See if that helps

See if that helps. Permalink format is now /diary/year/month/#date.nnn where nnn is the number of seconds since midnight. Numbers are not zero-padded; it'll only cause trouble if people want to do arithmetic on them in javascript.

Yes, this is not a backward-compatible change. I could have (did, briefly) special-cased the links for old entries, but then I realised that the only external link that I knew of was not going to the right place anyway, so really we'll all be happier in the long run with a Fresh Start.

This blog has no comment-publishing facility: it's all done by hand. Feedback is welcome, though: if you would like to get in touch, email me on comment2010 @ telent . net and I will publish your thoughts (unless you tell me you don't want me to) as an addendum to the article, provided only that in my view they are interesting, amusing, relevant, accurate, or (best) some combination of the four. Relevant links are welcome in support of your argument: spam and untargeted requests for help are not.