{"id":23515,"date":"2020-02-26T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23515"},"modified":"2020-01-25T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:59:25","slug":"on-this-day-feb-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/26\/on-this-day-feb-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Feb 26"},"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>26<\/strong> posts previously published on February 26th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/26\/year-50-day-300\/\">Year 50 Day 300<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had to go out and stand in the snail. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/26\/year-50-day-300\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/26\/these-are-facts\/\">These Are Facts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'I want to present a list of items which are very well documented facts, but would\u2019ve been absolutely, patently insane 10 years ago.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/02\/26\/these-are-facts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/26\/rip-clive-cussler\/\">RIP Clive Cussler<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">His books weren't exactly great, but I'll admit, they can be fun. And whatever you think of his books, the work he did in the real world is pretty impressive. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/26\/rip-clive-cussler\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/26\/on-this-day-feb-26\/\">On This Day: Feb 26<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from February 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/02\/26\/on-this-day-feb-26\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13240\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Unsolicited Mac app recommendation: I don&#8217;t have to use the command line very often, but when I do, I really enjoy using Cathode, a vintage terminal emulator. Scan lines! Green\/amber (or whatever) screens! Curved CRTs! Fading scroll artifacts! It&#8217;s ridiculous and a lot of fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13240\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13237\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been thinking about moving away from WordPress for a while now, and I think I may have found my replacement backend: Grav. I&#8217;ve got a base install running. Next: play with settings and design, look for WordPress importers, external editor\/microblog support options, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13237\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13234\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty of 2019: Foundation and Empire, by Isaac Asimov. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1946 Retro Hugo Best Novel (for The Mule, part two of this book) &#x1f4da; Very much enjoying finally reading these (and surprised that it seems I never had, or had done so so long ago that I\u2019d forgotten). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/02\/26\/13234\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/26\/linkdump-for-february-26th-from-0800-to-0806\/\">Linkdump for February 26th from 08:00 to 08:06<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 08:00 and 08:06 on February 26th. \u2022\u00a0The Second Amendment was ratified to preserve slavery \u2022\u00a0Gun Rights, &lsquo;Positive Good&rsquo; and the Evolution of Mutually Assured Massacre \u2022\u00a0The AR-15 Is Different: What I Learned Treating Parkland Victims \u2022\u00a0Inside The Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns \u2022\u00a0Why the Second Amendment does not stymie gun control \u2022\u00a0Slavery, the Second Amendment, and the Origins of Public-Carry Jurisprudence <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/26\/linkdump-for-february-26th-from-0800-to-0806\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/26\/linkdump-for-january-17th-through-february-26th\/\">Linkdump for January 17th through February 26th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between January 17th and February 26th. \u2022\u00a04 Laws That Could Stem the Rising Threat of Mass Shootings \u2022\u00a0How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment \u2022\u00a0A Gun Ban Is Inevitable. Not just high-capacity assault rifles. ALL the guns. \u2022\u00a0One Teacher&rsquo;s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings \u2022\u00a0How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment \u2022\u00a0The Problem with Panic <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/02\/26\/linkdump-for-january-17th-through-february-26th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/26\/19299\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">57\u00b0 at the end of the workday. I was comfortable without my coat! :) (57\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/02\/26\/19299\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/26\/17469\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A somewhat better view of my one (so far) tattoo than in last night&#8217;s shot. Got this a few years before I left Alaska, so&#8230;oh, at least 15 years ago now. Someday I&#8217;ll get another &#8211; I know what and where, I just haven&#8217;t done it yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/02\/26\/17469\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/26\/on-the-neverending-story\/\">On the Neverending Story<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yes, there's a chance that they're taking a film that's loved by many who were kids when it came out and 'updating' it to be bigger, louder, and _stupider_. However, if we're lucky, this could turn out to be one of those cases where they just might improve on the original. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/02\/26\/on-the-neverending-story\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/ask-what-you-can-do-for-your-country\/\">&#8230;ask what you can do for your country.