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LIBRARYDAZE
LIBRARYDAZE
a tale of lost and found
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
“librarydaze” is the name’
Keeping it that was is the game.
I had two websites; the first was associated with cartoons I had created for the library, the second was my own creation. My original domain name, librarydaze, had disappeared into a cloud of cyber obscurity, so I was forced to use an indisputably inconsequential domain name for the second.
Fortunately, it was not long before I was given the opportunity to retrieve the original name.
I was so happy.
I wrote the following exaltation out of sheer joy. This was probably 2018.
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I'd like to invite you to a celebration
A TRIBUTE TO my LONG LOST newly RESURRECTED DOMAIN NAME
LIBRARYDAZE
my real alter ego, the real me: TO MY LONG LOST COMPATRIOT
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE IT AGAIN
WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHAT HAPPENED?
A long time ago I had a website; it’s name was LibraryDaze; I was very fond of it. It not only was a great name, it was very much representative of me – a very personal statement and accomplishment.
but then: I lost it; it was a foster site whose time had run out. I was very sad but resigned; so much work down the tube, but that’s technology for you.
By this time I had retired and gone on to other things including a website I designed myself under the auspices of SimpleSite of Copenhagen, Denmark no longer the personable "librarydaze" but what seemed to be impulse nerickson57 (why not? My email address.
It had been almost a year since the website suffered its demise when one day it occurred to me that it was time to find out what my new website was capable of. I was reading the small print and LOW AND BEHOLD I discovered it could provide me with a domain name - cheap. I checked for availability and was ELATED to discover my old name had escaped being adopted.
I WAS OVERJOYED: THAT DID IT!!!
That was an amazing emotion; I didn't realize it meant so much to me.
All of this dramatic rhapsodizing because of the reappearance of a Domain Name; you wouldn't think a little thing like a name would mean so much.
I am being given the wonderful opportunity to reassume my true identity. Reaffirmation of my identity – lets fact it nerickson57 is strictly utilitarian; a convenience email address...nothing.
And what should I do with this incredible bit of luck?
A MEMORIAL is most appropriate.
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It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration."
Peter de Vries
"Blood of the Lamb"
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I’VE BEEN privileged/blessed: I’ve had a miracle. I’ve been rejuvenated; I have been reborn so to speak…how many people can say that? This is a tremendous thing at my age – any age actually.
THE FIRST WEBSITE
The title LibraryDaze came about as a particularly appropriate identifier for a series of cartoons I created as a result of my work in my local public library: I drew cartoons based on my experience. At first they were being printed in the library newsletter, and then later the library website. Eventually I paid to have a website created (I wasn’t at all computer savvy), so they could be shared by a larger audience.
WHAT’S IN STORE FOR IT NOW THAT IT’S BEEN RESURRECTED?
When I reclaimed it, it was but a shell of its former self, and there’s no doubt that its name is no longer so pertinent, appropriate, or descriptive. It’s in the process of taking on a new persona/image; It’s having to include the newly acquired facets of my life; experience a rather radical lifestyle readjustment, time to assume a new identity. SAME NAME, DIFFERENT PERSONA.
None of this is actually too far off the mark: it fits its lifestyle …AS IT TOO HAS RETIRED…just like me.
THEY SAY you should make changes to keep up audience interest – this is a whale of a change but it’s been so long there’s probably no audience anymore anyway.
I hope you enjoy my whole new personality.
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REINCARNATION A logical continuation of the tale:
THE MANY LIVES OF MY BELOVED WEBSITE
THINGS BUZZED ALONG PEACEFULLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME – I’d say six years ; adding material here and there as inspired, mostly consisting of journals of the frequent trips we had launched into undertaking.
AND THEN …………………………
I GOT SOLD
February 2025 I attempted to add an article I had just written, and I discovered all kinds of mischief had happened to my website. The Fat hit the fan as and life as I knew it came to a screeching halt.
The first disappearance was gentle; there were few or no huge consequence. The assimilation was natural; no intense involvement existed, no tons of time had been spent, all the material was secure. No sweat.
But this one was !!BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SOLD: The major THREAT was not in losing material – but fear of losing the name. That name seems to mean a lot to me.
I’ve gotten to be LIKE a mother hen with my website.
LET THE FUN BEGIN.
What I found was a mauled website with pages askew and many photographs missing. Efforts to reorient this material resulted in 2-1/2 months of active all pervading frustration as I attempted to become one with my new host.
Efforts to reorient this material led to over two ½ months of excruciating frustration as I attempted to become one with my new host.
Emailing back and forth, a new agent every day who never seemed to read previous correspondence or even my responses. I sincerely suspected I was working with robots; and I felt very much floating in a void – I had no idea who or what I was working with. Every day I had a new challenge to confront what they offered me and enlighten them on what the issue was.
It was soon time for me to reactivate /renew my contract; so after about a month of this I did indeed receive the email which thanked me for paying the fee I was still not hooked up correctly to their system and I had verified that fact. At the end of this notice and probably true to normal customer service involvements there was the box asking if there were any questions. Finally, the possibility of an actual human; That led to a week or so of upper case very angry comments from me. Please help me. I broke down and requested the assistance of their website building unit – surely at a cost. We never even managed a preliminary interview ++++
It was time for the BIG GUNS. I am blessed by having – an undeniably highly professional techie son-in-law who is genuinely happy to be of assistance in times of crisis (oh, is he brave). I hate to bother him but this was just beyond the beyond.
He had it sewn up but for minor details in TWO DAYS. The site was maul free and once again flush with its decorative photos.
Recovery/reactivated/opened sky up again. Not to exaggerate: Gave me a reason to get up/huge relief. Writing had stopped production while I struggled to reactivate.- that’s the main motivation. Sudden loss of outlet flattened me.
ONCE AGAIN I AM CRAZY HAPPY.
I’ve lost my sense of security whew; nothing is safe. All this twiddling around; website could go plewie again. And I’m too old for this stuff.
I’m too old. I almost lost my website but with some serious assistance I got it back. Young people, computer people maybe even normal people would have figured: so what, why worry - just go set up a new one. Oh, man. Idea sends chills through me. I just don’t think I have the energy any more. I was a whole lot younger, much more motivated. It’s me, my identity.
LESSON LEARNED: anything techie; not permanent/stationary/inert, anything but- actually like the climate.
And now, to add to the joy; I get the enchanting opportunity to approach a whole new learning curve//reeducate. Go on to the process of reincarnation/education. Not life the phoenix rising from the ashes – a bit too melodramatic. My job, reconstitute it. And I have very little faith in the user friendly design of the new website builder. As I’ve said- I’m too old.
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