This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
Next Wednesday (October 23) at 7PM, I’ll be in Decatur, Georgia, presenting my novel The Bezzle at Eagle Eye Books.
#20yrsago Stephen King finishes the Gunslinger books https://memex.craphound.com/2004/10/20/stephen-king-finishes-the-gunslinger-books/
#20yrsago Neal Stephenson’s Slashdot interview https://slashdot.org/story/04/10/20/1518217/neal-stephenson-responds-with-wit-and-humor
#15yrsago Yahoo hires lap-dancers to entertain at its open, inclusive Hack Day event https://simonwillison.net/2009/Oct/19/hackday/
#15yrsago 86-year-old WWII vet on gay marriage: “What do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrEbJBFWIPk
#10yrsago American cities, ranked by conservatism https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/88528
#10yrsago LISTEN: Run DMC meets Danny Elfman (spooky!) https://soundcloud.com/dj_bc/the-king-of-halloween-run-dmc
#5yrsago Why we should ban facial recognition technology everywhere https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/facial-recognition-ban.html
#5yrsago The Catalan independence movement is being coordinated by an app designed for revolutions https://www.wired.com/story/barcelonia-riots-catalonia-protests-news/
#5yrsago Yahoo Groups archivists despair as Verizon blocks their preservation efforts ahead of shutdown https://web.archive.org/web/20141018140923/https://modsandmembersblog.wordpress.com/for-the-press-2/
#1yrago Amazon’s bestselling “bitter lemon” energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/20/release-energy/#the-bitterest-lemon