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed.\u00a0 He awakens to see George Washington standing by him.\u00a0 Bush asks him, 'George, what's the best thing I can do to help the country?' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/ask-what-you-can-do-for-your-country\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/my-movable-type-tweaks\/\">My Movable Type tweaks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got an e-mail from a friend who's in the process of switching over to Movable Type, and he asked if I had any recommendations for plugins or tweaks to the core system. Here's a look at what I'm currently using. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/my-movable-type-tweaks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/c-list-blogging\/\">C-List Blogging<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to Dave Pollard's breakdown, I'm a 'C-List Blogger'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/c-list-blogging\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/theatre-plans\/\">Theatre Plans<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Seattle Times has announced the 5th Ave. Theatre's 2005-2006 season. Lots of good stuff coming up, including The King and I, but the one that's really catching my eye is Sweeny Todd. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/02\/26\/theatre-plans\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/26\/violence-is-bad-good\/\">Violence is ( bad | good ) !<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Group One blames violence in video games and movies for the behavior of today's youth. Group Two buys out entire theaters for church groups, youth groups and families to see Mel Gibson's 'The Passion'. Any bets on just how separate those two groups really are? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/26\/violence-is-bad-good\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/26\/an-insiders-view-of-ms-word-60\/\">An insider&#8217;s view of MS Word 6.0<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Microsoft Word for the Mac versions 4 and 5 were my introductions to Word, and in the opinion of myself and many other people, were the pinnacle of Microsoft's Mac programming. Then came Word 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/26\/an-insiders-view-of-ms-word-60\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/by-the-infinite-dick-of-god\/\">By the infinite dick of God<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I first found this on the 'net ages ago, and used to have a copy somewhere on my hard drive. I'd forgotten about it for a long time, then the phrase \"by the infinite dick of God\" popped into my head tonight, and I decided to search this out and... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/by-the-infinite-dick-of-god\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/well-bomb-who-we-want\/\">We&#039;ll bomb who we want!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The Propaganda Remix Project has a book of posters being released in March, complete with forward by Kurt Vonnegut, introduction by Howard Zinn, and commentary by the Center for Constitutional Rights. Looks worth picking up &mdash; my copy is on order. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/well-bomb-who-we-want\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/new-wtc-plan-chosen\/\">New WTC plan chosen<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, it looks like the winning plan for the replacement complex for the WTC has been revealed. While it's not the one I favored, maybe it'll translate better into the real world than the pictures of it I've seen so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/new-wtc-plan-chosen\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/this-isnt-helping\/\">This isn&#039;t helping<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few days ago, Robert Scoble asked what we think Microsoft should do in the future, both with technology and to improve their public persona. I haven't done much for coming up with a list of what they <em>should<\/em> do, but here's a hint to Micosoft: this is something you really <em>shouldn't<\/em> do. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/this-isnt-helping\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/caring-for-your-introvert\/\">Caring for your Introvert<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The worst of it is that extroverts have no idea of the torment they put us through. Sometimes, as we gasp for air amid the fog of their 98-percent-content-free talk, we wonder if extroverts even bother to listen to themselves. We can only dream that someday&hellip;it will not be impolite to say \"I'm an introvert. You are a wonderful person and I like you. But now please shush.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/02\/26\/caring-for-your-introvert\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/26\/new-blog-name\/\">New blog name<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Please excuse such a long letter -- I didn't have time to write a short one. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/26\/new-blog-name\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/26\/how-much-of-a-nerd-are-you\/\">How much of a nerd are you?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently browsing the web from the command line is pretty nerdy.... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/02\/26\/how-much-of-a-nerd-are-you\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1995<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1995\/02\/26\/from-usenet-22695-0238\/\">[From Usenet: 2.26.95 0238]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Somewhere around a year or more ago, there was an ftp site that had a remix of 'last' by Butch Vig that had been nixed from the 'fixed' ep. 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