Hanan Levin of Grow-a-brain is thinking of calling it quits and shutting down his blog:
This weekend, Grow-a-brain passed the 12 million hits mark, according to its stats counter. Since February of 2003 I’ve been consistently posting to it every single day, searching & sharing many thousands of links with a large, but mostly anonymous audience.
Unfortunately I've been thinking of shutting this blog down. I get the empty feeling that fewer visitors stop here, and that nobody cares about me & my “discoveries” any more.
I still have about 5 pages of links that will be published automatically in the next few weeks. Unless something changes, I’ll be going back soon into the great void where I came from.
I hope he reconsiders, Grow-a-brain is definitely one of my favorite blogs in the whole wide Blogosphere: Link | See also his subsequent post explaining why and what's next.
"Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end." William Shakespeare
I wouldn't know how to waste my time. It would be a sad loss to the entire internet community if neatorama went down. Aside from the NYTimes, its the only site that i read daily and continue to find mesmerizing. In fact, I don't think I've missed an article in almost two years.
I might be forced to turn to a life of crime and drug abuse to fill my time. (Not to lay a guilt trip on you, of course)
Now, it's kind of fun - since I get to read about new stuff on the blog (thanks, authors and commenters!) So fear not, Neatorama's not going away. Not for a while anyhow. :)