Signing Off
I alluded to the fact that this blog is no longer flying under the radar, that it is actively being observed by forces beyond my comprehension. Spikes in site traffic from certain domains beg the question of why the increased traffic from said domains: does this blog have anything of value to offer think tanks?
The bottom-line to all this cloak-and-dagger is that some options surfaced, including:
1. Any Silicon Valley six-grader knows that Web pages are cached on many servers, and can take YEARS for edited and/or deleted pages to actually vanish on the World Wide Web; until then, these so called unwanted, abandoned and orphaned pages become part of the vast, expanding cobweb.
2. You're kidding, right?
3. Though I've tried to be sensitive about cultural and safety/security issues with each entry, I'm far from infallible. As Alexander Pope said, "To err is human." The other part of this quote is sorta boring, so I've leaving it out.
4. Thinking it through, this is not an option! If you think otherwise, then the Peace Corps might not be for you!
5. No, email SPAM is not an acceptable solution!
6. Complete plagiarism from the end of the sci-fi horror fest Alien (1979), where Ripley (played by then-unknown Sigourney Weaver) reports before going into deep sleep, "Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off."
The bottom-line to all this cloak-and-dagger is that some options surfaced, including:
- A. Deleting my blog1.
B. Continuing to blog with a RADICALLY different tone2.
C. Suspending my blog3.
D. Do nothing4.
- Last blog entry during In-service, First-Year Peace Corps/Morocco Volunteer posting. Blogs of other Peace Corps Volunteers can be found on the left, under Blog Parade, and elsewhere on the Web. This blog has been suspended. Inshallah, my traditional, paper-based journal continues to record my experience until Close-Of-Service at the end of Nov '07. This is Nam LaMore, Peace Corps Volunteer in the Middle Atlas of Morocco, signing off.6
1. Any Silicon Valley six-grader knows that Web pages are cached on many servers, and can take YEARS for edited and/or deleted pages to actually vanish on the World Wide Web; until then, these so called unwanted, abandoned and orphaned pages become part of the vast, expanding cobweb.
2. You're kidding, right?
3. Though I've tried to be sensitive about cultural and safety/security issues with each entry, I'm far from infallible. As Alexander Pope said, "To err is human." The other part of this quote is sorta boring, so I've leaving it out.
4. Thinking it through, this is not an option! If you think otherwise, then the Peace Corps might not be for you!
5. No, email SPAM is not an acceptable solution!
6. Complete plagiarism from the end of the sci-fi horror fest Alien (1979), where Ripley (played by then-unknown Sigourney Weaver) reports before going into deep sleep, "Final report of the commercial starship Nostromo, third officer reporting. The other members of the crew, Kane, Lambert, Parker, Brett, Ash and Captain Dallas, are dead. Cargo and ship destroyed. I should reach the frontier in about six weeks. With a little luck, the network will pick me up. This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off."
tags: peace corps.africa.morocco
another point of view ...
don't forget to stop by my blog,
I have a separate recipe blog that I'm slow to update as well.....
http://perisrecipebox.wordpress.com/
keep in touch, maybe we'll cross paths in Ca one day.
Please dear friend Nam. I'm Moroccan but you taught me a lot about Morocco via your blog and chats at home, café and street. As well I enjoy reading it when I get tired of surfing. I beg you to give it a second thought.
Nam,
I'm sorry to see you stop your blog. I've enjoyed stopping by, and seeing what you were up to.
Best!
Just came across your zween blog and will definitely have to explore the archives. Your posts brought back a lot of memories from my own Moroccan travels. Shokran bzeff, b'slemmah.
speak up!
don't forget to stop by my blog,
I have a separate recipe blog that I'm slow to update as well.....
http://perisrecipebox.wordpress.com/
keep in touch, maybe we'll cross paths in Ca one day.
Please dear friend Nam. I'm Moroccan but you taught me a lot about Morocco via your blog and chats at home, café and street. As well I enjoy reading it when I get tired of surfing. I beg you to give it a second thought.
Nam,
I'm sorry to see you stop your blog. I've enjoyed stopping by, and seeing what you were up to.
Best!
Patrick
Just came across your zween blog and will definitely have to explore the archives. Your posts brought back a lot of memories from my own Moroccan travels. Shokran bzeff, b'slemmah.
speak up!
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- I HEART San Francisco
- The Joy of Ramadan
- Weekly Shopping at the Souk
- Call to Prayer
- Boujad Fantasia, Part II
- Boujad Fantasia, Part I
- The Updated Blog Mission Statement
- Rabat Murals
- Vacation to the Rif Mountains, Part IV
- Vacation to the Rif Mountains, Part III
