I've Been Thinking

So, a few months ago, Bahiyyih asked me if we could set up a web log "Like Husayn's". We had a languishing computer in a cabinet in the basement that we occasionally backed up our files to, that had once been intended as a server, so I updated its operating system, and we started searching around for good weblog software.

Bahiyyih found something written by a photographer or dentist or something, and we tried installing it. It kind of worked, but we kept looking. After a couple more days, we found MovableType*, installed it, and then learned that it was, in fact, written by the same people who hosted Husayn's blog. Bahiyyih started writing, and there was no stopping.

Anyway, what I meant to write was that once in a while I have an idea that I think is interesting enough to write down, and I am likely to forget it if I don't. Paul Graham writes that a good way to develop your ideas is to write an essay about them. So here I go.

Shoot. I've forgotten what my idea was that got me here in front of the keyboard. Well, maybe next time. At least there's the story of some software installation here. Hey, I'm a programmer -- it was very good practice for me to install someone else's code and get it all to work. Usually I just deal with my own, and that's less adventurous.

* At the time, MovableType was free and generally loved; it soon became expensive and controversial. We have stuck with the free version that we originally downloaded, but someday we will have to come up with a long-term solution to our inability to upgrade.