{"id":23495,"date":"2020-02-16T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23495"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:57:08","slug":"on-this-day-feb-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/16\/on-this-day-feb-16\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 16"},"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 16th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/16\/weekly-notes-feb-10-16-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: Feb 10-16, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/16\/weekly-notes-feb-10-16-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/16\/alien-clay-by-adrian-tchaikovsky\/\">Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: Ninth book and sixth and final Philp K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/02\/16\/alien-clay-by-adrian-tchaikovsky\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cadet-kirk-by-diane-carey\/\">&#x1f4da; Cadet Kirk by Diane Carey<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The final and best of this YA series. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cadet-kirk-by-diane-carey\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/16\/year-50-day-290\/\">Year 50 Day 290<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What better way to spend a Friday evening? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/16\/year-50-day-290\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/16\/on-this-day-feb-16\/\">On This Day: Feb 16<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/16\/on-this-day-feb-16\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/16\/19269\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another &#8220;Right, I haven&#8217;t done that yet today&#8221; picture. (47\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/16\/19269\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/16\/17437\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Grumpy face because my RLS is acting up tonight. Grrrr! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/16\/17437\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/02\/16\/do-you-know-anything-about-techno\/\">Do You Know Anything About Techno?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A mid-90s-techno-and-rave mix inspired by a YouTube clip of a bad (well, presumably, I haven't actually watched it...yet...) mid-90s movie called Vibrations. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/02\/16\/do-you-know-anything-about-techno\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/16\/delicious-february-12th\/\">Links for February 12th through February 16th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between February 12th and February 16th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Mindfuck Movies \u2022\u00a0Firefighters Get Eyeful When Called to Hotel \u2022\u00a0Legal Guide for Bloggers \u2022\u00a013 Facts About Friday the 13th \u2022\u00a0Star Trek Inspired Corset <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/16\/delicious-february-12th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/16\/non-alcoholic-hangover\/\">Non-Alcoholic Hangover<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ugh. Unpleasant. I'm just hoping that it wears through by this afternoon so I can flake out for a nap at some point. Failing that...well, I can be _damn_ sure that I'm going to pass right out tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/16\/non-alcoholic-hangover\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/16\/twice-an-uncle\/\">Twice an Uncle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Paul Fain Hanscom was born at 5:58PM AST (6:58PM in Oregon). Emily and Paul are doing fine. They had not recorded height and weight when Kevin called. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/16\/twice-an-uncle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/16\/another-valentines-day-present\/\">Another Valentine&#8217;s Day Present<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Valentine's Day morning, as I was puttering about the house and getting ready for the day while Prairie slept in, there was a knock at the door. When I answered, I was handed a package from Amazon by one of our landlords. This was a little confusing, as I didn't remember ordering anything, but it was definitely addressed to me <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/02\/16\/another-valentines-day-present\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/16\/just-move-it-to-the-streets\/\">Just move it to the streets<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nice rant on Metroblogging Seattle yesterday regarding the ongoing, neverending mess of a fight between Greg 'Big Dig Seattle' Nickels, Christine 'Viaduct? Vhy _not_ a duck?' Gregoire, and the people of Seattle who just want this all over with... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/16\/just-move-it-to-the-streets\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/16\/first-confirmed-os-x-malware\/\">First Confirmed OS X Malware<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Key points: this is _not_ a virus, rather, it's a trojan horse; it's buggy (doesn't perform all the intended actions); and for most people, activating the payload involves entering their password, which should tip most people off that something's not right. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/02\/16\/first-confirmed-os-x-malware\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/comment-spam-update\/\">Comment Spam Update<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is so nice to see. Since Feb. 8th (the last time I reset the logfile), the only entries in MT-Blacklist's log for Eclecticism are automatic updates of the master blacklist. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/comment-spam-update\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/newsflash-psychics-as-accurate-as-ever\/\">Newsflash: Psychics as accurate as ever<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm running behind in my online reading, between concentrating on my server and then feeling ill last weekend &mdash; I'm currently reading items from Feb. 13th in NetNewsWire, and I've got 2000 unread items to go &mdash; but sometimes there are advantages to being a bit behind the times. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/newsflash-psychics-as-accurate-as-ever\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/too-many-movies\/\">Too many movies!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently the most movies you can have in your Netflix queue is 500. I had no idea. Of course, I'm not sure I expected to end up with a queue this big when I started this whole Netflix thing, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/too-many-movies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/hitchikers-trailer\/\">Hitchiker&#8217;s Trailer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Amazon has the full trailer for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on their home page right now. It's Flash-based and kind of small, but at least it's there. So far, things look promising. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/hitchikers-trailer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/cuff-em-on-eat-em-off\/\">Cuff &#8217;em on! Eat &#8217;em off!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, so you think the fuzzy handcuffs your sweetie gave you for Valentine's Day are cool, huh? Kind of funny, maybe something to add a little 'spice' to your sex life if you get the nerve? That's nothin'. Check out what I got from Prairie for Valentine's Day this year&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/16\/cuff-em-on-eat-em-off\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/congratulations\/\">Congratulations!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One last post before I stop monopolizing Em's family's computer&hellip;a wedding picture of Kevin and Emily! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/congratulations\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/wanted-advice-concerning-wikis\/\">Wanted: advice concerning Wikis<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've got a project running around in my head that I believe a Wiki would be a good solution for, but I've not done much to play with\/experiment with Wikis in the past. I'd like to start playing around with this project soon after I get home, so if there's anyone out there who might be able to give some advice or recommendations, I'd appreciate some 'expert assistance'&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/wanted-advice-concerning-wikis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/preparing-to-head-home\/\">Preparing to head home<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, the deed is done &mdash; there are now three sets of 'Mr. and Mrs. Hanscom' in our branch of the Hanscom family. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/16\/preparing-to-head-home\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/16\/just-a-quick-test-of-lynx\/\">Just a quick test of Lynx<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Kind of amusing how a Mac-junkie like me still loves being able to do things through a command line and a text-based terminal from time to time&hellip;guess I'm showing my age as a 'net old-timer or something. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/16\/just-a-quick-test-of-lynx\/\">&#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 16<\/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-23495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23495","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=23495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}