{"id":23863,"date":"2020-04-13T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23863"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:08:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:08:43","slug":"on-this-day-apr-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/13\/on-this-day-apr-13\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 13"},"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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on April 13th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/13\/weekly-notes-april-7-13-2025\/\">Weekly Notes: April 7-13, 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\/13\/weekly-notes-april-7-13-2025\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/13\/year-50-day-347\/\">Year 50 Day 347<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the end, it's been a pretty good day. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/13\/year-50-day-347\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-gremlins-2-the-new-batch\/\">Gremlins 2: The New Batch<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f3a5;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Happy to see that this one is still fun to watch. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/13\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-gremlins-2-the-new-batch\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/13\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-uplift-war-by-david-brin\/\">&#x1f4da; The Uplift War by David Brin<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I've really enjoyed all of Brin's first three Uplift novels, and one of these days plan to continue on to the second trilogy. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/13\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-uplift-war-by-david-brin\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/13\/norwescant-wrap-up\/\">Norwescan&#8217;t Wrap-Up<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Under normal circumstances, I would have spent this past weekend at Norwescon. Of course, these are not normal circumstances. Here's what happened instead. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/13\/norwescant-wrap-up\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/13\/on-this-day-apr-13\/\">On This Day: Apr 13<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/13\/on-this-day-apr-13\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/13\/12055\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I\u2019ve joked about this for years, and am really excited that it will soon be a real thing: Contact Lenses That Darken in Sunlight Are Going to Give You Some Creepy Alien Eyes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/13\/12055\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21074\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shirt two for #nwc40: a clever take on lowbrow humor. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21074\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21047\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Got my #nwc40 tattoo! (Temporary.) I&#8217;m stupidly happy about this; it started with a silly offhand comment at a meeting and then I found a good source for us to use. My mad schemes came through! &#x1f601; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21047\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21050\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shirt one for #nwc40: #StarTrek\/#StarWars logo mashup. Here we go! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/13\/21050\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/13\/19466\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Have I mentioned just how much I enjoy this daily exercise routine? (104\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/13\/19466\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/13\/17631\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Lazed around the house for most of the day and forgot my daily picture until now, so this oddity is what you get. I don&#8217;t really know&#8230;. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/13\/17631\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/13\/this-will-disappoint-mom\/\">This Will Disappoint Mom&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm not _quite_ in to full-on 'DANGER skullet' territory, but I'm close, and with the added impetus of putting employment before vanity, it's probably only a matter of days or weeks (at the outside) before the curls go away. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/13\/this-will-disappoint-mom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/george-carlin-airline-announcements\/\">George Carlin: Airline Announcements<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">By the way, that little George Carlin moment in my previous post comes from one of my favorite of his routines from his 'Jammin' in New York' album, where he skewers the convoluted and bizarre language used by the airline industry. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/george-carlin-airline-announcements\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/trains-trains-are-good\/\">Trains. Trains are good.<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One thing I have to say I _really_ like about living in Seattle -- it's part of the Lower 48. I've got fifty states I can get to within a few days without _ever_ having to set foot on an airplane (49, if I make the time to drive the Al-Can). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/trains-trains-are-good\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/rush-job\/\">Rush Job<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Because, apparently, no teenager ever hit upon the idea of getting or giving a blowjob until Clinton introduced the idea to the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/rush-job\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/google-video-pc-only-for-now\/\">Google Video PC only (for now?)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This really shouldn't surprise me, but Google's just-announced video hosting service has continued their tradition of being Mac-unfriendly at launch. (UPDATE: A Mac uploader is available as of 5\/18\/05.) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/google-video-pc-only-for-now\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/bloggers-in-my-neighborhood\/\">Bloggers in my neighborhood<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here's an interesting little web toy: feedmap.net. Give it your weblog address and (if necessary) physical address, and it returns a map of other weblogs close to you in the real world. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/13\/bloggers-in-my-neighborhood\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/13\/national-id-not-a-good-idea\/\">National ID not a good idea<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">One of the many ideas being bandied about in the post-9\/11 era has been that of a single national ID card, to replace the various forms of ID we carry around now (state IDs or driver's licenses, military IDs, company ID badges, etc.). Bruce Schneier points out that this might not be a good idea&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/13\/national-id-not-a-good-idea\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/13\/livejournal-voyeurism\/\">LiveJournal voyeurism<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Entirely random and surprisingly addicting: LiveJournal Images, a page which displays the last 40 images posted to LiveJournal weblogs. So many pictures get posted so quickly that you can get an entirely new set every few seconds. Lots of kittens, anonymous people, celebrities, random wierdness, and the occasional NSFW image (be warned, just in case). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/13\/livejournal-voyeurism\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/13\/which-claims-panned-out\/\">Which claims panned out?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Anger Managment Course's rundown of claims made by the pro- and anti-war camps prior to hostilities, and how they seem to be panning out so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/13\/which-claims-panned-out\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/13\/president-for-life\/\">President for life?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">House Joint Resolution 11: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/13\/president-for-life\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/13\/blade-ii\/\">Blade II<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Candice and I went out to see Blade II this afternoon. Candice didn't think to highly of it, and while I can't really refute her impressions, I had a lot of fun with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/04\/13\/blade-ii\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/13\/downtime-upgrades-moving-to-mars\/\">Downtime, upgrades, moving to Mars<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Grrrr...frikkin' bills. 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