You may be wondering why I had to change my address, why I’m cruelly forcing you to update your RSS feeds, why I’m breaking your familiar habits, why I’m making you read this awkward site with the plaster and lath showing and the ugly paint job and the stuff that doesn’t work very well, as I’m sure we’ll discover. Those are good questions, and here are my answers.
Hey, I’m an atheist, you know. You’re uncomfortable? Tough. I’m writing on this blog for me, not you.
As an outlet for self-expression, this move was necessary. National Geographic will be taking a more active role in hosting the ScienceBlogs stable, which is a good thing, since they’ll be bringing their prestige, better support, and some welcome changes to the site as a whole. They’ll also be bringing their standards & practices, which are different from the more freewheeling policies of Seed Media…and it was clear that there was going to be a culture clash in the transition.
NatGeo and I have worked out an acceptable compromise. This site on Freethoughtblogs is mine and only mine, and none of the content is in any way associated with National Geographic. Yay freedom! I can say whatever I want here! At the same time, whatever I write that I feel is compatible with the more conservative ethos of National Geographic will also appear over there — so less liberal, more religious readers can read the sciencey stuff without getting their staid world rocked. One qualifier: anti-creationism is well within the NatGeo brief, so young-earth creationists and intelligent design cretins aren’t going to like either site. There are limits, you know.
So, if you liked the old Pharyngula exactly as it was, this is the place you want to be: update your blogrolls, change your bookmarks, redirect your RSS feeds. Other than the address, nothing has changed. This is Pharyngula Unfiltered, double espresso Pharyngula.
If you’ve been wishing Pharyngula was a little less rude and offensive, if you were constantly annoyed by the challenges to your cherished and foolish religious dogmas, do nothing at all and stick with the old site. That will be Cool Menthol Pharyngula, or de-caf Pharyngula.
Easy choice, right? Take your pick. The only unfortunate catch is that de-caf Pharyngula is also old established Pharyngula, with most of the bugs in the software hammered out and everything already working the way you’re used to. This new Pharyngula is going to be a rough work in progress for a while, so you’re going to have to bear with us for a while, and there might be sudden abrupt changes or downtime glitches or who knows, the occasional catastrophic failure. But we’ll get better over time.
For now, if you find bugs and annoyances, go to the Complaints Department and leave a comment.
126 comments
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Ed Brayton
1 August 2011 at 12:31 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This is a test comment.
Pteryxx
1 August 2011 at 1:27 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The comment numbers are so tiny and cute!
Clint
1 August 2011 at 1:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Comments working yet ?
DanDare
1 August 2011 at 2:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So, um, do we have to go back and forth between old boring National Geographiced Pharyngula and this new exciting picturesque one to get the whole set? Or can we just come here and then we are not missing out on anything? Please say its the latter. Please. Pretty please.
Minnie The Finn
1 August 2011 at 2:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing testing.
So far (now that the site’s working) I find it fairly pleasing to use.
Must search for a formatting tool somewhere. If I remember correctly, Google had one that you could add to your task bar that might work… unless there are other options?
benjamingeiger
1 August 2011 at 2:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wooooooooo!
*scratches a “Kilroy was here” on the wall*
Prof. Bleen
1 August 2011 at 2:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing.
I’m curious why there isn’t an announcement on the old site that this new site exists.
crowepps
1 August 2011 at 2:48 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing — no comment numbers?
John Morales
1 August 2011 at 4:07 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
No worries.
Good one, PZ!
wowbagger
1 August 2011 at 4:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing!
emrysmyrddin
1 August 2011 at 5:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing – long-time lurker creeping out of the woodwork. Seems good so far…
Cosmic Snark
1 August 2011 at 5:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Awesome! Can’t wait to see the place develop! You did the right thing PZ. I’m glad you didn’t let NatGeo muzzle you (or us).
Wowbagger
1 August 2011 at 5:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m happier now that I’m Wowbagger with a capital ‘w’. There were a few moments of anxiety there…
Lynn David
1 August 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Comment numbers? I don’t see no stinking comment numbers!
Bernard Bumner
1 August 2011 at 5:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
For a second during the registration, I thought I was going to be bernardbumner…
Oh! The humanity!
Wowbagger
1 August 2011 at 5:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Anyone want to lays bets on how long we have to wait before the first troll appears, and is subsequently dispatched (with extreme prejudice)?
Ed Brayton
1 August 2011 at 5:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
We’ll have numbered comments before long, folks, and some of the other modifications that PZ had to his old blog. We just wanted to make sure everything was running smoothly before we let the old boy loose on the stylesheets with a bowie knife.
