a novelty choking hazard

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Perelman spiking

Enthusiasm is enjoying the biggest traffic spike in its existence. The new visitors are coming to see my post about Grigori Perelman, from nearly four years ago. The rush seems to have been prompted by Perelman’s non-collection of the Clay … more…

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Textism is back

It’s all too rare that I get to rescue a link from the “missing in action” category (no longer displayed, but still there in the back lot) — so it is with enormous pleasure that I can welcome Textism back … more…

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links for 2008-01-05: aloha woebot, warren’s robotics

WOEBOT: Farewell So, yes, farewell then to WOEBOT, knocking it on the head after five years. Not only the blog, but apparently all his online contributions. Radical (tags: music bloggery WOEBOT) Warren Ellis » The Three Laws Of Robotics Excellent. … more…

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links for 2007-12-16: Eagleton, Barger

The armchair revolutionary Terry Eagleton: ‘I have no idea why we should listen to novelists on these matters any more than we should listen to window cleaners. I don’t know where their status comes from. When someone like Ian McEwan … more…

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Arrivederci, Giornale Nuovo

Giorgio Ghisi, Venus Pricked by the Thorns on a Rose-Bush (detail) Sadly, misteraitch has decided to cease blogging, on the fifth anniversary of Giornale Nuovo. This is a great shame, GN was one of the better arts blogs, and will … more…

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Now We Are Six; the novelty choking hazard explained

Enthusiasm became a blog six years ago today. Prior to that, enthusiasm had been a static link page on each successive iteration of my personal site, going back to February 1996, when Ye Midden first went up. A copy of … more…

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A certain kind of blogging : Theresa Duncan, Tuesday Weld and Ecclesiastes, 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of … more…

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permalinks

Call me reckless. I just changed the permalink format for posts on this here blog. Where previously the links would read, rather unedifyingly: http://www.nexistepas.com/enthuse/?p=[ID Number] they now read: http://www.nexistepas.com/enthuse/index.php/yyyy/mm/dd/[post-title]/ Apologies to whoever’s bookmarked posts in here. I believe the old … more…

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we may encounter some turbulence

Right: I’m about to make a gigantic upgrade leap from WP 2.0.6 to 2.2.1. I don’t know exactly how many upgrades I’ve missed in between, but it’s a lot. We may encounter some turbulence in the process. I am especially … more…

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To Wit: this is getting scary now

As you might have gathered, I’m still more than a bit slumped. Too slumped to have noticed for myself that my mate Niall Griffiths (in fine form recently when we walked and drank and what not) is featured in the … more…

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