Why

Good question

Some answers ...

this site had nothing on it (well it had the attitude adjustment tool which i still link to)
the domain is currently in google's supplemental index
i would prefer the domain be useful
blogs are fine, but by design older content is buried in a blog and they look stale if not updated frequently
the informal aspect of blogs is fine, but this format allows informality with the option to improve a piece of content over time if desired
a place for random stuff - experiments, thoughts, things i learn
a place for incremental, work-in-progress content development - that will end up different places one day maybe
a place for smaller, one-off projects to live or start
to play around with integrating a wiki for content management - and use this site as an extension of a wiki i use as a notebook of sorts
to share things i learn or work out that might be useful to other people
to highlight content developed elsewhere or content that doesn't have an obvious place to be published, for example my thesis abstract Just World Beliefs, Religiosity, and Explanations for Suffering
not necessarily constrained to work topics - maybe interesting to me - maybe something fun - maybe some politics
to foster some creative thinking
a homepage that is never the same twice - and as content grows is going to look kinda crazy
to build something that looks static but isnt
couple of installation-esque things
i saw this site and especially this page and thought it was cool
a place for a more personal voice

For the record - this site was created in this form April 9, 2007.