… to reader and commenter Doctor Memory. We noticed recently that old posts weren’t displaying properly, apparently because we’d used a markup language (Textile) that our current setup doesn’t support. We put out an appeal on Bluesky, and Dr M was one of several people who volunteered to clean up the database for us. After backing everything up and doing the necessary editing, he’s just advise me the job is done.
There are still more problems to work on, including the display of curly quotes in comments. And, if you notice anything else, please mention it in comments.
But for the moment, we just want to thank Doctor Memory for helping to keep this blog (nearly 25 years old now) in working condition.
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Doug Muir 02.03.26 at 2:31 pm
Particular thanks to Doctor Memory!
Much appreciated!
Doug M.
Ingrid Robeyns 02.03.26 at 5:49 pm
Thanks from me too! Doctor Memory, we (or at least I) don’t know where you are based, but I’d be happy to buy you a drink if we’re in the same place!
Doug K 02.03.26 at 11:00 pm
thank you Doctor Memory !
nominative determinism strikes again.. Dr.M is quite the right name for someone saving the archives ;-)
Doctor Memory 02.04.26 at 3:35 pm
You’re quite welcome! I’ve been an occasional commenter here for… really an awful long time now and it was delightful to be able to give something back.
Ingrid, I’m primarily based out of New York City, although I spend a fair amount of time in San Francisco for work reasons.
Ingrid Robeyns 02.04.26 at 9:35 pm
Doctor Memory — then I fear the drink I’d like to offer you will have to remain virtual, since for as long as MAGA will remain in power, I am not travelling to the US… (I recently declined an invitation to speak at Stanford – awesome invitation, but I think it would be unwise for a non-American who has written on the topics I write about to go to the US now, except if one really has to.)
But you have our genuine thanks, which is worth more than a drink!