First post
Posted on November 28, 2008 at 23:29:03 by chris
Welcome to this weblog. Or maybe it's a journal or diary, take your pick; I think "weblog" is the best of a bad lot (no, I don't like "blog", though that seems to be the common word for it these days). I have had a relatively public diary/journal in the past on the Monochrome BBS, way back before anyone started saying "weblog".
Why am I doing this? Take your pick:
- I fancied having a go adding the capability to the website
- A way for family/friends to know some of what's going on, as I'm not good at keeping touch
- Somewhere to put (what I think at the time are) interesting thoughts
- A feeling of self-importance at the thought of other people wanting to read (and comment?) on what I say
- Somewhere to witter on to someone about things my family have no interest in
More than likely it's just the latest toy which I'll forget about soon when the next toy comes along.
Things not to expect here:
- Me spending hours a day or week adding things here. I won't have time, especially with a new baby due in a month.
- Anything particularly interesting. It's pot-luck.
- Attractive site design. I'm not a web or graphic designer, I'm a software engineer - user interfaces aren't my area. But I'm open to suggestions on improvements to how it looks or how accessible and standards-compliant it is.