{"id":1,"date":"2025-06-13T10:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpress.soopergrape.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-06-13T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:39:17","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpress.soopergrape.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/13\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing gPress, again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although I recently retired from computer programming, I didn&#8217;t intend to end my blogging. In fact, I hope to write more often than I have over the past couple of years. But I needed different software than my self-coded setup to do this with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, I&#8217;ve returned to WordPress. I recognize that it has its flaws. I am suspicious of the newer themes&#8217; tendency to be more about becoming a &#8216;site builder&#8217; than a blog platform. I&#8217;m irritated by the block editor and its interface, which seem to be more confusing than writing my own code was. I have no idea why the default post editor page seems to delight in concealing options, as though I am blogging on a phone, when my desktop screen has plenty of room to display everything on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But nevertheless, it is still the best-established platform of its kind, with the most support. I&#8217;ve thought for some time that when it comes to software, there is safety in numbers. As long as the organization behind something is not completely onerous, it&#8217;s better to follow a mainstream solution than a relatively obscure one that may not be secure or up-to-date on the back-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my third attempt at running a blog. The first one, some years back, was also on WordPress. The second one was self-coded and lasted until just a few days ago. This is my third try, and we will see if it turns out to be &#8216;the charm&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, here are some (but not all) of the subjects I may discuss in blog posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Logic<\/strong>: I naturally process statements in a logical fashion <em>(some might say too much so) <\/em>and I&#8217;ve enjoyed reading good examples of logical fallacies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Theology<\/strong>: When it comes to spiritual matters, it can&#8217;t be said that I&#8217;m mature. But if my perspective isn&#8217;t instructive, it may prompt discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Computing<\/strong>: I grew up using classic Macintoshes, and have since acquired an amount of experience with a variety of systems. This has been conducive to monologues in the past, and it seems expedient to continue it here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve acquired ideals in software and in interface design, and it&#8217;s likely I will talk about them here.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fan interests<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve written analyses of things like <em>Adventures in Odyssey<\/em> before, and this seems to be a good place to offload those when I need to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect to roll out &#8216;classic&#8217; posts, from the original and second gPress blogs, over the next weeks as opportunity allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in this site, get in touch with me. Journalism is a conversation, and I hope this discourse can help illuminate all of our lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I recently retired from computer programming, I didn&#8217;t intend to end my blogging. In fact, I hope to write more often than I have over the past couple of years. But I needed different software than my self-coded setup to do this with. As a result, I&#8217;ve returned to WordPress. 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