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I'm just tired of hearing bloggers whine about not wanting to give up their precious old Classic template and be forced to Upgrade to New Blogger. Now that it's been many months, it's like some kid insisting on staying on his tricycle when we all know it's time to ride the bicycle! Shit, get off the pot, willya!? So what if this is America and nobody wants to be forced to do anything. I was reviewing some of my posts in my help blog, "Most Frequent Blogger Questions", when I realized that one of the posts contained instructions Only for the New Blogger. I thought for a moment that I'd add instructions for how to do that in Classic when I realized that I no longer knew how to do it in Classic! It was like trying to remember how to hand-roll a cigarette or something, it was buried in the back of my cast-iron brain! Maybe it could be retrieved, but what the fuck for?! I'm not gonna smoke it! |
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I guess I should mention that this blog turned 20 years old last month.
It’s true that I haven’t been writing much for the past few years, but then
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I think there is some confusion on what "New Blogger" is about. It's not about the template at all.
ReplyDeleteThe actual issue I've seen is that people are forced into signing onto a new network for the "New Blogger" servers (to convert them from Blogger people into Google customers).
Blogger IDs do end up in the twilight zone for months at a time til passwords, gmail, and other google benefits are associated with formerly independent "Old" Blogger IDs. ...and it is even worse if you had multiple Blogger IDs under "old" Blogger. (see T-shirt!)
Template issues? "Tempest in teacup!" Confucius say.
Everyone can still choose to use either widget-enabled or classic templates. That's not a "New Blogger" issue although the widgets came about as an 'enhancement' under Google's added perks to Blogger. Some people are primarily visually oriented and would rather customize their blog layouts by dragging a block with a mouse! That's all it is, a visual interface. The alternative is to search and copy//paste text in a text oriented interface. Abandoning Classic templates is not required for converting to "New Blogger"/aka Google's Blogger. :)
Thanks again for helping me convert mine. It made it mindless for me.
ReplyDeleteCricket--no more "thank you"'s required. You have done your duty! But nice to hear!
ReplyDeleteAnd, Lady (I once had a favorite dog named Lady), if i hadn't been having a tizzy at the time, I might have said all of what you said in your comment. So, points taken. I'd copy and paste it into my main post except I doubt there are many people paying that much attention--they've already read "yesterday's posts" and would not notice the addendum. Fuck 'em, it's just you and me, Lady! And Cricket!
Ron,
ReplyDeleteFun company! :)
All that said, I do have some mad scientist inspired widget envy that can only be partially relieved via the test blogs of my non doggish alter egos! LOLLLL
Sometimes you make me nervous! p.s. How can I poison the dogs next door? Or should I just treat them like I would humans and go key their cars?
ReplyDeleteHave you talked to the neighbor about the dogs? Some dogs will stop barking so much if they wear one of these types of citronella collars.
ReplyDeleteHeavy duty barkers are sometimes best stopped with an electric bark collar, but I think in this case, the two little snausages just egg each other on and perhaps citronella in dual hound dog stereo will give sounds of near quadraphonic silence.
If the neighbor isn't using a shotgun on you already, try suggesting the citronella collar for the dogs and tearing out some yellow pages for dog training. Print out an ad maybe to emphasize your concern. If you just talk about it, maybe the neighbor will 'forget', but if you bring a folder of stuff over, maybe some realization may step in. Anyway, don't push but the folder will speak volumes for your interest in seeing this resolved.
Debarking dogs is something that is done for the most hopeless situations. I once had a dog from the dog pound that we had to debark. We had three other dogs at the same time, a Great Dane mutt, a dobie and a sighthound who were not barkers. The German Shepherd we got from Animal control was "E.F. Hutton". If he barked, everyone listened and in no time we were faced with the ultimatum to get rid of him or else... He barked at leaves falling, breezes in the bush, helicopters overhead and cars driving by.
This dog had already nearly taken off the pants of a thug trying to break in one day shortly after we got him, so giving him up was NOT an option. (one dog hid, two other dogs just barked, this dog wanted his Levis for lunch.)
We had him debarked. Worked like a charm and he still barked to his hearts content for another five years when he passed on, but he 'huffed' without the 100 plus decibel volume he once had.
This was way back before they invented bark collars that are triggered by the vibrations of the throat. Back then, they were sound activated, so if a car backfired, or another dog barked, the wearer would get zapped. Not good because we had 3 other dogs and neighbors who had dogs too. New collars are somewhat better. I don't like them but they are useful when chosen and used appropriately.
Okay, I wrote a book. You can ignite this message or delete after reading. :)
i'LL take it under advisement. The spray sounds like it'd work if it worked for any length of time. Maybe true for the shock, too--I notice you didn't show a price for that gizmo.
ReplyDeletePrices for 'bark control' collars are about the same. Some are around a hundred plus, esp the electronic bark collars with more perks, like letting the dog have a few barks before it switches on (a guard dog type collar).
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'd google for prices on 'bark control collars'. Here's one page with a variety.