Why Are 5-year-old Posts So Interesting?

I'm confused.

I just looked at the entry page logs over the past few months and there's a weird pattern: 11 of the 12 most popular inbound pages on GearBits were posted in 2003, 2004, and 2005.

Nothing newer than 2006 makes the top 20 pages.

Why is that?

One possible explanation: GearBits is so far ahead of everyone that the rest of the world is just now catching up to stuff we talked about here years ago.

Nah.

Another possible explanation: I've reduced my output so much that, compared to 2003-2005, there isn't as much to link to. Hmm...it looks like GearBits had about 950 entries posted during its first 3 years, and then just 550 in the roughly 3 years since. So, that might explain some of the disparity, but surely not all.

A third possible explanation: I've strayed from gadgets into politics more and more and there's less interest in that. Fair enough. After the election, I promise to do less politics relative to the tech stuff.