I have been using RapidWeaver to create all my posts on dotphys.net. RapidWeaver is a software package for Mac OS X that really does a good job. However, I think I have outgrown this and it is time to move to something else. New posts will be at http://blog.dotphys.net - this is a WordPress installation. Maybe you don’t care about these details, but maybe you do. Here are some reasons that RapidWeaver doesn’t fit anymore:

• It takes FOREVER to upload. Since RapidWeaver recreates all the menus on each page when a new post is created, the whole site gets re-uploaded for a new post. This was fine at first, but now that I have tons of posts, it is way too slow. I am too impatient to wait.
• I was never fully pleased with the site search that I implemented. WordPress has a built in site search. I think this is important with such a large collection of stuff (I sure like the word ‘stuff’), people (meaning my Mom) should be able to find it.
• WordPress is a pretty standard content management system for blogging, so there are many plugins available and lots of support (although rapidweaver also has good support).
• The comment system I use on RapidWeaver has never felt like it was good. Well, I guess maybe that is because no one ever commented on anything.
• RapidWeaver doesn’t come with a figure and you can’t take it in the tub. I don’t know why they changed it.

In order to keep my ties to the past, I am leaving this site as it is. I will continue to put some stuff on here, if it is of a longer nature (like my astronomy video lectures).