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This Blog Is Over 1 Year Old

Marlies WordleHow time flies. I just realized that I have been blogging at Dappled Air for over a year. My first post appeared on June 16/2008. Now after a year I have gotten the hang of blogging and am in the middle of redoing my main website Marlies' Creative Universe.

The website has gotten so big and so diverse since its inception in 1997, that it is time to split it up and switch to a different CMS. Currently I am using TYPO3, but the new sites will be in Wordpress. For the last half year I have been immersing myself in the intricacies of Wordpress. Thank goodness I learned to use TYPO3 and now switching to a different CMS is much easier.

I will keep on using Dappled Air as my blog for my personal musings. Specific interests will be taken over by the various sub blogs. I am in the middle of activating them which is quite a big job in itself. If you check out the links below you will find that they are in various states of readiness, but from each one there is also a link to the section on the old site until I can transfer all the content to the new sites.
I am looking forward to sharing my ideas and creations with others.
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