{"id":3930,"date":"2012-10-16T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T20:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2012-10-16T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T20:47:43","slug":"orbit-trap-v2-0-a-kinder-gentler-fractal-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3930","title":{"rendered":"Orbit Trap v2.0: A Kinder, Gentler Fractal Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3931\" title=\"return01\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/return01.jpg?resize=400%2C414\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hey!\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t Orbit Trap supposed to be closed down?\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t Orbit Trap supposed to be finished with and over and all that sort of thing?<\/p>\n<p>Well, let me explain.\u00a0 In short, I got tired of blogging every week and after six years decided it was time to give it a rest.\u00a0 Eight months later I realized that a niche blog doesn&#8217;t need weekly updates to remain relevant and I began to consider starting it up again with a more relaxed attitude.\u00a0 Yes, a much more relaxed attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Orbit Trap has never been a one-man show and would be rather one-dimensional if it were.\u00a0 Long ago me and Terry had decided that we&#8217;d retire Orbit Trap rather than keep it going with only one of us as the sole contributor.\u00a0 Similarly, neither of us was going to resurrect the blog on our own.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s back up and running.<\/p>\n<p>I like fractal art.\u00a0 Even more, I like commenting on it.\u00a0 Public art begets public commentary and no place is as public as the internet.\u00a0 Fractal art and the internet are intertwined.<\/p>\n<p>A blog about fractal art is just such a natural thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey!\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t Orbit Trap supposed to be closed down?\u00a0 Wasn&#8217;t Orbit Trap supposed to be finished with and over and all that sort of thing? Well, let me explain.\u00a0 In short, I got tired of blogging every week and after six years decided it was time to give it a rest.\u00a0 Eight months later I &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=3930\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/orbittrap.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/return01.jpg?fit=400%2C414","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":229,"url":"http:\/\/orbittrap.ca\/?p=229","url_meta":{"origin":3930,"position":0},"title":"Orbit Trap&#8217;s Change of Format","author":"Tim","date":"16 September, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Orbit Trap has abandoned the goal of becoming a group fractal blog due to lack of interest. 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