karl dotter

ah, thanks. i'm unsure of my recent layout tendency of breaking up little blocks of text with big photos, but it feels good to be writing again. i really like the trend lately of many folks giving each post on their site a distinct style and will likely play with that on future posts. - nate beaty

I'd like to bring k4rl.com back to a blog format, will be tinkering soon. What do you use? I think you mentioned you made a custom cms. I'm interested in the flexibility you're talk'n about. - karl dotter

natebeaty.com was a Django site, but i just moved it to my homegrown php/mysql "framework" (read: organic collection of code & cms over the years). the main impetus for doing this was my inability to grok the Python Flickr API for the most basic needs, which drove me nuts -- most likely just my lack of Python skills and being rusty with Django. it LOOKED like it should be so simple, much like it was with the PHP Flickr API. - nate beaty