Scripting News: Sunday, October 5, 2025

Sunday, October 5, 2025

In 2014 I wrote a manifesto about web writing. A decade later later, I'm still trying to get writing on the web to work again. It was on a good track before the rude interruption.#

Before we were so rudely interrupted#

I've used this phrase a few times recently: "Before we were so rudely interrupted."#
Or, "the big interruption."#
I'm referring to 2006, when web writing was downgraded, to be 140 characters with no styling, no links, without the ability to edit. #
That's when writing on the web started going in the toilet. #
So when I say it again I may link to this post, because out here on the web, linking is always allowed. #

Nightly email subs work again#

Please try again if you've been waiting.#
Report problems here.#
It had been broken since Sept 14. #
Still diggin! ;-)#
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Last update: Sunday October 5, 2025; 2:13 PM EDT.

You know those obnoxious sites that pop up dialogs when they think you're about to leave, asking you to subscribe to their email newsletter? Well that won't do for Scripting News readers who are a discerning lot, very loyal, but that wouldn't last long if I did rude stuff like that. So here I am at the bottom of the page quietly encouraging you to sign up for the nightly email. It's got everything from the previous day on Scripting, plus the contents of the linkblog and who knows what else we'll get in there. People really love it. I wish I had done it sooner. And every email has an unsub link so if you want to get out, you can, easily -- no questions asked, and no follow-ups. Go ahead and do it, you won't be sorry! :-)