{"id":16499,"date":"2020-01-28T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=16499"},"modified":"2020-01-06T08:36:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T16:36:34","slug":"on-this-day-jan-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/on-this-day-jan-28\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Jan 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<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. Here are my past posts for January 28\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>36<\/strong> posts previously published on January 28th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/28\/the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-by-sofia-samatar\/\">The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: Sixth book and third Philip K. Dick award nominee of the year; not reviewed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/28\/the-practice-the-horizon-and-the-chain-by-sofia-samatar\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/28\/trans-rights-are-human-rights\/\">Trans Rights are Human Rights<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just in case it wasn't clear where I stand. I don't care how old you are, I believe you are who you tell me you are. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/01\/28\/trans-rights-are-human-rights\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-haunted-mansion\/\">&#x1f3a5; Haunted Mansion<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not outstanding, and certainly not likely to get multiple sequels like Pirates of the Caribbean did, but for a theme-park-attraction-turned-movie, it wasn\u2019t bad. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-haunted-mansion\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-danged-black-thing-by-eugen-bacon\/\">&#x1f4da; Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The fifth of this year\u2019s Philip K. Dick Award nominees. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-danged-black-thing-by-eugen-bacon\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/year-50-day-271\/\">Year 50 Day 271<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I keep telling myself I need to start devoting a little time on the weekends to practice mixing. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/01\/28\/year-50-day-271\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-science-fictional-dinosaur-edited-by-robert-silverberg-charles-g-waugh-and-martin-harry-greenberg\/\">&#x1f4da; The Science Fictional Dinosaur edited by Robert Silverberg, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin Harry Greenberg<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A mostly uninteresting collection of dinosaur adventures. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-science-fictional-dinosaur-edited-by-robert-silverberg-charles-g-waugh-and-martin-harry-greenberg\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/28\/25171\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 4\/2021: The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; More of Niven\u2019s big-concept world building (literally), as Louis Wu returns to the Ringworld and learns much more about its history and creation as he tries to save it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/01\/28\/25171\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/23534\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How to Change Your Off-Facebook Activity Settings: &#8220;This tutorial will guide you through the steps to not only &#8216;clear&#8217; the off-Facebook activity already linked with your account, but also to prevent future activity from being associated with your account going forward.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/23534\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/minor-sttmp-directors-cut-update-%f0%9f%96%96\/\">Minor ST:TMP Director&#8217;s Cut Update &#x1f596;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fingers crossed! (Which is awkward to combine with the Vulcan salute, but not impossible\u2026.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/minor-sttmp-directors-cut-update-%f0%9f%96%96\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/on-this-day-jan-28\/\">On This Day: Jan 28<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/01\/28\/on-this-day-jan-28\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20919\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eleven (and first #PKDickAward nominee) of 2017: The Mercy Journals, by Claudia Casper. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20919\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20922\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Fun find at Goodwill today: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, with the original creepy illustrations! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20922\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20895\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Had a #womensmarch postcard writing session this morning with Prairie; they&#8217;ll be in the mailbox today! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/01\/28\/20895\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/28\/19193\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just beaming in to point out that we&#8217;re just eight weeks away from #nwc39! (28\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/01\/28\/19193\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/28\/17341\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Aircraft carriers are huge! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/28\/17341\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/28\/17344\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hazy morning, and a really high tide that makes for rocky walking, but this is our last morning for a beach walk, and by golly, we&#8217;re going to do it! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/01\/28\/17344\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/01\/28\/thoughts-on-the-ipad\/\">Thoughts on the iPad<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">If I didn't already have a perfectly-functional-even-if-I-don't-like-it-all-that-much Windows based laptop, I'd be preordering an iPad the first day they're in the Apple Store. As it is, I'll likely be grabbing whatever the current version is the day our laptop dies. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/01\/28\/thoughts-on-the-ipad\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/delicious-january-27th\/\">Links for January 27th through January 28th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between January 27th and January 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Babies Know - a Little Dirt Is Good for You \u2022 Feb. 17 Digital TV Conversion Is Still on After House Vote \u2022 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance&mdash;Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! \u2022 The CSS3 `:not()` Selector \u2022\u00a0Graffiti Removal - City of Kent, Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/delicious-january-27th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/everything-but-marriage\/\">Everything But Marriage<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I happen to be of the opinion that we should remove marriage from the secular system entirely -- that is, courts would merely deal with civil unions, which would be identical and impart identical rights to any couple, straight or gay -- and let the churches handle marriage ceremonies for people who want them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/everything-but-marriage\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/print-stylesheets-return\/\">Print Stylesheets Return<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've resurrected the print stylesheet for my site. Admittedly, I have no idea how often people print something they find here (and I would guess that it's not very often at all), but at least now I know that if they do, they'll get something useful. