The HOV Lane Blog has moved to: http://www.joshhovlane.com.
Click here to visit the new & improved HOV Lane Blog.
The archive of prior posts will continue to be available here until moved and/or reposted at the new site. Thank you for riding in the HOV with me.
Moving can be a stressful time, studies show. It can also take longer than expected, movers no-show.
All is restarting at www.joshHOVLane.com. It will be a while before everything is back to how it once was in the HOV. But, now there’s a place to start posting anew.
At about this time every year, it snows in The HOV Lane.
This year is no different. The snow hit on Thanksgiving. The HOV Lane weather forecasts snow through the end of January, even after the move is complete to the new & improved HOV Lane.
Hope you enjoy!
Rather than fix this version of the HOV Lane Blog, I’ve decided to rebuild the blog along with a new install of the database at the preferred address of http://www.joshhovlane.com. The new home is not yet set up. Others things must be done first.
Look forward to the next post announcing the move has been made. Attn All Feed Subscribers: there will be no need to adjust your feeds. Feed will be readdressed once the move has been made.
In addition to Earl World, I have missed Beth Ellen Nagle’s Eclectic Cafe. Beth Ellen’s macro work opens your eyes to a lillipution wonderland.
Check out this post of “Harry.” It’s a shot of Harry on their window sill, but the screen in macro looks like reinforced steel bars strong enough to cage this wild animal. But, then again, perhaps it’s not a story of madness, but a story of sadness. Harry could have been wrongly accused and falsely convicted.
It seems so long ago. The day when I used to blog on a regular basis.
Previous posts tell a story of trial & fail. Tried to restart several times, but found it more difficult than expected.
Earlier in the year, I took on a professional commitment that required a lot to change. In the process, some things fell by the wayside. This blog was one of them. It’s time to restart engines and get rolling in the HOV Lane.
How to restart this time and make it work? Baby steps.
The first baby step - start reading the blogs I’ve missed.
Today’s new (old) read is Earl World. You should check it out. Earl, too, is a roller derby fan. Earl is also into photography and shares his shots on his blog. It is good stuff!
Turns out yet another part of the site had broken over the last few months. There are some who use the new URL for The HOV Lane, www.joshHOVlane.com, to join us and ride. Turns out, the web forwarding for that URL was also defunct much of the last few months.
At this point, it’s clear something strange happened on the server.
The HOV Lane. A blog barely alive. We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than HOV was before. Better…stronger…faster.
It’s been a long time. About the same time my Wordpress install went out on the fritz, I had become fully booked working on-site with a client. It has been (and, continues to be) a pleasure.
However, it has left little time for anything else. Blogging and blog-reading both fell by the wayside. I’m slowly starting to squeeze in a little time for both again. So, I look forward to hopefully reconnecting with you. You’ve been missed.
Today, I was able to hopefully get my Wordpress install up and running again. The HOV Lane remains as a mere shadow of its former self, but at least I can access the admin panel now. With spam protection having been down, there are now over 14,000 spam comments laying in waiting for review. Neeyice.
Hope you’ve been enjoying your life!
It is a merry Monday, indeed.
It turns out the HOV Lane either got hacked or something else went terribly wrong over the weekend. I’m guessing it occurred last night because that is when my notifications started to go awry.
This morning, I came to the site in order to start doing a series of posts about the people I’ve met and gotten to know better via this blog and their respective blogs. To my dismay, I found that the top main navigation bar that listed half a dozen pages/sections to this site IS GONE. All the material and links that used to be in the side bar navigation ARE NOW GONE. Luckily, all the past posts are still here and available via the list of links that are now listed in the sidebar.
Wow, I have a lot of work to do in the HOV Lane to get it back to its original self.
I’ve learned a lesson here today. For all your bloggers out there, please learn from my mistake. Keep your blog install up-to-date. Either my database was out-of-date or the Wordpress install was out-of-date. I’m going to try to solve that one some time after work today.
I’ll still post the series about the great people and blogs during the rebuilding effort. The posting of photographs will start back up again soon, too.
Devil’s Golf Course - Death Valley, California. Click photo for large version.
This is a shot taken while taking some readings for the “shadow man” shot. It seemed fitting to look like a bandito, since I was standing in the “The Devil’s Golf Course” of all places.
Happy New Month! Good luck on your New Month’s Resolutions!
For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, a new year is also upon us. It is the year of the rat!
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Wow. It’s been another month. I can’t believe it.
Well, it’s that time again. Have you made any New Month’s Resolutions?
My New Month’s Resolution… Blog more. Live less.
Please click card for large version.
The above shot is one from my fine art photography work. Despite what my good friend, Maddie (5 yrs. old), believes, I didn’t cause the above crime scene. I happened upon it while driving through Anniston, Alabama. The scene is photographed as I found it.
I hope that your 2008 is filled with great times and good health for you and your family.
Thanks for joining me in the HOV! It has been great fun having you ride shotgun via this site.
View last year’s New Year’s greeting.
Devil’s Golf Course - Death Valley, California. Click photo for large version.
We have arrived upon the close of the year. Let us harken back to our hopes for the coming year, a year ago. For a reminder, please click here for last year’s New Year’s greeting.
Well, did you stand tall & make the difference you seeked to make in 2007?
How was your year? I hope it was all you had hoped for and more.
Welcome to my artist's blog, The HOV Lane. The blog is a clean, freshwater stream of photos (pro & fun) and stories from my travels as a photographer.