I keep starting this great long post. On the old blog, mostly back in the days of de-generationx.net, I used to sum up the year in December. It would cover the things that had happened and had an influence on me through the whole year. It’d be all sorts of things and quite often give some deep philosophical insight into just who I was at that time. So I keep thinking of doing that again and starting it as a tradition on this site as well.

Yeah, we’re not going to do that this year. Every time I start a post like that, it just gets too long and way too verbose. In fact, its really difficult to sum up the past year (or three) in any sort of meaningful way. Even I don’t remember most of whats happened in the past few years. They’re entirely a blur. So a summary is just not likely.

This blog has kind of turned in to the place where I make statements about tech events or technology I use. And to be honest thats kind of disappointing me. After spending a lot of time thinking about it, I really do want to get back to writing about my own personal life. Not so much the events of my life, but more the feelings, emotions and thoughts going through my head. Often abstract and without context except to those involved. But understandable enough that most people could guess or figure it out anyway.

Even though I have said it in the past, thats exactly whats going to happen from next year. Starting January, this blog is going to focus a lot more on me. Its going to be a lot more about my life and more of a place where I can just vent my feelings or my thoughts. The intention is to have very little to do with current affairs. Either technical, political or anything else. I’d like to return to this being more of a journal. I’d especially like to use it to document my depression and my messed up head. So think of this less as a blog and more as a journal I guess.

Steve’s Ramblings will be about Stephen again.

I have hardly blogged much in the past few years. Partly because of the relationship I had with Brooke and her not wanting her ex to read about anything that could be taken out of context, or that might give him any sort of idea as to what was happening in her life. And partly because I just got so busy that it didn’t really fit in well with my lifestyle in general.

Thats still the case for the most part. Well, I’m not in a relationship with anyone anymore, so thats not really an issue any longer. But blogging is not really up there as a priority. But having a place where I can vent is necessary. So no promise of time frame for posts of any kind. No promises of content of any kind on the blog. Just when the spirit moves me basically.

Having said that, I’ve been dumping a load of Public Domain stuff on the wiki. I have also started a few tutorials there as well. You’re welcome to check it out sometime. If you don’t know the secret to browsing the wiki here, then let me know what you’d like to get access too (literature, documentation, tutorials, or whatever) and I’ll tell you how to find it and where to start. ;-)

And will I resurrect the summary post? Who knows. I may even just do lots of those kinds of posts from now on, but throughout the year rather than just at the end of it. We’ll see how it goes I guess.