{"id":23695,"date":"2020-03-15T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23695"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T17:38:43","slug":"on-this-day-mar-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/15\/on-this-day-mar-15\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Mar 15"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>There are <strong>26<\/strong> posts previously published on March 15th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/03\/15\/space-opera-by-catherynne-m-valente\/\">Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 16\/2025: I love Valente's near stream-of-consciousness style and descriptions that draw very well deserved comparisons to Douglas Adams. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/03\/15\/space-opera-by-catherynne-m-valente\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/15\/year-50-day-318\/\">Year 50 Day 318<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's Abyss day! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/15\/year-50-day-318\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/15\/on-this-day-mar-15\/\">On This Day: Mar 15<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/15\/on-this-day-mar-15\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/15\/13287\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-four of 2019: The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1953 Hugo Best Novel Psychic police are now something of an SF trope, but this was apparently one of the first to use this idea, and its implementation (both in plot and typography) is still effective. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/15\/13287\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/15\/19388\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book eleven of 2016: (R)Evolution, by PJ Manney. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee. (75\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/15\/19388\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/15\/17529\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Relaxing in the library on a nice sunny morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/15\/17529\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/03\/15\/medieval-fanfic\/\">Medieval Fanfic<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Robert Henryson, a 15th-century Scottish writer, went so far as to write a sequel to Chaucer's earlier work, Troilus and Criseyde, in which he punishes Criseyde for all the things Chaucer had her do to poor, noble Troilus. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/03\/15\/medieval-fanfic\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/15\/flickr-user-interface-overload\/\">Flickr: User Interface Overload<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On the one hand, I really like the new collections organization structure that Flickr just added. It's not perfect, but it's nice to have more control over organizing my photos. However, the interface is getting...well, cluttered is about the nicest way to put it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/15\/flickr-user-interface-overload\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/15\/freeline-skates-because-there-arent-enough-ways-to-kill-yourself-already\/\">Freeline Skates: Because There Aren&#8217;t Enough Ways to Kill Yourself Already<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Actually, these things are seriously cool. I don't think you'll ever catch me actually _trying_ them, but they're still neat. Two skateboard wheels attached to the underside of a small board just big enough for your foot. One set for each foot. Skate. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/15\/freeline-skates-because-there-arent-enough-ways-to-kill-yourself-already\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/15\/to-grok-have-grokked-am-grokking\/\">to grok, have grokked, am grokking<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Of the many contributions Robert Heinlein made to the world, I think the word 'grok' is my personal favorite. I'm getting through my math class...but I'm sure not grokking it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/03\/15\/to-grok-have-grokked-am-grokking\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/15\/cards-anyone\/\">Cards, anyone?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I got a nice compliment from mom on one of my recent photos earlier today: 'You sure have some beautiful photos. You could open a side business (in your spare time) selling them for cards.' Hmmm...might this be a viable idea? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/15\/cards-anyone\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/15\/music-and-personality\/\">Music and personality<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Interesting article in the Seattle PI looking at how your the content and organization of your music collection can give indications of your personality type. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/15\/music-and-personality\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/15\/size-matters\/\">Size Matters<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is actually fairly amusing now that I stop to think about it, but I think I've finally figured out why, no matter how good they are or how many features today's pocket-size digital cameras have, I still can't ever stop lusting after the bigger, fancier (more expensive) cameras that are out there. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/15\/size-matters\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/i-got-my-keys\/\">I got my keys!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just got back home from picking up my keys for the new apartment. Pictures were taken, I'll have them posted as soon as I can. Yay! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/i-got-my-keys\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/geeks-or-government\/\">Geeks or Government?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My response on reading the question that headlines this article -- Should Geeks, or Governments, Run the Net? -- was 'Why is this a question? Geeks!' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/geeks-or-government\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/brief-bits-on-my-actual-life\/\">Brief bits on my actual life!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the midst of replying to an e-mail from my mom, I realized that while I've been putting a lot of links up, any content actually dealing with my life has been pretty sparse recently. End result -- a veritable plethora of ways for people to leave my website, but not much to make them stick around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/brief-bits-on-my-actual-life\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/writing-is-good\/\">Writing is good<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Could blogging and its reliance on the textual news and sources help reclaim the importance of the written word and lessen our reliance on television as the disseminator of all information? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/writing-is-good\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/nose-picking\/\">Nose picking<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So...do you pick your nose? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/nose-picking\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/lots-of-music-links\/\">Lots of music links<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I need to remember to come back to a MeFi thread -- lots of links to online remix sources and radio stations. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/lots-of-music-links\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/dubya-needs-to-get-laid\/\">Dubya needs to get laid!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We, the undersigned, in the interest of international harmony and seeking an end to all violence in this world, do hereby call on the president of the United States, George W. Bush, to find a fully consenting adult intern to service his sexual needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/dubya-needs-to-get-laid\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/mutant-space-bugs\/\">Mutant space bugs!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Science-fiction becomes reality? Space-mutated metal-eating viruses that caused problems on Mir may now be at the bottom of the Pacific ocean. Reassuring, no? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/mutant-space-bugs\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/soundbugs-look-cool\/\">Soundbugs look cool<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yay for new toys! I may need to pick up at least one of these little gadgets -- Soundbug turns flat surface into speakers. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/soundbugs-look-cool\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/imacs-in-the-movies\/\">iMacs in the movies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Most of the computers in movies for several years have been Macintoshes, maybe because the Mac is the only computer that doesn't look like every other computer and therefore benefits from product placement. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/imacs-in-the-movies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/powered-armor\/\">Powered armor<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">CNET is reporting that MIT will be researching Nanotech body armor for the Army. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/powered-armor\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/bomb-your-hometown\/\">Bomb your hometown<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not paranoid after Bush yammers about keeping nuclear weapons a possibility? Use this page to get an idea of what a nuclear bomb would to do your city. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/bomb-your-hometown\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/pig\/\">Pig<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Roald Dahl's disturbing short story, 'Pig', with illustrations. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/15\/pig\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 15<\/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-23695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23695","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=23695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}