SteveV
1 August 2011 at 6:20 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Looks in
Marks entry by peeing in corner.
Goes away
Insufficient Cringe
1 August 2011 at 6:28 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Good Morning. Good to see you survived the transition.
Philip Legge, scribouillard idiote
1 August 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Pharyngula comments are still counted in two digits after six hours… who would have thunk it?
(If you check out the sidebar for “Recent Comments”, you’ll find the comments are being numbered sequentially over both of the open threads, so #comment-79 was in this thread, while comments -78 and -80 appeared in the Complaints thread. Already PZ has many more comments than his fellow bloggers; physioprof has just received #comment-2!)
Moggie
1 August 2011 at 6:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yay!
Whew, the smell of new paint is pretty overpowering, isn’t it?
serendipitydawg
1 August 2011 at 7:09 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Is it just me or is there an echo in here?
Need some soft furnishings :D
Curse you, preview button, why don’t you do something?
Nerd of Readhead
1 August 2011 at 7:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Whoo-hoo. So far, so good. Nice and sniny.
serendipitydawg
1 August 2011 at 7:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
And that author picture looks photoshopped… just look at the smooth, unlined, brow.
I like the new digs, it looks all modern and sniny.
Aha! Now preview didn’t live up to its name last time and this time it did.
Craig
1 August 2011 at 7:13 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Is there really an audience for decaf Pharyngula? That’s like decaf Red Bull. On the other hand some people really want that http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=26970341518&v=wall.
Wowbagger
1 August 2011 at 7:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
serendipitydawg wrote:
I agree with
Polly-Oserendipitydawg!Rev. BigDumbChimp
1 August 2011 at 7:27 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It’s like 1950 Miles Davis and 1974 Miles Davis.
Auraboy
1 August 2011 at 7:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Wow. Now I can say I was there man. At like the beginning. You kids have it easy with your corporate holo-blogs beamed into your eyes, it was way cooler at the second Dawn of pharyngula… We were so young and innocent then. Plus we had better drugs.
KG
1 August 2011 at 7:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
FTB – Feed the Brain!
David Utidjian
1 August 2011 at 7:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Somehow this all seems eerily familiar. Looks good.
I get a database error if I go to the Pharyngula root page.Oh wait… different thread for that.
In any case, Hi everyone!
David B
1 August 2011 at 7:41 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I liked Phryngula the way it was.
and testing to see if I can comment.
David
David B
1 August 2011 at 7:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Like it as was.
And to see if I can comment
René
1 August 2011 at 7:47 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Really cute, these google ads for “Christian Counceling”… :-)
Roger Jones
1 August 2011 at 7:53 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing via trans-atlantic cable. After a few error messages now receiving OK in the UK
Neil
1 August 2011 at 8:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Good luck with the new site:)
What a Maroon
1 August 2011 at 8:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
So Pharyngula’s been born again.
Or perhaps renaissanced.
And now I get a capital M. Life is good.
Glendon Mellow
1 August 2011 at 8:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Fantastic, PZ! Congratulations. Double-espresso Pharyngula for me.
dvizard
1 August 2011 at 8:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You should note the fact that a Double Espresso in the US is pretty much what is served as a normal coffee here in Europe…
Audley Z. Darkheart, purveyor of candy and lies
1 August 2011 at 8:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Woo hoo! Let’s see if this posts.
Quick question: is there a way to register? I don’t think my phone will remember my ‘nym and email addy and it’ll be a pain in the tits* to have to fill in those fields for every comment.
*Or, you know, a minor annoyance.
becominginvisible
1 August 2011 at 8:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Two Pharyngula sites. Noted. Bookmarked.
@Philip Legge, scribouillard idiote
1 August 2011 at 6:45 am
Lots of “failure to establish database connection” going on. Took about 40 minutes before I could get this site.
Possibly longer to submit this comment.
kopd
1 August 2011 at 9:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
This will take some time to get used to. Hopefully the transition is smooth and this will all be for the better.
dhorvath
1 August 2011 at 9:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Err, not going so well yet. Still, exciting to see the new digs.
chigau
1 August 2011 at 10:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
tteesstt
Ophelia Benson
1 August 2011 at 10:18 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Gooooood morning.
Rey Fox
1 August 2011 at 10:32 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Let’s see if I can break this thing.
Muse
1 August 2011 at 10:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Looks around…
The Sailor
1 August 2011 at 10:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
test
Quodlibet
1 August 2011 at 10:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*not having been around for months, pokes head in, looks around shyly*
*sees smart, interesting people still here, and some new ones*
*notes bits of construction debris and a few tools still lying around*
*lurks back to the lobby to wait patiently, but with a small smile*
Anton
1 August 2011 at 10:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
For those with less “internet skills” than many of us, how about using an old term like “Subscribe” with an appropriate link to the choices for “receiving” your blog. I have had several say they like the blog but aren’t sufficiently skilled to find out how they can get an e-mail advice for a new posting.
