Welcome to the new Midnight Sun, now with fewer Vampire Weekend jokes

has already done it, and so has

. Eventually, all of the paper's blogs will upgrade as well.

Movable Type was a perfectly good platform, but not the dinosaur one we've been using, which was like blogging with a typewriter. But the benefits of switching over will be imperceptible to readers.

For readers, the most obvious change will be the blog's layout, which will be cleaner and more uniform. Posts will also be more easily shared on social media.

The new system, though, does have some kinks. To comment, readers will now have to register with baltimoresun.com. FAQ about registration can be found

. It's a fairly standard, and simple process, even commenter @foo should manage.

Also, after a month, the old Midnight Sun archives will disappear. Tech support hasn't yet figured out a way to preserve the archives.

However, by then, old Midnight Sun posts should be completely accessible through

, which has begun crawling the old blog at my request.

Here's a list of other things the new blog won't do: deliver the weather, be appalled or comforted by the Casey Anthony verdict, make jokes about Anthony Weiner, put up

.

Beyond that, it's business as usual. Enjoy, and thanks for reading.

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