Blog archaeology.

Before the dawn of time

Around October of 2006 I obtained my very first Mac.

Well, my only Mac. I'm still using it. It's rapidly approaching the point where I will need a new one, but that's another story.

Precambrian and Cambrian posts

With that new computer, I resolved to explore the myriad new apps that I was confronted with. I thought it would be pretty nifty to experiment with iWeb and write a blog. I didn't want any part of MobileMe, though, which complicated things. So I just wrote things up and didn't bother to publish them.

Shortly thereafter, I went on a cruise with my parents. There wasn't much to do on the ship except read and write. I wrote a travel blog, and put it online, writing posts in iWeb and Pages and then copying and pasting into a crummy web interface. The workflow was terrible, but still, nothing better to do. Which helps explain why I stopped writing shortly after the cruise ended. (Read: I once again had inexpensive internet access.)

Meteorite impact

Does anybody remember blogging sites from 2006? I know for sure I didn't post on livejournal, xanga, blogger, or myspace. But I can't recall the name of the site that hosted the blog. I can't find any emails or bookmarks relating to it. I've tried searching Google for unique phrases from the posts, to no avail.

I never told anyone about the blog, either, so it is irrevocably lost in the space between the Interwebs.

Digging up fossils

"How do you remember unique phrases from the posts?" you ask.

I have copies of what I believe are all the posts, in iWeb, Pages, or both. Also, I do remember that I hosted the pictures on photobucket, and there they have sat.

Now, that blog is quite distinct from this blog, because I've actually told a non-zero number of people about this one. Also, I'm still writing. Partly due to improved workflow - I still like using Blogsy to write on the go, though today I'm at the computer. But also partly because I'm getting better about these things.

To the museum

At last, we arrive at the point, or at the very least, a point.

I plan to restore the old blog posts, and add them to this blog. But it'll be a director's cut, with additional photos, video, and commentary as suits my whims.