{"id":64,"date":"2002-05-23T22:53:23","date_gmt":"2002-05-23T22:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=64"},"modified":"2002-05-23T22:53:23","modified_gmt":"2002-05-23T22:53:23","slug":"logopolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patberry.net\/wordpress\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"Logopolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog’s original name, Scribings, was inspired by the Scribe Scroll feat in D&D. The word literally means “writings,” but it also suggests writing in a deliberate and careful fashion, as you would do if you were creating a scroll. (In 3rd Edition, one cannot create a scroll in less than a day, so it’s definitely a painstaking and time-consuming task.)
\nThat’s what the name was supposed to communicate, but it has failed. When people mention this site to me in conversation, they almost always pronounce it “Scribblings.” I wince when I hear that, because it means rushed, sloppy writing — the exact opposite of what I had in mind. I’ve been thinking of changing the layout of the site anyway, so I may as well rename it at the same time.
\n“Logopolis” means “city of words.” I borrowed it from a classic Doctor Who<\/cite> episode<\/a> that first aired in 1981 (it’s the last one in which Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor, appeared). The new look of this page is the result of applying a template called Block Head<\/a>, courtesy of BlogSkins.com<\/a>.
\nHistorical note: Block Head only lasted until February 2003, when I changed the template again<\/a>. I ditched<\/a> the name “Logopolis” in May 2007.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people mention this site to me in conversation, they almost always pronounce it “Scribblings.” I wince when I hear that, because it means rushed, sloppy writing — the exact opposite of what I had in mind.
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