Did you know that this place, the P.Pole, has been around since 2005? Did you also know that this year I, Carl K. Awesome H. Wong will be turning twenty years young? Yes, my friends, I will be at my quarter-life crisis in about three to four months from now.
Speaking of quarters, I have exactly one left over from paying for a bottle of Coke at work today. I thought I’d treat myself and drink to the Five-Year Anniversary (a “Fiversary” if you will, but you, like me, probably won’t) of the P.Pole. Effectively, I’ve been writing and posting for a quarter of my life with my lovely P.Pole.
I still remember the olden days when I first started out with her on Blogger which was, back then, a completely different beast and not the polished (and rather good-looking) face you’ll see today. I remember spending an entire day figuring out a great name for my own little slice of the Internet, and finally settled on the P.Pole (for some obvious and some clandestine reasons).
Somewhere along the line, I decided to try out WordPress, as hosted on their servers (with limited functionality without payment). I tested an “Import from Blogger” feature and a month later, I had my own hosting and domain by Dreamhost, running a WordPress install. I’ve since moved once more, to HostGator, and made a few tweaks to the P.Pole’s face (less than this woman though).
And here we are today, five years later, still posting and updating happily. Here’s to many more! *sips addictive caffeine enriched Coke*