{"id":23841,"date":"2020-04-02T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23841"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:05:48","slug":"on-this-day-apr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/02\/on-this-day-apr-2\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 2"},"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>32<\/strong> posts previously published on April 2nd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/02\/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-teaser\/\">Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season Three Teaser<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">You can only get so much from a one-minute teaser, but hey! First glimpse of season three! Except...what? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/02\/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-three-teaser\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/02\/its-a-moral-imperative\/\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a moral imperative.&#8221;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sad to see the news of Val Kilmer's death. While he did a lot of good stuff over the years, my personal favorite is and has always been one of his earlier films, Real Genius. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/02\/its-a-moral-imperative\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/02\/year-50-day-336\/\">Year 50 Day 336<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I suppose these humans I work with are nice enough. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/02\/year-50-day-336\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/02\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-ii-biographies-by-william-rotsler\/\">&#x1f4da; Star Trek II Biographies by William Rotsler<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A fun artifact of this point in Trek\u2019s real-world history. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/02\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-ii-biographies-by-william-rotsler\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/02\/on-this-day-apr-2\/\">On This Day: Apr 2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/02\/on-this-day-apr-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/02\/13340\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A thought I&#8217;ve had on occasion, and has resurfaced thanks to India&#8217;s anti-satellite test threatening the ISS: What if the reason we&#8217;ve never heard from an alien race is that they all ended up with so much orbital junk that they can&#8217;t safely leave their planet anymore? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/02\/13340\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/02\/13338\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-eight of 2019: My Life as a White Trash Zombie, by Diana Rowland. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; &#x1f4da; An enjoyable bit of modern zombie fun. Superficial similarities to I, Zombie (recently dead 20-something woman works in a morgue for easy access to brains), but goes its own way. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/02\/13338\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/21038\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got another good long (windy) walk in today. Just over four miles this time! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/21038\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/21041\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Chucks of the day (51\/53): specked tan hightops with brown laces. #chucks #converse <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/21041\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/linkdump-for-march-31st-through-april-2nd\/\">Linkdump for March 31st through April 2nd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between March 31st and April 2nd. \u2022\u00a0Rosie&rsquo;s Phenomenal Precision Insult Machine! \u2022 Joss Whedon's obsession is not feminism \u2022\u00a0Of dwarves and gender \u2022\u00a0On Wm. Golding's Lord of the Flies \u2022 What's Wrong With Using The Word 'Gypsy?' <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/02\/linkdump-for-march-31st-through-april-2nd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/02\/19442\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fourteen of 2016: The Liar, by Stephen Fry. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (93\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/02\/19442\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/02\/18646\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had to. At least once. :) #nwc38 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/02\/18646\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/02\/17586\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I know what I&#8217;m reading next! 638 pages, all covering Season Two of TOS. I&#8217;m such a Star Trek nerd. :D <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/02\/17586\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/02\/17589\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Long day today; need to stay on campus for an evening meeting. We&#8217;ll get home&#8230;eventually&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/02\/17589\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/02\/ellensburg-update\/\">Ellensburg Update<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, the next few months are going to be a mix of some fun part-time work drawing on my geek tendencies and generally relaxing and exploring western Washington, with a jaunt over to Norwescon come Easter weekend. I think it's going to be a good spring and summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/02\/ellensburg-update\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/02\/crazy-like-a-fax\/\">Crazy Like A Fax<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back in 1996, this fax came in at the job I was working. We saved it for a month, then were going to throw it away when I decided that it was too gloriously insane to lose. I laminated it for safekeeping, and have had it ever since then. Gotta love the crazy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/02\/crazy-like-a-fax\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/02\/delicious-april-1st\/\">Links for April 1st through April 2nd<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between April 1st and April 2nd, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Easy Auto-Download of TV Programs From Usenet \u2022\u00a0Check Username Availability at Multiple Social Networking Sites \u2022\u00a0Family Guy == Unfunny \u2022\u00a0Where Gadgets Go to Die: Facility Strips, Rips and Recycles \u2022\u00a0Wrong Tomorrow <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/02\/delicious-april-1st\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/spring-forward\/\">Spring Forward<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don't forget to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed tonight, everyone! (And thanks to Prairie for reminding me, otherwise I would have...) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/spring-forward\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/the-war-prayer\/\">The War Prayer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">O Lord God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with pale forms of their patriotic dead... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/the-war-prayer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/bye-pope\/\">Bye Pope<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pope John Paul II is dead. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/bye-pope\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/its-all-in-the-name\/\">It&#8217;s all in the name&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">From an IRC conversation in #flickr this morning: how I first caught Prairie's eye, and some very abnormal psychology. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/02\/its-all-in-the-name\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/02\/pda-stylesheet-tester\/\">PDA stylesheet tester?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Is there an online resource that will display a webpage as if it were being viewed on a handheld PDA device? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/02\/pda-stylesheet-tester\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/02\/sick\/\">Sick<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I survived my three days of long hours helping out at one of the other stores in the area. Unfortunately, pushing myself that hard seems to have resulted in my picking up a really nasty little bug. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/02\/sick\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/coalition-members-and-human-rights\/\">Coalition Members and Human Rights<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Flipping through these two very sobering documents, I was reminded of the hypocrisy behind members of the coalition that are so blatantly careless in regards to human rights. So, I give you the following &mdash; an introduction to the members of Bush's coalition against Iraq, as presented by their records for human rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/coalition-members-and-human-rights\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/80-days-where-were-you-part-2\/\">80 days (Where were you, part 2)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Time Magazine has a special issue out now where to celebrate their 80th anniversary, they pick eighty days that changed the world &mdash; their choice for the 80 most important days of the past 80 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/80-days-where-were-you-part-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/coalition-member-nations\/\">Coalition member nations?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Quick question (though I doubt I'll get a quick answer) &mdash; is there a list of which nations are members of the U.S. coalition in the war against Iraq anywhere? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/coalition-member-nations\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/stay-out-of-photoshop\/\">Stay out of Photoshop<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An L.A. Times photographer has just been fired after it was discovered that the photo he submitted and ended up getting placed on the front page had been digitally manipulated. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/stay-out-of-photoshop\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/the-news-in-type\/\">The news in type<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's an interesting ongoing art\/design project: The news in type. Each day, the designer is taking one headline and finding a way to render it typographically. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/the-news-in-type\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/seamless-city\/\">Seamless City<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">San Francisco photographer Michael Koller is working on a project he calls Seamless City &mdash; a continously stitched together photograph of a thirty mile walk around San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/02\/seamless-city\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/02\/a-little-money-trickles-in\/\">A little money trickles in<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I got some good news today. Not a job yet, but at least a little extra funds coming my way. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/02\/a-little-money-trickles-in\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/02\/new-toy\/\">New toy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is too cool. Yesterday evening I was talking with Melvin (my landlord), and he gave me a new toy to play with! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/02\/new-toy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/02\/been-a-busy-weekend\/\">Been a busy weekend<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm rapidly discovering just how amazingly long Fridays are going to be for me for the foreseeable future -- in essence, I've got a gauranteed minimum of 22 hours up every Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/02\/been-a-busy-weekend\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 2<\/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-23841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23841","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=23841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}