signal iii

Very quick update today.

I’ve been going through and, very methodically, trying to condense, consolidate, and process all of our data from every investigation that we’ve been on in the last four years. To say the least, it’s a lot. Frankly, it’s overwhelming me at the moment and is a constant source of distraction and lost time. Beyond my personal feelings on the topic, I’ve also realized that importing all that data (even when the pages it’s all going to are not accessible to the public yet) is starting to slow the website down.

To put it simply, I need to find a better way to do this.

I don’t want to end up in the same trap I’ve found myself in on the previous incarnations of this site (in which I constantly assure any readers I have that, eventually, those construction banners will come down) so, for now, I’m not going to be adding all of that data.

It’s disappointing (to me at least) that I’ve found myself in this position but I think I have a solution.

Going forward, all investigation data will be housed on the blog.

I know, I know, it could get messy.

To help combat it I’m reformatting the blog’s style, I’m gonna start tagging every post under categories (that way it’s all easily searchable), and how I present the data will also change. I don’t have quite all the details worked out for how it’ll be presented just yet, but it’ll look a lot nicer than just having a bunch of blank pages, dead links, and “under construction” tickers.

Note, however, that as the data tab is removed in the coming days, a replacement has been added: “Vault”.

I’ve mentioned this idea in a blog post in the recent past—this site will play host, from here on, to all sorts of noteworthy data, reports, and incidents from reliable sources, both national and local, such that no information can be redacted, removed, or otherwise withheld from the public (I’ll also host some archival data from some defunct local paranormal groups, too).

If I haven’t said it, Greater Huntsville Paranormal Research is a society for all of us, not just its investigatory members.

Stay weird,

Scott