With the advent of the new data protection regulations here in Europe, Google has changed some of the options on Blogger/Blogspot.
One of the changes which will impact ordinary readers like yourself is that you can no longer comment on the blog with an Open I.D. profile. They now only permit people with a Google account to comment. If you don't have a Google account already set one up, you don't have to use the email side of things.
Google have published a blog post about all of the changes here: It’s spring cleaning time for Blogger
There have been a few other changes behind the scenes that Google haven't admitted to yet. For instance, I no longer receive an email when a comment has been made. Or an email when a comment requires moderation. Consequently I now have to log in a few times a day to manually check the blog for new comments or comments that require moderation. So if there is a longer delay than normal in your comment being approved that is the reason why.
And before any one suggests it... moving over to Wordpress has been examined in the past and rejected for several reasons.
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30 May 2018
13 May 2011
Free for All Friday No. 130
Blogger's back! And so I'm finally able to do my Friday post. (Blogger was down Thursday night my time, Eastern U.S., when I tried to do my usual last-minute panicked FFAF post.)
It's rare for Blogger to be out-of-commission. Annoying though it may be, such outages make us aware of the dichotomy between our digital and analog lives. As Philofaxers, we already have at least one foot firmly planted in the analog.
Besides Filofaxes, what non-digital objects do you love in your life?
For me, one of those things is beautiful luggage! I just bought a Victorinox wheeled briefcase/laptop case to see me through my one-day trip to New York for the Philofaxy meetup. I bought it at Leather World, where I've also bought Filofaxes and refills. I had a nice talk with one of the employees, who was tickled to hear about the Philofaxy blog and the meetup, when I told her why I was buying the bag. (When I wrote down the blog link for her, she aptly noticed that I didn't have a Filofax pen in my pen loop, though.) She wants a full report when I get back!
Another one is trains! Air travel is so awful nowadays, that I take the train whenever possible, even though it can be less expensive to fly from Boston or Providence to New York, Philadelphia, or Washington. I'm taking the train to New York and back the same day, since I couldn't get a room in the City for just one weekend night. Besides, sometimes one would rather sleep in one's own bed.
I'm getting autosave error messages as I type this...I guess Blogger is still a bit sickly. As I sit here typing in the same room off my garden where I set up my first PowerMac 6100, I feel like it's 1997 all over again!
It's rare for Blogger to be out-of-commission. Annoying though it may be, such outages make us aware of the dichotomy between our digital and analog lives. As Philofaxers, we already have at least one foot firmly planted in the analog.
Besides Filofaxes, what non-digital objects do you love in your life?
For me, one of those things is beautiful luggage! I just bought a Victorinox wheeled briefcase/laptop case to see me through my one-day trip to New York for the Philofaxy meetup. I bought it at Leather World, where I've also bought Filofaxes and refills. I had a nice talk with one of the employees, who was tickled to hear about the Philofaxy blog and the meetup, when I told her why I was buying the bag. (When I wrote down the blog link for her, she aptly noticed that I didn't have a Filofax pen in my pen loop, though.) She wants a full report when I get back!
Another one is trains! Air travel is so awful nowadays, that I take the train whenever possible, even though it can be less expensive to fly from Boston or Providence to New York, Philadelphia, or Washington. I'm taking the train to New York and back the same day, since I couldn't get a room in the City for just one weekend night. Besides, sometimes one would rather sleep in one's own bed.
I'm getting autosave error messages as I type this...I guess Blogger is still a bit sickly. As I sit here typing in the same room off my garden where I set up my first PowerMac 6100, I feel like it's 1997 all over again!
Blogger Outage
No we didn't go away and sulk... Blogger has had major problems in the last 36 hours.
Two posts that were published yesterday were restored but without any comments. Which is a particular pain on the Twitter post!
My post about my Malden change over was restored to an earlier version not the version that was published, so I'm trying to repair that one. Also all the comments on that post have also been lost.
Looking closer, all the comments from yesterday have not been restored. I have them as emails, but there's no way to reimport them.
Sorry for this outage, it's outside of our control and we are just as annoyed about it as you are. I will be looking at other possible options for the future.
Thanks for your patience and support.
Two posts that were published yesterday were restored but without any comments. Which is a particular pain on the Twitter post!
My post about my Malden change over was restored to an earlier version not the version that was published, so I'm trying to repair that one. Also all the comments on that post have also been lost.
Looking closer, all the comments from yesterday have not been restored. I have them as emails, but there's no way to reimport them.
Sorry for this outage, it's outside of our control and we are just as annoyed about it as you are. I will be looking at other possible options for the future.
Thanks for your patience and support.
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