{"id":6679,"date":"2011-01-01T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6679"},"modified":"2011-11-02T09:29:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T16:29:19","slug":"1-11-11-the-significantly-geeky-dates-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6679","title":{"rendered":"1.1.11: The Significantly Geeky Dates of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: normal; font-size: x-small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6689\" title=\"Geek out with the \u00dcmlaut\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Unnecessary-Umlaut_01012011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Unnecessary-Umlaut_01012011.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Unnecessary-Umlaut_01012011-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sure, 2011 is ripe with special dates;\u00a0<a title=\"SF Beer Week\" href=\"http:\/\/sfbeerweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Beer Week<\/a> is Feb 11\u201420,\u00a0<a title=\"Cowboys &amp; Aliens trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/fangfoundthis.com\/?p=1352\" target=\"_self\">Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/a> opens July 29, and the whole year itself has been designated <a title=\"International Year of Chemistry on Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Year_of_Chemistry\" target=\"_blank\">The Int&#8217;l Year of Chemistry<\/a>. But what I&#8217;m most excited about are the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s gonna be a great year so be sure to stay on top of the <strong><em>\u00dcmlaut<\/em><\/strong> on <a title=\"Follow \u00dcnnecessary \u00dcmlaut on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/networkedblogs.com\/blog\/unnecessary_umlaut\/?ahash=89fcf9373916a2c222813019d870a721\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"Follow \u00dcnnecessary \u00dcmlaut on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/fredabercrombie\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>GEEK OUT WITH THE \u00dcMLAUT<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some significant dates, times, and binary for the year. Hit me up with any additions or suggestions. And enjoy the soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/mp3\/friday_100909\/littlekings.mp3\">The Odd Numbers \u201cLittle Kings and Queens\u201d<\/a> from\u00a0<em>About Time<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DATES &amp; TIMES<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong>Bonus points for times at the <em>eleven second<\/em> mark.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>dates<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>times<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\">JAN<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">1.11.11<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">11:1111:20<\/p>\n<p>1:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\">FEB<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">2.11.20112.20.2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">2:112:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\">SEPT<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">9.10.11<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">9:107:08<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\">OCT<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">10.11.11<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">10:1111:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"41\">NOV*<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">11022011<br \/>\n(Palindrome Day)<\/p>\n<p>11.11.2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">1:112:11<\/p>\n<p>11:11<\/p>\n<p>11:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"225\">*Triple Eleven Bonus:<br \/>\n2011 is the eleventh year of the third millennium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"41\">DEC<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">12.20.2011<\/td>\n<td width=\"113\">12:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BINARY DATES<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><em>2011<\/em> is <em>11111011011<\/em> in binary. Here&#8217;s more <!--more--><a title=\"Binary Dates in 2010 and 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/www.exploringbinary.com\/binary-dates-in-2010-and-2011\/\" target=\"_blank\">binary dates<\/a> to look out for:<\/p>\n<table summary=\"Binary Dates in the Year 2011 (month\/day\/year)\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>mm\/dd\/yy<\/th>\n<th>Binary<\/th>\n<th>Decimal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">January 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>1111<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>10111<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>11011<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>January 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>11111<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">October 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>10111<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>100111<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>101011<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>101111<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">November 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>11111<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>110111<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>111011<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>111111<\/td>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>And here they are in dd\/mm\/yy format:<\/p>\n<table summary=\"Binary Dates in the Year 2011 (day\/month\/year)\" border=\"1\">\n<caption><strong>Binary Dates in 2011 (dd\/mm\/yy)<\/strong><\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>dd\/mm\/yy<\/th>\n<th>Binary<\/th>\n<th>Decimal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">January 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>1111<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>10111<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">January 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>10111<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>100111<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">January 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/1\/11<\/td>\n<td>11111<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11\/01\/11<\/td>\n<td>110111<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>11011<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>101011<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>October 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/10\/11<\/td>\n<td>111011<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 1st, 2011<\/td>\n<td>1\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>11111<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 10th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>10\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>101111<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>November 11th, 2011<\/td>\n<td>11\/11\/11<\/td>\n<td>111111<\/td>\n<td>63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<a title=\"The Simpsons: Brought to You by the \u00dcmlaut (and Katy Perry?)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=6485\">The Simpsons: Brought to You by the \u00dcmlaut (and Katy Perry?)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"\u00dcmlaut: Heavy Metal Band Name Flowchart\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=4262\">\u00dcmlaut: Heavy Metal Band Name Flowchart<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Tron: New Poster Cool in Japanese, Cooler with Umlauts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=5650\">Tron: New Poster Cool in Japanese, Cooler with Umlauts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, 2011 is ripe with special dates;\u00a0SF Beer Week is Feb 11\u201420,\u00a0Cowboys &amp; Aliens opens July 29, and the whole year itself has been designated The Int&#8217;l Year of Chemistry. But what I&#8217;m most excited about are the numbers. It&#8217;s gonna be a great year so be sure to stay on top of the \u00dcmlaut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3352],"tags":[2659,2662,797,2661,3522,2660,894,851,719],"class_list":["post-6679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-2659","tag-binary","tag-holiday","tag-mmxi","tag-palindrome-day","tag-significant-dates","tag-the-odd-numbers","tag-umlaut","tag-unnecessary-umlaut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6679"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6687,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6679\/revisions\/6687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}