A tumble into 2024

The Killing of Hypatia, by Soraya Field Fiorio.

'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health, an editorial of the John Snow Project.

This is spot on:

There are a few simple things you can do to make your blog easier to archive and mirror:

Use simple HTML, with separate pages for every blog post.
Avoid features that require JavaScript.
Limit external dependencies. Serve your photos and other media from the same domain name as your HTML, so that everything can be moved together.

— Manton Reece in “Permanence,” a chapter of his book Indie Microblogging.

Along those lines, I keep trying to write a blog post about what you can do to ensure the longevity of your personal web content—a followup to this post of mine from way back in 2007—but I keep getting stuck like Eryn does:

I often fall into a trap when I sit down to write something in which I feel like I must first invent the Universe. The need to explain everything from first principles seriously hampers my ability (and frankly, desire) to write anything.

For a similar resolution to hers, see Create more. Consume less by Manuel Moreale. Here’s to a 2024 full of creative expression and communication.