“What happened to that gorgeous retro-design of your blog”, you might ask. I dumped it. I killed it for a few good reasons. For one, it was horribly outdated and as every good person in IT knows, that which is not updated becomes vulnerable. Aside from that, I felt it was time to make a fresh start.
In truth I haven’t touched a line of PHP-code or HTML in a very long time and I cannot say I miss it. I still like tinkering and figuring out how stuff works, but I don’t really have the time to tidy things up and finish them properly. As soon as it becomes mundane I lose interest.
The fact I haven’t updated this blog in forever had more to do with what it had become to represent for me. A stale, old-fashioned place that reminded me of everything that’s wrong with it. It had become the equivalent of a very uncomfortable place to write in.
So, here I am. I have figuratively cleaned the room, washed the windows, vacuumed the floor, painted the walls and cleared my desk. All I need to is start writing again.
And no more custom stuff. In the end it’s about the content, not the context. Let other, younger minds ponder over blog frameworks, style and design. I will just focus on my writing.