I've had some time off, so I finally got around to bringing this site back up to speed. After a long search for new software, I finally decided to create a custom solution that I'm calling CommonPlace. This is a Rails application named after commonplace books, which I was first introduced to via Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. If you've been to the old version of the site, you'll notice some content that wasn't there. I've been maintaining a “shadow” blog during the past months and decided to import those posts along with the archives from the old Semeiotike. Among other issues, this is why the dates on posts before this point look mostly contrived.