“The magazine Lingua Franca and its parent company University Business LLC filed for bankruptcy earlier this year…. We understand that the assets of University Business, including this Website, are to be auctioned in New York City on October 24, 2002. For further information, we suggest contacting the Trustee.” —RIP Arts & Letters DailyA & L Daily)

It was A & L Daily that first introduced me to the weblog concept about four years ago, and inspired me to start my own weblog (though at the time I called it a “link of the day list” or something like that). I sadly doff my hat at this news.