I know, it’s ironic that my first post for 2009 is about 2003-2004, but….
I was looking at some old website designs and was reminded that I had created a static HTML website for blogging while I was in Japan. This was called Steve’s Japan Journal and it is not available anywhere online, right now. I have now manually copied these 32 entries into this blog and tagged them with JapanJournal. I stopped using this method of blogging because it took too long to update and it was actually served by my family’s computer in North Vancouver – which didn’t exactly fill me with confidence while I was in Japan.
So what did I use next? Well, everyone else in the Gifu flock were using LiveJournal, so I joined them (reluctantly). I’ve imported the 37 LiveJournal blog entries, as well, and tagged them with LJImport. Most of these entries were also made in Japan. All entries made in Japan, from both sets, are tagged with Japan. After LJ, I moved to a self-hosted WordPress, which is what I’m currently using. I’ve left the Hello World! post in there so it’s obvious when this happened. 🙂
It took much longer than I thought to import all the entries, especially the Japan Journal ones, as I had to edit the timestamp for each and add a bit of formatting. And I found myself reading them again. Interesting how I’ve both changed and stayed the same. =) I found it great listening to music that I listened to at the time, while reading them.
I want to read!
Many of the links and images are broken, because they don’t exist any more, and the formatting may seem a little strange (especially from LJ). I’m not too keen on reformatting everything. That being said, if you’re feeling like a walk down memory lane, you can start (re)-reading about my 11 month Japan experience, from June 2003 to May 2004, right here:
A word of caution, however, it’s quite a bit of reading!! ^_^
Enjoy!
Woah woah, I never really used LJ other than having an account there to make comments.
It’s a good idea to do all those imports. I want to import my xanga too, but it’s like… a few hundred posts. I don’t know if it’s easier to write some code to automate it, or do it all manually. I don’t know which would take longer…
BTW, it’s clear to me that i never read your first blog post from Japan. I am struggling to remember whether I read any of your blog posts while I was in Japan. If I didn’t, this will be very interesting… 😀
It’s a good opportunity for comments and corrections.
🙂