Fresh Start

I’m back online. Same blog, new domain. Shortly before going to China over the summer I set myself a goal; relaunch my blog before I travel. I had a week to get it done and I failed spectacularly. More frustratingly than that, I half completed the job essentially blocking any new posts until the job was complete. Throughout 2026, I’ve been publishing more than in previous years. Most of these have been journal entries liberally supported by an ever growing collection of images. I was starting to reminisce about the fun I used to have with technology, first photos, starting blogging, discovering how things worked, and starting to reply to other blogposts. It was fun again. The old stuff was still here and I still enjoyed it. I started to experiment with new ideas like learning Chinese in public. I have more I want to explore. But at every turn, I felt like I was fighting my blog. It last got a refresh at a time when I felt that my online identity should be tightly coupled with my role…