hypocrite lecteur! etc.

Of course a weblog is entirely contrary to the spirit of IR: this is so obvious as to be almost beneath mention, since the point of IR is to log off and rediscover the print newspaper, face-to-face conversation, and suchlike. Yet here we are, bloggerating. I guess this is because (1) we are too addicted to wholly detach ourselves and (2) in order to even make some half-assed attempt it is useful, if not crucial, to find a few poor souls who will share our struggle and (3) we've forgotten how humans managed to collaborate or commiserate before modems were invented. I guess. This wasn't my idea.