Self-fulfilling prophecy

Whether I like it or not, once I get an idea for something that, like an old town bypass, suddenly creates a quicker route from my mental or emotional A to B, I can't help but obsess about it. It is of course, simultaneously healthy and unhealthy to have such things in mind and as a result I've developed an equal ability to suppress such urges as I have to achieve them.

One thing that has always slightly stumped me and I should doubt anyone else, is how come people have blogs or websites but rarely both. Ok, so this sounds instantly geeky, but I think that's just a quick response to a slightly more fundamental question - which is why most websites are so humanless, whereas blogs are almost a bit to personal. It strikes me that this same aspect of the human condition to be unable to be simultaneously human and functionless and robotic and functional exists on the web.

The frustration also comes from the fact that I love building and creating websites, but that online blog applications are far better at it than I, at least in the simplicity and ease of doing so. It's blog applications that have really brought personalised websites to the masses and with that they have brought both genius and placed the internet in the hands of the non-technical. Which, let's be honest, is ultimately better and what the web is really about. Right on?

Anyway, this is all a meandering pre-amble away from the fact that I have decided to conquer this particular dilemma of mine and try to develop a site which is a mix of both blog & traditional website. Please note this is not just a technical challenge but also an attempt to create a style of site that brings both function and humanity.

Here we go.