Out on a Whim
Ar har, ar hardy har. I cracketh me up. Whatever.
But anyhow. This apparent whim I’m going out on is coming soon — when I plan on migrating this decrepit piece of somethingorother from MoveableType to Wordpress. Ok, really, I get that it won’t affect anyone else, but it’s been making the geek in me happy for the past few evenings.
So just in case you decide to ever make use of your domain (yes I’m talking to YOU, Mr. “Oh, I’ll just put my diggs and kiss up to google and a cute little ‘under construction’ sign that is so 1996″) - here’s why I’m switching. Oh, and in case anyone else is interested, you should listen up too:
SIX APART SUCKS.
Got that? Just about sums everything up.
See, I was all about propping 6a ‘back in the day’ (ok, like two years ago) - they never were “really” free, but they were good enough for the little guy/gal. Then they married Typepad. Then they had kids. Then they forgot about us. But we kept hanging around, because every Christmas and Birthday they still sent us cards, so they still loved us, right? But then… MT3.0 came out, with its godawful licensing shite. Then we freeloaders cried. But I stayed - ’cause hey: one author, one site, one post a month - it’s not like I had big requirements.
But now the ‘principle of the matter’ finally returns to kick me in the pants, because I have sudden need of multiple databases, multiple authors, and actual plugin support - and I really don’t care to spend $400 for the privilege.
So screw you, Six Apart. I tried to pretend you were worth supporting, just because you’d been the “better guys” for so long. Now that I poke around with the “other guys”… holy fitshuck, batman: y’all suck.
