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I haven’t had much time to work on Hep lately. I’ve been wrapping up a 9-month project at my day job, which has been taking up most of the time I would usually have for Hep and other fun things.

But I think the break has actually been a good thing. Like wine, cheese, and bread dough, some ideas get better after they ferment for a while. I had been wrestling with some design decisions; now I’ve come up with solutions that I’m happy with. So as soon as I get a few extra hours I can start implementing them!

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the internet:

• Sam Ruby is doing something interesting with his comments. Take a look at this thread, and notice all the different places comments are coming from: posts, emails, trackbacks, excerpts. Posts and trackbacks are easy enough to understand. Excerpts can be pulled from other sites by analyzing the referrer log. I’m not sure how he’s getting email content in there. Hey Sam, what’s going on behind the scenes? Are you posting relevant emails by hand?

• The first public release of Haystack is available. I ran it on a Windows box today. It looks sweet, but at the moment it’s so unbelievably slow that it’s painful even to play with. I’m sure this will get better with time.