I appreciate your “move” and the associated desire not to be encumbered by a corporate agenda.
daveau
1 August 2011 at 10:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
With you and Ed and Cuttlefish, why go anywhere else? (except, Jerry & Ophelia & Greta Christina &…)
SteveInMI
1 August 2011 at 10:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Congratulations on the new chapter, PZ!
Hekuni Cat
1 August 2011 at 10:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thank you, PZ. I liked Pharyngula the was it was. The lighter version is not for me.
Sastra
1 August 2011 at 10:59 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
test test
There are a lot of bugs. I keep getting error messages, and preview doesn’t seem to want to work for me (I cannot do without preview!)
I plan on letting this new site be my Pharyngula site — so I really hope the bugs get out.
Patrick
1 August 2011 at 11:02 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
51′ish Checking in from Afghanistan. Congrats PZ from the other side of the planet. Now if I could just convince all these angry bearded people to log on..
maggiezoe
1 August 2011 at 11:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Looks good so far PZ.
SplendidMonkey
1 August 2011 at 11:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Lot’s of whitespace feels cool and wintery.
bPer
1 August 2011 at 12:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Best of luck with the new blog and site, Prof. Myers!
Diceros bicornis
1 August 2011 at 12:06 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing…1…2…3. I’ve been thinking I might join in on the Horde – I’ve been lurking for some time, and now seems like a good time to just…test. Maybe I’ll hold off on the complaining, as the regulars are giving lots of enthusiastic feedback.
Will see how it shows on my phone…the way I most often read my favorite blogs…
Anyway, I’m looking forward to the housewarming party!
MikeKaye
1 August 2011 at 12:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I thought that NatGeo would cause some kind of change. Glad to see PZ still unfettered.
Audley Z. Darkheart
1 August 2011 at 12:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey look, I’ve registered! Woo hoo!
Audley Z. Darkheart, purveyor of candy and lies
1 August 2011 at 12:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
One last test to see if the ‘nym change worked, then I promise that I’m done. :)
David Lee
1 August 2011 at 12:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ok, I just have to tag the new wall. As you were.
shaggyjs
1 August 2011 at 12:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
here’s to “freethought” I do hope we will be getting everything at this site – de-geograpicised and geographicised alike.
Frizzle
1 August 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
FUCK 123
cicely
1 August 2011 at 1:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*looks around*
Are we there yet?
myeck
1 August 2011 at 1:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
How does one go about giving one’s account an avatar?
Le Havre en Chêne
1 August 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hello all,
I survived capitalisation and accents. There were moments of terror to be sure.
Alan Macphail
1 August 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ah, but the Xtians attacked the “sciency” stuff as well as the anti-superstition stuff. So will they now have to divide their time and forces to attack two sites? Very clever Prof. Myers.
SQB
1 August 2011 at 2:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sooo….. Let’s see.
Congratulations, PZ & Ed.
About those allowed tags, is there an XSD you’re validating against? Do you need one?
SC (Salty Current), OM
1 August 2011 at 3:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*2nd test*
CanadianChick
1 August 2011 at 3:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Check 1,2,3…check 1,2,3…
Hey, it works!
daveau
1 August 2011 at 4:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Myeck-
Go to Gravatar.com and set up an account. The avatar you upload is tied to your email address.
EvoMonkey
1 August 2011 at 5:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks daveau! I hope my avatar comes through. Should I see it in the preview of the post?
TV200
1 August 2011 at 5:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Congratulations on the move. I’m sure there will be some rough patches, but I like the idea of Freethoughblogs being it’s own independent entity.
'Tis Himself, Supreme Overlord of Something or Other
1 August 2011 at 5:34 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
How does one register?
SC (Salty Current), OM
1 August 2011 at 5:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*3rd test*
SC (Salty Current), OM
1 August 2011 at 5:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
‘Tis, in the left sidebar under “STUFF” there’s a Log In button. When you log in, you can only use lowercase letters and numbers for your user name. Once you’ve confirmed your login, you can go back in, enter a nickname* (and password), and select the nickname for your display name.
*Note: you can’t change the user name.
