Ihnatko Blogs Again
So Andy Ihnatko, perhaps the greatest technology columnist of our time, has a new public-yet-secret blog that’s currently in the testing phase (no, I won’t give you the url—let’s just say if you can’t figure it out you deserve to wait). This is intended to replace his current blog setup here.
I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, he’s moving to a Wordpress installation for a reason: it’s easy, configurable, and accessible anywhere, which means more blog posts for the world to enjoy. I can’t really complain, since each post he makes brings us one step closer to universal understanding.
But I am sad to see that “powered by GLORIOUS AppleScript” badge disappear. Indeed, there are no words aside from a lone “GLORIOUS” to describe the sheer triumph of geekery that is blogging software written entirely in AppleScript. When people used to ask me why they should listen to Andy Ihnatko and not Generic Pundit #593, I needed only to point to that badge and watch the tears of joy stream down their cheeks as they think of all the cruel, wasted years they spent without the guidance of the great mutton-choppioed man.
But maybe I’ve been wrong this whole time. Maybe it isn’t the tools he uses but the words he says that make a man glorious. And that man is Andy Ihnatko. GLORIOUS.