I started doing this Sept. 15, 2003.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Problem is there's a point at which money has power means marginal utility goes up again. And there's another point further along where people do anticipatory acts for you in hopes of a reward, so you don't even have to spend as long as you have a big pile. Utility isn't just stuff and services. May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Further proof of the impoverished state of the modern British university. May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- This story is so gently bonkers that it's worth registering to read. (Duckduckgo lets you create pseudonymous emails BTW.) May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Murder on the high seas. Remember that there is no legal basis for these attacks, that the United States has the ability to interdict and board the ships if it wished. These are war crimes under international law and murder under US law. Illegal orders too. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... May 30, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- That can't be legal. Does the DoJ still have an IG? May 29, 2026 Michael Froomkin
And I’ve pretty much been reading you ever since. Congratulations and thanks for all the great insights and links.
P.S. I’ve got you beat. I began August 3, 2003. 🙂
Happy blogging birthday!
I checked the Wayback Machine to see your site’s design when you began. Looks like the design is the same, with the exception of some new widgets and doo-dads.
Did you make discourse.net all by yourself?
This is pretty much all hand coded, which is why it’s so ugly and why my CSS is so messy.
As noted at the very bottom of the right column, I adapted the general layout from a free theme at blogstyles. There is a lot I’d do different today if I were starting from scratch, including probably using wordpress (which didn’t exist then). But the issues involved in transitioning from MT 2.x to wordpress, or indeed even of upgrading a heavily customized MT theme to the current version, have always seemed like several days’ work at best, and I never have had the time.
I gather these things can be done commercially, but it costs. I’d love to change to a more modern, dramatic (and efficient!) look, but don’t hold your breath.
Congratulations, Michael- that’s a long time. I can’t remember when I first started reading blogs but it wasn’t too long after that. I’ve long enjoyed yours and hope you’ll keep it up.
And do please keep it up. You convince me that there is at least one sane person in this nation of ours.
-Bryan (a.k.a. ‘the pink bunny of battle’)