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/01\/28\/print-stylesheets-return\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/01\/28\/star-trek-optimism\/\">Star Trek Optimism<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When I first heard that work was beginning on a new Star Trek film, I suppose you could have described my first response as more cautious than optimistic. However, as more and more details appear, I'm moving more and more towards the 'optimism' side of things. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/01\/28\/star-trek-optimism\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/portfolio-2-kidsquest-childrens-museum\/\">Portfolio 2: KidsQuest Childrens Museum<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Exhibit design firm PPI Design and Fabrication used this photo as part of an exhibit at the newly-opened KidsQuest Childrens Museum in Bellevue. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/portfolio-2-kidsquest-childrens-museum\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/family-values\/\">Family Values<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I never met _anyone_ sillier than your dad...until _you_ came along. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/family-values\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/jason-webley-bootlegs\/\">Jason Webley Bootlegs<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Prompted by a discussion on Jason's forum, I've finally re-posted all of the Jason Webley bootlegs I've managed to get my hands on. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/28\/jason-webley-bootlegs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/goodbye-grandma\/\">Goodbye, Grandma<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Earlier this week, I god word from dad that mom's mother had suffered a massive heart attack and was in her nursing home's hospital, likely with only a few days left to live. A second, more mild heart attack followed soon afterwards, and today at just a little after 4pm Seattle time, Grandma died. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/goodbye-grandma\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/gallimaufry-6\/\">Gallimaufry 6<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a quick run-through tonight &mdash; I've got dinner and movies waiting for me &mdash; I'll come back and babble more about these later on (maybe). Same deal as always, ten songs at random&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/gallimaufry-6\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/lightbulb-joke-2005\/\">Lightbulb Joke 2005<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How many Bush Administration officials does it take to change a light bulb? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/01\/28\/lightbulb-joke-2005\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/28\/here-we-go-again\/\">Here we go again&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Think they'll buy the April Fool's joke thing again? Nah, better go with the bit about the top-secret location. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/28\/here-we-go-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/28\/look-out-bush\/\">Look out, Bush<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That's 4632 registered Republicans who wrote in a Democrat in their ballot. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/01\/28\/look-out-bush\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/rip-opera\/\">R.I.P. Opera<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While there had been rumors of an Apple-branded web browser for a while, Safari's introduction at this most recent MacWorld took a lot of people by surprise, and watching the reaction has been quite interesting. Yesterday, Opera Software (makers of the Opera webbrowser) announced that they may stop development on the Mac version of their browser. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/rip-opera\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/state-of-the-union-2\/\">State of the Union<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I didn't get to listen in to the Bush's State of the Union address tonight, as I was at work, but I just pulled down the CNN transcript to look over. Let's see what we've got&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/state-of-the-union-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/i-need-a-drool-cup\/\">I need a drool cup<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh my lord. Apple just revamped their desktop line and dropped prices &mdash; severely &mdash; on their monitors. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/i-need-a-drool-cup\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/an-honest-job-application\/\">An honest job application<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rick sent me this a long time ago, and having job stuff on my brain, I remembered it and dug it out to post here. What follows is (at least in theory) an actual job application submitted to McDonald's by a 17 year old applicant. He got the job. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/01\/28\/an-honest-job-application\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/28\/interesting-tidbits\/\">Interesting tidbits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just some interesting stuff I've stumbled across in the last few days. I might start doing this occasionally -- the things I grab may or may not be of interest to anyone else, but they catch my eye for one reason or another. Make of that what you will. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/28\/interesting-tidbits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/28\/it-does-snow-here\/\">It does snow here!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Candice and I walked down to Westlake Center (one of two main shopping malls in downtown Seattle), and were both amazed at how dead it was for a Sunday afternoon. Apparently nobody thought they could actually make it out of the house. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/01\/28\/it-does-snow-here\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1994<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/28\/from-usenet-12894-1044\/\">[From Usenet 1.28.94 1044]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Found one here...only got two albums (Crushed Velvet Apocalypse and Shadow Weaver), but am anxious to get more.  Do you know TearGarden?  More similar stuff...also fun. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1994\/01\/28\/from-usenet-12894-1044\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from January 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=16499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}