{"id":24955,"date":"2020-12-07T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24955"},"modified":"2020-12-01T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T17:46:49","slug":"on-this-day-dec-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/07\/on-this-day-dec-7\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I 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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on December 7th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/07\/weekly-notes-december-1-7-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: December 1\u20137, 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\/12\/07\/weekly-notes-december-1-7-2025\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/07\/year-50-day-219\/\">Year 50 Day 219<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">DO NOT ADD\/PLACE GOLDFISH IN THE POND. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/07\/year-50-day-219\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/07\/24988\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A &#8220;behind the scenes\u201d peek at how my setup for indulging my DJ W\u00fcdi alter-ego is arranged. djay Pro AI on the top monitor, OBS and associated support apps on the iMac&#8217;s screen. The controller is a Pioneer DDJ-400. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/07\/24988\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/07\/on-this-day-dec-7\/\">On This Day: Dec 7<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/07\/on-this-day-dec-7\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/07\/15630\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; fifty-eight of 2019: Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen and Owen King. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A King take on the fears that women have of men, of the men that generate those fears, and how they all react when mysteriously separated. King (and his son) still knows how to tell a good tale. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/07\/15630\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/07\/22007\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifty-three of 2018: Star Trek: I.K.S. Gorkon Book Three: Enemy Territory, by Keith. R.A. DeCandido. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/12\/07\/22007\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/07\/20694\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Almost forgot! So here&#8217;s me, and me, and me. (342\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/07\/20694\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/07\/ashleys-sack-and-a-small-rant-on-bad-word-choices\/\">Ashley\u2019s Sack (and A Small Rant on Bad Word Choices)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Neat historical work, but to the author of this PR piece: please stop using \u2018females\u2019 instead of \u2018women\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/07\/ashleys-sack-and-a-small-rant-on-bad-word-choices\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/07\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-08\/\">Sounds From the Lost Abbey 08<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back in February, I took up a challenge from one of my friends to create a mix based around songs that I'd have played at the Lost Abbey, during the mid- to late-1990s. Here's the eighth of quite a few to come! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/07\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-08\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/07\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-07\/\">Sounds From the Lost Abbey 07<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back in February, I took up a challenge from one of my friends to create a mix based around songs that I'd have played at the Lost Abbey, during the mid- to late-1990s. Here's the seventh of quite a few to come! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/07\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-07\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/07\/doozy-of-a-dream\/\">Doozy of a Dream<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I very rarely remember my dreams, and usually when I do, it's just a few very vague bits that fade almost immediately upon waking up. Last night, though, I had something of a doozy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/07\/doozy-of-a-dream\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/07\/scary-mary\/\">Scary Mary<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think this just became my favorite recut trailer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/07\/scary-mary\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/07\/mind-hacks\/\">Mind Hacks<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just added to my daily reads: Mind Hacks, the companion blog to Tom Stafford and Matt Webb's book Mind Hacks, recently released by O'Reilly. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/07\/mind-hacks\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/our-strategy-in-iraq\/\">Our strategy in Iraq<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/our-strategy-in-iraq\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/oh-goodie\/\">Oh, goodie!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, whaddaya know &mdash; Britney Spears will be performing in Seattle! Um&hellip;yeah. I think I'll be staying away from Seattle Center that evening. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/oh-goodie\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/typepad-gets-pcmag-editors-choice\/\">TypePad gets PCMag Editor&#039;s Choice<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Congratulations to Six Apart for TypePad's getting an Editor's Choice nod from PC Mag in their roundup of blogging tools. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/typepad-gets-pcmag-editors-choice\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/is-it-that-obvious\/\">Is it that obvious?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You ought to turn on your G3 and launch iTunes and give it a totally different name and pretend you have a friend. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/is-it-that-obvious\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/the-dangers-of-mayonnaise\/\">The dangers of mayonnaise<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for running over the manager of a McDonald's with her car because she wanted mayonnaise on her cheeseburger. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/the-dangers-of-mayonnaise\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/netflix-freak-nee-fanatic\/\">NetFlix Freak (nee Fanatic)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There used to be a handy little application for managing your NetFlix queue called Netflix Fanatic. However, now comes NetFlix Freak &mdash; all the goodness of NetFlix Fanatic, and then some. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/07\/netflix-freak-nee-fanatic\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/07\/friend-of-a-friend\/\">Friend of a Friend<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My FoaF file is now available! If you don't know what this means, no worries. Go on with your life. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/07\/friend-of-a-friend\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/07\/tchkung-tonight\/\">\u00a1TchKung! tonight<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&iexcl;TchKung! at the F.U.N.C. flyer <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/07\/tchkung-tonight\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1993<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1993\/12\/07\/from-usenet-12793-2238\/\">[From Usenet: 12.7.93 2238]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Was curious if anyone else out there had discovered Blackhappy...incredibly good band. Two guitarists, two drummers, a bass, two trombones and a sax...lots of sound, powerful music. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1993\/12\/07\/from-usenet-12793-2238\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1993\/12\/07\/from-usenet-12793-2217\/\">[From Usenet: 12.7.93 2217]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don't know the technical info (only that I got the 3-incher up here in Alaska), but the songs are 'Too Physica' by Adam Ant, and 'Suck' by Pigface. Suck is available on a couple different Pigface albums in a couple different versions. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1993\/12\/07\/from-usenet-12793-2217\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1993\/12\/07\/from-usenet-12793-2107\/\">[From Usenet 12.7.93 2107]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm not sure if I remember all of them from this book, but I remember seeing some in a book I picked up in England years ago...something about Mistaikes (sic).  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