As 2011 comes to a close, it’s typically a time for folks to sit back and reflect on the year that was. In doing such there are a lot of “thank yous” handed out, the recipients usually being friends, family, supporters, and the like.
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| Thank you for being a friend… |
Not wanting to buck this trend, I’m finding it necessary to thank a sort of unsung hero that makes things happen on a regular basis around here. No, I’m not talking about Lilly, Owl Jones, The River Damsel, or even that guy named Clif.
See, the person, or better yet thing I’m talking about is Blogger.
You know, the platform that hosts and is the engine behind many of “our” humble blogs…
Yeah, that Blogger.
Okay, I know Blogger’s not perfect. Like any good relationship, we’ve all had our ups & downs this year; some of the “downs” being the temporary inability to make comments, disappearing blogrolls, and confusion about what happens to your blog if you delete pictures from your Picasa account. (You know Google tried to take over the internet this year, so integrating a billion different products had some nasty side effects).
Also, just as in some unsteady relationships, especially a long term ones, one may have found themselves lusting for another. Temptresses such as WordPress and all her curvaceous themes and sexy plug-ins…or Tumblr and…well…let’s face it, Tumblr’s too young for you…you’ll get yourself arrested for fooling around with that one…
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| thong shot courtesy of women fishing in bikinis |
But in the end, it’s the good times experienced in the relationship that definitely outweighed the few rough patches in 2011 that were mentioned above. The Blogger team introduced to us a ton of slick updates, the biggest being a whole new user interface that is much more…ummm…Google-ish. We also got web fonts, an Android App, mobile templates, favicons, dynamic views, and Google+ integration just to name a few from a very long list of positives.
And for what it’s worth, and in my opinion it’s worth a lot, I also can’t remember a single time when my blog was down…like totally black…in 2011. Oh yeah, and I never, EVER had to worry about “installing updates.”
And did I mention the best part? Blogger did all that for free.
So THANK YOU BLOGGER (and your overlords at Google), for keeping not only my blog, but the many, many other blogs I enjoy on a daily basis not only up and running, but also doing so in a way that makes it so easy even Howard can do it.
The last line is priceless! Heehee. I will never forget the rule about Puucasa…still haven't gone back to replace the black holes… : )
One more thing…many thanks to T! for helping with my Blogger questions…just when I think I got it, they come out with something new!
I don't understand half of that stuff you mentioned, starting with “New User Interface”. God, I feel old. Mark
The Blogger Spam filters aren't too shabby either!
I'm with you on this on big T!! Blogger is pretty freaking easy and never takes a day off. It's 5 degrees here today. Just thought I'd mention it.
Agreed, more then should be expected from a free service. I've never considered switching.
I'm old and crotchety and I've mastered HTML (Not!)but I take my hat off briefly to Blogger and to you Mike…the Good Fairy of all things blogging!
Hear, hear. And like RD said…priceless last line! 😉
A hearty “Hear! Hear!” from me too.And thank YOU T-Rage for the all the blog love…including that link above. Not that one…the other one.
Right On!
You know, I'd like to just make a couple of comments if I may…..the day my retarded, goofy, unworthy name makes it to within a space or two of the name “Lilly” – I have freaking MADE IT. I think I'm going to snip a screen-shot of that and frame it. Honestly though, poor Lilly should be traumatized. 🙂 Thanks for a year of fun, blog-love and general T-Rage-y-ness. This blog is the absolute definition of quality content. I'm so glad I found it. Keep it up. We expect great things from Troutrageous! in 2012. (Pics of Lilly & Mrs. T-Rage are always a bonus,……. esp. if they bump pics of you. 😉 )
Love the choice of pics! Happy 2012!!
Well said T!Looking forward to more in 2012…cheers!
@THE RIVER DAMSELNo problems being your tech support…I always look forward to that little pop up box on Facebook…
@ShoremanNo worries. RD will explain it all to you.
@John DelaneyTrue dat
@Fontinalis RisingSorry for your thermal handicap.
@blakeTotally agree.
@Howard LevettWhy do you think I swing a tenkara wand…I mean rod.
@e.m.b.HUZZAH!
@Clif GNo sweat Clif.
@Johnny UtahThanks Utah.
@owlYou made it a long time ago on your own. Thanks for the kind words, you know the bromance continues.
@JillGThanks for supplying them!
@SandersThanks Sanders, cheer back atcha
google knows it 😀