Colin Walker

Robert Birming wrote "I want a blog restart" and I can completely appreciate where he's coming from. I've written in the past about wanting to redo things — whether it's design or workflow or just … something.

Anyone subscribed to the RSS feed will know that things have been pretty sparse here of late (all of this year and into 2024) and I don't really know why. I wondered back in April if it was the impact of therapy but, being realistic, it's been the same for a lot longer.

Blogging has been part of my online life and, I suppose, identity for so long that it feels strange when I'm not doing it. The longer I am out of the habit the harder it is to get back into a routine. Isn't that always the way.

By way of mixing things up I decided to do the usual and trick my brain into thinking it's different: I've put an autoredirect on the home page to go straight to the blog (bypassing the home page) but think I might need to tweak the blog page a bit, not sure how yet.

I've added a small panel for now.

Will this work? Probably not, the issue is more deep seated than that and I'd be lying to myself if I thought it could be fixed so easily, but at least it's something. It makes me feel like I'm making an investment that I'll want to pay off.