This story is one of the best in The Devil's Dictionary. I'm glad that it sometimes comes up as a fortune on my computer:

After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from Heaven. As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought, and turned to God and said, "A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon to be created."

"This is true," He replied.

"He will need laws," said the Demon slyly.

"What! You, his appointed Enemy for all Time! You ask for the right to make his laws?"

"Oh, no!" Satan replied, "I ask only that he be allowed to make his own."

It was so granted. _
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02:45:55 PM, Tuesday 8 January 2002

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Mike asked earlier why I think the m14m.net weblogs should be running on something other than bloglet. The biggest reason is this: the bloglet script works by inserting new entries into static html files. It keeps no record of older entries, apart from the already generated html. As a result, it's very hard to build a good interface for editing old entries. Also, because the configuration is stored in a text file on the server, it's hard to build a good web interface for reconfiguring the look of a bloglet. There are various hacks I could apply to do both of these things, but they'd leave the code a great big mess--in this case, I think it's better to either build or download something new. _
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