{"id":23489,"date":"2020-02-13T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23489"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:56:28","slug":"on-this-day-feb-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/on-this-day-feb-13\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 13"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on February 13th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/13\/year-50-day-287\/\">Year 50 Day 287<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's definitely donuts. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/13\/year-50-day-287\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/13\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-02-12\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2023.02.12<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My usual unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants session where I'm just grabbing whatever seems right in the moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/13\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-02-12\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/13\/dead-space-by-kali-wallace\/\">&#x1f4da; Dead Space by Kali Wallace<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had fairly good guesses at several of the final reveals, but enjoyed the journey even if it never really caught me off guard. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/02\/13\/dead-space-by-kali-wallace\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/13\/25203\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The world&#8217;s most misunderstood novel: \u201cThe Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour \u2013 but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began from its first publication.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/13\/25203\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/star-trek-picard-s01e04-absolute-candor\/\">Star Trek: Picard S01E04 Absolute Candor<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'He can't even go on a guilt trip without a starship.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/star-trek-picard-s01e04-absolute-candor\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/spaceballs-inspired-robot-mask\/\">Spaceballs-Inspired Robot Mask<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Likely won\u2019t be easily identified as the inspiration, but I think it still comes across as decently robotic. I\u2019m happy with it, at least.  <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/spaceballs-inspired-robot-mask\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/on-this-day-feb-13\/\">On This Day: Feb 13<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/on-this-day-feb-13\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/23604\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; ten of 2020: All Worlds are Real, by Susan Palwick &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee Good collection of bittersweet and thoughtful short stories. Particular favorites are \u201cCucumber Gravy\u201d, \u201cLucite\u201d, \u201cHomecoming\u201d, \u201cRemote Presence\u201d, and \u201cRecoveries\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/13\/23604\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/13\/19253\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prairie and me with nieces Nalah and Finn at Nalah&#8217;s 7th birthday party. (44\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/13\/19253\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/13\/18640\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today&#8217;s page in my &#8220;Stupid Quotes&#8221; calendar. #50ShadesofGrey #FiftyShadesofGrey #peopleacutuallyenjoyreadingthisjunk <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/02\/13\/18640\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/13\/17425\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Watching more downloaded Olympics while I exercise, but this event was recorded off of Swedish TV. Can&#8217;t understand the commentary, but they still sound like sports commentators. Sadly, not a single &#8220;b\u00f6rk b\u00f6rk b\u00f6rk!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/13\/17425\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/13\/no-olympics-for-us\/\">No Olympics For Us<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While it's not quite to the point of being what I'd call a 'boycott,' it's looking like the chances are extremely slim that we're going to be watching much of this year's Olympic coverage. We'd like to, but NBC has done a marvelous job of ensuring that we either _can't_ watch, or when we can, we don't want to. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/13\/no-olympics-for-us\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/13\/1234567890\/\">1234567890<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As of now -- Feb. 13th 2009, at 3:31 (and 30 seconds) PM (PST), the Unix Time is **1234567890**. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/13\/1234567890\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/13\/ready-for-spring\/\">Ready for spring<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm quite ready for springtime to roll around again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/13\/ready-for-spring\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/13\/alive-and-well\/\">Alive and Well<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Or, at least, as well as I ever get. ;) More to come as I continue to play catch-up. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/13\/alive-and-well\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/13\/goin-to-the-chapel-and-theyre-gonna-get-married\/\">Goin&#8217; to the chapel and they&#8217;re gonna get married\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm off to the airport &mdash; my brother Kevin and his fiancee Emily are getting married on Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee, and I'm heading down to be best man at the wedding! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/13\/goin-to-the-chapel-and-theyre-gonna-get-married\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/seems-simple-to-me\/\">Seems simple to me<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here I am, working at the single biggest software company in the world, packed to the brim with some of the brightest people in the tech industry &mdash; and yet they need signs posted outlining a four-step process to get a free soda out of the vending machines. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/seems-simple-to-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/upgrades-galore\/\">Upgrades galore<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two important (in my world) software upgrades hit the 'net today: Mac OS X was upgraded to version 10.2.4, and MovableType was upgraded to version 2.6. Both are installed, and both are working like a charm. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/upgrades-galore\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/weather-wierdness\/\">Weather wierdness<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It looks like Dave Winer and John Teggatz have all the cold weather that Dad is complaining he's missing in Anchorage. And on an entirely unrelated note: I really wish that Dave's RSS feed had individual posts linked to their permalinks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/weather-wierdness\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/your-e-mail-is-safe-from-scrutiny\/\">Your e-mail is safe from scrutiny<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">More good news as I catch up on my newsreading &mdash; the Total Information Awareness program is facing heavy opposition, and is likely to be barred from collecting information on American citizens. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/13\/your-e-mail-is-safe-from-scrutiny\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/13\/enterprise-shuttlepod-one\/\">Enterprise: Shuttlepod One<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">But -- and there's always a but -- those had to be some _horrid_ mashed potatoes if they could patch a hull breach with them, no matter how temporarily! I'd say I'd never tease my mom about her mashed potatoes after that...but, then, that'd be no fun. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/13\/enterprise-shuttlepod-one\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/13\/looks-like-i-might-be-moving\/\">Looks like I might be moving<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'd noticed as we were wandering around that directly beside every door to an apartment was a small door, about a foot and a half wide and two and a half feet tall that also looked like it led into the apartment, but had been painted over and was obviously no longer used. I couldn't figure out what they were for. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/13\/looks-like-i-might-be-moving\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/13\/the-collection-grows-again\/\">The collection grows again&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...like that's really a surprise to anyone who either knows me or is actually bored enough to read this babble on a regular basis. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/13\/the-collection-grows-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 13<\/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-23489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23489","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=23489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}