A Pleasant Surprise

A different type of error than usual popped up in w.bloggar when I tried to open past ramblings on Blog*spot. So, I figured, "What the heck?" and tried the fix I've seen posted on the w.bloggar help forums.

To my surprise, I pulled up information in w.bloggar. This must mean that my weblog finally made it to the new Dano servers Blogger has been bragging about. Now, we'll see if posting functions.

It works!

After many weeks of logging on to the Blogger website to post comments (which is VERY inconvenient if you don't want to learn to code in HTML just to have a passable blog page with some semblance of content), I finally used w.bloggar to retrieve past comments and post a new one. I believe this is because the Blogger gods have blessed me by moving my account to the new Dano server, but who knows. Information about the move is sketchy on Blogger's web site unless you dig deep.

I have learned a few things though:

# You get what you pay for. I use the free Blogger service, so am not on the 'A' list for support.
# If you wait long enough, things will usually change for the better. But, weeks?!?
# I have a better understanding of the frustration experienced by end users when using technology-based services.
# I probably WILL NOT use a fee-based service to maintain a weblog, including Blogger Pro. It just doesn't seem to be worth the effort.

And, life moves on.

Update!

I guess the bugs haven't been worked out, because when I tried to post this to Blog*Spot using w.bloggar, I received more dumb-assed error messages. I am guessing they are still playing with the system, and probably will be for some time. It figures. I'm hoping the bugs will be worked out eventually, but I won't hold my breath.