Welcome to the new Coomey.net

So this is the new Coomey.net. Hope you like it. I decided a while back that I would completely overhaul the codebase for the blog engine I wrote for the original Coomey.net. I wanted more blog-worthy features implemented (trackback, better media library, threaded comments, easier editing tools, etc...)

I started to rewrite the damned thing, and then realized that I really didn't need to reinvent the wheel, as much as my ego wanted me to. So instead, I started looking for good blog software. Thanks to a suggestion from my pal and fellow PHP cowboy Jeff Loiselle, I've found one. It's called Serendipity... and it rules.

While I was at it, I completely ripped out my home-brewed photo album and moved it to the excellent Gallery 2 photo management system. It rocks! Commenting, ordering photos, you name it! You'll notice too the neat little random photo that shows up on the right hand column: a cool little integration of Serendipity and Gallery. By the way... I've posted all the pics from our recent trip to Orlando. Cool stuff.

A few things remain: Re-establishing the random taglines that existed in the old coomey.net and finding a way to incorporate polls. Any ideas?

EDIT: I figured out the polls! They're built in! w00t! First poll is up on the right hand side.