TW Blog :: Archives for July 2003

Personal Promulgation

Relates to Peregrinations and Blogging

And so the journey begins.

It wasn't long after discovering Simon's excellent Blog that I was inspired to start my own Web Log. I felt it was time to start giving something back to the community from my own peregrinations around the Internet. At first I was tempted to give Movable Type a go, but never satisfied with just using other software, and constantly compelled to deconstruct code I get hold of, I decided to start with a Lockian-esque blank slate, figuring it would probably take a similar time to develop my own customised system than to learn the intricate details of a pre-packaged blogging tool.

Well, ok, I was a bit over zealous in my estimations, and it has taken longer than forecast to get a system up and running, but I have enjoyed the journey into the intricate workings of RSS builder classes in PHP and my first face-off with RDF.

I wanted to be able to write up my logs on my local machine, so to avoid unnecessary transfer of data between my local and remote MySQL databases, and tedious FTP tranfer of directories and files, I compiled a PHP script to run from the command prompt that will do all this for me.

So now I am quite excited! As I have been building and wandering the web, there are so many remarks I have wanted to make. Be they for my own satisfaction, or global consumption. So I hope my personal Blog may perhaps be of interest to you, and that perhaps some of my peripatetic path may help us all make new discoveries.

A flag moves. What is it that moves? Is it the flag or the wind?…Neither it is the mind that moves.Tibetan Mystic

Posted on Tuesday, Jul 01, 2003 at 02:40:21.