{"id":23927,"date":"2020-04-23T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23927"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:41:37","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:41:37","slug":"on-this-day-apr-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/23\/on-this-day-apr-23\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 23"},"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>24<\/strong> posts previously published on April 23rd<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/23\/20-minute-tesla-model-y-review\/\">20 Minute Tesla Model Y Review<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Entirely unintentionally and much to my chagrin, I had my first ride in a swasticar today; one of the newest Model Ys, in fact. What an absolutely foolish design. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/04\/23\/20-minute-tesla-model-y-review\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/23\/year-50-day-357\/\">Year 50 Day 357<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It was gorgeous, sunny, and 71\u00ba F as we were leaving work today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/23\/year-50-day-357\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-confess-fletch\/\">&#x1f3a5; Confess, Fletch<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Hamm\u2019s ongoing incredulous bemusement at the situations he\u2019s in works quite well. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-confess-fletch\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-bodies-bodies-bodies\/\">&#x1f3a5; Bodies Bodies Bodies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Entertaining in the moment but oddly paced and ultimately forgettable. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%8e%a5-bodies-bodies-bodies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-a-choice-of-catastrophes-by-michael-schuster-and-steve-mollmann\/\">&#x1f4da; A Choice of Catastrophes by Michael Schuster and Steve Mollmann<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Meant to be an exploration of McCoy, it ended up just kind of dragging on and getting monotonous. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/04\/23\/%f0%9f%93%9a-a-choice-of-catastrophes-by-michael-schuster-and-steve-mollmann\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/23\/plague-puzzle-two\/\">Plague Puzzle Two<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We actually completed this one a couple weeks ago; I just forgot to post the photos until now. Friday Saturday Sunday Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/23\/plague-puzzle-two\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/23\/on-this-day-apr-23\/\">On This Day: Apr 23<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/23\/on-this-day-apr-23\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12091\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nice collection of renders of the DIS version of the Enterprise collected by TrekMovie. Gotta admit, I think this version of the ship is growing on me, and these artists&#8217; work presenting it from different angles helps. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12091\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12089\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As seen on Twitter via @TychoTithonus: #MyHandleExplained for djwudi. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12089\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12087\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Experimenting with posting YouTube videos to micro.blog. Excellent show by Front 242 last night. So impressed that these guys are still going this strong, really glad I got a chance to see them. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/23\/12087\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/23\/21113\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-five of 2017: The Captain&#8217;s Daughter, by Peter David. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; #StarTrek #tos <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/23\/21113\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/23\/19496\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The wind&#8217;s been ridiculous all day, so we decided to take a &#8220;do nothing&#8221; day. Prairie read and napped, I made progress on Norwescon photos. Now for a movie date night (watching Mr. Holmes). (114\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/23\/19496\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/23\/17682\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Failed my saving throw vs. con crud, and am actually taking a sick day, which I almost never do. Slept the morning away already. Ugh. Harrumph. Bleah. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/23\/17682\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/23\/dreamhost-does-good\/\">Dreamhost Does Good<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ooooh. See those last few words? _That's_ nice to see. 'Unlimited disk and bandwidth, forever!' No worries about storing large files (not that I tend to do that), no worries about surcharges on the (very) off chance that I get Slashdotted or Dugg. Just keep paying my yearly bill, and I'm set. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/23\/dreamhost-does-good\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/23\/archie-vs-pulp-common-people-again\/\">Archie vs. Pulp: Common People (Again)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently something has changed at UMG, and they've decided that graciously allowing fans to use bits of their artist's music in projects like this _isn't_ kosher, because this morning I got notice that my video was blocked worldwide. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/23\/archie-vs-pulp-common-people-again\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/23\/digal-tevison\/\">Dig\u00a0\u00a0al T\u00a0\u00a0evis\u00a0on<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, in the end, it's a mixed bag. It's great when it works, but when it doesn't work, it's a lot more frustrating than the 'old-n-busted' system ever was. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/04\/23\/digal-tevison\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/23\/norwescon-30-friday\/\">Norwescon 30: Friday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Finally -- all my shots from Friday of this year's Norwescon are processed and uploaded. There's a few random hall costumes to start off with, and shots from the Stardance towards the end. However, the majority of Friday's shots are from the Fannish Fetish Fashion Show. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/23\/norwescon-30-friday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/23\/potbellied-pig-monster\/\">Potbellied Pig Monster<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While wandering around NSCC before class one morning last week, I took this picture of an interesting looking tree trunk. Once home, both Prairie and I saw a 'potbellied pig monster' in the contours of the trunk. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/23\/potbellied-pig-monster\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/23\/typepad-ids-are-typekey-ids\/\">TypePad IDs are TypeKey IDs!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently, anyone who uses TypePad to run their weblog auto-magically has a TypeKey login. Has this information been made public yet? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/23\/typepad-ids-are-typekey-ids\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/redesigning\/\">Redesigning<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is a starting point, not an end point. Some things may look goofy at the moment &mdash; my most humble apologies. Comments, as always, are welcome. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/redesigning\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/its-its-its\/\">Its \/ It&#039;s \/ Its&#039;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I think someday I want to start a software company called Its <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/its-its-its\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/theyre-running-out-of-excuses\/\">They&#039;re running out of excuses<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As Iraqi Shiite demands for a dominant role in Iraq's future mount, Bush administration officials say they underestimated the Shiites' organizational strength and are unprepared to prevent the rise of an anti-American, Islamic fundamentalist government in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/theyre-running-out-of-excuses\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/the-trotts-take-over-the-world\/\">The Trotts take over the world<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Now, my only question -- which Trott is Pinky, and which Trott is Brain? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/23\/the-trotts-take-over-the-world\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2001<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2001\/04\/23\/fairbanks-bound\/\">Fairbanks bound<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I went and got a wild hair up my butt and decided to head up to Fairbanks for a weekend to goof off, visit my brother, and meet up with some friends. 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