Iwein says

And devilish it started. It was bucketing it down. So much so that we even considered giving up on the whole stupid idea. For even without the rain cycling 60 miles across Dartmoor taking in as many of the steepest hills (2,220 metres of climbing) as possible is a arguably not for sane people. I […]

It’s been a long time since Jakob Nielsen has written one of his Alertboxes that I found mildly interesting and/or applied to me.
He’s done it though, writing about weblog usability. Even though what he writes is nothing new, it’s a good list of things to consider before starting a blog.