best laid plans

so as I mentioned in several earlier posts [I,II] I've been planning some updates and projects and just all around awesomeness. I've been working steadily towards that goal, but it's been a bit diffficult what with work and school and all, but rest assured these things will happen. After all it's like the saying goes: "the best laid plans never go awry" ....that's how it goes ...right?

well at any rate I figured I'd just to update you on what's happening and such:

Blog: I'm switching from blogspot, at first I was gonna go about it slowly but recently I've become aware that I really want to change soon: mostly so that I can gain some more control over my blog, google blogspot's tools while nice are not what I'm looking for, they're just too limited for what I have in mind, and my knowledge of html is no where near good enough to edit the html directly (which is available) besides a few basic things. I'm definitely considering using wordpress, as I've heard some good things about it so far.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do about hosting though, I've heard of a few very nice free online services, and registering a domain name is pretty cheap (although I can't find an acceptable one to save my life) I'm not yet ruling out the host it myself option, which while it has it's advantages, also has it's distinct disadvantages the most notable being the bandwith pull of a site in the (hopeful) future, especially since I plan on hosting more than my blog.
I'm looking into different options, I'd really like to do the server thing, if only because it'd be cool to do and I'd learn something in the process.

DIY awesomeness: thanks to some very awesome sites (most notably lifehacker) I've been getting some nice ideas for a little do-it-yourself goodness, which I plan on getting around too once I have some time and tools, the biggest forseable problem with this (besides the cost, potential property destruction/deconstruction, and lack of experience) is time, I don't have a lot of it (personally I think someone's hogging it all and just won't share) summer's ending soon, and most of my time is spent at work anyway to say nothing of my class (which'll end my monday anyway) once fall sem. hits I'll be swamped with work and things of that nature, I won't have the time to dedicate to such things, while it's possible that I may be able to accomplish one or 2 projects during the year they'd at best be small fry, not anything worthwhile, so it seems they're probably gonna be put on a sort of hiatus (at least until I have time and the server thing is taken care of)

Other: I have a few other ideas, that I'm not about to share, though I'll make sure to inform you ....in good time. Just know that they're gonna be good 'uns and rely (quite heavily on the whole hosting issue)

well that's it for now, feel free to post your thoughts in the comments (you know you have some) if you know of a good (site/blog) editior/site hoster/other awesome thing that you'd like to mention take a stroll over to the comments section and make it known.

you've been a great crowd ....person see ya next time