Navel Gazing

Several days late, but here we go. My 1001 days started on 2/1/2009, and will end on 10/20/2001. For more details, see my launch page.

I am keeping a new blog for reviews, roleplaying thoughts, and anything that I can sloppily lump under the term “culture.” It’s here: Imaginary Vestibule (original).

So as was fairly noticeable, we had a hard drive crash here at Innocence Central a couple of weeks ago. Recovery is in progress, nothing was lost, etc. So not very traumatic. On the other hand, it did get me thinking about what I wanted to do with my blog, my LiveJournal, and so forth. After a bunch of said thinking, I decided to shut down this blog. It’s been around for five years or so, which is probably about enough time. Somewhere back there I got distracted from writing about culture and into politics, which was fun for a few years, but yeah. I’ve lost my zest for that. ...

This isn’t a real post; this is a way to spread what paltry Googlejuice I have. Hey! Cameron Rogers (original)! Stephanie Durrell (original)!

Movable Type 3.2 beta? Yep. Working OK? Yep. Getting a real workout? Nah. By the way, SpamLookup (original)? Keeps spam comments away even when you’re completely neglecting your blog. It’s awesome.

I’m trying out Brad Choate’s cool new anti-spam plugin (original). If you have trouble commenting or sending a trackback, please drop me a line. If you’re reading this on Livejournal, ignore it.

I converted this blog over to Wordpress 1.5, out of curiosity. For some reason, the front page takes about ten times longer to load in Wordpress. I probably won’t be switching any time soon.

Everything old is new again, particularly my blog design. If you run into issues, drop me a comment or an email.

Population: One is now running Movable Type 3.14. It’s almost a mathematical constant! I also upgraded MT Blacklist to match. Let me know if you see any problems.

They’re not personal blogs. They’re not generalist blogs. Oh, hell, I read enough of ‘em — I guess they’re Historical Blogs. Thus, Bostonia (original), a lovely little series of explorations of Boston’s rich history; Old is the New New, “with a special interest in the history of technology and business in America and the world”; Cliopatria (original), a lot of smart people talking about history together; and Pillow Talk, a blogaptation of Sei Shonagon’s “Pillow Book.” ...