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I was at a conference yesterday where I learned that Technorati defines an “inactive” blog as one that has not been updated in 120 days. That inconsequential nugget of information instantly made me wonder what 171 days of inactivity gets you. And then, all at once, an overwhelming feeling of guilt/failure washed over me as I realized that I was contributing to the deep pit of rotting blogs and forgotten intentions, and that jolted me out of my stupor quite nicely.

So, um, hi! You might remember me. I used to blog here.

I honestly don’t know what happened back there. I have about 16 posts in draft, started and abandoned sometime over the last 171 days, not one of them particularly interesting, just more of the same newsy, this-is-what-I’ve-been-up-to type of post. Once a post like that has been abandoned, it’s pretty damn difficult to pick up where you left of and forge ahead. So, let’s just think of the last 171 days as a collection of those abandoned moments, shall we? Good.

I’ve dusted things off around here just the tiniest little bit. I considered a redesign as some sort of symbolic relaunch (ha!), but it turns out that I’m still very fond of the simplicity of this layout, so I opted instead to upgrade the plumbing and make a couple of superficial adjustments (colour, font). For now, I’m pleased with it.

It’s nice to be back!