{"id":23861,"date":"2020-04-12T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23861"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:08:28","slug":"on-this-day-apr-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/12\/on-this-day-apr-12\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 12"},"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 April 12th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/12\/hominids-by-robert-j-sawyer\/\">Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 21\/2025: I was quite thrown off by the introductions of the two primary female characters. Not what I\u2019ve come to expect from these more recent Hugo winners, and I won\u2019t be continuing on with this series. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/12\/hominids-by-robert-j-sawyer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cetaganda-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Just as entertaining as the rest of this series has been so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/%f0%9f%93%9a-cetaganda-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-archnophobia\/\">Archnophobia<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Highly recommended \u2014 unless (or perhaps especially if) you\u2019re scared of spiders. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-archnophobia\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/year-50-day-346\/\">Year 50 Day 346<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm definitely ready to zone out for the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/12\/year-50-day-346\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/12\/dlh-2020-04-11-norwescant-edition\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.04.11: Norwescan&#8217;t Edition<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In lieu of being at Norwescon this year, a set of geeky tunes and convention favorites. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/12\/dlh-2020-04-11-norwescant-edition\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/12\/on-this-day-apr-12\/\">On This Day: Apr 12<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/12\/on-this-day-apr-12\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12049\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hey friends (and interested acquaintances)! Do you have a blog (or more than one)? Do you have an online presence outside of the Facebook\/Twitter social media ecosystem? Tell me about it and where to find you! Help me rediscover the web outside of Facebook! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12049\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/linkdump-for-february-27th-through-april-12th\/\">Linkdump for February 27th through April 12th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between February 27th and April 12th. \u2022\u00a0poor people deserve things they want, too. \u2022\u00a0Charities\/organisations to avoid (with links to reasons) \u2022\u00a0'The Simpsons' To 'The Problem With Apu': Drop Dead \u2022\u00a0Molly Ringwald Revisits &ldquo;The Breakfast Club&rdquo; in the Age of #MeToo \u2022\u00a0Gun injuries go down by 20% during NRA conventions \u2022\u00a0If You Want To Be An Effective Ally, Be Quiet And Know Your Place <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/linkdump-for-february-27th-through-april-12th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/another-attempt-at-revitalizing-my-blogging\/\">Another attempt at revitalizing my blogging<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019m not leaving social media, but I am going to be making a concerted effort to try to come back to making my blog the primary canonical source of my content. These are the tools and services I\u2019m using to keep an active social media presence. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/another-attempt-at-revitalizing-my-blogging\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12042\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is a brief test to make sure I didn&#8217;t just break things with my WordPress\/micro.blog integration. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12042\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12023\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019d been considering it for a while, but comments are now disabled for my blog. Between my low post volume and the low signal to noise ratio, it just wasn\u2019t worth it anymore. #f <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/12\/12023\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/12\/21053\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have my #nwc40 badge! I&#8217;m officially here! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/12\/21053\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/12\/19469\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book sixteen of 2016: Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter, by Isaac Asimov. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (103\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/12\/19469\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17634\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Live music by the Ellensburg Big Band. Much fun! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17634\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17637\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">All set to be photographer for tonight&#8217;s CWU Library Gala fundraiser. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17637\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17640\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">More spring blossoms; this time, the cherry tree in our front yard. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/12\/17640\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/12\/were-so-retro\/\">We&#8217;re so retro!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sean Flanagan, a graphic designer working on an ad campaign for the upcoming SIA08 (SnowSports Industries America) conference, contacted me ask permission to use an old family photo of ours for one of the ads. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/12\/were-so-retro\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/12\/misty-morning\/\">Misty Morning<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shooting in the wetlands around NSCC that make up part of the Thornton Creek Watershed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/12\/misty-morning\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/12\/kirstens-here\/\">Kirsten&#8217;s here!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Over the past few days, I've had the pleasure of playing host to Kirsten, as she spends a couple days in Seattle in the midst of her vacation. Hooray for visits from friends. :) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/12\/kirstens-here\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/solutions-for-mp3concept\/\">Solutions for MP3Concept<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another thing I like about the Mac community &mdash; there are a lot of very intelligent and creative people in it. Scant days after the proof-of-concept MP3Concept 'trojan' caused such a brouhaha in the Mac community, various approaches to dealing with the potential vulnerability are appearing. MacFixIt highlighted two very interesting techniques today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/solutions-for-mp3concept\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/bunnyrabbits-satan-cheese-and-milk\/\">Bunnyrabbits, satan, cheese and milk<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've just stumbled across a wonderful little combination of technology, found audio, and music &mdash; Stark Effect's 'mic in track'. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/bunnyrabbits-satan-cheese-and-milk\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/you-break-it-you-buy-it\/\">You break it, you buy it<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I just broke my store. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/you-break-it-you-buy-it\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/bush-the-pdb-was-no-indication-of-a-terrorist-threat\/\">Bush: &#8216;&#8230;the PDB was no indication of a terrorist threat.&#8217;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">What? I challenge anyone to explain to me how this isn't just flat-out idiotic. From a press conference with President Bush yesterday: <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/bush-the-pdb-was-no-indication-of-a-terrorist-threat\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/good-for-you-janet\/\">Good for you, Janet<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Given how incredibly silly all the controversy was, I think it's great that Janet is spoofing her 'wardrobe malfunction' &mdash; and doing it in character as Condi Rice, no less! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/12\/good-for-you-janet\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/priceless-historic-treasures-looted\/\">Priceless historic treasures looted<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The world's first written words may have been lost forever. After surviving for more than 5,000 years, distinctive clay tablets that are recognised as the root of all mankind's written communication have either been destroyed or stolen in yesterday's looting of the Iraqi national museum. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/priceless-historic-treasures-looted\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/i-hope-that-something-better-comes-along\/\">I hope that something better comes along<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">SCENE: Evening in a bar. Our HERO walks into the the bar, pausing by the piano as the bar's PIANIST plays an opening riff. The PIANIST looks up and greets our HERO as he plays lightly on the keyboard. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/i-hope-that-something-better-comes-along\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/ghosts-goblins-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night\/\">Ghosts, goblins, and Things That Go Bump in the Night<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">There's something of a mini-meme regarding obsessions, superstitions, the occult, and all things that go bump in the night running around right now &mdash; see the links to the right to visit the three lovely ladies that got this whole thing started. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/12\/ghosts-goblins-and-things-that-go-bump-in-the-night\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/12\/the-lord-of-the-rings-by-jrr-tolkien\/\">The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. 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