Do I need a blog?
Not surprisingly I’ve already grown tired of WordPress. Lots of snazzy stuff, especially with the plugins available, but it’s just not doing it for me. Part of the problem is evidenced by the fact that I’m writing a blog post about wondering if I really need a blog.
While I know I use it as a blog sometimes, most of the stuff here is page-like stuff. I keep notes-to-self, minor writeups about projects, stuff like that. At least half the entries here would be better stored as a static-ish page. Now that I’ll be using the LMR blog for tidbits about robot/electronic projects, I don’t really need 30MB worth of blog engine on my own homepage.
I think the “right” answer is some wiki (or wiki-like) thing instead, with a blog-style device in that for non-robot random stuff. That would put the static stuff as it should be, and still allow for quick thoughts, ooh-I-want-one posts, and other useless crap. A plain old link to “My Robot Blog at LMR” would cover that part.
Now I just need to decide if I want to use any of the existing wiki engines or if I should write my own. I’ll never be happy with either option, so it’s a pretty tough decision to make ;)