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What the full archive says about me
A source-backed self-portrait drawn from a completed archive: a developer, maker, archivist, volunteer, and former virtual-world broadcaster tracing a consistent habit of repairing fragile systems, preserving useful history, and making technical and civic work easier for people to understand. Read More
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Restoring the Beginning of All Dreams
From an old résumé CD to GeoCities.ws, I trace how Shoomi’s dream-themed homepage survived, then rebuild its lost 90s magic with webfonts, MIDI parsing, canvas applets, color tools, and a new hit counter service. Read More
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Restoring the Signal Flyers
Preparing for a news interview, I created flyers, updated the exhibit website, and wrestled with CSS, AutoSSL, and responsive layouts deep into the night — all to help bring the phone exhibit and Royal Visit recordings to the community. Read More
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ChatGPT Tried to Explain Me
After years of conversations about technology, history, memoirs, civic issues, creativity, and absurd humor, I asked ChatGPT to describe who I am. The result was a detailed portrait of an archivist, community-minded technologist, storyteller, and observer of systems, people, & preservation. Read More
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A Life Recovered from MiniDV
Old MiniDV tapes revealed forgotten footage from 2008—woods that no longer exist, family moments, and fragments of a life once lived. What began as digitization became something deeper: a rediscovery of memory, time, and the person I used to be. Read More
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Accessible Communication, Revisited Through TTY
Adding two vintage TTY machines turned into something more than an exhibit. For a moment, they talked—no phone line required. That moment reshaped the exhibit, adding interactivity & accessibility while revealing how communication was once built around people, not data. Read More
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Restoring a Second Life Identity
Revisiting my Dedric Mauriac Second Life archive, I rebuilt thousands of images into a searchable static site and blog. What began as preservation became reflection—reconnecting a virtual life with my real one, and understanding how it shaped who I am today. Read More
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Recovering the Dedric Mauriac Flickr Archive
After finally regaining access to my long-dormant Dedric Mauriac Flickr account, I raced to recover more than 1,500 Second Life snapshots before platform changes erased them. A custom API script and digital archaeology helped restore the archive. Read More
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Reclaiming Flickr: The Final Phase
The final phase of my Flickr migration focuses on intentional resizing, metadata preservation, and reconstructing community context. With AI-assisted descriptions and chronological rebuilding, thousands of images now live independently on my blog—optimized, searchable, and no longer dependent on third-party platforms. Read More
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Almost There: The Final Compression
I’m finishing a full Flickr migration—restoring display names through the API, converting legacy HTML into Gutenberg blocks, rebuilding maps and Exif data, and compressing 1.6 GB of images into a sustainable archive without losing attribution or detail. Read More