As I continue reading previous blog posts written on this day, I’ve been struck by a couple of things. One is how often there didn’t seem to be anything worthwhile writing about, and how even writing about that seemed worthwhile. There was a phase when lots of bloggers were looking at their logs and writing about the strange searches that brought readers to them, probably only to be disappointed. Linked to that, there were blog carnivals and blog memes.¹

I bagged my first geohash. It was fun, in a boring kind of way.

President Bush said Monday he believes schools should discuss “intelligent design” alongside evolution when...

Lammas day is something I had been vaguely aware of growing up, but it wasn’t until about 15 years ago that I started to understand its full significance. It is Loaf Mass Day.

On Loaf Mass Day, it is customary to bring to a Christian church a loaf made from the new crop, which began to be ha...

The world continues to ignore my ranting. Happy 10th birthday to a piece of pedantry that I will never abandon: Ceci n'est pas un blog.

A more recent bafflement, about the use of web analytics on one's personal site. Jeremy Keith doesn’t use any analytics, and says that he regards this as “sho...