'nuff said on THAT score.
Memes aside - I seem to have become a blogaholic to the extent that when my Chyrp upgrade from RC1 to RC2 failed and I had to ask for a site backup (bit drastic for a restor, I know - but I am keen to be a "useful" beta for Alex Suraci and help others suffer less pain on the upgrade.
The waiting on the backup has dragged on a bit, and seven hours or so is about my limit for IRC so, with my Chyrp! blog at didactic.me out of action I gradually gestated the idea to have a "vanilla" blog here in which I shall talk exclusively of Chyrp and matters, shall we say, gravitating towards the geeky.
If you are wondering what Chyrp does - well it blogs... and it can be used in many and varied ways - but it is young code and unbloated (which I tend to find Wordpress blogs to be). I like it because I can code a bit and it gives me scope to do that in combination with writing (on the blog of course!) Which I also enjoy. I'm not pimping my blog as the best example of what you can do with Chyrp! - in fact right now it is possibly the WORST! Then again it IS broken right now.
I shall try to remember to post here if I find a site which I regard as a stunning example of it being used in a way that may not be to my exact tastes (hopefully that will be mine own). The closest I can come to that right off the bat MIGHT be AlisonW's so take a look if you like. She is pretty cool in herself - made a couple of extensions and might have more in the pipeline (that's how we came to be in contact).
This is probably enough for an openning post. Because the next thing I am going to do is see just how much I get tied down by Blogger (probably QUITE a lot by comparison with the freedom I am used to). This is in large part due to the wonderful Marmite Lover - who asked me to see if she could do a few things emulating my blog (before I borked it).
Got to find something to do when I cannot blog or tweak my site pending the backup! And frankly starting this blog is a cheap way for me to have a secondary blog and try to keep any "geek creep" from infecting my blog... reminds me of the term future creep I just heard - a whole new take on creeping elegance!
PS - the dark theme is not entirely to my tastes, but is in tribute to the Chyrp! site, given the subject matter of the blog's inception.
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