Being the thoughts and writings of one Gustaf Erikson; father, homeowner, technologist.
Blogs are like tamagotchis -- a fitting metaphor. Incidentally, is our society in deep trouble when tamagotchis are the basis for new metaphors?
Unfortunately, we the Mobitopians have been neglecting our virtual pet. The traffic to the main page is down, and I myself find I've bookmarked the IRC links rather than the front page. Of course, I hang out in the channel all the time, having great fun, but we don't communicate that fun and insight and commentary to visitors to the site.
A quick fix would be to move the IRC links to the front page, perhaps adding a moderation system so that not just anything gets posted. Also, being able to comment on the links would create a kind of Ur-blog (as in the original incarnation, posting interesting URLs), but with multiple commentators.
A way of submitting longer bits of IRC commentary would be nice too, so that visitors get a feel for the vibe of the channel.
Of course, the longer opinion pieces would remain, but they would be relegated from the front page.