{"id":25036,"date":"2020-12-30T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25036"},"modified":"2020-12-18T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:20:21","slug":"on-this-day-dec-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/30\/on-this-day-dec-30\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day: Dec 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[]'><\/div>\n<p>Since I 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>22<\/strong> posts previously published on December 30th<\/p><ul class=\"todaypost\"><li><strong>2025<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/30\/answering-the-sfwas-survey-on-llm-use-in-industry\/\">Answering the SFWA&#8217;s Survey on LLM Use in Industry<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">While I'm not an SFWA member or even an author (beyond this little blog), as a lifelong reader of SF, I figured it was worth a few minutes to add my response to their current Survey on LLM Use in Industry. For the sake of posterity, here are my responses. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2025\/12\/30\/answering-the-sfwas-survey-on-llm-use-in-industry\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2024<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/12\/30\/winterfair-gifts-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">&#x1f4da;: &#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;: A fun, quick read, as two of Miles\u2019 current and former staff uncover a plot to foil Miles\u2019 wedding. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2024\/12\/30\/winterfair-gifts-by-lois-mcmaster-bujold\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2023<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/30\/year-50-day-242\/\">Year 50 Day 242<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Wearing my PPIM shirt on project day 242 seemed appropriate (if you know, you know...). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/30\/year-50-day-242\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-fool-moon-by-jim-butcher\/\">&#x1f4da; Fool Moon by Jim Butcher<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">About the same as the first in the series; not mindblowing, but entertaining enough. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/12\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-fool-moon-by-jim-butcher\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2022<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-seeds-of-rage-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x1f4da; Seeds of Rage by Kevin Ryan<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">This continues to be a strong series. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/30\/%f0%9f%93%9a-seeds-of-rage-by-kevin-ryan\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/30\/blogging-cms-wishlist\/\">Blogging CMS Wishlist<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Basically, what I want is mid-2000s MovableType, only with some modern updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2022\/12\/30\/blogging-cms-wishlist\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2020<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/30\/on-this-day-dec-30\/\">On This Day: Dec 30<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Recognizing 20 years of blogging, here are my past posts from December 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2020\/12\/30\/on-this-day-dec-30\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2019<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/30\/the-rise-of-skywalker\/\">The Rise of Skywalker<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">In the end, as I noted just after seeing it, it is an entertaining film, and an acceptable, though not incredible, end to the Skywalker saga. But it's definitely the weakest of the three new films (with _The Last Jedi_ being the strongest). <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/30\/the-rise-of-skywalker\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2016<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/30\/20772\/\"><\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A bath and a book\u2026not a bad way to spend some time in the afternoon. Trying to see if I can get one more book finished by the end of the year! (365\/366) <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2016\/12\/30\/20772\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2013<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/30\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-11\/\">Sounds From the Lost Abbey 11<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Back in February, I took up a challenge from one of my friends to create a mix based around songs that I'd have played at the Lost Abbey, during the mid- to late-1990s. Here's the eleventh (and, at this point, last) in the series! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2013\/12\/30\/sounds-from-the-lost-abbey-11\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2010<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/30\/were-moving-to-ellensburg\/\">We&#8217;re Moving to Ellensburg!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So, that's the big news that I've been itching to tell all of you for the past week. Wish us luck! <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2010\/12\/30\/were-moving-to-ellensburg\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2009<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/30\/two-items-regarding-airplane-safety\/\">Two Items Regarding Airplane Safety<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">The odds of being on given departure which is the subject of a terrorist incident have been 1 in 10,408,947 over the past decade. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2009\/12\/30\/two-items-regarding-airplane-safety\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2008<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/30\/minor-weblog-redesign\/\">Minor Weblog Redesign<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A new year is (almost) here, and along with that, it was time for a bit of a refresh to the design. It's not a huge change -- generally speaking, all the bits are in the same basic places -- just a little fine-tuned and tweaked. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2008\/12\/30\/minor-weblog-redesign\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2007<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/30\/the-ratings-game-1\/\">The Ratings Game #1<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Every so often, I'll post the MPAA rating and rationalization. _Your_ goal is to try to guess the film, based solely on the MPAA's rating and their description of its faults. I'll post the answer either after someone guesses it correctly, or later on if it has remained a mystery. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/12\/30\/the-ratings-game-1\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2006<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/30\/were-back\/\">We&#8217;re Back!<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">We're loopy as all get-outs, due to a delayed connecting flight pushing our arrival back in Seattle from 5:00am to 6:30am and sending both of us _far_ into the realms of sleep deprivation, plus having to battle the head cold that I picked up midway through the week...but we're back. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/12\/30\/were-back\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2005<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/30\/tag-intersections\/\">Tag Intersections<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">A little bit more work on improving the tags.app implementation here: tag intersection searches from the search results page. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/30\/tag-intersections\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/30\/this-is-a-test\/\">This is a test&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">...this is only a test. Even better, it's a test that worked -- there's now a tag search field available. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2005\/12\/30\/this-is-a-test\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2004<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/30\/gallimaufry-2\/\">Gallimaufry 2<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Same as before, ten songs that iTunes chooses at random. Not quite as interesting a selection as I got last week. Maybe we'll do better next time&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/12\/30\/gallimaufry-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2003<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/30\/sky-captain-and-the-world-of-tomorrow-2\/\">Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">Oh. My. God. Have you seen the trailer for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow yet? If not, run, do not walk, do not pass Go, do not collect $200, over and watch it now. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/12\/30\/sky-captain-and-the-world-of-tomorrow-2\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>2002<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/30\/neighbors\/\">Neighbors<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">That's what you get when you do a 'related' Google search to find which sites Google considers to be similar to mine. Definitely makes me wish I knew the criteria. <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/30\/neighbors\/\">&#x27a1;<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/12\/30\/nightclubbing-were-nightclubbing\/\">Nightclubbing, we&#8217;re nightclubbing&#8230;<\/a> <span class=\"today_excerpt\">So this guy wants to go into a nightclub, but the bouncer says, 'Sorry, bud, you need a tie for this place.' 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