Flabber. Gasted.
The previous post got a LOT of attention: constructive criticism (yay!), confusion, doubt, and even vivid scorn. After a LOT of thinking I think it's worth taking a new look at the way I blog.
Reviewing the technical flaws of the previous post will have to wait -- my broader personal flaws will do for now.
Before Web 2.0 brought rounded corners and AJAX I blogged at LiveJournal. Eventually one of my programmer acquaintances politely suggested I find a new place for some of the nerdier stuff. After overreacting for a few days, I finally saw the logic and created a blog where I could nerd out shamelessly: foognostic.
Six years later LiveJournal has given way to Wordpress. I'm still using Emacs but finally I have found a Lisp I want to learn. It will be a slow painful process, but I don't really care. Clojure is the language I want to use for its own sake.
If people are going to pay attention at random times then these posts need to be more specific and narrowly focused. Code samples with explanations do not trump rambling generalizations and lack of focus.
Thanks for reading alllll the way down here. I'll buy you a beer tomorrow!
