Yes, But Why Male Models…er…a Blog?

I suppose it may be worthwhile to take a quick step back and clarify why I keep obnoxiously writing posts on a blog instead of just doing a build thread on any number of appropriate forums. Well, there are a few reasons. I’ll list them here. In list form.

1. I’ve done lots of build threads over the years for various car, motorcycle, and home projects. When you post a build thread to someone else’s website, you give up control of the content to the website owner often explicitly by agreeing to their user agreement. I’ve been banned from sites (imagine that, someone as docile and friendly as I am!) and lost the ability to remove or modify my content. I’ve had sites experience catastrophic crashes with all data lost forever. If I host all content myself, then I have full control over what happens to it and how it’s backed up and stored from now until the internet ceases to exist if Kim Kardashian ever manages to break it for real.

B. Secondly, I kind of like writing and I try to make it entertaining to read. I think individual article entries on a blog posted at regular intervals are better suited to this long-form writing style. I’m used to doing build logs consisting entirely of “Today I did X here’s five pictures of it” posts, now I’m trying to do something more substantial and more engaging to read.

III. Thirdly, to ride on the coattails of the previous post, I believe a build like this one can be better organized and presented in a series of articles. Instead of disorganized daily updates, I can collect my thoughts and present information in a format that most effectively conveys information to readers. Instead of a single update discussing a little bit of work on four different parts of the car, I can do four different articles, each about a specific part of the car from start to finish. If someone is working on a similar project and has some questions on, say, the clutch mechanism, instead of weeding through several pages of the build they can see it start to finish in one article.

Lastly, and as kind of an aside, I’m tired of build logs that, for every post with actual content, have 20-30 “AWESOME PROGRESS BRO” replies from other forum members that I have to filter through. I want to see the build, not a bunch of dudes jerking someone off. If that’s what I wanted to see, there’s plenty of that elsewhere on the internet (at least, that’s what I’ve heard…)

So I hope that you find what I write worth reading and I hope the format proves useful to future swappers, especially when a lot of this information is often hidden inside a $70 manual.

I wasn’t like every other kid, you know, who dreams about being an astronaut, I was always more interested in what bark was made out of on a tree. Richard Gere’s a real hero of mine. Sting. Sting would be another person who’s a hero. The music he’s created over the years, I don’t really listen to it, but the fact that he’s making it, I respect that. I care desperately about what I do. Do I know what product I’m selling? No. Do I know what I’m doing today? No. But I’m here, and I’m gonna give it my best shot.