Following last week’s 400th anniversary post, I have another celebratory announcement. A year ago today*, I set foot in ScienceBlogs for the first time.

As previously noted, some things have changed while others are much the same. The posting rate has gone up, and traffic has almost quadrupled from about 4,000 views per week to something like 16,000 now. Nonetheless, I’ve kept to the basic rules – non-sensationalist, considered, writing based on primary sources, for a general audience.

Some thanks are in order. I’m very grateful to the following people:

Some trivia, for anyone who’s interested. In year, I’ve accumulated:

Right now, enough navel-gazing. More news (as in actual science news) this evening, and plenty more to round the week off. Segregated