{"id":24691,"date":"2020-10-26T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24691"},"modified":"2020-10-30T11:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T18:47:47","slug":"on-this-day-oct-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/26\/on-this-day-oct-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Oct 26"},"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>20<\/strong> posts previously published on October 26th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/26\/weekly-notes-october-20-26-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: October 20\u201326, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/10\/26\/weekly-notes-october-20-26-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/26\/a-contest-of-principles-by-greg-cox\/\">A Contest of Principles by Greg Cox<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: A particularly interesting and on-the-nose bit of 'exploring today's issues through SF'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/10\/26\/a-contest-of-principles-by-greg-cox\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/26\/year-50-day-177\/\">Year 50 Day 177<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I continue to be medically unremarkable. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/10\/26\/year-50-day-177\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/10\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-howling-man-by-charles-beaumont\/\">&#x1f4da; The Howling Man by Charles Beaumont<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don't regret reading it, but definitely won't be keeping it in my collection, either. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/10\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-howling-man-by-charles-beaumont\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/26\/25426\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The \u2018Dune\u2019 Screenplay Was Written in MS-DOS: The Oscar winning screenwriter of \u2018Dune\u2019 writes in an MS-DOS program that can only hold 40 pages in memory. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/10\/26\/25426\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/26\/24656\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Even though they\u2019re parked on the moon, Kent-built Apollo Lunar Rovers are now Historic State Landmarks These high-tech electric buggies were used in Apollo Missions 15, 16 and 17 in 1971 and 1972, and helped astronauts explore more of the Moon\u2019s surface. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/26\/24656\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/26\/on-this-day-oct-26\/\">On This Day: Oct 26<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from October 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/10\/26\/on-this-day-oct-26\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/26\/20499\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Love the streets here in the fall. Also glad I don&#8217;t have to clean up those leaves. (300\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/26\/20499\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/26\/20472\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Forgot yesterday&#8217;s photo, so here&#8217;s my Snapchat filter as penance! ;) (299\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/10\/26\/20472\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/26\/time-to-move\/\">Time to Move<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For the past couple years, this weblog has been hosted through the kindness and generosity of Michael at Rain City Story. However, he's decided it's time for him to move on to other projects in his life, so it's time for me to start investigating other hosting options. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/10\/26\/time-to-move\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/eminem-mosh\/\">Eminem: Mosh<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've never been a fan of Eminem. I tend to find his music boring, and his lyrics violent, misogynistic, homophobic, and offensive. That said&hellip;hot damn this video is a powerful piece of work. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/eminem-mosh\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/ipod-photo\/\">iPod Photo<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's time to upgrade my iPod. Too bad I'm broke. (sigh) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/ipod-photo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/youve-gotta-be-kidding-me\/\">You&#8217;ve gotta be kidding me<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Who comes up with these headlines? Damn near made me spew my drink all over the computer screen. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/26\/youve-gotta-be-kidding-me\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/ash-to-ash-dust-to-dust-2\/\">Ash to ash, dust to dust<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The stories posted of people coming out to find ash covering everything do sound very familiar, though &mdash; only for me, it was due to volcanoes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/ash-to-ash-dust-to-dust-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/bushs-plans-to-expand-the-patriot-act\/\">Bush&#039;s plans to expand the Patriot Act<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">President Bush doesn't think the current Patriot Act is good enough. In an attempt to 'close loopholes' in the original legislation, he's proposed three very frightning changes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/bushs-plans-to-expand-the-patriot-act\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/panther-goodies\/\">Panther goodies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lots of interesting tips and tricks for Panther are showing up on the web now that it's been out a few days. Some of the niftier ones I've run across so far: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/panther-goodies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/bush-in-oz\/\">Bush in Oz<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While it's certainly no surprise, apparently Bush's visit was heavily stage managed to make sure he got the most possible accolades, and the fewest possible questions&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/bush-in-oz\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/kill-bill-vol-1\/\">Kill Bill, Vol. 1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm going to keep my comments here fairly brief, as this is only the first part of a two-part story. So, briefly, first impressions of the first half of Kill Bill&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/kill-bill-vol-1\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/oooohspooky\/\">Ooooh&#8230;spooky!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Seeing as how we've found our way into Halloween week, I thought I'd find some appropriate colors for the week. Enjoy! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/10\/26\/oooohspooky\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/10\/26\/britney-spears-sheds-innocent-image-releases-new-album-swearing-like-a-sailor\/\">Britney Spears sheds &#8216;innocent&#8217; image, releases new album swearing like a sailor!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When I say 'hell' and 'damn,' I say it out of frustration in my songs. 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