{"id":24061,"date":"2020-05-16T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24061"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:44:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:44:51","slug":"on-this-day-may-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/16\/on-this-day-may-16\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 16"},"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>21<\/strong> posts previously published on May 16th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/16\/good-vs-bad-ai-or-ml-vs-ai\/\">Good vs Bad AI (or ML vs AI)<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I have decades of experience in creating artisanally hand-crafted typos and errors and have no interest in statistically generating my mistakes! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/05\/16\/good-vs-bad-ai-or-ml-vs-ai\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-your-guide-to-not-getting-murdered-in-a-quaint-english-village-by-maureen-johnson-and-jay-cooper\/\">Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: Of particular interest if you\u2019re a fan of cozy mysteries. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-your-guide-to-not-getting-murdered-in-a-quaint-english-village-by-maureen-johnson-and-jay-cooper\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/16\/year-50-day-14\/\">Year 50 Day 14<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We\u2019ve got summer weather, so I can break out some of my summer shirts. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/16\/year-50-day-14\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-a-man-called-ove-by-fredrik-backman\/\">&#x1f4da; A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Funny, sweet, and a bit of a tearjerker towards the end. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/05\/16\/%f0%9f%93%9a-a-man-called-ove-by-fredrik-backman\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2021<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/16\/25315\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da; 20\/2021: You Died: An Anthology of the Afterlife &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; A really strong collection of short comics about death, the afterlife, and how we cope with it &#8211; from either side of the experience. A few of these got me a little misty-eyed. Excellent selections all around. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/05\/16\/25315\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/16\/on-this-day-may-16\/\">On This Day: May 16<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/16\/on-this-day-may-16\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/16\/13391\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty-four of 2019: Sex Machine, edited by Amanda Lafrenais. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; The latest in the Smut Peddler series of erotic comic anthologies, which are always entertaining. If you\u2019re into stories about getting it on with artificial beings, this is for you! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/05\/16\/13391\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2018<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12202\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Here\u2019s an interesting looking project on Kickstarter: Unlocking the Magic: A Fantasy Anthology. \u201cMental illness isn\u2019t magical. Back these stories that take an honest look at mental illness and portray it compassionately in fantasy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12202\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12200\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I really wish it didn\u2019t look like Twitter will be #breakingmytwitter. But I\u2019d rather give up Twitter than be forced to use the their native iOS app or the website (since they don\u2019t even have a native Mac app anymore. Third-party app ecosystem support is crucial. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12200\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12198\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Ramadan Mubarak to my Muslim friends, acquaintances, and those of you I don&#8217;t know! For everyone else, CNN has a quick Ramadan etiquette guide for non-Muslims. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2018\/05\/16\/12198\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2017<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/16\/21160\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book thirty of 2017: StarCraft: Evolution, by Timothy Zahn. &#x1f31f;&#x1f31f;&#x1f31f; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2017\/05\/16\/21160\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/16\/19596\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Binge watching X Files is never a bad way to end a day. (137\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/16\/19596\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2015<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/16\/18724\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Some of the local quail have added our backyard to their regular route. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2015\/05\/16\/18724\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/16\/17770\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">About an hour ago, waiting for Prairie for our weekly Friday lunch date. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/16\/17770\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/16\/my-desk-with-my-new-toy\/\">My Desk with my New Toy<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">When Prairie asked me what I wanted for my birthday this year, I just couldn't come up with an answer. There really wasn't anything that was jumping to mind -- I've got tons of music, tons of books, a good selection of work and school clothing.... We batted ideas around for a while, until I mentioned that I'd occasionally dreamed about updating my little Wacom Graphire2 3.5x5 tablet. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/05\/16\/my-desk-with-my-new-toy\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/16\/overheard-in-seattle\/\">Overheard in Seattle<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I'm on my way to my brother's to pick up weed, and them I'm going to get a cat at the Humane Shelter. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/05\/16\/overheard-in-seattle\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/16\/wisteria-spirals\/\">Wisteria Spirals<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Until I looked at them from this angle, I never realized that the flowers grew in a spiral around the central stem. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/05\/16\/wisteria-spirals\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/16\/enterprise-no-more\/\">Enterprise No More<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Tonight I finished Enterprise off, watching the end of the two-part arc following the derailment of the first effort at laying the foundation for the future United Federation of Planets, then following that up with the final episode of Enterprise. (SPOILERS in this entry...if you care....) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/16\/enterprise-no-more\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/16\/seattlest\/\">Seattlest<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Something I meant to mention a bit ago, but spaced -- I've recently become one of the contributing authors to Seattlest, the Seattle-centric group weblog run by the Gothamist empire. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/16\/seattlest\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/16\/2004-dnc-allowing-bloggers-as-press\/\">2004 DNC allowing bloggers as press<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Great news for politically-minded webloggers: the 2004 Democratic National Convention has opened up their press credential process to webloggers. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/16\/2004-dnc-allowing-bloggers-as-press\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/16\/firing-blanks\/\">Firing blanks?<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The rescue of Jessica Lynch is making the rounds again, only this time with more details &mdash; according to one of the doctors at the hospital, the troops entering the hospital were firing blanks. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/16\/firing-blanks\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 16<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2040],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}