You would think that someone who has been using the Internet for as long as I have would have a blog by now. For various reasons I have kept putting off both updating my site and starting a blog. One of the reasons for not creating a blog sooner was that I didn’t think I had anything interesting to say. However, when I took a look at the features of weblog software such as Wordpress (which, as of this post, is what I am currently using), I found that I could use the software not only to maintain a blog, but a homepage with the other content as well. I also thought it would be a good way to revive what was my ancient circa 1995 homepage with some new technology. I think using a package like Wordpress will make it easier to maintain my homepage, plus I don’t have to fret over the design and layout of the site (another reason for blowing off redesigning my old home page). I have also added the WPG2 plugin for Wordpress that allows one to incorporate Gallery2 (a nice PHP and MySQL based photo gallery) somewhat seemlessly into my site, thus allowing me to share my photos with friends/family and any stranger that wanders onto my site.

I will be moving over all the content from my old home page to this new site shortly, (anything that is worth moving anyway) so check back later for updates. The photo gallery just has a test photo album currently and I plan to add many more photos in the near future. Speaking of photos, the pictures that you see at the top of the page (in the the header) are pictures that I have taken over the years. When you reload the page (or go to a different page) a random picture will appear.

Anyway, I want to thank all the hard working people that have contributed to Wordpress and Gallery as well as Rui Pereira who created the vSlider theme that I am currently using on the site. Rui was kind enough to answer a few questions I had as well.

On with the show…

Categories: General Musings