1. How long have you had a weblog?
Well, this one's been going since September 2001, though I really didn't start using it regularly until January 2002.
I did try blogs before that, though. According to my saved html file that was produced by the original blog, my first post went up on March 28, 2000. I didn't do much with that blog, but I did a lot more with my Aberrant blog. It was a weekly game, and this was my character's journal. The character also happened to be me, which was one reason I wanted to keep the journal. It didn't last very long...it was a lot of work to summarize the game sessions, and it died off in July. I had a lot of fun with that, though.
2. What was your first post about?
The first one on the original blog was about how I'd lost 10 lbs. on Weight Watchers in eight weeks. Only took many more years to lose the rest. I also talked obout...oh hell, let's just do it this way:
I've lost 10 lbs. in 8 weeks on Weight Watchers. I so thought I was going to gain last week, but I lost one pound to make that 10. I really am going to gain or stay the same this week, though. I was rather off the point-scale with food most days.
However, on the good news side, I've learned how to do a number of things! More futzing in Photoshop, though not what I'd promised I'd do. I just can't design that way. I did find a nice way to make some buttons and such, tho.
I've also set up the new backup server at work, and it actually is working! Now we just have to slog through two weeks of "new" backups, until we have enough on the tapes that we're not essentially doing brand new backups.
I need to get back to work on Janet's webpage. Since Rob's doing his own for the SFF Bookclub, or whatever it ends up being called, I should have more time. Lou's also wanting to get back to working on his own. I just need to try and find the best WYSIWYG program for him, of course for the Mac as well.
Back to work. More later, perhaps...
3. How many changes (name, location, etc.) of your weblog have there been, if more than one?
The original one was just called BlogFun, my Aberrant one was called Aberrant - Fight the Future, which was the name of our game. They were originally hosted at my old netspace...er...on netspace. This blog was named for the domain, and won't change its location, but it may change hosts someday.
4. What CMS (content management system) do you use? Do you like it or do you want to try something else?
Movabletype. Will never go back. Used to use Blogger, but outgrew it. It was fun when there weren't TONS of people on it, when it was new. Now it's just slow. I tried Greymatter, but it just didn't work for me.
5. Do you read people who have both a journal and a weblog? Or do you prefer to read people who have all of their writing in one central place?
I read the blogs that are linked on my sidebar, with occasional forays into other links from their blogs.
I also use Livejournal to keep up to date with people I know over there. I must admit, I like the community feel and the "current mood" and the "current music" tidbits, and the ability to post a comment to someone with threading and your own icons and being all logged in. But it's much more of a community style than weblog style, and that's okay for somethings, but not all.