So back in March of 2005 I decided to start a blog.
I researched, I did lots of reading and decided Blogger was my best bet. And for nearly two years it has served me well.
But recently Google decided to make some changes to their software. They made some updates. That’s fine I said. I was excited to see where they would go with their new system.
I tried to migrate over to Blogger Beta right away.
But I was denied. I was told my blog would have to wait.
Sure it was frustrating, but I’m not going to pout. I just kept on keeping on.
I even made some changes to my template and changed my blog, Stranger in a Strange Land, (which will now be referred to as SSL 1.0), from a two column template to a three column template.
Then I get word that “Blogger Beta is dead. Long live the new Blogger.”
Ok. Great, now I can switch to the new Blogger.
Not so fast I was told.
We’re still not ready for you. Ok. I’ll keep pushing along using the old Blogger.
But then Friday morning, everything changed.
I went to login and was told I had to make the change. All right I thought. They’re making me change, they must be ready for me to use the new blogger.
Fat chance. I was still told they weren’t ready. The worst part of it is — they won’t let be back to my old site or login.
Sure its still there floating on the Internet, but I have no way to access SSL 1.0.
So, thus begins SSL 2.0 Beta.
I have none of the old posts (yet), but I have a new domain, new look, new feel and maybe a new direction.
Some have told me they only want to read “personal” entries. Some have told me they only like keeping up with politics on my blog. Others have told me they like the technology. But thanks to a new “back-end” powered by WordPress 2.1 there are categories on the right hand side of the screen and you can pick and chose what you want to read about.
It won’t hurt my feelings if you skip over certain posts.
Really. I’m being honest here.
But to be sure you’re up to date, please update your bookmarks with the new URL for SSL 2.0 Beta: www.casadeblundell.com/jonathan.
For those of you who have paid attention and subscribed to our RSS feed, powered by feedburner.com nothing changes for you — unless you want to take a look at our new site and watch the progression as SSL 2.0 Beta moves into completion.
Also within the next month we expect to launch casadeblundell.com with a new website for mine and Laurie’s wedding. We’re also considering a new blog and site for Laurie at: www.casadeblundell.com/laurie — but more on that later.
So for now, sit back, relax and be thankful that you subscribed to our RSS feed or someone was nice enough to tell you where we moved to.
Let me know what you think. Drop me an e-mail to my new address: jonathan (at) casadeblundell (dot) com.
Take care and God bless.
Oh and shameless plug here: This transition has been about as smooth as it can be. A new domain, spam filters, hosting, FTP and everything else I need less than $200 a year. Zip me an e-mail and I’ll let you know how you can get the same setup.
