Sorry to hear that, it in part depends on how much time other obligations draw. Will try to make it better for you. What is it that you would like to hear about ? New results from the Tevatron ? New scandals from Italy ? Controversies ? Gossip ?

I must say, the number of comments in the threads is peaking, and so is the number of visits. So you either are an exception, or people really care less about the physics results (which have been scarce recently).

Cheers,
T.

Sorry, but you seem to wilfully ignore the difference between blogs and articles here. Authors have a column which contains both, but then only articles are promoted to the front page and categorized.

If you read my blog through feeds, then you get exposed to both kinds of postings, and then you may rightfully complain if you do not like a part of the posts. But you have a very democratic way out: just unsubscribe. I would rather try to accept your suggestions, however; but you certainly realize that for one anonymous complaint there are often many named words of support -maybe not through comments, but maybe more valuable -that weigh one way or another in the balance I try to keep here.

I think that some of the value of a blog like mine comes from the personalization of the author, its political views, his life, and pastimes. That is the spirit of the Quantum Diaries of 2005, now revived in another successful venture.

Then, writing about physics is fun, but not entirely painless. A piece like the one appearing today in the front page (on LEDs) takes at least a couple of hours to write. I do not have all the time I would like to invest here, so I have to make a choice sometimes, and write about boring things.

Finally, this blog is my diary. One of its functions -and by no means the least important to me- is to keep a record of things I want to remember, like a nice chess game, an evening with a friend, or a political comment. I will not remove that kind of content here if I still get some readers on the physics posts.

Cheers,
T.

I agree with you Tommaso, sharing part of your private life makes your professional life more interesting. My experience is that it is easier to communicate complicated topics like theoretical physics if the readers knows who is talking and can relate on a personal level as well as a professional one. It is a matter of communication technique I guess. We are humans.

You go right ahead continuing sharing your life with us, knowing that the non-anonymous people appreciate what you do. :-)

Anon, I give up. You are welcome to walk away, I do not have the ambition to explain to you what a blog is.
T.

Hello Bente,

thank you for your words of support. Unfortunately, I have the tendency to treat everybody with courtesy here (much less in real life :-) regardless of the name they attach to their comments. This is not always yielding the result of enabling pacate discussions.

Cheers,
T.