I started this blog about a month ago, but didn’t want to make it public without finishing a lot of work on the rest of the site; I was in the middle of a number of changes. Now that all major updates are finished, it’s time to go live.

For starters, a lot of the underlying code has finally been revamped. The first incarnation of what I call the Go Framework was a total mess, and what I have now is a lot easier to maintain. (It’s also available to anyone who’s interested.)

Secondly, as you’ve already noticed, I have a blog. For a long time I resisted the urge to journal my efforts and thoughts online, but I was mainly reluctant to do any coding. Once I gave up on trying to write my own blog software and downloaded Movable Type, I became much more enthusiastic about the whole idea.

Lastly, there is a lot of updated content. I’ve added a photo album from my summer in Italy, as well as over thirty albums from my term abroad in Russia. Several other pages have been touched up, and there is a new software development section for any projects I undertake.

This was mostly an “anti-stagnation” update, to make sure my web page didn’t fall victim to the “I’m too lazy to update this pile of old crap” syndrome. Now it’s a pile of new crap, so take a look.