This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017.

#20yrsago Hard-science Tolkien fan-writing https://web.archive.org/web/20020215030416/http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8611/medating.htm

#15yrsago Pack your bagel in a CD spindle https://www.flickr.com/photos/piwonka/384203161

#10yrsago Step Gently Out: kid’s poem illustrated with gorgeous macro-photo portraits of backyard bugs https://memex.craphound.com/2012/04/04/step-gently-out-kids-poem-illustrated-with-gorgeous-macro-photo-portraits-of-backyard-bugs/

#10yrsago Canada’s warrantless spying bill is coming back, and it’s worse than before https://web.archive.org/web/20120504000316/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6403/125/

#10yrsago Reddit-based PAC takes aim at SOPA-sponsor Lamar Smith https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/rrb93/that_redditfunded_billboard_in_lamar_smiths/

#5yrsago Weaponized shelter: a website that lets tenants bid against each other for apartments, in 1000 citieshttps://gizmodo.com/bidding-website-rentberry-may-be-the-startup-of-your-ni-1793940693

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