{"id":23776,"date":"2020-03-20T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23776"},"modified":"2020-03-17T11:17:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:17:38","slug":"on-this-day-mar-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/on-this-day-mar-20\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Mar 20"},"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>28<\/strong> posts previously published on March 20th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/20\/year-50-day-323\/\">Year 50 Day 323<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's officially one week from Norwescon! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/20\/year-50-day-323\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/03\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-children-of-the-mind-by-orson-scott-card\/\">&#x1f4da; Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not the strongest book in the series, but with a series this strong, that's not at all a bad review. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/03\/20\/%f0%9f%93%9a-children-of-the-mind-by-orson-scott-card\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/03\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-03-20\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2023.03.20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just a short 30-minute practice set as I get used to using a mobile setup instead of my home setup. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/03\/20\/difficult-listening-hour-2023-03-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/03\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-west-side-story\/\">&#x1f3a5; West Side Story<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some parts I like as much as or better than the original, other parts the original still wins out. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/03\/20\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-west-side-story\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/03\/20\/25248\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 13\/2021: The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #PKDickAward nominee 6\/6 Very much enjoyed this one. From chasing cryptids to speculative evolution, with parallel worlds and spacefaring trilobites, and a good dose of humor and good old British stiff-upper-lip. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/03\/20\/25248\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/23814\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Can I simultaneously respect the people willing to give their time, energy, and skills to voluntarily sewing masks to donate to hospitals, and the people who refuse to do so because it\u2019s a request\/expectation for more unpaid skilled labor in a traditionally feminine area? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/23814\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/23812\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From a friend on Facebook: \u201cDrive-in movie theaters need to come back.\u201d Social distancing while still participating in a social activity, watching first-run films on a big screen, theaters and studios still able to function during pandemics\u2026. Doesn&#8217;t seem like a horrid idea. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/23812\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/on-this-day-mar-20\/\">On This Day: Mar 20<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/20\/on-this-day-mar-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/13297\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-five of 2019: Gemini, by Mike W. Barr. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f596; &#x1f4da; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/13297\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/13294\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just one month to Norwescon 42! (For me, at least, since I show up on Wednesday. Other staff members show up earlier, the con itself formally starts on Thursday. But for me, just four weeks to go!) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/13294\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/love-death-robots\/\">Love Death + Robots<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I watched all of Love Death + Robots on Saturday, and while much of the animation was impressive and parts of it were interesting, and I enjoyed a few of the episodes, as a whole, it was rather \u2018meh\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/03\/20\/love-death-robots\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/20\/21023\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Came home from work, and Prairie had made really good Indian food (a coconut pineapple curry and a masala), and baked apple pie for desert! The house smelled so good\u2026and dinner tasted incredible. I&#8217;m so spoiled! :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/20\/21023\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/20\/19403\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got my first badge ribbon, and #nwc39 doesn&#8217;t even start until Thursday! (80\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/20\/19403\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/20\/17545\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Summer of 1990 at Schlo\u00df Neuschwanstein in Germany, during a six-week trip through Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy, and Greece with the People to People organization. #throwbackthursday <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/20\/17545\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/i-am-so-smarts-m-r-t\/\">I am so smart&#8230;S-M-R-T&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">See that bit, third line from the bottom? I made the **Dean's list**! Okay, so for many people this wouldn't be a big thing, but while I've never doubted that I've got a couple brain cells to rub together, good grades have _never_ been a common occurrence in my life. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/i-am-so-smarts-m-r-t\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/satellite\/\">Satellite<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've updated djwudi.com (which I'm using to highlight my photography) to use Satellite. Since Dreamhost has a few security measures in place that needed to be worked around, I'm detailing my changes to the source code under the jump. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/satellite\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/a-little-tense\/\">A little tense&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The nonconfessions inspired William Schneider, a political guru here, to note a few years ago that Washington had contributed a new tense to the language. 'This usage,' he said, 'should be referred to as the **past exonerative**.' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/03\/20\/a-little-tense\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/mayan-horoscope\/\">Mayan Horoscope<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Where I'm apparently fairly bull-headed in both the standard Zodiac (Taurus) and Chinese (Ox), according to the Mayans, I'm a Serpent. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/mayan-horoscope\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/its-official-flickr-now-part-of-yahoo\/\">It&#8217;s official: Flickr now part of Yahoo!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The rumors were true, as it turns out, and the official announcement was made today on the FlickrBlog: Yahoo actually does acquire Flickr. While I'm sure this is good news for both Yahoo! and Flickr, I have to admit that in some ways, I'm a little less than thrilled that Yahoo! is the winning buyer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/its-official-flickr-now-part-of-yahoo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/gnomedex-comes-to-seattle\/\">Gnomedex comes to Seattle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It appears that Gnomedex, one of the big blog\/tech\/geek\/pick-a-descriptor conferences is coming to Seattle this summer, and Julie's going to be speaking. Congrats, Julie! I'd love to go, but it's out of my budget this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/gnomedex-comes-to-seattle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/git-yer-meat-on\/\">Git yer meat on!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My brother Kevin is in town for the weekend to hang out with a couple old friend of his, and I was able to get together with the three of them last night for dinner at the Ipanema Brazillian Grill downtown. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/20\/git-yer-meat-on\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/20\/congratulations-rev-dammann\/\">Congratulations Rev. Dammann!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In a quick update to a story from two posts back&hellip;Rev. Dammann has been acquitted! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/20\/congratulations-rev-dammann\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/20\/a-day-of-protest\/\">A day of protest<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My work was kind enough to let me call in and take a personal day today, and I spent the entire day at the 'Day of' protest in front of the Federal Building in downtown Seattle. I'm home now &mdash; tired and footsore, but very happy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/20\/a-day-of-protest\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/20\/nighttime-beauty\/\">Nighttime beauty<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Trying to find something nicer to look at than the constant barrage of news, I spent some time last night experimenting with taking nighttime shots of some of the flowers in the Convention Center Park by my house. Since using the 'macro' (closeup) mode of my camera gives it a very shallow depth of field, by shooting at night I was able to get nice deep blacks behind the flowers, while the flash brought out the colors of the petals. On some of the shots you can see the evening dew hanging off of the flowers. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/20\/nighttime-beauty\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/20\/movabletype-20\/\">MovableType 2.0<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've just upgraded the backend for my site to MovableType 2.0, which was just released today. New toys are always good! Front page changes being the most visible, I'll address those first. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/20\/movabletype-20\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/20\/explaining-enron\/\">Explaining Enron<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A quick primer on the Enron scandal (courtesy of A Boy and His Computer): Explaining the Enron collapse through simple financial terms. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/20\/explaining-enron\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/03\/20\/im-organized-really\/\">I&#8217;m organized, really<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The messy desk is not necessarily a sign of disorganization. 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