Today is a day for some experimenting with new software for this website. For a long time I wanted to change the program I'm using, and after quite some research I've decided to make a switch to MMBase. This is a Java-based system that is used for many major (Dutch) websites, such as Nu.nl, Overheid.nl, Amsterdam.nl and many broadcasting organisations (Vpro, Netwerk, NOS).

This will be a lot of (fun) work, so it will take a while before you'll see any results. In fact, I'm trying to keep the difference as small as possible; you can see a very first result here.

Why the switch? It's a good opportunity to get to know a common used (professional) program, which might be useful for my work. The program is also easier to adapt to my personal wishes, and it's simply more fun to program in Java than in PHP.

Today a new version of OpenBSD has been released. It's tempting to start installing it right away, but I prefer to work with MMBase first.