I have decided to move my sites into Drupal. It has been a slow and long process. Keptosh.com has already been moved over. I didn't bother changing the theme at this time, but may do so in the future. I'm also considering changing the overall function of that site. My wife's site funnylittlebirds.com has also been moved over to Drupal, but she hasn't populated it with content yet.
 
I have made a lot of "I don't blog enough" posts over there years. While I do not want to do away with the blog altogether, my goal for the future is to remove the emphasis of the site from it. My blog will become my ranting ground, as it always has been. Instead, I will shift my focus to articles or features. These articles will not have an associated date and they will appear in rotation on the front page. They will be stand alone commentary on a variety of subjects that interest me and will hopefully interest my readers. This will allow me to focus on specific topics that would seem out of place in the blog and still keep the blog informal. This also releives the pressure on me to produce blog posts as frequently.
 
With the current organization of the site if I don't blog everyday the site looks stale and dead. That last post date is just kind of floating up at the top declaring the last day I bothered to interact with my site. I think the web is changing too much for this to be a true indicator of activity. I tweet more than I blog. So, this will find a more dominant place in the new design. I also would like to turn more of attention of this site to my music. This will mean a featured album or something of that nature.
 
As of this writing the new theme has been built in photoshop, but not assembled yet. I will probably launch the site with the default Drupal theme initially. The horror of having that theme live should motivate me to finish the xhtml and css for the new design. Until I have enough articles to take the new front page live the blog itself will remain on the front page.
 
That is what is on the horizon for now. If you do find yourself reading this blog, let me know what you expect from it. What would you like to see more of.
 
later,
-junc