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Archives

The funny thing about having a blog for nine years is the more time passes, the more removed you feel from the early posts. The person I was nine years ago is so drastically different from who I am today, that the archives are starting to illicit the same reaction for me as finding a seventh-grade diary. The urge to delete/burn/stuff it all under the mattress forever is very, very strong.

But what can you do? It’s all a part of the same site, and yet somehow, it has nothing to do with the site as it is now. Tagging and categorizing posts from eight or nine years ago is starting to seem really meaningless. I’m tempted to dump the majority of it into an unclassified archive category.

Yes, I rather think I shall.

Editing

I have 1700 posts to go through and edit, as the title links did not carry over as planned. This may take a few months/years/lifetimes.

I have also noticed that I’ve lost at least 50% of all the images and videos that I posted over the years, so those broken links aren’t going to be unbroken anytime soon. I’ve been reduced to combing through Archive.org to find some of what was lost, but honestly I’m not finding a whole lot.

Here’s to a future of better planned archiving.

Tags: bane of my existence, Blogger, Wordpress

ARGH

Title links are still not transferring over properly. I am dreading the possibility that I may have to manually edit each post that originally contained an url in the title. I am SO done with this shit for tonight. The rest will have to wait until tomorrow.

Tags: bane of my existence, Blogger, Wordpress

Please stand by

Importing 9 years worth of Blogger posts is not going smoothly.

Tags: Blogger, Wordpress

Krumping for Christ

You might need to know what Krumping is first, so check out the trailer for Rize, the 2005 documentary on Krumping. (Better still, watch the whole thing!)

Once informed, feel free to view Krumping for Christ.

Dogs are not permitted on the premises

This is like a snapshot from my life, only I wasn’t quite as clever and witty.

Edmonton Architecture

There are buildings around town that catch the eye and work their way into our consciousness as we pass them. But did you ever stop to think about which ones they are?

Personally, I never gave much thought to the local architecture, except to sneer at the coloured boxes that litter suburbia, or lament the loss of a heritage building. This site has reminded me that there is so much more to appreciate.

David Murray Architect has been involved with many local building restorations and studies, and a perusal of their projects has renewed my appreciation of the city’s buildings. We take these buildings for granted, being a part of our local consciousness for so long. But there is so much craftsmanship in some of these buildings, little architectural gems that we may have seen once or twice, or never at all. I’m particularly intrigued by the video, which seems to have come from an exhibition on 1940’s to 1960’s architecture at the Art Gallery.

I’m so excited, now I want to drive around and see all these great buildings in person!

See also the Edmonton Journal gallery for more shots of historic local buildings.

Tags: architecture

And they’re off!

The goslings have hatched! Momma Goose and goslings left around 8:15 for their first swim, and we likely won’t be seeing them back at the nest.

As your loyal cute-porter, I am here to provide coverage on what you may have missed:

Good morning little one!

Three up now, who’s making the coffee?

I take mine with milk, thanks.

Muffins? Ooh, don’t mind if I do.

We’re out of bread, Mom stepped out to pick more up.

Were we supposed to go with her?

Wait for me!

Check back at the Journal website for more coverage on the journey.

Tags: goose cam

Edmonton homicide map

Am I the only one that finds this a little bit disturbing and wrong?