I was recently reading John Johnston’s blog , and I noticed he had an “On this day” tab that led to a page that lists all the posts he had written on that day over the life of his blog. He then went on to note:
This page uses Alan’s wp-posted-today: WordPress plugin provides shortcode for displaying posts published on current day . I find it fascinating, it also allows me to do some digital gardening, mending broken images and links as I wander through my past.
So cool, after seeing it on John’s blog I vaguely remember Alan programmed this bit of magic, but in my rush to the next thing I never stopped to install it. What’s more, John’s notion of using this plugin to help weed his blog garden and keep his archive in order seemed like an eminently practical way to keep things from degenerating entirely. One of the things that haunts me about this blog is the thought of all the broken images, defunct links, and Youtube videos long since taken down. The significant to
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