{"id":23794,"date":"2020-03-30T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23794"},"modified":"2020-03-17T11:19:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T18:19:59","slug":"on-this-day-mar-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/on-this-day-mar-29\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Mar 30"},"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>20<\/strong> posts previously published on March 30th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/03\/30\/weekly-notes-march-24-30-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: March 24\u201330, 2025<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A week in the life of\u2026. Thoughts, photos, links, and miscellany from the past week. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/03\/30\/weekly-notes-march-24-30-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/30\/year-50-day-333\/\">Year 50 Day 333<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Day three of Norwescon is done! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/03\/30\/year-50-day-333\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/23836\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device: Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/23836\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/23832\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today I learned: In at least one appearance, the NCIS ambulance uses a Starfleet Medical logo (seen on the right rear door panel). Now there&#8217;s a crossover I didn&#8217;t expect! (Thanks to Ex Astris Scientia for this tidbit! &#x1f596;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/23832\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/on-this-day-mar-29\/\">On This Day: Mar 30<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from March 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/03\/30\/on-this-day-mar-29\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21745\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My Friday evening shirt for #NWC41! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21745\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21748\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My Friday morning #NWC41 shirt: gothtrolling! #depechemode #joydivision #thecure <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21748\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21751\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Forgot to post last night, but this was my Thursday evening shirt for #nwc41 (from @swear_trek)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/03\/30\/21751\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdump-for-march-30th-from-1325-to-1632\/\">Linkdump for March 30th from 13:25 to 16:32<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 13:25 and 16:32 on March 30th. \u2022\u00a0The Male Power Fantasy (and why Mad Max and Captain Kirk don't fit) \u2022\u00a0So many biological genders \u2022\u00a0Fight Club and toxic masculinity (with a side of Mad Max: Fury Road) \u2022\u00a0Geisha FAQ \u2022\u00a0Earth is dangerous \u2022\u00a0Of privilege and nostalgia \u2022\u00a0To everyone else in the galaxy, all humans are basically Doc Brown. \u2022\u00a0Snarky but amusing and thorough Romeo and Juliet analysis \u2022\u00a0The singular \"they\" <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdump-for-march-30th-from-1325-to-1632\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdumps-are-back\/\">Linkdumps are Back<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Resurrecting my old occasional digest posts of neat stuff I've seen recently, this time using Pinboard, the Pinner iOS app, and the Postalicious WordPress plugin. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdumps-are-back\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdump-for-march-30th-from-1101-to-1137\/\">Linkdump for March 30th from 11:01 to 11:37<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between 11:01 and 11:37 on March 30th. \u2022\u00a0A Tasting Menu of Female Representation \u2022\u00a0Everything is Chemicals \u2022\u00a0Humans Are&nbsp;Weird \u2022\u00a0Old Fandom-New Fandom Dictionary \u2022\u00a0Dear Fellow Guys....stop hitting on women at work.... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/03\/30\/linkdump-for-march-30th-from-1101-to-1137\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/30\/19421\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Grump! Made it through a half-day of work, then it was back home and into bed. So done with this. (90\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/03\/30\/19421\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/30\/17568\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two days of lying around the house doing nothing. I am determined to be back to normal (or at least what passes as such for me) by tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/03\/30\/17568\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/03\/30\/but-there-your-rights-stop\/\">&#8230;but there your rights stop.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/03\/30\/but-there-your-rights-stop\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/30\/rise-of-the-m-pire\/\">Rise of the M-Pire!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is wonderful: An M&Ms tribute to Star Wars, promoting their new dark chocolate line of M&Ms debuting on April 1st. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/03\/30\/rise-of-the-m-pire\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/exploring-hitchcock\/\">Exploring Hitchcock<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So far, the Hitchcock biography is fascinating, and I'm only about a third of the way through. I did, however, realize that while I've certainly enjoyed what I've seen of Hitchcock's films, I've actually seen very few: Vertigo, Psycho, and The Birds are the only ones! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/exploring-hitchcock\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/this-is-boring\/\">This is boring?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I, along with many (most?) people, have a tendency to lament about how boring my life is. After all, my general day-to-day routine is usually just that: routine. I get up, dink around on the 'net, go to work, come home, dink around on the 'net, and go to bed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/this-is-boring\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/sosumi\/\">Sosumi<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On the bright side, webloggers now have protection against libel suits. On the downside, though, the case that prompted this decision is truly bizarre, and I have to feel sorry for the woman whose case was just overturned by the ruling. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/30\/sosumi\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/30\/us-priorities-in-iraq\/\">US priorities in Iraq<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's a good visualization of just how much help the US is planning on giving the people of Iraq once the war is over. Hint &mdash; not much. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/30\/us-priorities-in-iraq\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/30\/neil-gaimans-goliath\/\">Neil Gaiman&#8217;s &#8216;Goliath&#8217;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Neil Gaiman has in recent years become one of my favorite modern authors. With 'Goliath', he contributes his own take on the Matrix with a short story that I find to be one of the best contributions on the Matrix site. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/03\/30\/neil-gaimans-goliath\/\">&#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 30<\/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-23794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23794","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=23794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}