Saving my Geocities site

Antoine — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:03:44 +0000

I’ve been taking a long break from blogging, but have been swamped with other projects and personal stuff. But I thought I’d take this opportunity for a cool retrospective trip through the interwebs. Now, you may know that Yahoo’s Geocities is closing this October. Well, I’ve managed to save my oldest website from imminent oblivion through the painstaking process of re-coding each html file, capturing all the other files through a Firefox plug-in, and giving it a new home on this server. Ah, Geocities…those horrid, visceral backgrounds, the ghastly html code, the weird wavy headers, the site design that makes Myspace look like a contender for the User Interface award. So, why bother? Well, there is soul in this site, and a rawness that is appealing in strange sort of way.

So, here it is. There are lots of links that don’t work, but that’s not the point. The point is to preserve this little piece of history so that when Geocities dies, Negotiating Reality lives on. See you when I see you.

Christmas shopping deals

Antoine — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:56:00 +0000

So the economy is caught in a perpetual flush cycle and the government is crumbling under the pressure of imminent deficits. You’re waiting for HR to ask you to stop by so they can talk about “restructuring”. You’re wondering if you can even afford to drive to the mall this holiday season, let alone buy mounds of stuff there. Well, no worries. Here are some resources for thrifty Canadians with the most meagre of budgets, because let’s face it – right now it’s cool to be cheap.

Don’t waste your time surfing around for deals, I’ve put together a list of the eight best Canadian deal sites out there for you:

Pricecanada.com – a shopping search engine that allows you to compare prices among numerous retailers.

Redflagdeals.com – One of Canada’s oldest and best deals and freebies websites.

Bigbigforums.com – Where cheapskate-wannabes gather in droves to discuss the latest scoop on deals, coupons and contests.

Slickdeals.net – This frequently updated site has Deal Alerts…sweet!

Pricenetwork.ca – On this site, people can vote on the hottest deals.

Pricegrabber.ca – Another comparison shopping website that allows you to customize your own shopping list.

Smartcanucks.ca – The first Canadian deals blog (or so they claim).

Lockergnome coupons – Chris Pirillo’s coupon search engine creates custom search RSS feeds. Niiiiice.

Maybe that 42 inch TV isn’t out of your reach after all? Now dust off your credit card and do your part for the economy!

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Saving my Geocities site

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