I don't want to beat around the bush

So, a blog. Why? Everyone else is doing it! To be honest though, I've been reading lots of joelonsoftware.com and paulgraham.com and all the 8 trillion other blogs which link off of those ones or are otherwise similar. Especially the ones on reddit, as reddit has basically become my replacement for slashdot/other tech ranting. I'll add my 5c to the mix and if nobody ever sees it well at least I can look back tenderly upon my ignorance in 10 years and cringe :-)