Unless I'm much mistaken, visitors to ColbyCosh.com are now being directed to this previously half-hidden Movable Type front end. I'd like to extend an apology to all those who regarded my old, ugly, 100% hand-coded site (permanently available as a warning to future generations here) as a gesture of individualism and humility in a world where new software is adopted solely for the sake of novelty. I am not a Luddite. I am just lazy and skeptical. I am sure that my many long-standing correspondents will immediately coalesce into an exciting new community-type thingy thanks to the introduction of comment threads. So, um, go to it.
Comments (39)
www.colbycosh.com gets redirected, but not colbycosh.com, at least for me..
Posted by DSM | May 29, 2007 10:47 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 10:47
I think I see the problem (typo in .htaccess). Can you give it another shot?
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 29, 2007 11:12 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:12
Live from Edmonton, it's Tuesday morning! (If I've subtracted right.)
Posted by DSM | May 29, 2007 11:20 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:20
Nicely nurdled, sir! *Some* trepidation on the comment threads, as that's usually a signal for a site to take a headfirst plunge into the mire.
Incidentally, on the RH sidebar under "ABOUT", there's a blank entry "The previous post in this blog was ." This may be a coding whatstit, but it may just be because there's only one entry in the relevant database (i.e. the first article done in MT...)
Posted by Tybalt | May 29, 2007 11:36 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:36
No--it's because the previous post in this blog is one I didn't endow with a title, precisely in order to see what would happen. Now we know (and we know that creating entries with blank titles is inadvisable unless and until I install some kind of "untitled remark" plugin).
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 29, 2007 11:40 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:40
Anyone else against abortion and think Israel is a facist state with designs on the elimination of all Arabs?
(In case I ever run for office, and Cosh is looking for another scoop to get his name in the paper, I should note that this is tongue in cheek.)
(Except for the part about Israel.)
Posted by Tyler | May 29, 2007 11:40 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:40
Nice. Day one of the new interface and the site's already being zerbed.
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 29, 2007 11:51 AM
Posted on May 29, 2007 11:51
Nice. Day one of the new interface and the site's already being zerbed.
Are you sure? I read the post that we're responding to carefully and I didn't note any glaring factual errors.
Posted by Tyler | May 29, 2007 12:01 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 12:01
ColbyCosh.com: Where perspectives connect!
Posted by Matt | May 29, 2007 12:31 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 12:31
I prefer to think of it as a place where connections perceive.
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 29, 2007 12:33 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 12:33
So... do you like... stuff?
Posted by Tybalt | May 29, 2007 12:48 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 12:48
I'd prefer you scratched your posts on rocks. Then posted a digital picture of the rock.
Seriously, if the Movable Type makes you post more, then it's a good thing.
Posted by Peter Jay | May 29, 2007 1:23 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 13:23
OMG LOL WTF.
Sorry, I'm better now. And somebody had to do it.
Posted by Sigivald | May 29, 2007 1:31 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 13:31
I think it's a place where perfections concoct.
Posted by ebt | May 29, 2007 3:10 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 15:10
i miss the satanic looking picture....
Posted by razib | May 29, 2007 3:16 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 15:16
The pinkish beige of the background clashes uncomfortably with the the yellow-beige of the box.
If you have a philosophical reason for that dissonance, then please excuse me.
Whatever. I'd read your words if if they were printed in gray on a black background.
Posted by Janis Gore | May 29, 2007 3:21 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 15:21
The Nicky Fordinski school of blog design!!
Love it!
Posted by Thor | May 29, 2007 7:25 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 19:25
Can't you have a banner where I could lasso a sheep to win an iPod or something?
Posted by Jason | May 29, 2007 7:36 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 19:36
First "First Post" Post!
Posted by Warmongering Lunatic | May 29, 2007 7:44 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 19:44
I liked the old blog. It reminded me of my Dad's old Bible.
