I can’t seem to get along with weblog software. I think that it might be a common trait of programmers; then again, it might just be a trait of someone with my different interests. Most software ends up bothering me because of its constraints. Writing my own always gets me side-tracked on making something bigger and better, and I never finish. I’m web-standards obsessed and love plain text.

This time, I think I’ve found a match. I have the flexibility of writing my own system with the help of having a decent framework behind it. I’m using a static site generator, Webby, along with Textile) and mofo, a Ruby microformat parser. I write posts in Textile, Webby turns them into HTML and updates the front page and archives, and then mofo scans the hAtom tags I’ve embedded in my front page to make an Atom) feed.

For the front end, it’s mainly just me and my minimalist XHTML and CSS. I do have help from Ultraviolet and SenCSS.

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