scholar of all things neologistic
12.30.2007 @ 11:55 PM CST
About two years ago, I decided to write my own blogging software as an exercise in learning PHP / MySQL. But while I did acquire a decent working knowledge of those languages (along with a mostly-functioning blog), my ill-fated creation was doomed for other reasons - mainly, a lack of time to upload anything of interest. Various blog incarnations have surfaced at mikelaurence.com in the interim, but they've suffered from similar disinterest on my part. After all, who can keep up with MyLinkedFaceSpace anymore, not to mention their own private website?
Fortunately, I feel so very wonderfully witty (and alliterative) these days that I can't help but think I'll buck the trend this time. And the technology is more fun, too - MikeBlog 4.0 is written in 98% organic, MSG-free Ruby on Rails and plugs in nicely to everything else on my site (though admittedly "everything else" doesn't amount to much as of yet.) Plus, I've got some interesting little projects that are nearly ready for public consumption, so hopefully the past 22 1/2 or so hours of blog programming and design won't be lost as just "practice". Because honestly, who likes to practice? I could've been slamming some pogs (note clever tie-in to title.)
Fortunately, I feel so very wonderfully witty (and alliterative) these days that I can't help but think I'll buck the trend this time. And the technology is more fun, too - MikeBlog 4.0 is written in 98% organic, MSG-free Ruby on Rails and plugs in nicely to everything else on my site (though admittedly "everything else" doesn't amount to much as of yet.) Plus, I've got some interesting little projects that are nearly ready for public consumption, so hopefully the past 22 1/2 or so hours of blog programming and design won't be lost as just "practice". Because honestly, who likes to practice? I could've been slamming some pogs (note clever tie-in to title.)