Going underground?

At last count, there were 14,000 readers of this blog. And... oh, did I say 14 *thousand*? Typo.

Anyway, we're (I'm) thinking about taking the blog out of the public domain. That isn't because of that time on the train or what happened in that restaurant or the stupid thing with the vice squad, but because of NuSTAR. The project is hardly secret - it's even on Wikipedia. Rather, it's because my loose lips description of a blunder here or a hilarious situation there might not go over so well at NASA or CalTech or wherever, should they stumble on the blog. That might be a little paranoid, but there is a lot of competition for available funds, and our part of the project should appear just as professional as it really is.

If we decide to take the blog private, it means we'll add your email addresses to a list so you can still read the blog. That might be a bit of a hassle at first, because Google might ask you (but not require you) to sign up for gmail. From verbal and printed comments, we have a good idea of who reads the blog, but some folks might be in stealth mode. I don't know what happens if we're private and someone unlisted comes here for their daily joy... hopefully there will be a message telling how to get on the A-List.

None of that is happening yet - this is a just-in-case post. At any time you can send a message (for any blog-related reason) to boopiblog@xemaps.com, and that will give you elite status, regardless, unless you're a NASA spy.