Gauntlet.ca came into existence in it's current incarnation a couple of years ago when a server that I was running in my home kicked the bucket. I decided then that it was no longer worth the effort of trying to maintain server software, and that I would rely on Blogger to do that for me.I was still using a friend's name server, however, and after many years of admirable service that server unexpectedly passed away over a month ago. Since then, gauntlet.ca has existed only in the electronic imagination of the Blogger servers. But exist it did.