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September 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Somehow, Sagan didn't know this story. Told it on our walk tonight.
I just replied to @artisticoutlaw.com about this, but... 9rules is coming up on 20 years since it started.
So wild. Means 20+ years since Businesslogs days.
How has time passed?
So wild. Means 20+ years since Businesslogs days.
How has time passed?
November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I just replied to @artisticoutlaw.com about this, but... 9rules is coming up on 20 years since it started.
So wild. Means 20+ years since Businesslogs days.
How has time passed?
So wild. Means 20+ years since Businesslogs days.
How has time passed?
Same...
We even had blogging network.
Does anyone remember 9rules?
We even had blogging network.
Does anyone remember 9rules?
July 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Same...
We even had blogging network.
Does anyone remember 9rules?
We even had blogging network.
Does anyone remember 9rules?
18 years ago. Also a lifetime.
Honestly feels like I've had 2 lifetimes since 9rules days.
Honestly feels like I've had 2 lifetimes since 9rules days.
January 26, 2024 at 2:40 AM
18 years ago. Also a lifetime.
Honestly feels like I've had 2 lifetimes since 9rules days.
Honestly feels like I've had 2 lifetimes since 9rules days.
18 yrs ago today, I begrudgingly signed up for Twitter. I didn't see the point of it since we had the 9rules forum.
And now here on BS, it does feel very early-Twitter-like: I follow ~200, am followed by ~1200, and pretty much every post I make feels like speaking into the void.
Happy anniversary?
And now here on BS, it does feel very early-Twitter-like: I follow ~200, am followed by ~1200, and pretty much every post I make feels like speaking into the void.
Happy anniversary?
November 22, 2024 at 3:40 PM
18 yrs ago today, I begrudgingly signed up for Twitter. I didn't see the point of it since we had the 9rules forum.
And now here on BS, it does feel very early-Twitter-like: I follow ~200, am followed by ~1200, and pretty much every post I make feels like speaking into the void.
Happy anniversary?
And now here on BS, it does feel very early-Twitter-like: I follow ~200, am followed by ~1200, and pretty much every post I make feels like speaking into the void.
Happy anniversary?
🔥 My latest @Forbes column—just named an Editor’s Pick—asks a tough question: What if Israel’s strike on Iran was legal under international law? And what does that say about how outdated our 9rules of war have become?
Read here 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...
Read here 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...
The Israel-Iran War Tests The Limits Of International Law
Israel’s strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities are legal under international law. But they expose dangerous gaps in the laws of war.
www.forbes.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🔥 My latest @Forbes column—just named an Editor’s Pick—asks a tough question: What if Israel’s strike on Iran was legal under international law? And what does that say about how outdated our 9rules of war have become?
Read here 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...
Read here 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...
The one thing about starting on Twitter in 2006 is that there was already a built-in group to interact with because so many 9rules people were on it before and soon after I joined. I never felt like I was yelling into a void.
Which is why it's hard to be only here.
Big void feelings.
Which is why it's hard to be only here.
Big void feelings.
June 15, 2023 at 5:28 PM
The one thing about starting on Twitter in 2006 is that there was already a built-in group to interact with because so many 9rules people were on it before and soon after I joined. I never felt like I was yelling into a void.
Which is why it's hard to be only here.
Big void feelings.
Which is why it's hard to be only here.
Big void feelings.
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has released nine key guidelines to assist female pilgrims in ensuring a respectful and seamless visit to these holy sites.
#SaudiArabia #Issues #9Rules #Females #Pilgrims #Visiting #HolyMosques
#SaudiArabia #Issues #9Rules #Females #Pilgrims #Visiting #HolyMosques
December 8, 2024 at 10:49 AM
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has released nine key guidelines to assist female pilgrims in ensuring a respectful and seamless visit to these holy sites.
