The last time I updated my blog's code base, I started from scratch (again) and my mindset was "keep it simple".  And a very simple one-person blog appeared.  Well it was a little too simple, no trackbacks, referrals and no automatic pinging of blog services like ping-o-matic.  Now with Duncan's help (who was looking for a new blog engine as well) that has all been added and more.

I am authoring this post in Windows Live Writer (yay, MetaWeblog support!).  So far I am pretty impressed.  I like the simple and attractive UI, but the most interesting part is the extensibility model.  Its very simple to write plug-ins and there are couple of cool ones available so far like the Live Local map and Flickr photo plug-ins.  [Watch the video of Live Writer on 10]

If you are viewing this post on my website you'll notice that my blog is themed with a possibly familiar theme.  The theme is entitled Subtle v0.32 and it was designed by Glued Ideas.  Duncan first noticed a variation of the theme on Shooting the Kids, and it brought up the issue once again, how great Word Press themes are and how nice it would be to take advantage of them.  So when updating the UI that's exactly what we did.  Its a bit hardcoded now, but it sounds like an interesting issue to address.  Multi-blog engine themes portability.

Anyways, now that the new engine is up, vacations are over and summer has passed, I'm going to challenege myself to blog everyday.  I believe I have plenty of content, I was just ignoring or working on the tools.  I'm also pledging to get better at email, regarding faster response times.  So now would be the time to resend any emails that never received a response. :)