Clementson's Blog

New Blog location

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

I decided to change the location of my weblog as well as the software I use to generate it. Please update your links:

New blog location:
http://bc.tech.coop/blog/index.html
New RSS feed location:
http://www.wcc.vccs.edu/services/rssify/rssify.php?url=http://bc.tech.coop/blog/index.html

I now use Blogmax with Emacs for my blogging.

There were a number of reasons for this:

• I set up my weblog in the root directory of my site. This was a mistake as all of the archives went there as well, making a bit of a mess - and I'm a tidy sorta guy ;-). Now, all of the files associated with my weblog are located in the blog directory.
• I got tired of using blogger as my weblog creation tool. Here are some of the reasons why:
  • Lack of control over the different custom tags that are used by the blogger templates.
  • I *hate* browser-based editors and specialized off-line weblog editors. They're just another editor that I've got to work with and I'd rather just use Emacs.
  • I didn't like having individual daily/weekly/monthly links for my blog archives. A calendar is a much more space-efficient way of accessing archives.
  • Inability to script or automate activities in blogger.
  • To add links to the sidebar, you have to edit the template in blogger - this is a bit of a hassle.
  • Poor permanent link support in blogger - you can only link to the date of a posting, not a specific post.
• I am very productive in Emacs and prefer to use it instead of a whole bunch of different tools.