{"id":576,"date":"2022-05-14T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T00:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/wp\/?p=576"},"modified":"2023-03-12T00:14:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T00:14:16","slug":"yourcomco-com-chris-lawson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/wp\/2022\/05\/14\/yourcomco-com-chris-lawson\/","title":{"rendered":"yourcomco.com (Chris Lawson)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default wp-duotone-c7005a-fff278-2\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"477\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alterego.cc\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/chrislawsonfacebookcecilia.jpg?resize=477%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alterego.cc\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/chrislawsonfacebookcecilia.jpg?w=477&amp;ssl=1 477w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alterego.cc\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/chrislawsonfacebookcecilia.jpg?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alterego.cc\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/chrislawsonfacebookcecilia.jpg?resize=320%2C154&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<br\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 2007 I met Chris for the first time, in Romania. A while later I put together a small website for his company, where he asked me to post some of his articles in a blog. After Chris passed away I didn&#8217;t feel appropriate to keep the website online with all the features on. The original domain yourcomco.com is still pointing to the original website. The alternative domain askchris.eu points now to this post. If you were used to visit the website, you will remember a different layout. I changed it today to make it more responsive and mobile-friendly. The contents are the same, besides some information that has been removed (&#8220;out of order&#8221; sign)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Access the full old website, <a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For convenience, here is a list of his articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/postcard-from-lisbon-januar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" title=\"A Hamlet in Poland\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">A Hamlet in Poland<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/postcard-from-lisbon--.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Postcard from Lisbon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/Harold Pinter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Harold Pinter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/two_state_visits_-_february.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Two state visits<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/fiction_imitating_life_-_se.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Fiction imitating life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/the_casa_universitarilor_-_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Casa Universitarilor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/ewing_toil_-_may_2008.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Ewing Toil<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/a_long_way_from_vienna_-_ma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">A long way from Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/postcard_from_vienna_-_dece.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Postcard from Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/two_sons_of_timisoara_-_aug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Two sons of Timisoara<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/how_many_romanian_women_are.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">&#8220;How many Romanian women are too many?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/shoulder-charging_the_door_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">&#8216;Shoulder-charging the door in turn, we broke the lock like 1930s Chicago gangsters&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/the_securitate_and_me_-_dec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Securitate and me<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/three_different_faces_-_dec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Three different faces<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/false_information_-_april_2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">False information<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/ceausescus_africans_-_april.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Ceausescu&#8217;s Africans<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alterego.cc\/yourcomco\/weblog\/letter_from_iasi_-_april_20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" title=\"Letter from Iasi\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Letter from Iasi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the articles!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archive of yourcomco.com, to preserve a copy of Chris&#8217; 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