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Well I thought it was time for another change. I’m always on the lookout for new things. I go back and forth from wiki to blog to wiki tp blog again. Well this time I think I’m going to stick with the blog, at least for my main stuff. Sure, I’m keeping the wiki, it’s just not at the beginning. I’m even giving it it’s own address soon (wiki.whoisnick.com)

Now there are countless reasons for me going back to the blog world, here are just a few of them

1. Categories – categorizing isn’t that hard in the wiki format, it’s just for how I wanted my bliki to look and function. It would mean spending countless ours getting up to speed and trying to make the format and code work. Why do it when the wheel has already been invented.
2. Layout – trying to get the layout in my head, online while keeping to the conforms and code of the wiki, well, it just wasn’t matching. Again, Why do it when the wheel has already been invented.
   Comments – sure with a wiki people can add their own comments, but it’s just not as nice as with blogging software.
3. WordPress – enter wordpress. I’be been looking around for a blogging solution to what I want, plus one that’s expandable with my skills. Introducing WordPress. They seem to have it all, plus I can hosting it on my own hosting. Easy Peasy!

With the categorization I should be able to put more organization into whatever posts I’m doing. Who knows, with any time I might actually have some readership? Here’s a start to the new year!

I don’t know who they are, but I’m sending out a nice thank you to the 3 people who thought my collection of poems were good enough to purchase. Sure it’s been a couple of months since I submitted 4 copies, but considering the competition on the shelves I’m pretty stoked about that. So to the universe I scream, thank you!
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I have a thought that’s purple
Well, it’s more purple with orange swirls
It’s kinda Happy
It’s kinda Angry
It’s like daisies in the spring
and Bears in the winter

Just coding coding coding. Keep coding coding coding. That seems to be the only thing I’m doing lately. It takes thousands upon thousands of lines of code to get to the point where I want to be. It’s like a mountain climber looking at a mountain that’s just that little bit too high. This kind of mountain is definitely going to need the rope.
They say to expand your self by biting off more then you can chew. You need to shoot for the stars because if you only shoot for the end of the road you will always get there and never have to try new things to do so. Well I’m starting to feel the frustration of shooting for the stars. My little project of course is taking longer…way longer then I ever anticipated, but it’s baby steps. The sad thing is I don’t even have anything in the outside world to show my progress. Oh well, I’ll get there.

Mind you out of all of this turmoil I’ve come to the conclusion that apache mod_rewrite is the coolest thing in the whole wide world. I haven’t even begun and I’m only at the tip of the iceberg, but if you get a chance, give it a shot.

December blah’s have been hitting. Haven’t really been feeling so hot lately. Not too sure why. I think today is better. Got some things off my shoulders and now I think I’m actually starting to make progress on my little secret site. It’s not really a secret. And for someone who is looking at being out there and open it’s not really a good idea for me not to say anything.

Well the site is wherestheshow.com it’s going to be an event calendar. Right now it’s not much of anything, but on my localhost it’s starting to come somewhere. Mind you it’s taking forever!! I just need to keep taking in big breathes and remind myself of baby steps. Baby steps. Baby steps.

I’ve been looking everywhere to see if I can find a decent theme for MoinMoin. I really like the functionality but you can definately tell that It’s build by programmers. I mean there aren’t any nice looking themes. Sure the MoinMoin site itself has the new modern theme, but is it available yet? No, of course not. It’s only going to be available in the newer version. But, still, it’s not going to do what I want. So, I’m here trying to figure out and learn not only python, but also try and figure out how to develop for MoinMoin’s architecture and framework.

I really should be working on my other projects but my own site is bugging me. Really it should resemble what I want to embody as an entity on the interbaun-baun. I mean, really, it should say I’ve done some design and a bit of programming.

But one step at a time. I’ve gotten this far with the style. Which surprisingly is better then others I’ve seen out there. Can anyone compete with this theme? Are there any other MoinMoin themes which you think could kick this ones design ass? Anyone, anyone? Buhler?