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So yes, I have figured out a way to crosspost from LJ/DW to tumblr! Huzzah! So I should have more of some kind of....content creation over there. Let's see if it at all affects the sorts of things I post here.... Probably not. Let's also see if it encourages me to find new ways to engage with tumblr, I suppose. Let's also see if, having figured this out, I can then go an make myself work on job applications...

If you are curious how I am working this magical mojo, I have just been introduced to IFTTT which seems to have a lot of potential for crossing various streams, plus a ton of other things. In this case, it takes the RSS stream of my dreamwidth and tosses it at tumblr with some minimal formatting and a couple of tags.

Next I will see if I can make it tweet about new journal entries, and then I will continue to hide in my old school/out of date social media holes forever.

I didn't get a chance to finish my post this morning because the hotel's generator blew out and I lost my connection. But I went back to AMMC today, and spoke to some other people. I got a phone number for the historians everyone says I need to meet, although they are out of town this weekend. i'll try and get them on Monday. I spoke to a helpful lady at the archives as well and, while she couldn't give me the information I really need (which I'm 90% sure just doesn't exist), she did help me find the 1729 and 1734 censuses. Or however you pluralize census. So I did some research, faxed my into letter on the way back, and bought a gallon of water. Now I've just send another important e-mail. I'm having a late lunch and planning to go to the beach. Yaay beach!

ETA: or not! sudenly everyone is all talking to me and emailing me! Including fax guy, so wooh!

Another good day! I’m back at the hotel for the evening – everything here closes down around 8. I went to dinner at The Clay Oven, which is a really good Indian place I went to twice last time. It is reasonably priced for what it is, but probably not some place I should be making a habit of going on my grad student shoestring ;) Afterwards I walked along the beack out to Arawak Cay, thnking of maybe having a drink at oen of the little places at the fish fry, but it was mostly all closed and I wasn’t in the mood anyway, so I just ambled back towards town, stopping for a while to watch the waves and seagulls.

Earlier this afternoon, after much ultimately pointless faffing about, I made it to the archives, to find that the close about 45 min after than I expected these day. Woo-hoo! Also, the historical society Museum now allows non-flash photography, so I was able to get a picture of Thomas Walker’s gravestone, which I came across last year and so delighted me. Now I can have a picture in my dissertation, whenever I write it :V I’ll post it later, when I can remember to take it off my camera.

My unproductive faffing was not actually entirely unproductive, either. I wanted to try and contact a woman that has done some pretty extensive historical research on Harbour Island. She and her husband have actually published a book on the place, though I didn’t get back to the island bookstore here before they closed to see if they carry copies. Clearly, this is something I should read! And I should talk to her, only I couldn’t find her in the phonebook. So I’ll see if there is an online version, or ask at the AMMC tomorrow. I think I am still supposed to go back – I wanted to look at the equipment and facilities they have there. The wet lab is up at Fort Charlotte. But Dr. Tinker said that I could use their screens, buckets, etc. Now, Kevin did warn me not to rely too much on that sort of offer, but I am going to take it at face value for now while also looking in to my other options. If I really *don’t* have to buy anything for this fieldwork, that will be best. Unless people fall all over themselves to give me buckets of money, which I’m (overly) optimistically not ruling out just yet! However Dr Tinker also said that in terms of holding collections and such there would be no fees and such for a student run project… Anyway, it’s been an encouraging start, we’ll see how it goes from here :) I have someone on HI I want to try and contact still. I and going to see if I can find somewhere to fax him a letter, but if not, I’ll call him tomorrow before I go back to the archives.

Right now I am looking in to ways to send free faxes over the internet. If anyone has any suggestions/recommendations in that regard, please let me know! I am also going to see if i can snag a meeting with Dr. Saunders at the archives since everyone tells me I should meet and talk to her too.