This is Syntagma’s 500th post since this site was established in October 2006.

It’s hard to believe but we’ve been going for almost 15 months. The posting rate works out at 1.11 recurring posts per day — not that I ever wrote 1.11 recurring posts in a day.

Followers of English cricket and Naval battles will recognize 111 as “Nelson’s number”, which is an excellent omen here in the West Country. It means our constant quest for pieces of eight and Spanish doubloons should bear ample fruit.

I also want to remember Syntagma’s first incarnation as synastry.blogspot.com. It ran for a year on Google bandwidth, for which I thank them, and made a little bit of a stir in the blogosphere, which emboldened me to get our own domain, followed by a 50-strong network.

So here’s to another 500 posts and an even bigger splash when we reach 1000.