SC (Salty Current), OM
1 August 2011 at 5:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sorry – I think it’s a Register button.
Nightjar
1 August 2011 at 6:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
*sighs, tries again*
Nightjar
1 August 2011 at 6:15 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
(Oh, look, it finally went through! For a moment there I thought freethoughtblogs hated me.)
Um, hi!
crudelywrott
1 August 2011 at 6:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Well, the WordPress registration was picky. No spaces or caps allowed in nym.
I went through the routine three times and eventually, fooling with cookies and NoScript and by being stubborn I have now successfully logged on.
Except my nym is two words. I’ll have to fiddle with that.
This place has the feel of a large space. Like the Houston Astrodome before the roadies get there. There is welcome elbow room, and a curious sense of floating.
One thing for sure, we will get to witness an amazing and real life example of evolution as this new place starts looking lived in. This should be fun.
Hold hands, everybody. Here we go!
J Bowen
1 August 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OK, so now where do I go to buy my Pharyngula Squid car emblem?
Congratulations to all involved.
Audley Z. Darkheart, purveyor of candy and lies
1 August 2011 at 6:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Crudely:
In your WordPress profile, there’s a space for your nickname. That will display however you’d like it to– that’s how I got my full ‘nym. Just be sure to select it from the drop-down menu that’s below the nickname field. :)
koquin
1 August 2011 at 6:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Do you plan to grow freethoughtblogs with new bloggers? If so, when, and how can we try out?
Crissa
1 August 2011 at 6:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I would like to point out that there are more posts on the ‘old’ version. And since you told us to update our bookmarks last week, I missed the announcement and was redirected automagically here instead.
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 6:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
You missed me by that much, Audley. /Maxwell Smart voice
I just fiddled.
hee heee
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 6:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I am really going to steal that word from you. I can think of some good places to use it.
Audley Z. Darkheart, purveyor of candy and lies
1 August 2011 at 6:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Crudely:
Awesome! Your ‘nym is way better now. :D
Travis
1 August 2011 at 7:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
As I love the raucous and biting nature of Pharyngula I plan on simply reading articles here rather than regularly checking out both sites. But I worry having two sites will fragment the commenting base and due to that I will miss out on great threads and wonderfully stupid creationists and such by mainly looking in one place. His blog already eats up more than enough of my time every day. I do not think I could manage two even if one of them is a limited subset of the other.
myeck waters
1 August 2011 at 7:10 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks for the Gravatar info, daveau.
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 7:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hey, wait. How can we be in two places at once?
J Bowen
1 August 2011 at 7:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@ Crudely Wrott
It’s like quantum Pharyngula, or something.
'Tis Himself, OM
1 August 2011 at 7:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Thanks, SC.
I seriously considered dumping “‘Tis Himself” because it’s a nym I really don’t like. However since I’ve established a persona at Pharyngula under that name, I guess I’m stuck with it.
Audley Z. Darkheart, purveyor of candy and lies
1 August 2011 at 8:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Travis:
Well, according to PZ:
My guess is that we’ll have plenty of trolls to chew on and most people will end up here, ‘cos it’ll be more raucous!
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 8:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Oh, yeah. Before I forget.
We are going to need a Jump To End hot spot before very long.
Philip Legge
1 August 2011 at 8:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi Crudely Wrott,
I believe #respond is already there as a navigation anchor, so PZ just needs to code it as a standard part of a posting, preferably somewhere at the top above the first comment. It is really useful for mega-long threads like TET or anything infested by the MRAs, especially for those of us occasionally reading on iPhone-like devices!
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 8:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Unsolicited suggestion for ‘Tis Himself re: new nym.
Just fly a banner from the jib. A preceding apostrophe would be hard to miss.
Plus, there’s a bit o’ the pirate in flying from jibs and all.
AAaaaarrrrr. And to be shhhuuurrrrrrr.
Crudely Wrott , Empathic Drinking Buddy of Death (on occasion)
1 August 2011 at 8:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hi, Philip Legge.
I sorta thought that from scanning this new blog. Your news is still good news. Thanks.
I picture a load of ore being dumped into the end of a huge machine that will eventually succeed in producing a usable, enjoyable and useful point of focus.
Nice to be riding along with you. ;^>
Sunday Afternoon
1 August 2011 at 8:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Things are working much better than first thing this morning! Well enough to attempt a comment…
The preview thing works – let’s see if comment submission works quicker than the old site!
Sunday Afternoon
1 August 2011 at 8:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Now that is much better than Sb!
Joel
1 August 2011 at 8:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
[ Checks the calendar ]
OK, just making sure I don’t fall into the same damn fool trap again. Much as I do like the verse over at Cuttlefish.
