Wyatt Baldwin

Update 3/20/08: As it turns out, though Mephisto has some neato features, it’s not so great over all. Seems to be somewhat of a sinking ship. I also had this to say about it over on the old blog before I switched everything over to WordPress:

3/18/08 @ 4:10pm: I’m revamping my site. What could be more exciting?! All new posts will be written over here. This site will stay active until I can find the time to migrate all the old posts to the new site.

As noted, this site is “powered by” Mephisto. This is my first time using it, and I must say that it’s got “the beat” (that is, it rocks). Previously, I’ve used WordPress for blogging and as a lightweight content management system, but I must say that I like Mephisto much better, and hosts like WebFaction make setting up a Rails app super easy (and for only slightly more $/mo. than a typical PHP/MySQL hosting company).

I was interested in Typo, but their site has been “coming soon” for a long time now. Also, on WebFaction, you can install Mephisto by clicking a few times and typing a name for your install. This is possible because WebFaction has an API for custom install scripts, which is, if you ask me, a brilliant idea. If you’ve already got an account, you can click here to install Mephisto.