{"id":343,"date":"2001-04-01T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2001-04-01T20:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dpad.ca\/wp\/2001\/04\/01\/in-the-beginning\/"},"modified":"2001-04-01T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2001-04-01T20:37:43","slug":"in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpad.ca\/wp1\/2001\/04\/01\/in-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"In the beginning…"},"content":{"rendered":"

***d+pad Retro-posting EXTRAvaganza***<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Joe\"So here we are at the beginning, except that it’s really 6 years later that I’m writing this (August of 2007 to be exact).<\/p>\n

I’ll explain…<\/p>\n

Since d+pad began in April of 2001 there has been a handful of hosting changes, several different comic serving scripts, and more data-losing calamities than I care to think about. One of these was particularly destructive and resulted in the loss of years of my original comic posts. Sad yes, but life goes on.<\/p>\n

After that, I continued posting as usual, but the new system I was using to run the site didn’t keep the posts and their associated strips on the same page. Doing so would have meant a complete overhaul of the d+pad site and re-posting every one of the over 300 comic strips and their post entries one by one. If you’ve noticed the (sometimes significant) gaps between comic updates you’ll probably understand that I wasn’t in a position to take on such a project. That is until now. No, I don’t suddenly have more time–if anything I have less–but I do have help, and it’s high time to put d+pad back on its feet.<\/p>\n

So here we are. Working together with my better half, Emily (aka oof), d+pad is finally getting its from-the-ground-up overhaul. With the archives re-loaded into a customized WordPress-based system, I’m now going to take a trip through time and copy in the original posts as they appeared when they first ran. If I don’t have the original posting, I may fill the gap with a special comment or insight into what was going on at the time or what inspired the comic. I’ll write those posts in italics so you can tell when it’s a retro posting and not the original, but I’m sure you’re smart enough to figure it out regardless. Think of it as d+pad with the Director’s commentary (that’s me).
\nEnjoy!<\/p>\n

-JBE<\/p>\n

joe at dpad dot ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

***d+pad Retro-posting EXTRAvaganza*** So here we are at the beginning, except that it’s really 6 years later that I’m writing this (August of 2007 to be exact). I’ll explain… Since d+pad began in April of 2001 there has been a handful of hosting changes, several different comic serving scripts, and … <\/p>\n

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