Here at the Max 256 blog we don’t celebrate anniversaries, only multiples of 256 and other round numbers. This is entry number 256, which means there are currently no more than 65 536 words (or 64 kilowords, for certain definitions of “kilo” and “word”) in the blog. Who else can say the same thing with such precision?! Amazing.

Best of all, this is only the first out of many magical number events you have to look forward to over the coming years, such as the 128 kiloword event next year, the 256 kiloword event in late 2011, the megaword event in ca 2021, and the gigaword event some time around the year 15 989. That’s a party you don’t want to miss – tell your children to tell their children! (This year’s celebration, however, has been cancelled to avoid sending the wrong signals in this time of economic hardship.)

What can you expect from the next 256 entries? Ideas in the planning stage include: A dictionary marathon, lolcatz (cats with funny captions!), anthologies of my favorite Twitter messages, a pictorial series on the growth of the grass outside my window, and fashion advice. Enjoy!