On August 28, 2003 I created my first blog entry. I actually created several blogs, but I consolidated them into just this one over a year ago.

The first post is about the Tech Valley Fair, but the link is gone. It was an announcement for a technology fair up around Albany, NY and looked to be very interesting. I can’t find any information about it, but Union College held a Tech Valley Engineering Symposium last May.

Looking back, I have been very good about blogging something more or less interesting every week. Usually, I create two or three entries a week. My main interests are Computer Programming, Web development, Science Fiction Writing, and Blues music. I have also documented my walks around Rockland Lake and I weigh in at 25 pounds less than I did two years ago.

To mark the beginning of my third year of blogging, I will launch a new tech blog. I hope to make 52 (at least) entries – one a week. In each blog entry I will discuss some ideas that I have picked up by creating my own websites. I will discuss free tools that are easily added to web pages. I will try and discuss coding techniques and tips and tricks. I also want to talk a little about style. The blog will sometimes have coding examples in JavaScript, PHP, or Java with some HTML and CSS and XML thrown in. I am not a guru. I am a hacker and I like simple useful code. I hope that everything I do will be conducive to cut and paste, and will be immediately useful.

I am interested in marketing and affiliate programs as well as search engine optimizing. I hope to have 500 or so words each week and I will try to cover several different topics in each entry. I have sketched out a only dozen or so things that I can discuss, but I think I can keep it up for a year.

I have already started the new blog, but I am still tweaking the look and rewriting the home page. I will announce it on August 28, 2005.