Welcome to Attackerman 3.0

So: here's the rollout of the next generation of Attackerman. We're going back to a stripped-down format, less formal, less torrid. My eternal thanks to Firedoglake and Jane Hamsher for supporting me and this blog for the past two and a half years; to ThinkProgress and Faiz Shakir for supporting me and this blog during its 1.0 incarnation; and to the Washington Independent and now Wired (in particular my friend-and-now-boss Noah Shachtman) for not being bothered that their reporter kept a frequently obnoxious personal blog.

Some in the blogosphere have bemoaned the professionalization of the enterprise over the past several years. It was surely inevitable: blogging lends itself well to iterative online journalism. But in this case, we're going to unwind that professionalism -- you can find that from me at Danger Room -- formatting-wise at least.  I haven't yet figured out how to get the timestamps off of Pacific time, for instance. If you'd like to help me make the thing look as cool as it did at FDL, great, I'd appreciate the assistance, but otherwise, let's stay amateurish. Who knows what'll happen when I try to upload a video.

What should you expect here? To modify the old tagline: National Security; Punk Rock; Real Talk. (I write much less about Iraq these days, but miss the subject, so check out this excellent Jack Healy dispatch from Khanaqin.) Much of the last two versions of Attackerman were built around anger, though, and I'm not as angry as I used to be; credit for that goes to my wonderful fiancee. Still, the world is still an evil place, so expect whinging, complaining, venting and all that, built around a general national-security interest. If it doesn't fit on Danger Room for whatever reason, it might end up here.

Still, this is going to be a pretty slow beginning for the next couple of days -- we're amateurish again, so I don't have to feel guilty about a low volume of posts, right? -- as I've got something personal I need to deal with, and we're still in the holiday season, after all.

Comments

[Phil Perspective]

So does this mean no more posting of death notices?

[Spencerackerman]

Oh no. That's non-negotiable. Attackerman 3.0 will continue to honor the war dead.

[bmaz]

Best of luck Spencer.

[Spencerackerman]

@bmaz You, sir had better keep in touch. I'll be in your comments regardless...

[Naadir Jeewa]

And hello.

I wouldn't mind some righteous anger sometimes.

[Spencerackerman]

@Naadir Jeewa I'm sure I won't be able to help myself.

[Fyrdogue]

That's it. I've had it with Nazibama. Hillary in 2012!

[chrismealy]

Hey Spencer, I still have the attackerman.com domain registered for you. Since spencerackerman.typepad.com/attackerman is an unbearably lame url you should get this set up. Email me @gmail.

[Neka]

I don't comment, but Spencer I've followed you around the net since one of your first chats with Megan on Jezebel. Low volume is not an issue!

[Madjoy]

The new site - I like it! Informal is good. Is this the permanent comment system? Feels like everyone is moving to Disqus these days.

[just john]

So this is the new place? Neat. Literally. Not all that FDL stuff all over. And I already have a typepad account, it seems.

All systems go! On to 2011!

[Constitutional Insurgent]

Sweet! You're on my morning reading list, and I'm not sure the rest of my day would feel right without reading some Attackerman.

I hope your day job doesn't keep you from the rest of the powerfully good writing you've given us on your site.

[Phil Perspective]

Spencer:
Thanks!!

[Phil Perspective]

One other question. Is the old Attackerman going to remain on FDL? I guess for old time's sake so to speak.

[Teddy Partridge]

Great to find your new home, thanks for the pointer.

Best wishes for the New Year, Spencer. Don't mellow too much.

Your friend, Teddy

[jstrick]

cool, have a good new year

[fuster]

piece of cake.

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