Pity that they went from a forum post blog to a separate vbulletin based blog, once that happened it was lost forever. Lesson to be learnt there maybe?
Out of sight = out of mind, forums can get messages and conversation to the people you know swiftly, easily, and with little effort on the viewers part.
Especially as the content mirrored this blog to the "T" for January 2008 but with far more comments and diverse conversation going off on tangents from all involved.