2sidedfigure.net

So here it begins, my first blog entry in my newly created site. The site is still but a skeleton of what I eventually hope it becomes. If nothing else, at least I can say I started it off right by being XHTML Strict (validating, of course) and using CSS for layout. My hope is that the structure is flexible enough that when i grow tired of the design — as I am already starting to given the amount of time I spent looking at it during development — I can restyle it as I see fit. Also, as my current creation page is as barebones as the rest of the site, this will be a test, at least until I make some upgrades, as to how well I can put down my thoughts in markup.

But enough reflection on where the state of the site sits, as I guess I'm trying to decide the types of things I'll be writing about. I think the first paragraph already indicates that I will be spending a certain amount of time reflecting about the technological state of the site, but I'd also like it to serve as a journal for my other explorations into design and development. That largely comes from an urge to contribute to the community that has so freely given to me. Of course, the community I speak of comprises the open source community, as well as all the other little blogs and forums out there I routinely check and stumble across in Google while trying to arrive at some solution for the computer problem of the day.

Even that seems like too narrow a scope though. I can see this as being a ranting farm for diatribes on the other silly little things going on in my life, like my detoured Metro route this evening due to a stabbing at the Hollywood/Highland train station. I can also see myself commenting on the state of humanity as I see it, ranging from my interactions with others (that's what the privacy feature is for) to how crazy Barack Obama supporters are. Not that I'm opposed to him, far from it actually; it's just funny to see people in the frenzied state I used to find myself in over politics. I guess I've just gotten a little to cynical these past few years to really give a squirt of piss, as a friend of mine might say.

So all in all, while I was hoping this little free-form exercise might lend some insight as to what I'll be going on about for as long as I decide to keep up with this silly thing, it seems I've reached no definitive conclusions. Although, on second thought, maybe I have — it's going to be about whatever the hell I feel like it being at that point in time, just as it should be.

Hey, here's a thought: I can set down little goals in each of these posts, and see if I can live up to them before my next entry. I suppose the first would be for me to rig-up an RSS feed for this site. It's unlikely anyone will ever use it, but it'll be a fun little development challenge, if you'd call it that. Although, if the goals idea is anything like my New Year's resolution of five years ago where I vowed not to make anymore New Year's resolutions, it's future doesn't look bright.

Won't it be funny for me too look back on this first entry after I have a few under my belt; I guess that's what I made the edit and delete functions for.