Jeff Atwood asks the question in a recent post if writing your own blog software is a form of procrastination (no, blogging is). I remember reading something where someone equated rolling your own blog engine is the modern day equivalent of the Hello World program. I wish I could remember where I heard that so I can give proper credit. UPDATE: Kent Sharkey reminds me that I read it on his blog. It was a quote from Scott Wigart. Thanks for the memory refresh Kent! Obviously, as an Open Source project founder building a blog...