At about the same time as Samizdata went through its metamorphosis, my old computer motherboard began its jarring death-rattle and, shortly thereafter, expired both graciously and soundlessly.
It was time to break open that stash I keep under the floorboards and upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. Now, thanks to the assistance of a quite remarkably useful Russian systems builder called Yuri, I am surfing the net on the equivalent of a twelve-cylinder roadbeast. I have every bit and byte and bob and meg and gig and ram and rom known to humanity. I am a souped-up, hyper-driven and power-processed blogger. I have Weapons of Mass Digitization and I intend to use them in a Holy Jihad against Idiocy.
Yes, thanks to Yuri and the new, improved Samizdata I am ready to roll like mountain thunder over the arid plains of mediocrity and mendacity.
And a little addition to my ‘Glorious Ironies File’: Yuri was once a soldier in the Red Army, stationed in East Germany and trained to kill Yankee Imperialists and bring down Capitalism. Now, he is running his own successful business in London and helping me to spread the seed of Capitalism all over the Net. Splendid!
