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22:26:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 08:42:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 10:26:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 02:34:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 12:51:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 13:09:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 20:55:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-11 20:55:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9886 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mhanscom-199x300.png\" alt=\"A photo of Michael Hanscom, a bald caucasian male with light facial hair wearing a dark suit\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mhanscom-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mhanscom-678x1024.png 678w, https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mhanscom.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m Michael Hanscom. Some old friends may remember me as Woody (or W\u00fcdi), though I pretty much just go by Michael these days. Hi there.<\/p>\n<h2>Contact: Finding me in the virtual world\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Looking to get ahold of me for something? Good old-fashioned <a href=\"mailto:michael.hanscom+fromwebsite@me.com\">email<\/a> is often the best option.<\/p>\n<p>I also have accounts on a number of other online communities, websites, and social networking sites \u2014 though I am working on reducing how much content I hand over to corporations instead of posting here on space that I control, so I may or may not actually be very active on any of these. You can find me on <a href=\"http:\/\/tenforward.social\/@djwudi\">Mastodon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michael.hanscom\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/michaelhans.com\">Bluesky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelhanscom\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/profile\/djwudi\">The StoryGraph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/djwudi\/\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/djwudi\/\">MixCloud<\/a>, and possibly a few others I\u2019ve forgotten about.<\/p>\n<h2>Short Bio<\/h2>\n<p>I consider myself an ambivert; neither entirely extrovert or introvert, but somewhere in between and able to be comfortable on my own or in social situations. Geeky in both computing and science-fiction senses \u2014 with computers, macOS is my home turf, but I&#8217;m comfortable in Windows environments and used to be able to find my way around a *nix command line; with science fiction, <cite>Star Trek<\/cite> is my primary fandom. I spent a number of years as a goth\/alternative\/electronica DJ, and still occasionally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.djwudi.com\/djwudi\/\">post mixes to my DJ W\u00fcdi<\/a> site when I get inspired. Politically liberal, with active interests in social justice and equality movements; I try to be aware of my own privilege and use it to support those who have less. I strive to be friendly and welcoming, to be curious and open to new ideas, viewpoints, and tools, and to generally do my best to be a good person. I use he\/him pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>I was raised in Alaska, but have been living in Washington since 2001. I live in Kent, just south of Seattle. I have a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Law and Justice and a master&#8217;s degree in Information Technology and Administrative Management, both awarded from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwu.edu\/\">Central Washington University<\/a> (in 2011 and 2015, respectively).<\/p>\n<p>I work at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highline.edu\">Highline College<\/a> as Program Manager for Accessible Technology in <a href=\"https:\/\/access.highline.edu\">Access Services<\/a>, and <a href=\"..\/norwescon\">volunteer for<\/a> the Seattle-area <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norwescon.org\/\">Norwescon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/seattlein2025.org\/\">Seattle Worldcon 2025<\/a> sci-fi and fantasy conventions.<\/p>\n<p>Posts, opinions, and commentary here are my own and should not be taken as speaking for anyone else, including my employers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m just this guy, y&#8217;know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9879","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"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=9879"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52440,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9879\/revisions\/52440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}