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One year on….

It is a year since my first post on this blog. (Here in movable type, here as it then was in blogger form) Since this blog was started it has received over 330,000 visits, and currently receives an average of between 500-600 page views per day. Before the blog was installed on this site it received about 3 visits a month.

Sadly, its time has come. With several ethics applications, book chapters, papers, abstracts, and book reviews on the boil a distinct aroma of mothballs may appear here. Despite blogging being a relatively low-impact activity, it has to go.

So thanks to all the readers of the site and those bloggers who have linked to me. It seems fitting to quote some words from William Gibson’s last blog entry:

The image that comes most readily to mind is that of a kettle failing to boil because the lid’s been left off.

The lid is now on.

Farewell.

(For those who wish to stay in contact, please use the following address rather than my previous hotmail contact point)

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Comments closed — Trackbacks closed RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was posted on Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 11:29 am by Anthony. Filed in General.

11 Comments

  1. Noah

    Bummer

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 3:00 am | Permalink
  2. Mike Miller

    Why take the comment box away from “MMR – the last word”? Cynical people might think it is because you didn’t know how to answer the question – so you post a rhetorical question then pull the plug. Ho hum (again)

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 4:05 am | Permalink
  3. Raj

    This Blog will be missed.

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 5:25 am | Permalink
  4. Anthony

    Mike
    I took the comments off all the posts on this page, apart from this one.

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 7:16 am | Permalink
  5. Iain Murray

    Sorry to see you go, but, believe me, I understand the problem.

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 7:34 am | Permalink
  6. Patrick

    Say it’s not so … where else are we going to lift ideas for posts from? :)
    On behalf of all at SIAW, many thanks for past blogging, and here’s hoping you’ll change your mind soon.

    Posted on 26-Feb-04 at 10:14 am | Permalink
  7. Jackie D

    I’m surprised at how upset I am to see this blog end — but, as Iain said, I do understand the dilemma. Don’t be a stranger, though, please.

    Posted on 27-Feb-04 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
  8. David Taylor

    Aaaaaaaaargh

    This is one of the best blogs on the web – I raed it every day. Man you will be sorely missed….

    Posted on 27-Feb-04 at 1:30 am | Permalink
  9. Andrew Ian Dodge

    Bugger man, you will be missed.

    Posted on 27-Feb-04 at 3:26 am | Permalink
  10. Norm

    Anthony, I’m saying Black Triangle is resting, OK.

    Posted on 27-Feb-04 at 4:06 am | Permalink
  11. Ophelia Benson

    Oh, drat.

    Can’t help hoping you change your mind despite interference from tiresome Other Work To Do.

    But very glad you’re leaving the archive. Shall plunder it extensively. (For links and quotations, I hasten to add, not plagiarism.)

    Posted on 27-Feb-04 at 6:08 am | Permalink