Now that I have hit the first, in my opinion major, milestone in the development of this site, I am going to pause and write the first real entry. Because I am now writing real entries, there will no longer be a need for test entries, so that category will go dead. Not wanting this blog to appear sparse, even when it is just beginning, I'm going to wait until I have a few real entries before I do away with the test entries.

This morning I report on the state of the blog, as it is now. I started development last night and worked on and off for a few hours. Most of what I've got at this point was done then. This morning a final touch was put on to deem the main index to be usable.

Last night was a battle. I learned a bit about how MovableType's modules work, as I created this site in a very modular way. Indeed, I may even break it down further as I plan on using the same code in several places.

The calendar was an interesting thing. I retooled the majority of it, and it's a little mashed together, but I think it's still legible. Since people can still read it, it stays.

The entries themselves were fun to write. They were the first piece to require a little PHP hacking. If you're interested in seeing how I convinced MovableType to place all entries from the same day into one table, feel free to get in touch with me when I eventually get my contact page up.

In other news, I plan on leaving the state for the evening and returning tomorrow. With that and other work, I'm not sure how much more work on this will get done today. But I do plan to try to get some done.