From QQ Space to WordPress: A Boy's Blogging Journey

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A nostalgic journey through a young boy's blogging adventures, exploring various platforms and technologies. This post reflects on the evolution of personal web presence and the joy of discovery in the digital age.

There was a little boy born with an insatiable curiosity. Whether he was chasing excavators to observe them, following cats on midnight strolls through the wilderness, or studying the patterns on bathroom floors, he found joy in everything.

In that elementary school era without projectors, access to "microcomputers" was almost a miracle. Wearing shoe covers sewn by his grandmother, he would sneak into the dimly lit computer room, spending all day facing DOS, WPS, and the LOGO language—commanding a little turtle to draw with code (does anyone still remember?). After enduring the "torment" of DOS and Windows 95, when he first heard sound through the teacher's computer speakers and inserted an image in PowerPoint, he couldn't describe how magnificent and astonishing the word "multimedia" seemed! Thus began the little boy's interest in computers. During summer breaks, he stayed at school to participate in multimedia courseware competitions with the computer teacher, sustaining himself with three buns for one yuan at lunchtime.

In the closed educational environment of junior high, we studied "basic computer knowledge" but had no opportunity for independent exploration. We could only use the precious computer time to repeatedly practice Windows 98 operations and common Office functions.

The fun times and friends from high school enrollment are still vivid in memory, but the days of growth are gone forever. Thanks to the school library, numerous electronic magazines satisfied my thirst for knowledge. I even copied various "tips" in pencil into notebooks to exchange with my buddies. Later, I started "exploring" in internet cafes. I remember Gmail's interface was still in English then, and the VB mini-game I wanted to write was left unfinished. Looking back at the naive writings from my school days, although the content is mediocre and not even fluent, the curiosity they contain still makes me proud.

After entering university, with my own equipment and time, I switched blog platforms several times. The general migration route was as follows:

#	Service Provider	Features	Status
1	QQ Space	Lack of interactive circles	Discontinued
2	Baidu Space	High traffic, but unreliable (data loss due to service changes without notice)	ㅤ
3	Sina Blog	Classic Chinese blog platform, preferred choice for ordinary blogs	Discontinued
4	Blogger hosted blog (www.bigfool.me)	Safe, free, autonomous, would be the best free service if not blocked	Backup
5	Diandian hosted blog (www.bigfool.me)	Service nearly abandoned as the microblog trend faded	Discontinued
6	WordPress blog (www.dongzhenye.com)	Slightly expensive, slightly troublesome, but the feeling of full control is unforgettable	Active

With work approaching, there's no more time to tinker. Here's to those innocent years, for it was they that allowed the little boy to grow up happily.