{"id":24724,"date":"2020-11-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24724"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:17:27","slug":"on-this-day-nov-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/on-this-day-nov-9\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 9"},"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>28<\/strong> posts previously published on November 9th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/11\/09\/weekly-notes-november-3-9-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: November 3\u20139, 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\/11\/09\/weekly-notes-november-3-9-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/09\/year-50-day-191\/\">Year 50 Day 191<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I needed a photo for an intro slide for my presentation today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/09\/year-50-day-191\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24788\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The old house stood abandoned at the end of the street, slowly decaying as the years passed. The only signs of life were the sickly grayish weeds that would force their way up through cracks in the boards, covering and engulfing everything except the bodies seated at the table. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24788\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24786\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">U.S. election maps are wildly misleading, so this designer fixed them: A nice background piece on the viral &#8220;land doesn&#8217;t vote, people do&#8221; animation switching between a standard county-by-county electoral map and one with points sized by population. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24786\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24784\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Black People Repudiated Trump Like He Was a Piece of Used Gum: It\u2019s time for centrist Democrats to stop whining about Black Lives Matters protests and start recognizing that Black voters literally saved the election. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/24784\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/on-this-day-nov-9\/\">On This Day: Nov 9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/09\/on-this-day-nov-9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/09\/13554\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">They had always hated the cold, growing up. Thick clothes and as many layers as possible defined the winter months. But now, as they felt the heat of the overworked reactor move through the ship, they actually looked forward to feeling the cold of space. Microblogvember: cold <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/09\/13554\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/21970\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-four of 2018: The Romulan Stratagem, by Robert Greenberger. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/21970\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/linkdump-for-october-2nd-through-november-9th\/\">Linkdump for October 2nd through November 9th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between October 2nd and November 9th. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/linkdump-for-october-2nd-through-november-9th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/bringing-optimism-back-to-star-trek\/\">Bringing Optimism Back to Star Trek<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This quote from Michael Chabon, writer of the just-released Short Treks episode Calypso, about his work on the in-development Picard series, gives me a lot of hope for that series. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/bringing-optimism-back-to-star-trek\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/12600\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The first Short Trek, focusing on Tilly, was cute and funny, but had too many plot holes to really stand up. But this month&#8217;s, Calypso, is much better. Plus, as its writer, Michael Chabon, is part of the team behind the in-development Picard series, I&#8217;m more optimistic about that one when it appears. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/09\/12600\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/11\/09\/21397\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy Thursnesday! :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/11\/09\/21397\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/09\/20567\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Spent much of the day in a jumble of the various stages of grief, I think. Pretty sure I&#8217;ve settled on anger. Acceptance can kiss right off. (314\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/09\/20567\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/09\/drama-free-facebook\/\">Drama-Free Facebook<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Leave it to the kids to figure out how to make Facebook as safe, secure, and drama-free as possible. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/09\/drama-free-facebook\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/09\/8000-for-wrongful-detention-of-photographer\/\">$8,000 for Wrongful Detention of Photographer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An amateur photographer who was taken into custody last year after shooting pictures of two Seattle police officers making an arrest on a public street received an $8,000 settlement this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/09\/8000-for-wrongful-detention-of-photographer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/09\/jumping-ship\/\">Jumping Ship?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...if, while moving over to my new digs, I were to take advantage of the one-click WordPress installation offered by Dreamhost and finally dip my toes in waters other than those of Movable Type, are there any pieces of advice I should know about? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/11\/09\/jumping-ship\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/lost-s02e06-abandoned\/\">Lost s02e06: Abandoned<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Scribbled notes while watching tonight's episode of Lost. Spoilers, obviously, so only read further if you want to... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/lost-s02e06-abandoned\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/lots-of-pictures\/\">Lots of Pictures<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've spent much of the afternoon and evening continuing to work on scanning in old photos that I've had lying jumbled up in various boxes. Quite a few have been scanned in and uploaded to my Flickr account. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/lots-of-pictures\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/whos-going-to-die-tonight\/\">Who&#8217;s going to die tonight?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A few weeks ago, after the promo for tonight's episode of Lost promised that, 'one of these survivors will be lost forever,' I put a poll up (both here and on my LiveJournal) to see who people thought was going to be the unlucky party. Here's the results... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/09\/whos-going-to-die-tonight\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/schrdingers-arafat\/\">Schr\u00f6dinger&#8217;s Arafat<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I hinted at this in one of my linklog posts last week, but this whole situation with Arafat keeps reminding me of the Schr&ouml;dinger's Cat quantum mechanics paradox. Maybe he's dead, maybe he's alive. Nobody seems to really know, and nobody wants to open the box to find out. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/schrdingers-arafat\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/voltaire-at-the-vogue-tomorrow\/\">Voltaire at the Vogue tomorrow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a heads-up for anyone who might be in the area and interested: Voltaire will be playing at the Vogue tomorrow night, along with The Arid Sea. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/voltaire-at-the-vogue-tomorrow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/delicious-library\/\">Delicious Library<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ars Technica has a great review of Delicious Library, the new book\/movie\/music\/game cataloguing software from Delicious Monster. I've downloaded the demo and have started to poke around with it&hellip;so far, quite enjoying what I see. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/delicious-library\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/p2p-germany-austria-hungary-yugoslavia-italy-greece\/\">P2P: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, Greece<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the summer of 1990, just after my junior year of high school, I was accepted into the People to People program as a 'student ambassador' and got to go on a six-week trip across Europe. Starting with a few days in Washington, D.C., we travelled through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/p2p-germany-austria-hungary-yugoslavia-italy-greece\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/brad-bird\/\">Brad Bird<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Like the Brothers Grimm, Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak, Brad Bird knows that kids can handle some tough concepts, and he never insults the intelligence of his audience. The greatest children's entertainment has always been challenging and sometimes difficult. But those are the books, films and shows that transcend pop culture to become timeless classics. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/09\/brad-bird\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/feed-of-the-day\/\">Feed of the day<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nifty &mdash; I have no idea what the selection criteria is (quality? frequency? content? entirely random?) but it seems that I'm being highlighted as 'Feed of the day' on Feedster. So&hellip;hello to all of you who wander my way! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/feed-of-the-day\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/employment-is-a-good-thing\/\">Employment is a good thing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, by the way...starting Tuesday, I'm working again. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/employment-is-a-good-thing\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/taking-cues-from-reagan\/\">Taking cues from Reagan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Much as I may dislike Rumsfeld (along with the rest of the Bush administration), I always figured he at least had some amount of intelligence. But this latest 'I didn't say that' spiel is nothing short of ludicrous&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/09\/taking-cues-from-reagan\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/09\/religious-musings\/\">Religious musings<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Satan worship is the perfect religion. 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