‘Those who forget the past are condemned to relive it.’ The migration of this blog from WordPress to Habari is mostly complete. I had a few unexpected problems with a significant number of comments and a handful of posts that contained mismatched HTML tags and didn’t display the corresponding page at all. So I had to painstakingly review every single post with comments and correct the HTML by hand. Inevitably, I forgot the lesson of my previous migration and didn’t give any regular readers advance warning of the impending chaos or any notice of the change in RSS feeds. That’s not because I don’t care, but rather that I treat this blog as a chance to experiment with the technology. ...

I simply couldn’t resist the temptation any longer so this blog is now running on Habari because: The Habari Administration screens look like they have been designed rather than evolved. The WordPress import utility works brilliantly. Michael C. Harris created a TinyMCE plugin for Habari - literally minutes after my initial enquiry. Most of the required functionality (Google Analytics, Feedburner, Akismet, Sitemap) is available as plugins for Habari. Michael Harris also helped me configure rewrite rules so my existing WordPress permalink structure is retained. A gentleman called Harry from London developed this attractive Habari theme.

Saddened to read that Miles Kington died recently at just 66. I used to really enjoy Kington’s columns in The Independent. There aren’t many writers capable of making laugh out loud. Kington was one of them. Another of my favourite journalists is Giles Smith of The Times. Last week, he wrote a brilliant article about the appointment of Dennis Wise as ‘Executive Director (football)’. Similarly, Smith’s piece in today’s edition is about the proposed changes to the Premiership: ...

‘Every club knows they will have an equal chance of being treated unfairly.’ Quote from Richard Scudamore (Chief Executive Premier League) The proposal is for an additional competitive Premier League fixture to be played around the world. Although the top 5 clubs will be seeded, this still allows for the possibility of United drawing Derby at home (in Beijing) while Arsenal visit Liverpool (in Los Angeles).

Last night, I took Norman Junior III to visit the new, improved Wembley stadium last night to see England play Switzerland in a friendly. After paying homage to Sherlock Holmes, we changed at a packed Baker Street for the fast Metropolitan line to Wembley Park. We stood on the platform as one train departed and I was just contemplating whether we should ‘go for it’ when the next train arrived or step aside and wait for the next one. ...