Daft or no that's the way things work in the software world. Jobs-wise there no point in having more than 5 years anything on your CV (maybe academia is an exception?).

It is my original intent to use the blog as a way of keeping track of stuff learnt each day. I don't expect to have a crowd, or even more than myself viewing the blog. Hopefully, one day when the blog is going strong and I do have some followers, I will then move to my own domain. Exactly because this is yet another programming blog, I don't want to make a big deal out of the start. On the other hand, if I use a good blogging engine now, that will encourage me to keep on posting, plus, the blog is in a place that gets good views, this will help prevent me from abandoning the blog, and will also, one day, make it easier to transition to my own domain. There are lots of good blogs out there that are not hosted by their author's domain.

I use both books and the Internet. I use books to learn the basics and the Internet to find real life examples or detail how-to's. I also like using the Internet for quick reference look-ups