Blog number 53,800,001
Technorati claims to be tracking 53.8 million blogs, so I am not exactly a trendsetter in establishing my own blog. But through my years at Catallaxy I can make some claim to be a veteran Australian blogger, and I hope some of the people who read me there might read me here - and that my pro-civility comments policy will encourage ‘lurkers’ who were put off commenting there by the less-than-perfect manners of a few of the regulars to do so here. Aside from that, I expect my posts here to be similar in subject and style to my Catallaxy posts. There are a couple below, one of which is an updated version of a guest post I wrote at Stephen Kirchner’s Institutional Economics.
I’m still struggling with the technology - I have already seen more than my fair share of ‘500 internal server error’ (whatever that means) messages - and haven’t figured out how to get the comments sidebar going. But I hope the site’s appearance will improve over time.
September 13th, 2006 18:34
Looking forward to reading your insights!
September 13th, 2006 20:23
I’ve just placed this site in my Favourites (under Bloogers - Australian). Looking forward to your posts, Andrew. I’ve noted your comments policy and I will “try” to behave myself - Homer permitting!
September 13th, 2006 21:26
This is a further test of your comments field, I do hope it works. If it does, please feel free to delete it in the interests of comments field aesthetics.
September 13th, 2006 21:37
Man. You live in Carlton?
They told me never to go to North Carlton. And I didn’t listen and I regretted it. But they told me never to go to North Fitzroy for much the same reasons.
Actually the person who told me that probably still lives in Carlton.
Ex-Rock-Climber extraordinairre Charlie Crease.
I lived in Carlton for awhile.
Superb place but for the people.
September 13th, 2006 21:37
Nice to see that you have set up a new blog! I am sure that you will be missed at Catallaxy! Look forward to reading your posts!
September 13th, 2006 22:02
Good luck Andrew I have always enjoyed - or been stimulated by - your posts - but now another blog to check out! I agree with your views on comments.
Best wishes, Harry Clarke.
September 13th, 2006 22:14
Hi Andrew,
Best of luck with your new blog. I’ll drop by regularly.
September 13th, 2006 23:01
A not unexpected development. May you flourish.
September 13th, 2006 23:10
I’m happy to assist with technical stuff like the sidebar comments plugin, Andrew. Let me know if I can be of any help.
September 14th, 2006 00:11
Look forward to many and riveting posts, Andrew. All best.
September 14th, 2006 00:18
It’s on the must read list, Andrew. Good luck with it!
September 14th, 2006 01:10
This is great news! Looking forward to reading many more posts …
September 14th, 2006 02:32
Good luck with the new blog Andrew!!!
September 14th, 2006 08:42
good news and good luck, Andrew.
September 14th, 2006 09:20
Well done Andrew. I’ll be a regular reader too.
September 14th, 2006 09:22
To quote The Castle, “This one’s going straight to the pool room!”
September 14th, 2006 09:22
Good luck with the technical side of things, Andrew. I look forward to the posts.
September 14th, 2006 10:39
This is excellent Andrew, I look forward to being a regular.
September 14th, 2006 12:39
In the old days, people used to have a house-warming party.
Now it seems we need the institution of a blog-warming party.
ole!
September 14th, 2006 12:49
Good for you Andrew, I hope to drop in so often. Good luck!
September 14th, 2006 12:50
PS: that’s a good comments policy.
September 14th, 2006 18:14
Good luck. I also like your comments policy. Link and welcome post coming as soon as I get a round tuit.
September 14th, 2006 19:28
Congrats on the new digs Andrew - I look forward to dropping in often.
September 14th, 2006 21:04
Good work, Andrew! Looking forward to the posts and civility.
September 15th, 2006 10:34
Andrew, I’m really glad you struck out on your own. With the rise of RSS, aggregation may not be so necessary.
A few random suggestions on tech stuff, from someone who probably knows even less html than you.
* I’d recommend installing the following Wordpress plugins: Simple Recent Comments, Subscribe2, Akismet, and WordPress Database Backup.
* In the header, you might think about more contrasty colours (blue on blue is very royal, but…).
* Why not just “Andrew Norton”? (’s blog probably not necessary).
* Surely we deserve to see a mugshot, so you can be readily identified as you sip your Carlton latte?
September 15th, 2006 11:28
Andrew - I notice you have a new mugshot. I should get one , though getting it on the site would give me another technical headache. I will try to do some site upgrading next week and will take the other suggestions into account.
September 15th, 2006 21:31
Andrew,
My apologies for being late to your blog warming (though I did bring champagne!!). You know how pleased I am about this- now I can get my regular fix of analytical views and be outraged at least once a month! I agree with Andrew Leigh about the blue on blue…
M
September 15th, 2006 21:56
Andrew! Nice to see that the move hasn’t slowed up the steady flow of excellent and thoughtful ditties.
September 16th, 2006 20:20
Hey Andrew, surely there’s at least one other classical liberal in Carlton!
September 20th, 2006 22:09
Andrew
The civility policy is essential - many sites like this are blocked by non-personally owned computers (such as the one I am compelled to use), because some ##%^$&# cannot refrain from using coarse language.
Please continue !
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