{"id":23937,"date":"2020-04-28T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=23937"},"modified":"2020-04-20T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:42:41","slug":"on-this-day-apr-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/on-this-day-apr-28\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Apr 28"},"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>19<\/strong> posts previously published on April 28th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/28\/year-50-day-362\/\">Year 50 Day 362<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A nice slow day of shopping, laundry, reading, and spending some time working with my music library. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/04\/28\/year-50-day-362\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/28\/25972\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is my next main browser: a review of Orion: &#8220;I can forget about the next Safari entirely and make Orion my primary browser \u2014 it looks and feels like the \u2018good old\u2019 Safari, and adds more interesting and useful features on top of it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/04\/28\/25972\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/28\/25290\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 17\/2021: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; 1972 Hugo Best Novel What sounded like an interesting premise was actually an incredibly unpleasant journey with unpleasant people that killed any interest in the purported mystery of what\u2019s actually going on. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/04\/28\/25290\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/we-can-be-heroes\/\">We Can Be Heroes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As businesses in Seattle closed their doors, many storefronts nailed plywood over their windows \u2013 but it created the feeling of a ghost town. So artists came together to create something beautiful and uplifting, turning these wooden coverings into murals. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/we-can-be-heroes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/how-are-you-holding-up-today\/\">How are you holding up today?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This moment has laid bare the extent to which 'How are you?' is a mere pleasantry and not an honest inquiry in search of an honest answer. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/how-are-you-holding-up-today\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/on-this-day-apr-28\/\">On This Day: Apr 28<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from April 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/04\/28\/on-this-day-apr-28\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/28\/19545\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Aahhh, springtime in Ellensburg! Walking along, hair blowing in the wind\u2026oh. Huh. Nevermind. (119\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/04\/28\/19545\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/28\/violence-never-solves-anything\/\">Violence Never Solves Anything?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/04\/28\/violence-never-solves-anything\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/28\/17697\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Okay, so I had a bit of a case of the Mondays today. Good thing tomorrow's Tuesday. Time for sleeps now, plzkthks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/04\/28\/17697\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/28\/delicious-april-20th\/\">Links for April 20th through April 28th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between April 20th and April 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Elements of Twitter Style \u2022\u00a0Blag Hag: And the Boobquake Results Are In! \u2022\u00a0Daring Fireball: Gizmodo and the Prototype iPhone \u2022\u00a0You Ever Think About How In, Like, a Tom Hanks Movie...? \u2022\u00a0Henge Docks <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/04\/28\/delicious-april-20th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/28\/birthday-bits\/\">Birthday Bits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So I turn 36 on Sunday. Pretty sure I can still claim 'mid-30's' at this point, though I'm getting perilously close to the 'late-30's.' Upcoming or recent birthday-related bits follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/04\/28\/birthday-bits\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/28\/meme-watch-these-movies\/\">Meme: Watch These Movies<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Film critic Jim Emerson recently compiled a list of 102 movies that you should see before you can consider yourself movie literate. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/04\/28\/meme-watch-these-movies\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/28\/random-bits-2\/\">Random bits<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Just some of the stuff that's been catching my eye lately as I try desperately to get caught up in my reading before the weekend hits. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/28\/random-bits-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/28\/gilbert-and-sullivan-review-mac-os-x-104-tiger\/\">Gilbert and Sullivan review Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A Gilbert and Sullivan-esque patter review of OS X 10.4, found on \/. today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/04\/28\/gilbert-and-sullivan-review-mac-os-x-104-tiger\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/28\/so-very-true\/\">So very true<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is too nice a time of year to be fighting a war. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/04\/28\/so-very-true\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/ituneswwwapplemusiccom\/\">iTunes\/www.applemusic.com<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Excellent work, all around. As far as I'm concerned, all of the whiners at MeFi and \/. can jump off a cliff &mdash; Apple's got a good thing going here. The only downside I can see is that to take advantage of AAC's smaller file sizes, I've got about 1500 CD's to rip all over again&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/ituneswwwapplemusiccom\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/apple-turns-up-the-volume\/\">Apple turns up the volume<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, today was the day that Apple finally made the announcments that rumor sites had been salivating over for the past few months. Lots of cool goodies&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/apple-turns-up-the-volume\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/teach-backwards\/\">Teach backwards!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">It's hard for kids to get interested in century old debates without knowing all the context around them, but they might very well be interested in current day events.  So why not start now and explain the events that got us here? War on terrorism?  Sure, let's teach it, and that leads us backward to a discussion of how the current state of affairs is the successor to the bipolar world that came apart in 1989.  And that leads back to the Cold War, and that leads back to World War II, etc. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/04\/28\/teach-backwards\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>1996<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/1996\/04\/28\/from-the-archives-42896-1239\/\">[From the archives: 4.28.96 1239]<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Well, I've got a couple more Woodys set up for Web Wide Woodys. 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