I've moved the blog over from blosxom to Movable Type.

Why?

As nice as blosxom is, I disliked the way that it relied on the last modification date to organise the articles. I could

• Continue to blog in vim and use CVS to maintain the site
• Set up scripts to remember when I first wrote the entry so that that would display instead of the last time I commited it to CVS
• Continue to use the tool I wrote to retouch the original mod date on the files before I scped them to the server

Movable Type has a lengthier initial install, but it does seem to be worth it. It appears to make life much simpler.

Maybe because

• I am drawn to its pastel GUI like I am to shiny powerbooks
• It's easy to have working drafts of articles
• And to change their dates
• And to recategorize or even multi-categorize articles
• I don't have to come up with my own flavour files to get a shortened RSS feed
• Or put in a plugin to get a calendar

Ultimately, I think you should feel happy and comfortable when blogging (and doing other things in your life). If you're not happy where you are, then move.

• Blosxom to Movable Type import script