The Skull Cinema

What do I need out of a service? Moving past the straightforward stuff that they will all have, such as ease of use (high), scalability (great!), choice of templates (wide!!), etc ., there are a few features that I would like in order to future proof what I am doing. First, the service must allow me to use my own domain for the off-chance that the provider suddenly decides to cease business (it has happened before ) or jacks up their prices. Secondly, and continuing in the same vein, it should be possible to extract or back up the blog. Thirdly, it would be useful, but perhaps not essential if the first two are given, to be able to host some code or extensions on the site. Fourthly, ideally the software service should be open source or be able to be run independently of the service provider if required. Finally, free is good. Let's see how the two services stack up Service Blogger Wordpress.com Wordpress.org Can use

What is a wheretofore anyway? Well I am tired of shouting at the TV, radio, computer, etc ., which is what has been happening thus far. So even if this is just writing therapy , and no-one else in the world reads it beyond web bots , it will hopefully serve some purpose. If only for me. Regarding the whys: Why not? Then again, why bother? Basically what is the point of having any thoughts/opinions/ideas, solving any problems or even just identifying them, if the knowledge gained doesn't travel any further than the inner leaflet of your cranium? So why? Because I can; because even on the off-chance that it proves useful to someone it might be worth doing; because it's another skill to add to the set. How is simple: It's just a problem to be solved. A blog is the way to go I think. No need to go overboard on the complexity. Just use the standard tools available on the web and save the originality for something that needs it. A very quick review of blogging