I took my site down quite awhile ago. Once again it’s time to put something back so I can post things that are more than sharing a remark or link with friends on Facebook or the void of Twitter (which I really just use to save links). I’ll mainly be posting family and non-work technical stuff here (RepRap, Arduino and various synth stuff at the moment).

A few notes for my sanity on what’s under this. WordPress again, still seems to be the logical choice. I’ve wired it to Facebook with Simple Facebook Connect, mainly to support the like button and comments. I may experiment with the API later. The Tweet button is via WP Tweet Button which seemed basic enough. The feed from my Twitter account, robotdad (a handle I’ve taken to using when forced into IRC or forums), is via Twitter Widget Pro. I’ve not enabled Askimet… yet. The last time I had a WordPress blog spam was the more the reason I shuttered it than that I wasn’t posting. As to the theme it’s the default 2011 with a few modifications. Basically pulled the search box from the title, changed the CSS for tighter padding and to use Segoe UI. All the header images are my own pictures, cropped in GIMP with very little or no other post processing.

I’m hosted on 1&1, got a good deal ages ago I’m grandfathered into. Domain registered there as well. So, PHP 5.2.17 at the moment and som *nix flavor and MySQL 5.something. Serviceable. Funny using SSH and FTP again, like riding a bike.