{"id":23849,"date":"2020-04-06T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23849"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:06:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:06:58","slug":"on-this-day-apr-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/06\/on-this-day-apr-6\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on April 6th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/06\/clarkesworld-issue-223-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">Clarkesworld Issue 223 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 20\/2025: One favorite by Zhang Ran (translated by Jay Zhang) this month. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/06\/clarkesworld-issue-223-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/06\/weekly-notes-march-31-april-6-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: March 31\u2013April 6, 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\/04\/06\/weekly-notes-march-31-april-6-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-ii-short-stories-by-william-rotsler\/\">Star Trek II Short Stories by William Rotsler<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Nothing astounding here. The upside-down shot of the Enterprise on the cover is amusing, though. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-ii-short-stories-by-william-rotsler\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-lisa-frankenstein\/\">Lisa Frankenstein<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Delightfully, adorably dark and weird. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-lisa-frankenstein\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-trolls-band-together\/\">Trolls Band Together<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Continues to be a very enjoyable series, with a hallucinogenic weirdness that I love. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-trolls-band-together\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/year-50-day-340\/\">Year 50 Day 340<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Not much to say about today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/year-50-day-340\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-211-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x1f4da; Clarkesworld Issue 211 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Favorites by Eleanna Castroianni, Tia Tashiro, Rich Larson, Shen Dacheng, and Kelly Jennings. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/06\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-211-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/06\/star-trek-craptinuum\/\">Star Trek Craptinuum<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I mean, sure, if that was a cheap plastic knockoff toy that I saw at a random roadside stop in the midst of an ill-conceived _Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas_-style roadtrip, yeah, I'd be amused and drop $5 or $10 on it to laugh at with my friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/06\/star-trek-craptinuum\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/06\/25278\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Markdown Service Tools: &#8220;The Markdown Service Tools are a collection of OS X Services designed to make writing Markdown text that much easier.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/06\/25278\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/06\/23887\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; award announcement: This year&#8217;s Philip K. Dick Award ceremony is moving online! Join us this Friday, April 10, at 7 p.m. to hear readings from the nominated works and find out who wins this year\u2019s award and special citation for best original paperback SF publication. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/06\/23887\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/06\/on-this-day-apr-6\/\">On This Day: Apr 6<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 6 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/06\/on-this-day-apr-6\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/06\/19460\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book fifteen of 2016: Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury, by Isaac Asimov. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (97\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/06\/19460\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/06\/17601\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Winding down at the end of the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/06\/17601\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/06\/17604\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So&#8230;I spent part of this afternoon polishing my balls. What about you? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/06\/17604\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/06\/why-doesnt-washington-state-care-about-higher-education\/\">Why Doesn&#8217;t Washington State Care About Higher Education?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When will people wake up and realize that education is important, public services are important, and we _have to pay for them_? The money to run these things doesn't just magically appear. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/06\/why-doesnt-washington-state-care-about-higher-education\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/norwescon-33-wrapup\/\">Norwescon 33 Wrapup<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm home! Home, and recovering from another fun Norwescon. In something of a break from previous Norwescon wrapup posts, this one is going to be picture free. However, this is by no means due to a shortage of photos...in fact, just the opposite! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/norwescon-33-wrapup\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/delicious-march-18th\/\">Links for March 18th through April 6th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between March 18th and April 6th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Flickr: Teabonics \u2022\u00a0FINALLY: The Difference Between Nerd, Dork, and Geek Explained by a Venn Diagram \u2022\u00a0An Open Letter to Conservatives \u2022\u00a0Waterloo \u2022\u00a0How today&rsquo;s college students use Wikipedia for course&ndash;related research <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/delicious-march-18th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom-2\/\">Happy Birthday, Mom!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's my mom's birthday today -- happy birthday, mum! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mum-2\/\">Happy Birthday, Mum!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A very happy birthday to my mum! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mum-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/06\/boot-camp\/\">Boot Camp<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Boot Camp, on the off chance it hasn't crossed your radar yet (not likely, but possible), is Apple's just-released official methodology for setting your new Intel-based Mac up as a dual-boot Mac OS X\/Windows XP system. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/06\/boot-camp\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mum\/\">Happy Birthday Mum!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What a cute birthday girl! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mum\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/06\/just-a-hint-really\/\">Just a hint, really<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So Assemblage 23 is playing at the Vogue tonight, and I've been tossing around whether or not I want to go -- balancing the desire to see a decent band with the fact that it's on a Wednesday night. So what's the first track that iTunes chooses at random when I turn it on after getting home from work? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/06\/just-a-hint-really\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom-3\/\">Happy Birthday, Mom!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today's my mum's birthday! And, of course, I'm _sure_ that she's 29. Again. ;) That's just the way it works, right? Happy b-day, mom! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/06\/tron-20-for-os-x\/\">TRON 2.0 for OS X<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I'm still bummed that the TRON 2.0 project ended up being a game instead of a new feature film, at least the game is being released for OS X next month. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/06\/tron-20-for-os-x\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom\/\">Happy birthday, mom!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today's mom's birthday! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/06\/happy-birthday-mom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/06\/a-nation-of-sheep\/\">A nation of sheep<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A growing majority of Americans believe the war in Iraq is justified even if the United States does not find weapons of mass destruction. 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