream and being caught up in the emotions of the dreamer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/08\/the-escapement-by-lavie-tidhar\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/25190\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Samer Recognized A Fart Online: &#8220;This afternoon in Slack, our work chatroom, Patrick shared a cute little viral video, as we do from time to time. None of us were prepared for what happened next.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/25190\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/25188\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The two top things I want from Apple&#8217;s Music (formerly iTunes) app: Functional search. The drastic decrease in functionality in the iTunes to Music transition is incredibly frustrating. Either a &#8216;tag&#8217; field, or for the &#8216;Genre&#8217; field to be tags, rather than single-value. &#x1f3b6; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/25188\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-02-06\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2021.02.06<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants, let's-see-what-happens mixing. You never know what might fall into one of these! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/08\/difficult-listening-hour-2021-02-06\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/08\/23581\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At the next to last ConCom planning meeting before Norwescon 43. We\u2019re getting closer! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/08\/23581\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/08\/on-this-day-feb-8\/\">On This Day: Feb 8<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 8 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/08\/on-this-day-feb-8\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13150\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; #StarTrekDiscovery S02E04: A marked improvement over last week (no Klingons makes a big difference). Mysteries, science and technobabble, pissy fungus blobs, Number One, and reasons for no holograms on the Big E and (potentially) for no spore drive! Much better! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13150\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13148\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seattle Snowpocalypse 2019 status check, Friday afternoon. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13148\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13145\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;ll admit that I&#8217;m not a big fan of four-wheeling as a recreational activity; it seems to me wasteful and often damaging to the environment. That said, I can allow a little leeway if you have the chance to do it on the moon (gorgeous stabilized 60FPS video). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/13145\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/prepping-for-snowpocalypse-2019\/\">Prepping for Snowpocalypse 2019<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Survived my first experience with pre-*pocalypse shopping last night. The shopping itself wasn\u2019t actually all that bad &#8211; we knew what we were getting into, and apparently so did most other people; it was definitely unusually busy, but people weren\u2019t being unusually obnoxious &#8211; and it was amusing to see the many empty shelves where ... <a title=\"Prepping for Snowpocalypse 2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/prepping-for-snowpocalypse-2019\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Prepping for Snowpocalypse 2019\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/08\/prepping-for-snowpocalypse-2019\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/08\/20948\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So done with this. That big pile (top left) is actually taller than me. So freaking much snow! I left Alaska for a reason, dammit! &#x1f328;&#x2744;&#xfe0f;&#x1f61c;&#x2744;&#xfe0f;&#x1f328; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/08\/20948\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/08\/19238\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">2016 fitness update: Finished level one of the Gorilla workout app yesterday (again), and moved on to start level two tonight. Graduated from modified push-ups (from the knees) to real push-ups\u2026yay? Exercise is healthy and good, though. My weight&#8217;s been holding steady at 170 for the past two weeks, and Prairie says that she can ... <a title=\"\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/08\/19238\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/08\/19238\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17383\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It snowed at least two inches while we were in the show; here at home, the snow is deeper than the car&#8217;s clearance (as evidenced by the marks between the tire tracks). We&#8217;re getting much more of a dump than I expected! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17383\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17386\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Braving the winter weather for a night out at the opera! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17386\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17389\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It&#8217;s been snowing all day, but it&#8217;s coming down nice and strong now that we&#8217;re out and about! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/08\/17389\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/08\/vinylicious\/\">Vinylicious<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Introducing a new blog: Vinylicous! I'm no hardcore vinyl collector, but I do keep an eye out for fun oddities to add to the collection I do have, and I'm planning on using Vinylicious to share some of the goodies I've found. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/08\/vinylicious\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/08\/postsecret\/\">PostSecret<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If you haven't run across [PostSecret][1] yet, you really should check it out. The concept is incredibly simple: people write their secrets on a postcard and send them in. Every Sunday, a new batch of secrets is posted on the site. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/08\/postsecret\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/08\/the-it-crowd\/\">The IT Crowd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">British humor and geek jokes (_lots_ of 'em, too, from Flying Spaghetti Monster posters to RTFM t-shirts to EFF 'Fair Use Has a Posse' stickers...essentially the entire set dressing) combined. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/08\/the-it-crowd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/laurie-anderson-mach-20\/\">Laurie Anderson: Mach 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now imagine, if you will, four hundred million blind and desperate sperm whales departing from the Pacific coast of North America, swimming at fifteen thousand miles per hour, and arriving in Japanese coastal waters in just under forty-five minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/laurie-anderson-mach-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/what-about-some-other-blogging-tool\/\">What about [some other blogging tool]?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After reading my rant about comment spammers, Joel asked me if I'd thought about switching over to another weblogging system. Here's a (somewhat expanded) copy of what I sent back. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/what-about-some-other-blogging-tool\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/the-al-can-highway-is-no-more\/\">The Al-Can Highway is no more!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">At least, according to Google's nifty new Google Maps page, that's the story. Realistically, I'm quite sure that this is simply because Google Maps doesn't have the Canadian highway system in their database at the moment. Hopefully that's only a temporary thing, as that is a search that returns good results in both Mapquest and Yahoo! Maps. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/the-al-can-highway-is-no-more\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/the-spammers-have-won-for-now\/\">The Spammers Have Won (for now)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Until I have time to get in and do some rather major work on my webserver, I'm afraid that comments and TrackBacks are turned off. I really don't like doing this -- I like the interaction aspect, both getting into discussions and just knowing that people stop by here from time to time -- but the attacks on the server have been too severe and too regular, and I'm tired of battling them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/08\/the-spammers-have-won-for-now\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/so-much-for-that-secure-entrance\/\">So much for that secure entrance\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hey&hellip;could you help me? There's this crazy guy wandering the halls. He keeps banging on the doors&hellip;I don't know what to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/so-much-for-that-secure-entrance\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/this-is-so-juvenile-im-very-sorry\/\">This is so juvenile. I&#8217;m very sorry.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My computer doesn't like my Prick. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/this-is-so-juvenile-im-very-sorry\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/uff-da\/\">Uff-da<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After fourteen trips down and up six stories to get three loads of laundry done, I really wish that they'd just go ahead and get the damn elevator in this place fixed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/uff-da\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/geek-backlash\/\">Geek backlash<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It was bound to happen eventually. It actually probably started happening a few years ago, but now it's actually getting news stories &mdash; 'geeks' are tired of fixing people's problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/08\/geek-backlash\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/08\/search-back-up\/\">Search back up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, the new search engine is installed and running. The pages don't mesh visually with the rest of the site yet, but I'll get that fixed up some other time -- Candice should be over sometime soon, and I wanted to be done with tonight's 'geeking out' before she got here. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/08\/search-back-up\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/08\/search-disabled\/\">Search disabled<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've just temporarily disabled the search function as I upgrade to a more powerful and full-featured search system offered by the same company. It should be back up within a couple hours at most (if all goes well). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/08\/search-disabled\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/08\/of-blogs-site-content-and-something-funny\/\">Of blogs, site content, and something funny<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically -- like a what's new page or a journal. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/08\/of-blogs-site-content-and-something-funny\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1994<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/02\/08\/from-usenet-2894-0325\/\">[From Usenet: 2.8.94 0325]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If it's the same 'Cold Hearted Snake' as I'm thinking of, it was Paula Abdul, a few years back.  Is the cover good?  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