Just what the hell is a blog anyway? I mean, this is just a personal site, where I can put stuff that I’ve done or thought or created or find interesting. And it’s no different from the day-book of an 18th century scholar, the diary of a 1950s teenager, or the 1997 personal website of an early(ish) internet adopter.Yet suddenly, everything’s a damn blog. Well, this isn’t. It’s a personal site. I’m suspicious of trends at the best of times, especially when the media grab them so enthusiastically by the throat and wave them about until they asphyxiate. I’m even more dubious when a trend involves making up stupid new words which are, it turns out, the only truly new thing about the whole phenomenon.

So, this is not a blog. Just so we’re clear on that.