Eee PC, Website 20 Plans, Wes Moving, and General Busyness

So a lot has been going on, but very little of it has made it to the web site as I have hardly had time to write about anything. I’ve been working to downsize my technology portfolio, since I had a glut of computers sitting around, so I’ve replaced a number of my old, secondary computers with a single Asus Eee PC 4G Surf. It’s a pretty spiffy little machine that’s small enough for use pretty much everywhere. I’m writing this entry on it right now. I’ll write a more thorough review of the machine sooner or later.

Meanwhile, I’ve been working on some ideas for a major update/change to my web site. The 20th version of the site will likely be running on a different content management system (I’m looking at WordPress) and a more ‘blog-oriented’ format. I think a focus on smaller, punchier articles will be easier for me to keep up with—plus WordPress has a more flexible categorization system than Joomla, which will allow a more accurate and usable structure to the site. This is still a-ways away, though I am planning to start some prototyping soon. I’ll provide updates as the redesign gets closer, but I’m looking at a more minimalist design with better support for mobile browsers and lower requirements for desktop browsers (allowing viewing on small screens, like that on my new Eee PC, without horizontal scrolling).

Another big recent happening was Wes & Sonya’s move to the Richmond area. A week-ago Friday we headed down to help them out, and spent most of the weekend with them and a bunch of their other friends getting their stuff packed up on the truck, moved to Richmond, and then moved into their new place. It was quite hectic, but fun, and things ended up working out pretty well and not too much behind schedule ;-). Much like when Melissa and I moved to our new apartment, it turned out there was about twice as much stuff as it looked like. We filled U-Haul’s biggest truck, our SUV, and Wes & Sonya’s minivan with very little room left to spare.

Beyond that, just the regular busy stuff. My cousin is in town, I’m working during the week, and thousands of miscellaneous other things are managing to fill pretty much all the rest of my time. But all is well ;-).