I don’t have much time, but I my initial reaction to the ‘new’ Slice:

1. Thankfully, there are no comments allowed. That eliminates 50% of the problems right there. I’ll wait for the E-What guys to add the new feed to their site, which allows open commenting.
2. From first blush, it appears to be the same old Slice, just with a less visually appealing format, no archives (yet), and no article attribution (looking for anonymity? – just kidding)
3. Any argument that it had been ‘in the works’ for some time is belied by its domain registration of January 6 – the day after Slice came down.
4. Ken Silva is still on staff (though I wonder if he’s still got a title of some sort to stick on his resume).

As I learned in school, fifty percent is better than zero, so it’s not all bad. That said, though, I think I will keep this site up for now, and start cataloguing articles again soon. If you have articles on the old or new ‘Slice’, let me know. Kinda busy this week, but I’ll get them in…

Meanwhile, here’s a good one from John at Verum Serum, and if you can think of any ideas for a cool new domain name, send them to slicedlaodicea @t earthlink dot net.

UPDATE: Karen has argued that my use of ‘belied’ is too strong (suggesting lying on the part of Ingrid).  I cannot prove that she is lying, and so I would choose ’suspicious’ or something less difinitive, instead.