So I finally made the effort of setting up a blog again, after years of absence. For those who for some reason don’t know me; I’m a 24 year-old guy that finds himself in the norwegian town of Tromsø. I like long walks on the beach, video games, role-playing games, movies, books, music & general geekery. Since I am nearing the end of my Master’s Degree in History, there is bound to be some history-related stuff that ends up being posted here.
For those who care, the site is built with (mostly) compliant xhtml and css, and was written entirely in notepad. It’s been a while since I did any web development, and I had a lot of fun fiddling with this during the last week or so. This time I have chosen to go with WordPress, and so far I have to say I like it a lot. Template editing was easy enough once I had the css and xhtml in order, and there’s a plethora of plugins that do the things I want; both Twitter and Spotify/Last.fm integration, as you can see from the sidebar. There is bound to be a few things I’ve missed though, but I’ll sort those out as they appear.
A few acknowledgements:
- The WordPress blogging software by Matt Mullenweg.
- The Last.fm for WordPress plugin by Rick.
- The Tweetable plugin by redwall_hp.
- The WP-Footnotes plugin by Simon Elvery.
- The Urban Scrawl Brushes by InvisibleSnow.
- Web Icons by [fresherthan.com].
- Vector Pack: Uno by Jonny-Doomsday.
- And of course two hundred kudos to the best host ever; Robin de Graaf.
I have given myself an open license in regards to content, so it will be about whatever I feel like writing. That means no general overlying theme, but I’ll try to not write any stupid entries about what I had for breakfast. One classic genre is of course Interesting Things I found on the Internet, as well as reviews or comments on games, books, movies, music and TV shows I have consumed or encountered recently. We’ll see.