#SaudiArabia #Issues #9Rules #Females #Pilgrims #Visiting #HolyMosques
#SaudiArabia #Issues #9Rules #Females #Pilgrims #Visiting #HolyMosques
good to see you back at 9rules @scrivs; a lot of what guides my dev of @cltblog i learned from the 9r crew & forums
April 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
good to see you back at 9rules @scrivs; a lot of what guides my dev of @cltblog i learned from the 9r crew & forums
9rules WWDC video chat room http://decaflon.com/superstream
April 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
9rules WWDC video chat room http://decaflon.com/superstream
back from DC, tons of work tomorrow, looking forward to the new 9rules site, might go brew some biodiesel at my friend's lab/factory
April 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
back from DC, tons of work tomorrow, looking forward to the new 9rules site, might go brew some biodiesel at my friend's lab/factory
scratch that, doing twitter.com instead, 9rules will take too long
April 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
scratch that, doing twitter.com instead, 9rules will take too long
Feed: "The Blog Herald"
By: Lachlan Brown on Friday, March 13, 2026
By: Lachlan Brown on Friday, March 13, 2026
9rules and the politics of blogging network jealousy, pettiness, and existential drift
Every so often, a blogging network or community finds its reputation suddenly under fire. It might be a public disagreement between founders, a controversial ed
blogherald.com
March 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Feed: "The Blog Herald"
By: Lachlan Brown on Friday, March 13, 2026
By: Lachlan Brown on Friday, March 13, 2026
Do you remember 9Rules. My site became part of the community just as the whole thing died. Knowing how it began, the rules, makes me sad to know it didn't last.
January 28, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Do you remember 9Rules. My site became part of the community just as the whole thing died. Knowing how it began, the rules, makes me sad to know it didn't last.
We need to bring back webrings. Or 9Rules, but not 9Rules.
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We need to bring back webrings. Or 9Rules, but not 9Rules.
But one of my prevalent feelings is similar to how I felt prior to leaving FB in 2008? ish. Been long enough I can't recall.
The 9rules Forum (predating Twitter), @snookca's "Web Network" google group, and some Slacks I'm in have been good alternatives to "being the product".
The 9rules Forum (predating Twitter), @snookca's "Web Network" google group, and some Slacks I'm in have been good alternatives to "being the product".
November 12, 2024 at 7:00 AM
But one of my prevalent feelings is similar to how I felt prior to leaving FB in 2008? ish. Been long enough I can't recall.
The 9rules Forum (predating Twitter), @snookca's "Web Network" google group, and some Slacks I'm in have been good alternatives to "being the product".
The 9rules Forum (predating Twitter), @snookca's "Web Network" google group, and some Slacks I'm in have been good alternatives to "being the product".
just added 9rules OPML file to my Bloglines... 292 new feeds. Yikes. Here's hoping at least some of it is crap (read: not my cup of feed)
November 12, 2024 at 4:30 AM
just added 9rules OPML file to my Bloglines... 292 new feeds. Yikes. Here's hoping at least some of it is crap (read: not my cup of feed)
Web 2.1: integration with everything, everywhere, on every domain. <a href="http://9rules.com/my/matto/stream/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/my/matto/stream/
Page not found – 9rules
9rules.com
November 12, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Web 2.1: integration with everything, everywhere, on every domain. <a href="http://9rules.com/my/matto/stream/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/my/matto/stream/
Rundle is getting married tomorrow: <a href="http://9rules.com/personal/notes/6129/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/personal/notes/6129/
Page not found – 9rules
9rules.com
November 12, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Rundle is getting married tomorrow: <a href="http://9rules.com/personal/notes/6129/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/personal/notes/6129/
<a href="http://9rules.com/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/ looks more like Ali 3, but if they want to call it Ali 2 I am fine with that.
9rules – The best content from the independent web.
9rules.com
November 12, 2024 at 12:43 AM
<a href="http://9rules.com/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://9rules.com/ looks more like Ali 3, but if they want to call it Ali 2 I am fine with that.
ha. Just found my 9rules/BusinessLogs business card being used as a bookmark in one of my design books. Good times.
November 11, 2024 at 7:39 PM
ha. Just found my 9rules/BusinessLogs business card being used as a bookmark in one of my design books. Good times.
Odd. 4 hits on my site today from people searching my name. And one with 9rules appended.
November 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Odd. 4 hits on my site today from people searching my name. And one with 9rules appended.