{"id":23503,"date":"2020-02-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23503"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:58:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:58:08","slug":"on-this-day-feb-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/on-this-day-feb-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 20"},"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>23<\/strong> posts previously published on February 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/year-50-day-294\/\">Year 50 Day 294<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Very over this cold...but it's obviously not over me just yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/year-50-day-294\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3\/\">&#x1f3a5; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I feel like I just watched two and a half hours of MidJourney AI images. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-marvels\/\">&#x1f3a5; The Marvels<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not as bad as some have said, but not as good as either the Ms. Marvel series or the Captain Marvel film. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-the-marvels\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/20\/the-enstickering\/\">The Enstickering<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">After all, what's the point of keeping stickers in a drawer? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/02\/20\/the-enstickering\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/20\/25216\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 9\/2021: Failed State by Christopher Brown &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee 2\/6 Not quite as \u201cwe came far too close to this\u201d as its predecessor, so a bit easier to get through. Has some interesting ideas for a post-ecological-collapse approach to legal liability. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/02\/20\/25216\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/star-trek-picard-s01e05-stardust-city-rag\/\">Star Trek: Picard S01E05 Stardust City Rag<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Bjayzl, vajazzle, let's call the whole thing off.... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/star-trek-picard-s01e05-stardust-city-rag\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/be-angry-elizabeth\/\">Be Angry, Elizabeth<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There is nothing wrong with women expressing anger. We\u2019ve certainly given them enough reasons to do so. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/be-angry-elizabeth\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/saint-expedite\/\">Saint Expedite<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fascinating story, and you know? It never hurts to keep things like this in mind when you're in need of a little extra assistance. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/saint-expedite\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/on-this-day-feb-20\/\">On This Day: Feb 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/on-this-day-feb-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/whidbey-island-getaway\/\">Whidbey Island Getaway<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I played a bit with getting some abstract shots of the decay and geometries of the structures. Those shots, along with more representational shots, are up on Flickr. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/20\/whidbey-island-getaway\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/20\/siddown-bernie\/\">Siddown, Bernie<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have the advantage of being a straight cis white male, and thanks to those genetic\/social happenstances, it's easier and safer for me to say this than it is for many other people who don't fall into one or more of those categories: take a seat, Bernie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/20\/siddown-bernie\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/20\/20981\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book seventeen of 2017: Firestorm, by L. A. Graf. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/02\/20\/20981\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/20\/19287\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From earlier at dinner. My chopstick skills are a little shaky, but I get the job done. :) (51\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/20\/19287\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/20\/17456\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fire Destroys Students?!? Unfortunate fold placement for this issue of the campus paper. (The missing word is &#8220;Apartment&#8221;, and no one was harmed, just property.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/20\/17456\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/20\/seagoth-survey\/\">Seagoth Survey<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Are you now, or have you ever been, involved with or considered yourself a part of the Seagoth (Seattle gothic) community? If so, please take a moment to help me out! Thank you very much! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/02\/20\/seagoth-survey\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/20\/a-secret-is-revealed\/\">A Secret is Revealed<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Look at that, you can see the four states that border Springfield! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/02\/20\/a-secret-is-revealed\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/this-bandwagon-just-keeps-rollin-on\/\">This bandwagon just keeps rollin&#8217; on&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thank God for people like Gavin Newsom &mdash; people who decide that it's time to do the right thing, and do it. And congratulations to every single one of the more than 3,000 brand-new married, loving couples. It's been a long time coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/this-bandwagon-just-keeps-rollin-on\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/smoke-and-mirrors\/\">Smoke and mirrors<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Related to the previous post, a new whitepaper from security consulting firm BoydForbes Security states that the nation's aviation security system is 'smoke and mirrors.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/smoke-and-mirrors\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/now-boarding-osama-bin-laden\/\">Now boarding Osama bin Laden\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Imagine if the world's most notorious fugitive, Osama bin Laden, attempted to board an airliner in the United States. Suppose he were clean-shaven, sporting short hair, wearing a pinstriped business suit and looked like so many other travelers that no suspicions were raised. How far might he get? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/20\/now-boarding-osama-bin-laden\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/cross-platform-20\/\">Cross-platform 2.0<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tom was good enough to send me two screenshots of my site that he took on his *nix box. Generally good results, but (sigh) not perfect. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/cross-platform-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/mt-upgrade\/\">MT Upgrade<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I'm sure this matters to absolutely nobody except me, I thought I'd post a quick note to track the changes -- I've just upgraded Movable Type (the scripts that I use to run and manage my blog) to version 1.4. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/mt-upgrade\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/palindromania\/\">Palindromania<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Need a cheap excuse to party? At 8:02pm tonight, if you use military time, it will be **20:02 20\/02 2002**. This won't happen again until Dec. 12, 2112 at 12:12pm -- and won't happen again after that. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/20\/palindromania\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/20\/new-puter\/\">New &#8216;puter!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A 350 MHz blue and white Power Mac G3, 128 MB memory, DVD player, 22.3 GB of storage spread across three drives (1 ATA\/IDE, 2 SCSI), and dual 17 inch monitors, one running off an IMS Twin Turbo card, the other running off an ATI Rage 128. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/02\/20\/new-puter\/\">&#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 20<\/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-23503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23503","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=23503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}