{"id":24836,"date":"2020-11-17T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24836"},"modified":"2020-11-17T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T23:33:13","slug":"on-this-day-nov-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/on-this-day-nov-17\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Nov 17"},"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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on November 17th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/17\/twisters\/\">Twisters<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Not that I expected much, but I was hoping for more _enjoyably_ dumb instead of just...meh. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/11\/17\/twisters\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/17\/year-50-day-199\/\">Year 50 Day 199<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We actually made it home while the sun was still up today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/17\/year-50-day-199\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/17\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-issue-55-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">&#x1f4da; Uncanny Issue 55 edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Monte Lin, and Betsy Aoki<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Standout stories by Naomi Kritzer and Cicil Castelluci and an essay by John Scalzi. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/11\/17\/%f0%9f%93%9a-uncanny-issue-55-edited-by-lynne-m-thomas-michael-damian-thomas-and-michi-trota\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/17\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-memory-the-origins-of-alien\/\">&#x1f3a5; Memory: The Origins of Alien<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A mix of some 'making of' and some analysis of the film\u2019s themes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/11\/17\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-memory-the-origins-of-alien\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24867\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Though no train had come through in ages, the ties were kept clear of growth, rails shined as if they\u2019d just been laid down, and the whole town had come out for the ritual tying of the damsel across the tracks to be saved or sacrificed at the will of their diesel powered god. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24867\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24865\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Happy birthday to the COVID-19 coronavirus! A 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19\u2026. That case dates back to Nov. 17, 2019, according to the South China Morning Post. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24865\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24897\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It had started about a month ago. He&#8217;d been restless in the middle of the night, and had climbed out onto the fire escape when he heard the phantom train approaching. He knew that one of these nights he&#8217;d find the tracks. He just hoped it would stop for him when he did. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/24897\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/this-means-nothing\/\">This Means Nothing<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is useless. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/this-means-nothing\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/on-this-day-nov-17\/\">On This Day: Nov 17<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from November 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/11\/17\/on-this-day-nov-17\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/17\/13580\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cTruly,\u201d thought the commander, overlooking the fleet of ships before their eyes, \u201cthis is magnificent. Surely, no fleet as superb as this one had been seen since\u2014\u201c \u201cAlex!\u201d \u201cWhat, mom?\u201d \u201cTurn off the holoprojector and get in bed! Now!\u201d They sighed. Microblogvember: superb <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/11\/17\/13580\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/17\/21995\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book forty-seven of 2018: Elevation, by Stephen King. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/11\/17\/21995\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20595\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Almost done with the week! (322\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20595\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20598\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Silly Snapchat filter because I forgot yesterday&#8217;s photo. (321\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20598\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20601\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So Amazon had a really good deal earlier this week ($35 for this stack)! The Alien quadrilogy is an upgrade from the DVDs, the AvPs and Prometheus are new to my collection. No regrets. #alien #aliens <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/11\/17\/20601\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/17\/19043\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime soon it&#8217;s going to be time for us to have a mega Hobbit-thon! #lotr #lordoftherings #hobbit #thehobbit <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/11\/17\/19043\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/17\/fly-commando\/\">Fly Commando!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019m almost disappointed I\u2019m not flying soon. I\u2019d wear my kilt. Commando. Grope away, sucker! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/11\/17\/fly-commando\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/17\/delicious-november-14th-2\/\">Links for November 14th through November 17th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between November 14th and November 17th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/11\/17\/delicious-november-14th-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/17\/missed-one\/\">Missed One&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Took a test in the morning before school (it was posted online at 6:30am), went to school, came home, had lunch with the girl, went to work, came home, had dinner with the girl, and went to bed. Somehow managed to completely forget about posting...and there goes the one-a-day streak. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/11\/17\/missed-one\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/17\/webloggers-meetup\/\">Weblogger&#8217;s Meetup<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just got back a bit ago from this month's Seattle Weblogger's Meetup. Roundabout 20-something people in attendance, of whom I knew three or so beforehand. Now I'm tired, though, and will be heading to bed before too terribly long. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/11\/17\/webloggers-meetup\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/creators-admit-unix-c-hoax\/\">Creators admit Unix, C hoax<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In an announcement that has stunned the computer industry, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan admitted that the Unix operating system and C programming language created by them is an elaborate April Fools prank kept alive for over 20 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/creators-admit-unix-c-hoax\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/november-weblog-meetup\/\">November Weblog Meetup<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">For the first (and quite likely only) time, I'm going to be able to attend one of the local Weblogger's Meetup events, as my training schedule for this Wednesday has me off work at 6pm. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/november-weblog-meetup\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/major-referrer-spam-attack\/\">Major referrer spam attack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Looks like there's a major referrer spam attack going on at the moment. The sites in question <em>look<\/em> like real weblogs but aren't. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/major-referrer-spam-attack\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/the-sound-of-silence\/\">The sound of silence<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Why can't we as a nation honor our four hundred and twenty two dead as touchingly and honestly as the Italians do their nineteen? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/the-sound-of-silence\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/blog-for-lease\/\">Blog For Lease<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Blog for lease (in Bloomington, Indiana). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/blog-for-lease\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/fight-link-rot\/\">Fight Link Rot!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Calpundit has an excellent summary posted on how to link to New York Times articles without having the links succumb to link rot. This should be required reading for all bloggers, IMNSHO &mdash; citing sources is important, and it's best if the sources don't later disappear. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/fight-link-rot\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/geourl-2\/\">GeoURL<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've just added my GeoURL location identification to my main page &mdash; I had it on my old Long Letter blog, but hadn't thought to put it in here on Eclecticism yet. Silly me. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/geourl-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/17\/stuff-ive-seen\/\">Stuff I&#039;ve Seen<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every so often during my time working on the Microsoft campus, I'd see something that really caught my interest. 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