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The 12th of June marks the day I officially started blogging … 22 years ago!

I still can't get over how long its been — more than 40% of my life. Yes, I'm old.

As I've written on this in previous years, I have taken many breaks (mainly due to mental health reasons) but this is my home on the web. No matter what else I may do, I always return. Sometimes it takes longer than others, sometimes I don't post very regularly, but the blog will always be where my heart lies.

I don't know what the future holds for this site, whether I add or remove any features or do a redesign. I do know, however, that it will not be abandoned as long as I am able to connect to the web and put a few words on the page.

Kev asks "What kinda blogs do you read?"

Like him, I enjoy blogs where the author gets meta about their blogging setup and process. I have my way of doing things and it's good to see what other people are up to. I'm a self-confessed (slightly lapsed) nerd but don't keep up with all the latest developments in CSS etc. Having folks write about new tips and tricks is always good.

Also like Kev, I have long wanted to get to know the person behind the words. As such, some of my favourite blogs are those where the person gets personal — the more so the better. I love seeing what people get up to away from the web and their blogs, what makes them tick.

I built /reader with the deliberate intention of being a public/private feed reader so that others could always see what feeds I subscribe to and grab the OPML file. I have taken to calling it my readroll instead of a blogroll. I go through cycles of adding feeds then culling them when my available headspace demands. Curiously, I won't re-add a site just because it was there before — I have to rediscover it and enjoy some posts before putting it back. Consequently, things are often in a state of flux but there will usually be a core group of feeds that never leave.