{"id":24000,"date":"2020-05-05T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24000"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:25:16","slug":"on-this-day-may-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/05\/on-this-day-may-5\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 5"},"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>27<\/strong> posts previously published on May 5th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/05\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home-by-peter-lerangis\/\">Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home by Peter Lerangis<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Serviceable, exactly as expected, no surprises. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/05\/%f0%9f%93%9a-star-trek-iv-the-voyage-home-by-peter-lerangis\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/05\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-212-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">Clarkesworld Issue 212 edited by Neil Clarke<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: My favorites this month were by Fiona Moore and Carlie St. George. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/05\/%f0%9f%93%9a-clarkesworld-issue-212-edited-by-neil-clarke\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/05\/year-50-day-3\/\">Year 50 Day 3<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A long day at work, but in a snazzy and cute frog shirt. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/05\/year-50-day-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/05\/25301\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Yes, Virginia, There Is Still A Goddamn Global Pandemic: &#8220;We\u2019re not sitting in the dark, aroused by our own isolation. It\u2019s just, we remember Jurassic Park. There were just dinosaurs eating people like, ten minutes ago. We\u2019re not so eager to re-open the park just because you say it\u2019s safe.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/05\/25301\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/05\/on-this-day-may-5\/\">On This Day: May 5<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/05\/on-this-day-may-5\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/05\/12161\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This Twitter juxtaposition made me laugh this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/05\/12161\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/05\/19551\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm still voting. Because that's part of participating. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/05\/19551\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/05\/19554\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As long as the state has to spend money on this foolishness, I might as well give them something to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/05\/19554\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/05\/17718\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This is another one that looks like it could be an album cover. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/05\/17718\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/05\/delicious-april-29th\/\">Links for April 29th through May 5th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between April 29th and May 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0DJ Spooky remixes Public Enemy's &quot;By the Time I Get to Arizona&quot; for 2010 \u2022\u00a0Local Boy With Cancer Turns Into a Superhero for a Day \u2022\u00a0On Telephones \u2022\u00a0Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline \u2022 From Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Flash <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/05\/delicious-april-29th\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/05\/delicious-may-2nd\/\">Links for May 2nd through May 5th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between May 2nd and May 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Secrets of the Phallus: Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? \u2022\u00a0The Biology of B-Movie Monsters \u2022\u00a0Cheap Thrills With Muppets Rawk \u2022\u00a0Stop Worrying About Your Children! \u2022\u00a0Old Japanese Maps on Google Earth Unveil Secrets <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/05\/delicious-may-2nd\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/05\/birthday-penguins\/\">Birthday Penguins!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">My pictures from my birthday trip to the zoo to see the new penguin exhibit (and the rest of the zoo) with Prairie, Peter, Hope, and Nalah are up! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/05\/05\/birthday-penguins\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-3\/\">Happy Birthday Royce!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Once again, we are reminded that the true celebration on this day isn't Cinco de Mayo, but rather Royce's birthday. Too many people get that mixed up. I have no idea why. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-3\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-2\/\">Happy Birthday Royce!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today marks the 34th birthday of Royce, whom I've known since 4th grade. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/05\/norwescon-30-saturday\/\">Norwescon 30: Saturday<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Finally. After nearly one month and almost six hundred photos uploaded, I'm done with this year's Norwescon! Last night, I finally uploaded the last of my photos from Saturday, the only other day I was there. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/05\/norwescon-30-saturday\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/05\/more-may-birthdays\/\">More May Birthdays<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">May really is a popular month! Other people of note have birthdays around now... <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/05\/more-may-birthdays\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce\/\">Happy Birthday Royce<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're well into the May birthday run (August must be a _really_ boring month). Today: my long-time partner in crime, Royce, who is _still_ two days younger than me. ;) Happy birthday! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/the-problem-with-time-travel\/\">The problem with time travel&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Any feasible time machine would somehow have to ensure that the traveler was able to move temporally while remaining stationary spatially _relative to their starting point_, and not to the universe as a whole. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/the-problem-with-time-travel\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/050505-55555\/\">05\/05\/05 5:55:55<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Thursday (5th day of week), 5th of May, 05 @ 5:55:55 \u2014 once every 2000 years <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/050505-55555\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-5\/\">Happy Birthday Royce!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Today Royce, whom I've known since fourth grade, turns 32. All these years and I'm _still_ two days older! ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-5\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/custom-kids-made-to-order\/\">Custom kids, made to order<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">How would you feel if a major reason for your existence in the world, possibly the primary reason for your conception, was to act as a genetically guaranteed donor to cure your older sibling of a disease? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/custom-kids-made-to-order\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-4\/\">Happy Birthday Royce!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Day three of the May Birthday Extravaganza &mdash; my long-time friend (since 4th grade) Royce hits 31 today. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-4\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/karma-just-kicked-my-ass\/\">Karma just kicked my ass<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apparently I pissed someone off with my self-righteous indignant babbling about IE (and, implicitly, Windows) being inferior to just about everything else out there (including, but not limited to, the Mac). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/05\/karma-just-kicked-my-ass\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/rebel-without-a-threat\/\">Rebel without a threat<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">End result? I'm the 'safe bad boy' &mdash; or, as I titled this post, the 'rebel without a threat.' Enough of an oddball dark side to catch someone's interest, but still quite able to make a good impression on the folks when I come by to meet the family. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/rebel-without-a-threat\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/on-belonging-square-peg-round-holes\/\">On belonging: Square peg, round holes<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Apologies beforehand &mdash; this is somewhat rambling, disjointed, and more than a little bit self-indulgent. Feel free to skim right past. ;) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/on-belonging-square-peg-round-holes\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/skip-skip-skip-to-iloo\/\">Skip, skip, skip to iLoo!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In time for the summer festival season, MSN is in the process of converting a  portable loo to create a unique experience for surfers looking for an alternative to the bog-standard festival loo experience. Users will be able to sit down, undock a wireless keyboard and conveniently access the first ever WWW.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/skip-skip-skip-to-iloo\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/05\/happy-birthday-royce-6\/\">Happy Birthday Royce!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">As he's a whole whopping two days younger than me, today is <em>his<\/em> 30th. 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