This blog has been foreclosed
Most blogs start with an introduction—a post that explains the author’s motivations for writing. If and when that author loses said motivations (for whatever reason), most simply fade into the web’s ever-expanding abyss, only to be found in random Google searches.
South of Sunnyside started as an exploration for me; I had blogged before starting here, but not consistently, and without focus. With the crash of the housing market I found myself trying to cope with the loss of value and potential community in my neighborhood, and I needed a way to process all that Kim and I were experiencing. Looking back over the last several months, the posts started to wane as I started to feel more and more like we were fighting a battle we just can’t win. I’ve since turned my attention outside of the neighborhood.
With the New Year comes new commitments: I avoided the typical weight loss pledges and resolved to trim the blogging fat. I’m consolidating my blogs and tidying up my web footprint.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll turn the lights out, and point everything to my latest endeavor, JamesCollier.me. All old links and content will be kept, they’ll just be under a new domain, archived with all of my current thoughts. I’ll do the same with jrcollier.com and a few other sites I’ve dabbled with.
All of this is really so I can focus more on my passions, especially Paprika Studios and TasteFresno (and maybe a new idea or two).
To those who have read and commented, thank you.
8 commentsChristmas lights, CalTrans style
Okay, maybe it’s not CalTrans that installs the traffic lights, but there are now two in operation on Fowler Avenue, just east of the HWY 180 extension. I noticed the first one this morning, and wondered when the four-way stop at Fowler and Belmont would be converted; those lights were working by my drive home.
Me thinks the opening of the highway isn’t far off…
No commentsQuick update
Sometimes my multiple-blogging habits catch up to me, and I neglect one (or two, or three). For the dedicated readers of South of Sunnyside (please don’t raise your hand, there’s only a few of you), you deserve to know where my attention has been: TasteFresno.
It’s a project that I’m very attached to, and I’ve had my head down in code working on the third generation of the site, which launched late Sunday night. If you’re a foodie—read, if you like food—check it out. It’s a community site, so you can create an account, share recipes, review local restaurants, and salivate. I’ve been doing that a lot lately (working on the site and all).
Once I get a few more wrinkles ironed out, I’ll be finishing up the re-design of South of Sunnyside—it’ll add a bit of personality to my words, I promise.
Okay, your turn: what have you been up to?
No commentsLessons learned: ice cream and motorcycle cops don’t mix
Late last night I learned a few things:
- That the Baskin Robbins commercials are effective (I’m not debating whether or not they’re annoying)
- That if you’re going to go out at night for ice cream and cake, you should make sure that you don’t have a headlight out
- That if you do have a headlight out, and you get pulled over, you should make sure you that your registration doesn’t say September 2009, and that your insurance card isn’t from 2007
- That Fresno PD can be very understanding
- That ice cream and a slice of cake are much more economical than ice cream cake
There you have it. Knowledge is power, and power tastes like ice cream and cake (and cake).
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