You might have been wondering why there have been no updated to my personal blog in a long time. To make a long story short, I’ve been working on the backend migrating the site from the now very much defunct Mambo content management system (CMS), to the latest stable Joomla 1.5 version. While not exactly the most difficult thing in the world, the migration was not exactly a straight forward process at times either. A lot of bells and whistles that I had beforehand are missing at the moment and I will get around to bringing them back over time, but the two most important things are up: All the blog entries from the last six years or so and of course the picture gallery that now contains several thousand images. As beforehand, to view the pictures you have to login, since I like to keep a little control over the pictures. On the blog side you might notices that I actually went back and finally added categories. So now, if you don’t feel like reading through all my musings on random topics on the home page, simply go to the Personal menu at the top of the page and select a particular blog category that suits your interest. If you don’t find the categories very useful, please let me know since I came up with them on the fly as I reviewed my blog entries.
Reviewing all the blog entries proved to be a project in itself. Maybe I have too much time on my hands but somehow over the last few years I have managed to scrap together close to 200 entries. It was actually quite interesting and entertaining at times to go back and re-read several of the entries, some of which date all the way back to 2004. Several of the things I wrote back then I would probably disagree with now, while some other things I predicted were spot on. One thing I learned for sure though is that I do a terrible job titling my entries, which was a major reason why the categorization took this long. I had to read most of the entries to simply figure out what they were all about. Anyhow, look for new features and improvements in the coming weeks. Also let me know about any bugs and issue you might encounter, and feedback on how you like or dislike the new look is also appreciated.