Posted by lowetide | May 29, 2007 8:58 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 20:58
Welcome back, Cosh.
Posted by Jeremy Lott | May 29, 2007 9:28 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 21:28
>amazing how people react when you take a >month off every five years or so
If you keep to your current 2007 schedule of taking a month off every, um, MONTH or so, don't be surprised if that spontaneous community doesn't coalesce as you hoped. Just sayin'.
Posted by joe | May 29, 2007 10:44 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 22:44
I agree with Joe. Also, the content here costs too much.
Posted by Tyler | May 29, 2007 11:11 PM
Posted on May 29, 2007 23:11
Looking good bro. Just don't be shy about nuking any comments you don't like and banning any trolls who give you trouble.
Posted by CJ | May 30, 2007 12:25 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 00:25
"The food here is terrible! And such small portions!"
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 30, 2007 12:27 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 00:27
can you just post more often. please :)
Posted by patrick | May 30, 2007 12:49 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 00:49
Yes: I was directed here instead of the old joint. That didn't happen yesterday but it did today. Surprising, and gratifying. I see commitment in this, not to mention permalinks for the future. I'll happily write-off every time I linked you in the past four and half years for the prospect of links actually going somewhere in the future, without that "40-60 days" chase (which I never bothered with).
Good deal.
Posted by Billy Beck | May 30, 2007 9:47 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 09:47
The "satanic looking picture" that Razib misses appears to be back in the RH corner of the front page banner. That picture looks a bit like me, so it pleased me to hear that it also looks like Satan.
Posted by Tybalt | May 30, 2007 9:52 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 09:52
No, Razib's talking about an even older, scarier iteration.
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 30, 2007 9:57 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 09:57
Speaking of older, scarier iterations, does anyone miss the sidebar links with the white period to separate each link? I was kind of fond of that.
Posted by Rabia | May 30, 2007 10:51 AM
Posted on May 30, 2007 10:51
I miss the up-to-the-minute list of top canada blogs
Posted by patrick | May 30, 2007 10:03 PM
Posted on May 30, 2007 22:03
No, the food here is delicious. Which makes all the more frustrating the fact that the "OPEN" sign is illuminated 24/7 when in fact the restaurant has effectively been closed for the last several months.
Posted by joe | May 30, 2007 10:07 PM
Posted on May 30, 2007 22:07
oh and I'm not a troll and I apologize if this is going to be one of those comment sections where you have to suck the proprietor off for a while before you say anything the least bit negative. but I thought how you handled complaints about your previous month-long absence was rather rude (how hard is it to slap up a "gone fishin'" entry?), and the unoriginal restaurant analogy doesn't really impress this time either. we'll revisit this the next time you post, sometime in July.
Posted by joe | May 30, 2007 10:21 PM
Posted on May 30, 2007 22:21
Just what I always wanted. My very own interweb parole officer.
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 30, 2007 10:44 PM
Posted on May 30, 2007 22:44
I guess you're not rough enough trade for joe, who apparently prefers to say negative things *before* he sucks dick. I used to have a girlfriend like that; it's a surprising turn-on when done right.
Posted by Tybalt | May 31, 2007 6:50 AM
Posted on May 31, 2007 06:50
I'm right there with ya, Joe. The $14.95 a month we pay to view this site entitles us to a certain amount of consideration.
Posted by Jason | May 31, 2007 9:24 AM
Posted on May 31, 2007 09:24
I think this is all a trick so Colby can prove his point about blog comments being useless.
Posted by Ian | May 31, 2007 12:06 PM
Posted on May 31, 2007 12:06
He'll get no argument from me, I don't have them either. But they're a lot worse than merely useless.
Posted by Tybalt | May 31, 2007 12:30 PM
Posted on May 31, 2007 12:30
They've been known to cause tooth decay in stoats.
Posted by Colby Cosh | May 31, 2007 1:01 PM
Posted on May 31, 2007 13:01