I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
Edmonton news: 23rd Avenue interchange to be built
August 29, 2007
That intersection is one of the worst in the city, with traffic volumes much larger than it was ever built to handle. Situating South Edmonton Common (guys…what’s with the drab website?) on its south-east corner was one of the dumber moves the city has made in recent memory, because even though the Common has grown up as a thriving commercial centre on the south side, it has meant that 23rd Avenue, between Calgary Trail and 91st Street, experiences levels of traffic daily that are typically reserved for freeways…and along at least part of that stretch, it’s really just a widened two-lane road.
Hazard much? It’s a wonder there aren’t more accidents.
An interchange is not really an option at this intersection anymore — it’s a necessity. And hopefully it’s the first step on the long road to getting rid of that quintessentially Edmontonian habit of placing traffic lights along provincial highways.
