This blog was started on 5th March 2003 in a spare moment, then languished for a year or so, then languished some more. I started contributing to it properly at the end of August 2004.<\/p>\n
September 2005 addition:<\/b> This section is probably due for an update, but it mostly still stands. I’ll get round to it when I have a spare moment. For now, this post<\/a> gives a brief overview of the development of the place, and may be of interest.<\/p>\n Initial Blog Purpose:<\/b><\/p>\n I initially set it up to help prompt some actual brain usage after a period of particularly unstimulating jobs, during a time when I was planning on doing a PhD and so regular brain usage was somewhat necessary to prevent what little academic power I had from stagnating.<\/p>\n I had no idea what might provide enough mental strain to counter my otherwise mindless existence, so opted for the most insanely complex thing I was aware of – the European Union.<\/p>\n The subject might well explain why I gave up so quickly… The EU is, it must be said, mind-numbingly dull.<\/p>\n Blog Revival:<\/b><\/p>\n After a couple of attempted revivals in April<\/a> and May<\/a> 2004, I decided to start the blog up on a whim while in a quiet period at work, loosely thanks to a few chats with Manic of Bloggerheads<\/a> on the b3ta<\/a> messageboards, where I was then spending far too much time. I wanted to look busy while sitting at my desk, remembered I’d started the thing up, found the password, and just started typing one day. This post<\/a> explains a bit more.<\/p>\n So far, I’ve kept it up fairly successfully, and am rather pleased at%20my committement to the thing – even though it’s a complete waste of time<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since the Revival:<\/b><\/p>\n It\u00ef\u00bf\u00bds been doing fairly well. A couple of award nominations (and a respectable showing in the voting), some nice words from other bloggers, and a steadily growing readership. Nothing spectacular, but respectable.<\/p>\n If you are so inclined, you can find out who links to this blog here<\/a>, here<\/a> or here<\/a>. None of these are comprehensive, but they\u00ef\u00bf\u00bdll give you an idea, and may lead you to some good blogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This blog was started on 5th March 2003 in a spare moment, then languished for a year or so, then languished some more. I started contributing to it properly at the end of August 2004. September 2005 addition: This section … Continue reading