{"id":24085,"date":"2020-05-28T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=24085"},"modified":"2020-05-15T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T16:47:46","slug":"on-this-day-may-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/28\/on-this-day-may-28\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: May 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>18<\/strong> posts previously published on May 28th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-diamond-age-by-neal-stephenson\/\">The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: As good as every other time I've read it, and I think it's still my favorite of Stephenson's novels. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/05\/28\/%f0%9f%93%9a-the-diamond-age-by-neal-stephenson\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/28\/year-50-day-26\/\">Year 50 Day 26<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Don't know who was playing or what the score was, but the froyo was good. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/05\/28\/year-50-day-26\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/28\/on-this-day-may-28\/\">On This Day: May 28<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from May 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/05\/28\/on-this-day-may-28\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/28\/19650\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Book twenty-three of 2016: Books of Blood Vol. 2, by Clive Barker. &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f; (149\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/05\/28\/19650\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2014<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/28\/17809\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Midway through His Majesty&#8217;s Dragon, another free book from #nwc37, about a British officer during the Napoleonic wars who becomes part of an air corps of dragon riders. Quite enjoyable so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2014\/05\/28\/17809\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/28\/delicious-may-25th-2\/\">Links for May 25th through May 28th<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Sometime between May 25th and May 28th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! \u2022\u00a0Today's College Students Lack Empathy \u2022\u00a0Is Queen's &quot;Invisible Man&quot; the Best Scifi Music Video of All Time? Yes. \u2022\u00a0Republicans' New Web Site Not Exactly What They Hoped It Would Be \u2022\u00a0Ten of the Greatest Maps That Changed the World \u2022\u00a0Is Texting [or using a cellphone] Legal if I'm at a Stoplight? <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/05\/28\/delicious-may-25th-2\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/28\/off-to-folklife\/\">Off to Folklife<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another gorgeous day, snacks are packed, sunscreen is applied, and Prairie and I are off to spend the day wandering around the Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center. Back in a few hours! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/05\/28\/off-to-folklife\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/disney-vs-pixar\/\">Disney vs. Pixar<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">'We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels... it's been pretty embarrassing,' [Steve] Jobs said during Pixar's fourth-quarter earnings call in February. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/disney-vs-pixar\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/more-online-crack\/\">More online crack<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Another good online time-waster: a version of Breakout that actually manages to put a new twist on the game by giving it a circular playfield -- Plastic Balls. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/more-online-crack\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/anti-goth-measures-fail-due-to-lack-of-interest\/\">Anti-Goth measures fail due to lack of interest<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Two years ago, in a rather ridiculous display of small-minded stupidity, the town of Blue Springs, MO earmarked $273,000 of their education budget to combat Goth culture.Thankfully, word comes now that the project essentially went nowhere, and more than half of the money is being returned. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/05\/28\/anti-goth-measures-fail-due-to-lack-of-interest\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/glitch\/\">Glitch<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The following is a short story inspired in part by a dream I had last night. Other inspirations will probably become blazingly obvious as you read. ;) Enjoy -- while it's very likely far from perfect, it was fun to write. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/glitch\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/3846154-percent-geek\/\">38.46154 percent geek<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">According to the Geek Test, I'm 38.46154% geek, and therefore a \"Major Geek\". I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/3846154-percent-geek\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/dream-inspiration\/\">Dream inspiration<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">On the plus side, I'm awake because I just woke up from a _very_ vivid dream that I think would make a kick-ass short story, so after I woke up I wrote down as much of it as I could remember, as fast as I could. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/05\/28\/dream-inspiration\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/fun-with-lava\/\">Fun with lava<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wow -- there's a volcano not too far away, about 22 miles from Bend, OR, that looks like it might be preparing to erupt at some point in the near future. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/fun-with-lava\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/my-brain-hurts\/\">My brain hurts<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This almost sounds like sci-fi, but apparently it's a real theory being tossed around right now: a UK researcher is proposing the possibility that our conciousness is the brain's electromagnetic field. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/my-brain-hurts\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow\/\">Parting is such sweet sorrow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wil's been exorcising his demons this week -- some of the best writing I've seen on his site. Three posts in a series that are worth a read: Mirror Mirror, Turnaround, and The Big Goodbye. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/parting-is-such-sweet-sorrow\/\">&#x27A1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/05\/28\/memorial-day-weekend\/\">Memorial Day weekend<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">I had a pretty decent Memorial Day weekend -- just fairly uneventful, for the most part. 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