Blog Engine

I've had some queries as to what blogging engine I use for my site. And the answer is …. none. Well I do use a blogging engine strictly speaking, but I made it myself using PHP, HTML, CSS and MySQL. Inevitably, there is a follow-up question. Why program it yourself? And the answer is … because I'm a control freak. I like to have express control over stuff like this and so rather than use any of the pre-made solutions on the market (which are fine, but not the way I would do it) I decided to make my own. It was a very nice way to try out some new stuff I was learning, and it's been great because I can totally customize everything to my needs. Not for everyone, but just what I needed.