So, first it was Movable Type. I really had a hard time setting it up, and I’m no newcomer to compiling software on various unix systems. Refusing to run Linux means I get to try to compile things for Solaris, NetBSD, and MacOS X. Most of the time it isn’t so hard and installing Movable Type didn’t require any compilation. But it was a large two-week pain in the ass.

Since I’m no fan of having to pay for software, and since it was really just my sister’s ridiculous request, I tried to avoid it. Unfortunately, she was very insistent, and here it is: Super Eggplant.

So, really, this wasn’t all about Movable Type complaining. I also want to complain about the software I’m using for my blog: Blosxom. It’s all kind of hacked together, but FREE. There’s even a version in Python, but I’m not comfortable enough with the Python installation to use it. The original Perl version was hard enough to get going.

Anyway, one big problem with Blosxom is that it uses file creation dates to determine blog entry dates. There’s a way to use a plug-in to dynamically render different dates, but that doesn’t work with static pages. Basically, if you didn’t understand that, it means Blosxom is also a pain in the ass.

Anyway, there really isn’t anything else going on in my life, so there it is.