Gekitsuu's Geekery

I want to cover two things in this entry, siding and my code. I didn't come as
far as I would have liked with the web front-end for the blogging software I
use. I've also been toying with the idea of making my own blogging software
based on Perl which is most likely what I'll end up doing even if I get the
CGI front end working. I do have to say that I'll be a better coder because of
it if I do. I'll have to play with XML, CSS, HTML and CGI modules to get it to
work exactly how I want but I think it would make for a pretty secure blogging
tool once I was done. The other thing I wanted to address is siding. I live in
suburbia for sure and it seems that any more all the houses are covered in
siding. Even my folks who live pretty close by have most of their house covered
in siding and I'm not really sure I like the look of most of it. It seems that
all the houses start to look the same just because everyone is getting safe,
sensible siding. My townhouse is covered in wood siding which I personally
think is better than the plastic or metal types but I'd really like to see more
brick on houses. I just noticed it when I was out for my morning walk and
thought it might not be one of the best signs of progress.