{"id":23867,"date":"2020-04-15T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23867"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:09:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T18:09:14","slug":"on-this-day-apr-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/15\/on-this-day-apr-15\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 15"},"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>25<\/strong> posts previously published on April 15th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/15\/myth-conceptions-by-robert-asprin\/\">Myth Conceptions by Robert Asprin<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 22\/2025: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Cute, but that\u2019s about it. I really think I\u2019d have enjoyed it more if I\u2019d read it when we were both much younger. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/15\/myth-conceptions-by-robert-asprin\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/15\/year-50-day-349\/\">Year 50 Day 349<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Cloudy and grey today, but it was nice, cool, and comfortable. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/15\/year-50-day-349\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/15\/23910\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">LEGO Is Making 13,000 Visors a Day for Medical Workers, and say they could ramp up to 58,000 a day. Neat! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/15\/23910\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/15\/on-this-day-apr-15\/\">On This Day: Apr 15<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/15\/on-this-day-apr-15\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/15\/12064\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Excellent: Not only is Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods no longer selling assault-style weapons, but rather than returning their unsold inventory, they\u2019re destroying and recycling it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/15\/12064\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/15\/linkdump-for-april-12th-through-april-15th\/\">Linkdump for April 12th through April 15th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between April 12th and April 15th. \u2022\u00a0GrayKey iPhone unlocker poses serious security concerns \u2022\u00a0While TOS is my home fandom, I'm of the belief that as a whole, DS9 is the best of the various Star Trek series \u2022\u00a0A short history ~700 years of \"they\" as an English gender-neutral singular pronoun \u2022\u00a0poor people deserve things they want, too \u2022\u00a0Charities\/organisations to avoid (with links to reasons) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/15\/linkdump-for-april-12th-through-april-15th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/15\/21089\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shirt seven for #nwc40: not really, but it&#8217;s always good for a laugh on Saturday night (and yes, Prairie knows, laughs, and thank goodness she gets my sense of humor)! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/15\/21089\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/15\/21062\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Shirt six for #nwc40: gothtrolling. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/15\/21062\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/15\/19490\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Belly full of dinner, kicked back in a hotel bed rolling our eyes at the giant sinkhole in the first episode of season eight of Grey&#8217;s Anatomy. This show just keeps getting sillier. (106\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/15\/19490\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/15\/17655\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, crud. Forgot my daily photo yesterday; almost forgot tonight. That&#8217;s only the second day I&#8217;ve missed, though. Not that bad after three and a half months, really. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/15\/17655\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/15\/17628\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh, dear. There appears to have been a noodle-related incident. We shall not speak of this again. Also, I should not be allowed in the kitchen. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/15\/17628\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2011<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/15\/almost-time-for-norwescon\/\">Almost Time for Norwescon!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Once again, it's about time for my annual mini-vacation at Norwescon. This is my second year as part of the ConCom (Convention Committee -- those of us who are crazy enough to volunteer to assist with planning and running the con), and I've really been enjoying it. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2011\/04\/15\/almost-time-for-norwescon\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/15\/delicious-april-8th\/\">Links for April 8th through April 15th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between April 8th and April 15th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Roger Ebert: Parrot asks, &quot;What'd the frozen turkey want?&quot; \u2022\u00a0Philnelson's Diggbarred \u2022\u00a0Jam Out With Your Clam Out \u2022\u00a0Uncomfortable Plot Summaries \u2022\u00a0How to Block the DiggBar \u2022\u00a0Truly Groundbreaking Marketing Research: Understanding Twitter \u2022\u00a0Penmachine: Yes, Master \u2022\u00a0Now on YouTube: First Moving Image Ever Made <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/15\/delicious-april-8th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/15\/whats-your-song\/\">What&#8217;s your song?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Go here, plug in your birthday, and it'll give you the #1 Billboard song for the day you were born. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/15\/whats-your-song\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/15\/off-at-norwescon\/\">Off at Norwescon<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm spending the weekend at Norwescon, so I've _already_ missed my one-photo-a-day posting goal. Heh. No big surprise. Here's one from yesterday at the con, though... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/15\/off-at-norwescon\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/15\/friday-cat-tribble-blogging\/\">Friday cat Tribble blogging!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'Friday Cat Blogging' is a well-known, oft-derided, but much loved clich\u00e9 in the weblogging community. I may not have a cat...but I do have a Tribble! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/15\/friday-cat-tribble-blogging\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/family-coming-closer\/\">Family coming closer<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Rock on &mdash; according to Dad, Kevin and Emily will be moving to Oregon in a bit, so that Emily can attend Oregon State University in Corvalis. My bro will be in fairly easy visiting distance again! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/family-coming-closer\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/speak-english-george\/\">Speak English, George!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm so glad I didn't bother trying to watch Bush's national address the other night on television. I would have been so busy cringing at his first sentence &mdash; 'This has been tough weeks in that country.' &mdash; to even pay attention to the amazing hypnotic tie. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/speak-english-george\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/amazons-a9\/\">Amazon&#8217;s A9<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Interesting: Amazon just launched A9, a Google-based search engine, choosing to break the news via John Batelle's blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/amazons-a9\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/proof\/\">Proof!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ryan found this using the LiveJournal Images script I linked to the other day&hellip;I think it's brilliant. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/proof\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/ecto-for-windows\/\">Ecto for Windows<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Earlier this week, Alex, Adrian Tjissling, and Joi Ito jointly announced that they have joined forces, and TypeWriter has now become Ecto for Windows. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/15\/ecto-for-windows\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/pigfacemy-life-with-the-thrill-kill-kult\/\">Pigface\/My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just got back home from seeing Bile, Zeromancer, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult and (last, but most <em>definitely<\/em> not least) Pigface at the Catwalk. Awesome show. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/pigfacemy-life-with-the-thrill-kill-kult\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/us-priorities-in-iraq-2\/\">US priorities in Iraq<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Iraqi buildings that have been looted, burned, and destroyed: the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Irrigation, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Information, the Baghdad Archaeological Museum, the museum in the northern city of Mosul, and three hospitals. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/us-priorities-in-iraq-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/philodemus\/\">Philodemus<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Most of the scrolls uncovered so far have been written by first-century philosopher and poet Philodemus, leading to conjecture that the owner of the villa where the scrolls were found may have been trying to save Philodemus' work specifically &mdash; but there may be far more in the as-yet unearthed sections of the ruins. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/15\/philodemus\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/15\/mars-and-more\/\">Mars and More<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Made it through Mission to Mars relatively unscathed, aside from the fact that it was a fairly amazingly hideous movie. 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