'Tis Himself, OM
1 August 2011 at 9:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
At least this blog loads a lot faster than Sb does.
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
1 August 2011 at 9:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
OK, I just attempted to add a Gravatar; let’s see how (i.e., if) it works.
ephymeri
1 August 2011 at 9:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
hello out there!
stapletron
1 August 2011 at 9:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m actually waiting for the super hardcore LSD laced version of pharyngula.
KWombles
1 August 2011 at 9:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Looking forward to reading you here. :-) Good luck (not that you’ll need it!)
Sastra
1 August 2011 at 10:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Since some of PZ’s posts will be at the old site, I suppose that a real dedicated fan would now have to read all the comments on both sites, so that nothing will be missed.
Naw. Too hard … I don’t even bother to keep up with The Thread.
I do foresee one problem, though. Interesting, brilliant, or provocative new commenters lured by Nat Geo can easily remain completely unknown to the Hoard. We could end up with cliques of Old Timers and New Guys, joined in interests and temperament, all reading the exact same blog posts but inhabiting separate blogs.
Weirdness.
Spaghettificatedgod
1 August 2011 at 10:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ve always been invisibly there. Now I’m here, just as before. Before freethoughtblogs was, I am!
Carry on.
ThoughtfulQuagmire
1 August 2011 at 11:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing……1,1,2,3,5,8,13……
Complete idiot at blogging stuff here. How do you get an avatar associated with your name? Alll advice appreciated.
Marie the Bookwyrm
1 August 2011 at 11:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Okay, I managed to register. Lets see if I can comment.
Marie the Bookwyrm
1 August 2011 at 11:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ooh, looks like it worked. And we appear to be on Central Time. :)
(I’m on the East Coast.)
Neutron
2 August 2011 at 1:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Congratupharyngulations! Hope you get debuggified soon…
Blattafrax
2 August 2011 at 3:14 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing – sorry, late to the party. Is there anything left worth smoking?
llewelly
2 August 2011 at 3:40 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
grey lining, there is no need for you to push your propaganda in multiple threads.
John Morales
2 August 2011 at 4:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
‘Tis Himself, OM
‘Tis the perfect time to transition.
(You’re not stuck at all)
Richard Eis
2 August 2011 at 6:39 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
They are going to need it if they come here now… hee hee.
Crowned in Starlight
2 August 2011 at 11:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Congratulations with your new home away from home, PZ!
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
2 August 2011 at 12:43 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Sastra:
You’re objectifying the Ho
arde! ;^)Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
2 August 2011 at 12:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
‘Tis:
It seriously messes with my head when long-time regulars change their nym (their main nym, I mean, not the “subtitles”)… but in the final analysis, who the hell am I (or is any of us) to tell anyone how to identify themselves?
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
2 August 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Ah, my first HTML FAIL in the new digs! It’s sorta’ like the first dent in a new car: Distressing, but at the same time, oddly, a bit of a relief. ;^)
Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort
2 August 2011 at 12:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
@Bill:
My nym change was cause of no longer identifying as Kevin all that much…
But yea, sometimes confuses me when a regular changes a nym and I don’t notice.
Bill Dauphin, avec fromage
2 August 2011 at 1:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Katherine Lorraine:
I was actually thinking of you when I made my comment to ‘Tis. It’s more convenient for me not to have to keep track of changing nyms… but my convenience is a trivial matter in the face of people’s need to identify in ways that make sense to them. Not everybody’s reason to change nyms is as… shall we say, existential as yours, of course, but even so, one’s name is one’s name, eh?
C. Mason Taylor
2 August 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Not sure about the FTB logo, but adore the new design otherwise. Incredibly clear & uncluttered. Stoked to see it. Btw, not sure exactly how one gets them to do it, but Flipboard hasn’t picked up any of the feeds here yet. Hope they will soon.
Noah the epistemic pinata
2 August 2011 at 2:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing comments and the preview button! Seems to be working fine now.
Physicalist
2 August 2011 at 10:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Testing. This is not a comment.
(Ceci n’est pas une pipe.)
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opposablethumbs, que le pouce enragé mette les pouces
3 August 2011 at 6:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Unfiltered! Yay! Just waiting till this place can cope with TET, then I will cease altogether from lurking invisibly over on Pharyngula-Lite and come and
livelurk invisibly here in the lair of the ECO instead. If I understood correctly, all the content will be here too – so I wonder who will move in at Pharyngula-Lite? Little by little a whole new ecosystem will emerge over there, when all the sharks and squid are here …