blogiversary

4 years

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At about 6 minutes past 5pm on the 14th January 2002, I wrote this entry. 4 years, 4821 entries, 6689 comments, 757 trackback pings and a whole shedload of spam later and it’s my fourth blogiversary.

Four years is a, to put it bluntly, a bloody long time, and I’m really pleased that I’ve been able to keep it going this long. So many of my projects in the past have come and go – this is one that I’ve managed to stick with and it makes me proud to think it’s still going strong. I have no intentions of giving up now.

Most of all, I’d like to thank all of you who have commented and trackbacked over the years, especially people like Andy, Kim, Ben, Richy and Ciaran who have been commenting here almost from the beginning. It’s the feedback I get, more than anything, that keeps me going, so keep it up and I should still be here in another 4 years time 🙂 .

The blog has also been with me through some interesting times. Back in January 2002 I was a 17-year-old college student. Since then I’ve had my 18th and 21st birthdays, left home, been to university, got a degree and started another one, met Hari and visited lots of new places, met lots of new people and done many new things. I can’t guarantee that my life will stay interesting but at least if it doesn’t I have a good record of when it was.

And the blog itself has changed – back in 2002, there were no comments, trackbacks or RSS feeds, and I was posting using Blogger to some webspace that only had 100MB of monthly bandwidth. Now I use 100MB in about 6 hours, the site is powered by Movable Type, and I’ve graduated from RSS to Atom for all my feeds. I also started the sideblog in November 2003 which has been doing well too, despite a few quiet periods.
I don’t regret starting this blog one bit – through it, I’ve made many new friends and got a lot of enjoyment.

Here’s to another 4 years! 🙂

Previous anniversary posts: 2003, 2004 and 2005 (when I nearly forgot).

My second Blogiversary!

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Today is the second anniversary of my first post to this blog! Over that time, I’ve managed:

  • 1528 entries (including this one)
  • 1102 user comments
  • 151 trackback pings

Most of all, I’m impressed at how long the site has lasted – I’ve run a number of sites prior to this and not one has survived as long as this one. It’s probably a testament to Movable Type (and Blogger) that my interest has remained for so long.

Today I go back to university, ahead of my (written) exam on Friday on SQL. I’m going back today to give me time to settle in beforehand. It also meant I could download today’s MS Security patches on a reasonably fast connection. Also, last night I moved MT’s files so that it is running under cgiwrap, which apparently makes the whole thing more secure. I would have had it there originally but I didn’t find the option until a couple of weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Blog!

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It’s exactly one year today that I started the old blog with this entry. During the past year, I have

  • Changed hosts twice
  • Changed blogging tool once (from Blogger to MT)
  • Made a major change to the design 6 times
  • Posted more entries than I’d like to think
  • Gained several regular readers (hi Kim, Richy, Andy, Quanta, Ciaran, MODatic and everyone I’ve forgotten 🙂 )
  • Inspired at least one other person to start blogging

All in all, I’m happy with my blogging, and hope to continue it for as long as I can. Thanks for reading – after all, a blog is nothing if no-one reads it.