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No, the blog isn’t dead. It hasn’t even gone into hibernation. The reason for such blatant blogging inactivity on my part is a rather productive one: I am redesigning the web site from scratch.

Ironically, Coriolistic Anachronisms isn’t being touched, having received a recent face lift which I’m still pretty content with. But everything else, especially the photo galleries, will morph. At the heart of the new site is a Flash-based set of galleries embedded into an HTML exoskeleton. I am using the brilliant SlideshowPro for this and have had to brush up on my Flash programming skills (but like bow hunting and biking skills, they never completely go away. ;-) )

The very slick Shadowbox remains both as this blog’s main slideshow engine and as the new site’s HTML page navigator. The guestbook, its script having been abandoned by the creator and criticized for its security flaws, will have to go or be replaced, I haven’t decided yet. Many new photos will populate the galleries and old ones will be removed.

Last but not least, the web site URL is going to change completely. I’ll take this in stages, using a redirect at first to allow for a seamless transition, and I will post many a reminder to upgrade your bookmarks. Photo-xposure.com has done its time, paid its dues and served its purpose. In comes the new king. It will probably simply be based on my name (boring I know, but logical as a portfolio tool.)

A new section will take advantage of my yet untapped SmugMug account and will offer options for buying digital photos and prints online.

This will be, all in all, a major upgrade. So please bare bear with me, arm yourselves with patience and watch for the announcement when I go live. It should be before Christmas. I hope. ;-)

 

2008-10-30 22:24 • Posted in Bits and pieces:

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  • 1 - Sigrid says:

    « Smart and timely move sir. »

    Date of comment: 2008-10-31 06:21 •
  • 2 - Craig says:

    « Sounds awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing the results from all of your hard work. »

    Date of comment: 2008-10-31 07:41 •
  • 3 - moreidlethoughts says:

    « Well, you’re still bookmarked for witticisms; slick new navigation will simply be a bonus! »

    Date of comment: 2008-10-31 12:54 •
  • 4 - Vince says:

    « Thank y’all for your encouragements. I shall persevere. »

    Date of comment: 2008-10-31 13:23 •
  • 5 - Marie says:

    « When do we get to bare it with you :-)? »

    Date of comment: 2008-11-01 15:27 •
  • 5.1 - Vince answers:

    « In the woods? »

    Date of comment: 2008-11-01 16:29 •

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Jan 13

It should be our time

The other day, up at 5:30 am, I headed down to New West to try and catch sunrise at the Skybridge. Graceful and aerial, the bridge is the longest of its kind in the world, spanning the Fraser River with the sole purpose of carrying the Skytrain further away from Vancouver and into Surrey.

After spending two hours outside by the river in a chilly dawn even by local standards, I concluded I’d be happier inside drinking hot coffee; after all the remains of the last snow fall are still lingering on the ground in sub-zero temperatures and eastern areas retain up to a foot of snow in the streets.

Once warmed up, I reversed my public transit course and traversed the Greater Vancouver in a diagonal that lead me all the way to Horseshoe Bay where I walked around for a while, paying a long overdue visit to Batchelor Bay and Cliff Cove.

Somehow, the camera and I were not in agreement today, and the later it got, the worse the dichotomy.

Oh well, I’d still manage to save a few shots, just to remember I was there.

But as early as the sun rose from behind a sleepy world and framed itself almost perfectly between the pillars of one of the bridge’s legs, a thought crossed my mind and stayed with me the entire day…

« Something’s off.

This should be our time.

The place is right and the moment too. The bets are in. Lines have been drawn, others erased. Ideas are coming into focus, dreams are vivid and hopes very much alive. Lessons have been learned and like the flow of an endless river, growth gathers momentum. New horizons become tangible that were but fleeting visions in the night. The Essential, once only visible to the heart, pays the eyes a visit and decides to stay for a while. It’s all there. It’s ready to shine.

It should be our time. »

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2007-01-13 20:52 • Posted in Photoblogs: & Schtroumpfissime: & Vancouver:

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    « pictures that warm the eye,
    a thought that warms the heart.
    « ...who could ask for anything more... » »

    Date of comment: 2007-01-14 04:56 •

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