{"id":24732,"date":"2020-11-13T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24732"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T23:18:17","slug":"on-this-day-nov-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/on-this-day-nov-13\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 13"},"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 November 13th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/13\/deadpool-wolverine\/\">Deadpool &#038; Wolverine<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: This is not a _good_ film. Basically, it's a Marvel Cinematic Universe porno. It's also rather entertaining. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/13\/deadpool-wolverine\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/13\/year-50-day-195\/\">Year 50 Day 195<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We continue to work our way through treats we brought back from London. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/13\/year-50-day-195\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-war-of-the-worlds\/\">&#x1f3a5; War of the Worlds<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Absolutely a classic. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-war-of-the-worlds\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-repo-man\/\">&#x1f3a5; Repo Man<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Gloriously weird, with a killer soundtrack. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-repo-man\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/24809\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cIt\u2019s up to you. We gave you the clues. Now choose.\u201d \u201cBut the clues don\u2019t make any sense!\u201d He strained against the bindings holding him in place. \u201cIf you cannot choose, then guess. But guess now.\u201d Trembling, he reached into one of the holes in the wall before him, and waited. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/24809\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/24807\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The &#8216;djwudi&#8217; at shapeWright.com: Enter a text string, get a generated spaceship. I tried my standard username and Norwescon. Both look pretty nifty. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/24807\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/on-this-day-nov-13\/\">On This Day: Nov 13<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/13\/on-this-day-nov-13\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/13\/13568\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cYou know damn well it\u2019s not a question of whether I\u2019m able to do the job,\u201d she snapped. \u201cI have twice his experience, not to mention at least twice the number of limbs, depending on how you count the cybernetics. He still has to do his own damn work.\u201d Microblogvember: able <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/13\/13568\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/13\/editing-chapter-markers-in-mkv-files\/\">Editing Chapter Markers in .mkv files<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A brief rundown of how to edit chapter markers in .mkv files, using the just-released Monty Python's Flying Circus Norwegian Blu-Ray Edition box set as an example. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/13\/editing-chapter-markers-in-mkv-files\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/13\/20580\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Left my phone on the floor with the camera on. Saw it, laughed at the angle, and made a monster pose. Prairie decided that needed to be an actual picture\u2026and who am I to argue? (318\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/13\/20580\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/13\/skyline-review-by-hogbiker\/\">Skyline Review by @hogbiker<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Last night, a friend of mine in Anchorage was getting together with some friends. The plan was to watch the new sci-fi movie Skyline, then have a boys' night out. When I got up this morning, I thought the results needed to be saved for posterity. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/13\/skyline-review-by-hogbiker\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/13\/delicious-november-12th\/\">Links for November 12th through November 13th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 12th and November 13th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/13\/delicious-november-12th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/best-ap-retraction-ever\/\">Best AP Retraction Ever<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In a Nov. 13 story, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that Paris Hilton was praised by conservationists for highlighting the problem of binge-drinking elephants in northeastern India. Lori Berk, a publicist for Hilton, said she never made any comments about helping drunken elephants in India. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/best-ap-retraction-ever\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/as-brevity-is-the-soul-of-wit\/\">As brevity is the soul of wit&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Competing with last May's 'Skywalkers in Korea Cross Han Solo' for best headline of 2007: 'Hamlet Shaken by Murder Then Suicide'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/as-brevity-is-the-soul-of-wit\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/im-a-winner\/\">I&#8217;m a Winner!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My unlucky streak has ended! I'm now the (proud?) amused owner of a Canon Rebel ('Official Camera of the NFL') folding chair! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/13\/im-a-winner\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/13\/make-it-stop\/\">Make it stop!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The downstairs neighbor -- on the other side of the building -- has had \"All I Want For Christmas is You\" from the Love Actually soundtrack playing on repeat... For. Six. Hours. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/11\/13\/make-it-stop\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/man-of-steel-woman-of-kleenex\/\">Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One should not think of Superman as a Peeping Tom. A biological ability must be used. As a child Superman may never have known that things had surfaces, until he learned to suppress his X-ray vision. If millions of people tend shamelessly to wear clothing with no lead in the weave, that is hardly Superman's fault. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/man-of-steel-woman-of-kleenex\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/im-such-a-geek\/\">I&#039;m such a geek&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Jason needs to close his &lt;p&gt; tags and drop the archaic &lt;font&gt; tags in favor of CSS. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/im-such-a-geek\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/top-10-scientific-hoaxes\/\">Top 10 scientific hoaxes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A very interesting list, some of which I'd heard of, some of which I hadn't, and one that I'd never heard was a hoax. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/top-10-scientific-hoaxes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/gore-vidal-interview\/\">Gore Vidal interview<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The LA Weekly currently has an interview with Gore Vidal which is well worth reading, touching on everything from what our founding fathers might think of Bush and his cronies to electronic voting. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/gore-vidal-interview\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/1028-teraflops\/\">10.28 teraflops<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Virginia Tech's Power Mac G5-based supercomputer has reached 10.28 teraflops. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/1028-teraflops\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/trailers-harry-potter-peter-pan\/\">Trailers: Harry Potter, Peter Pan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Quick notice of a couple trailers worth checking out (at least, in my world they're worth checking out): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Peter Pan. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/13\/trailers-harry-potter-peter-pan\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/13\/whats-with-the-black-bars\/\">What&#8217;s with the black bars?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While most of my friends have been around me long enough to understand my preference for watching films in widescreen or letterboxed format, occasionally I get questions about the 'black bars' at the top and bottom of the screen. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/11\/13\/whats-with-the-black-bars\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 13<\/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-24732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24732","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=24732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}