Top 10 Things I would never do...( via Iain Dale)
Quick q...Has anyone changed to the new version of blogger? And if so, did it transfer all the customisations ( blogroll, buttons etc) or not? I'm a bit scared in case I lose it all...
Okay. The equivalent of those re. fwd.FWD. emails, or a cunning way to get a post and some links going? Iain Dale has started a meme, Top 10 Things I Would Never Do and tagged me
So here we go...
10. Be squeamish about vermin. Miff caught a mouse yesterday and brought it into the flat and proceeded to muck about with it for ages. Mouse-in-the-house is a no-no, so I was pleased that she caught it, but endlessly torturing it is also a no-no, so I got it off her - it was pretty much dead but not quite - and finished it off. Plastic bag, *squish*. Yuk. R.I.P mouse.
9. Eat celery. It is solid evil. Bleeurt.
8. Buy the Mail ( see above) . Or the Sun. (Have you seen this? Excellent.)
7. Vote Tory. It's getting harder and harder to vote Labour as well. I will have to be a Lib Dem in protest until the current mob sort themselves out.
6. Stop pointing out that ID cards are a grotesque waste of money and will not stop terrorism.
5.Take any notice of conspiraloons. Please stop sending me drivel that proclaims the World Trade Centre was mined by pixies/lizards/Mossad/the planes that were hijacked on 9/11 were holograms/pods/invisible/ July 7th was a wheeze perpetrated by Tony Blair to get more popular and all the rest of it. *Yawn* Delete/bin.
4. Take any notice of anonymous emails that say things like '' is your novel called i am a sad spiteful twat i cant write and i screw bent cops''. Actually, carry on, if you must; at least it keeps you off the streets and away from impressionable small children or nervous old ladies. It's also hilarious. I am making quite a collection of them and sharing them with interested parties along with your IP address.
3. Have my remains launched into space, or be cryo-genically frozen. I mean, why? You're dead. Deal with it, and spend the money on something nice when you're still about.
2. Support the death penalty in any circumstances.
1. Give up on things or people I believe in.
Right, sorry in advance, for now I have to tag 10 other people...Karol, Glamourpuss, Holly, Yorkshire Lass, Ally, Rachel-Catherine Netherworld, Not Saussure, Kris, Ceridwen Dewi
Okay. The equivalent of those re. fwd.FWD. emails, or a cunning way to get a post and some links going? Iain Dale has started a meme, Top 10 Things I Would Never Do and tagged me
So here we go...
10. Be squeamish about vermin. Miff caught a mouse yesterday and brought it into the flat and proceeded to muck about with it for ages. Mouse-in-the-house is a no-no, so I was pleased that she caught it, but endlessly torturing it is also a no-no, so I got it off her - it was pretty much dead but not quite - and finished it off. Plastic bag, *squish*. Yuk. R.I.P mouse.
9. Eat celery. It is solid evil. Bleeurt.
8. Buy the Mail ( see above) . Or the Sun. (Have you seen this? Excellent.)
7. Vote Tory. It's getting harder and harder to vote Labour as well. I will have to be a Lib Dem in protest until the current mob sort themselves out.
6. Stop pointing out that ID cards are a grotesque waste of money and will not stop terrorism.
5.Take any notice of conspiraloons. Please stop sending me drivel that proclaims the World Trade Centre was mined by pixies/lizards/Mossad/the planes that were hijacked on 9/11 were holograms/pods/invisible/ July 7th was a wheeze perpetrated by Tony Blair to get more popular and all the rest of it. *Yawn* Delete/bin
4. Take any notice of anonymous emails that say things like '' is your novel called i am a sad spiteful twat i cant write and i screw bent cops''. Actually, carry on, if you must; at least it keeps you off the streets and away from impressionable small children or nervous old ladies. It's also hilarious. I am making quite a collection of them and sharing them with interested parties along with your IP address.
3. Have my remains launched into space, or be cryo-genically frozen. I mean, why? You're dead. Deal with it, and spend the money on something nice when you're still about.
2. Support the death penalty in any circumstances.
1. Give up on things or people I believe in.
Right, sorry in advance, for now I have to tag 10 other people...Karol, Glamourpuss, Holly, Yorkshire Lass, Ally, Rachel-Catherine Netherworld, Not Saussure, Kris, Ceridwen Dewi
posted by Rachel at 9:19 am
When I had my blog on Blogger I used to use this to back it up:
http://www.pagesucker.com/
You'd have to reinstate the blog posts by hand if the Blogger Beta changeover went badly but at least you'd have them.
Maybe the World Trade Centre was mined by celery...?
The buttons, blogroll an' all that - keep a saved copy on your HD. (Go into Blogger, edit the template, select and copy all, then paste the whole caboodle into a Word doc).
Or use something like wbloggar (wbloggar.com) which'll help, though it's a bit flaky at the mo.
I just changed over and everything came too. To be fair, I (a) didn't realise I was changing over as I did it by mistake and (b) it never occured to me I would lose things -mostly due to (a).
So now that I've been tagged, do I need to do the same thing?
yes, you do your own list and then tag a few more bloggers...
( doesn't have to be 10)
Thanks Rachel. Will do that at lunchtime.
And no, I couldn't tell about the wine. I thought you sounded great (and even better than last time - not that you sounded bad then).
Rx
I changed over quite a while ago and it seemed to go un-nervingly smoothly. JonnyB's right about backing up though.
I am now torn between getting on with the meme thingy or starting a novel about the World Trade Centre being mined by lizards.
thanks for the kick up the arse tag misses...much needed!
see you later for musical delights
hx
cheers! and happy thanksgiving :-)
Jeez, found your blog yesterday (you must be frightfully bored of being told you're inspirational) but...heck... just given up corporate job for whole new life (before I found you ;) - going to start blogging - name's Rachel and live within earshot of old/new Arsenal stadium. Very cool people on your tags today. Thanks for the intro to a whole new world. How will I now get anything else done?....
Bit girly but I spose that is to be expected .the last one tested my constitution a bit
If you think it's girlie, blame Iain Dale. He started it.
:-)
Thanks for the tag. Changing to beta is, well, a weeny bit rocketsciency. You are not a group blog so you can do it. When I changed, Ceri was still technically a contributer although still AWOL in the Pyrennies so I messed it all up. That left me with a load of old and new blogs to manage which I'm slowly sorting out. The beta version is a bit like Wordpress and worth the pain but as you have so many links take some good nerdy advice before you change.