You may have noticed that a little while ago our site stopped sending you mail when there was new content. I updated the website software and unfortunately this introduced a problem with the email system.

It's fixed now, and much improved from the last version.

In a few minutes you should receive a short batch of emails for recent posts that weren't sent out before, and after that you should get notifications whenever there's new stuff. You can opt out of course if you'd rather not get them, or change the frequency. Click "My Account" on the menu to the left to manage your subscriptions.

Thanks for your patience!

I hate the term 'blog'. I have hated it since the very first time I heard it. It's a nothing term, a weblog is, taken literally, a journal on a website. That's it. By that definition, I've been blogging for years in one form or another.

But, the actual use of the term has morphed to refer to a very specific type of website. One driven by software that provides a framework for 'entries', as well as a method of easily posting entries, generally requiring little or no technical skill. At this I have scoffed. Real Men don't blog, they edit HTML. Better, they generate XML. Blogs are for emo kids, dammit. Right?