Things have been pretty quiet here on the front page, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been ignoring this little site. I have created a new, minimal theme, and I’ve removed the life-stream plugin that I was using. That plugin has been replaced by Ankh, a little python script to generate life-stream type pages. You can see what I’m using it for on my Webstream Page, which is a mix of feeds created by my actions and a list of some of my favorite sites displayed in a fashion similar to Alltop.
For a long while I’ve been thinking about creating a little application to handle easily creating lists and pages of lists. I actually started on it earlier this summer, but at the time I was pretty unhappy with the direction it was heading. Recently however, I had a few ideas on what I should do differently, and now it seems to be what I had originally envisioned. I haven’t come up with a great name yet and have instead simply decided to call it Vimes after the character from Discworld (for no reason other than I like the name and Discworld is awesome!). What I have up right now is merely a demo of how it will work, and it is missing some of the larger features that will make it be really useful. But editing and arranging lists is working quite well (especially if you use Chrome).
I’m going to keep this post short, with the plan to update again soon. I’ve made a goal to have 50 posts this year and this is #7! So I’ll be back pretty soon, I believe!