{"id":23933,"date":"2020-04-26T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23933"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:42:16","slug":"on-this-day-apr-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/26\/on-this-day-apr-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 26"},"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>17<\/strong> posts previously published on April 26th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/26\/year-50-day-360\/\">Year 50 Day 360<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Pretty soon it'll be warm enough to have lunch out on the balcony! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/26\/year-50-day-360\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-borders-of-infinity-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Three Miles Vorkosigan novellas, one of which ages rather problematically. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/26\/%f0%9f%93%9a-borders-of-infinity-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/26\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-04-25\/\">Difficult Listening Hour 2020.04.25<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Week eleven of my unplanned, unrehearsed, seat-of-the-pants goofing around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/26\/difficult-listening-hour-2020-04-25\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/26\/on-this-day-apr-26\/\">On This Day: Apr 26<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/26\/on-this-day-apr-26\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/26\/13366\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f596; #StarTrekDiscovery S02E14 (Late, because I was at Norwescon.) So many explosions! I&#8217;m not exactly opposed to getting a little Star Wars in my Star Trek, but this may have been a bit much. Ending on the Enterprise was pretty, but odd. Overall: imperfect, but satisfactory. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/04\/26\/13366\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12122\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cI have this thing I call the Two Rogers Rule of Manliness: Basically, if Steve or Fred wouldn&#8217;t do it, neither should I. It&#8217;s stupid, it&#8217;s simplistic, and it&#8217;s geeky, but it works.\u201d \u2014@ak404 on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12122\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12119\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">TrekMovie has an analysis of the #StarTrek #Discovery promo video posted today, including stills of DIS&#8217;s take on the TOS uniforms. I think I like the blend of TOS and DIS styles they came up with. Here&#8217;s hoping season two is a bit more to my liking than season one was. &#x1f596; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12119\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12117\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">\u201cIconic entertainer Bill Cosby was convicted on three counts of sexual assault, a decision that punctuates one of the most thundering falls from grace in American cultural history.\u201d Wow. Good. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12117\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12114\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This isn\u2019t released until a couple weeks after my birthday, but this new LEGO rollercoaster would still make a great (late) birthday present, on the off chance one of you has a spare $380 to spend on me. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/04\/26\/12114\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/26\/linkdump-for-april-19th-through-april-26th\/\">Linkdump for April 19th through April 26th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">An automatically generated list of links that caught my eye between April 19th and April 26th. \u2022\u00a0I had a dream about a Star Trek series with a ferengi captain&hellip; \u2022\u00a0What &lsquo;Snowflakes&rsquo; Get Right About Free Speech \u2022\u00a0NorWesCon \u2022\u00a0Fancyclopedia 3 \u2022\u00a05 Things That Don't Seem Like Mansplaining But Are, Because Playing Devil's Advocate Doesn't Enlighten Anyone <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/04\/26\/linkdump-for-april-19th-through-april-26th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/26\/19521\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Went to today&#8217;s career fair at CWU. Didn&#8217;t see Wellington (our mascot), but did talk to a few recruiters; hopefully those conversations will lead somewhere good! (117\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/26\/19521\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/26\/19524\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This sticker gave me a laugh today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/26\/19524\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/26\/17673\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Nice dinner with friends after a quiet day at home. Now about time for bed. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/26\/17673\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/26\/imagekind\/\">ImageKind<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm exploring ImageKind, which gives Flickr members a convenient way to sell prints of their artwork. It looks interesting so far, though I've just spent a few minutes poking around while I'm in between classes. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/04\/26\/imagekind\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/26\/good-days-and-bad-days\/\">Good days and bad days&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So...Monday was great. Tuesday was pretty standard up 'til the end, but so far Wednesday just isn't looking very promising at all. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/26\/good-days-and-bad-days\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/26\/lost-broach\/\">Lost broach<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Walking up Pike St., the glint of the setting sun off of the stones in this broach caught my eye. It was wedged into a knothole in a tree by the side of the street, about a foot above eye level. Missing stones let the gold tones of the metal shine, surrounded by the purples and blues of the remaining gems. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/26\/lost-broach\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/26\/the-greatest-conspiracy-theory-ever\/\">The greatest conspiracy theory ever<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A link to a somewhat sloppy article on 9-11 conspiracy theories on Metafilter led to a very worthwhile discussion today, including one of the best comments I've seen on there in a while. 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