No Mo' Moblog?

So, since we got our first camera phones (and Raya had one before I did!) we've been using Textamerica to host our mobile blogs ("moblogs") [R] [E]. They provided this as a free service, and it worked pretty well.

Unfortunately, TA has decided to discontinue the free service as of 12/31/06. Big fat bummer. Some of the pictures we've posted to our blogs (each of us have over 200) don't exist in any other place, as we've both gone through multiple phones, run out of memory, etc., in the past few years.

So, this week, I found some useful scripts to download and save all of the pictures from each of our moblogs before they disappear forever. I then painstakingly integrated my 200+ pictures from the moblog into this blog, even going so far as to ensure the date/time remained consistent with the original picture. It was a pain in the butt, but at least it's done now.

Raya hasn't decided yet if she wants me to set up a Blogger blog for her photos, which I will do as needed.

Unfortunately, Blogger's "mobile blog" function is having issues this week. Blogger is switching to a new system, just about to come out of beta, and so this problem is not unique to me. Since they have all the mighty resources of Google behind them, I'm confident they'll get it fixed. In the meantime, however, I can't blog from my phone. Hopefully they'll get it fixed before we head to San Francisco next month, as I tend to mobile blog more when we travel.

Anyway, here's one of the pictures currently "trapped" on my phone: the marquee of the historic Stardust Hotel and Casino in Vegas, which closed for good a couple of months ago. Sadly, I never set foot inside this place, which was a throwback to the old Vegas.