It appears that someone at USF caught on to what I've been doing in my free webspace, and has started blog.usf.edu It's based on Word Press and it comes fully integrated with flickr and other neat blog tools.

I was tempted at the addition of TrackBacks and all the other neat features, most notably support for gnome-blog but part of me still enjoys the challenge of writing plugins myself. A large part of me also enjoys the simplicity of blosxom. Plus, all the CSS is already uploaded, so I'd have to shoehorn my blog into something that works. I'll consider it over the next few weeks and update my decision.

But of course I can't really comment, having put my own blog on the back burner for over a month now. Allison at An Unsealed Room suggests that blogging, with all the news media attention recently may be on its way to becoming passe.

I agree, but only partly. Political blogs are running out of steam fast, and it seems like only niche perspectives have a shot at surviving the kind of intense scrutiny the community is under. Should be an interesting development. Focusing on tech reporting is getting a little dry, but I'm looking forward to shaking down the cell architecture as soon as I can get my hot little hands on one.

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I'm not sure why I'm admitting this, but I caught the midnight showing of "Revenge of the Sith" in New Tampa just nine hours ago. I must say, I don't think the internal/external conflict with Obi Wan/Anakin comes even close to the father/son conflict from "Return of the Jedi." Of course, that could be the Star Wars elitist in me coming out. Mark Hamill, if you're reading: you whine way better than Hayden Christensen and your agonized "Noooo!" from "The Empire Strikes Back" far outdoes the identical line that Hayden Christensen seems to have copied from Charlton Heston.

Highlights:

• A six or seven year old dressed as Anakin Skywalker crosses toy lightsabres with a twenty-something dressed as Darth Vader while waiting in line.
• Gangland style Jedi/Sith turf disputes.
• Announcement from theater management: "Masks and lightsabres must be left outside the theater." Aforementioned twenty-something dressed as Darth Vader looks dejected.

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