Yep. It is time for my monthly blog post to keep the Archive's nice and warm.
Now that I have had this domain for a while, and my blog for over a year, I ponder why I have it.
I was looking at my stats, and if you discount the bots, I have about 10 hits a month. I'm really burning up the bandwidth with that. I love the search terms "Personal Blogs Nobody Reads" and "what to do when pulled over and smoking marijuana" that led people to my blog.
(BTW that last one refers to a story where a really uppity local deputy decided I was smoking dope on my way to Austin to meet with various state agencies..I wasn't.)
So if I spend all of my time contributing to Jessica's Well and putting my two cents in at MyOpenForum.com, why keep a personal blog?
Well having a domain is kind of nice. I get to play with MoveableType in a way that I don't get to as a contributor. I also get to try out all kinds of different web tools and programs like Gallery2, PHPSurvey and Calendar. It lets me decide if I want to suggest these tools for some web sites I help maintain on a volunteer basis.
Yeah, I don't post all that personal stuff, but who really cares?
