tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8560205285572712259..comments2024-03-19T01:52:00.810-05:00Comments on Althouse: I'm trapped in a Blogger blog and I can't get out.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57050271841735731132011-07-05T10:59:38.928-05:002011-07-05T10:59:38.928-05:00Thanks, Brett. I put up a new post acknowledging y...Thanks, Brett. I put up <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/07/hello-i-am-on-blogger-team-and-am-one.html" rel="nofollow">a new post</a> acknowledging your kind comment.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37576191197849246852011-07-03T08:05:17.459-05:002011-07-03T08:05:17.459-05:00Stellar graphic; a picture truly does tell a thous...Stellar graphic; a picture truly does tell a thousand stories.<br /><br />Cheers!Issob Moroccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392541167916392868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14520302796088347872011-07-01T10:32:25.031-05:002011-07-01T10:32:25.031-05:00Hello. I am on the Blogger team and am one of the ...Hello. I am on the Blogger team and am one of the guys who has been helping Ann with her blog (both during the outage in May and recently with the export). I couldn't help but chime in when I noticed this post :-)<br /><br />First I wanted to say that on behalf of the entire Blogger team, we're very proud to have Ann's blog on our platform and many of us are regular readers. Of course we wish she would stick around with us, but if Ann feels like it's time to find a new home elsewhere, we are committed to making sure that users have control over their data as well as tools for making the move off Blogger possible. It is the reason we have spent a non-trivial amount of time helping her with the export file, even though it may end up on another service. To be clear, the entire 1.8G file is now in her hands.<br /><br />While our export tools may have been somewhat unreliable when handling blogs this large (Althouse is one of the largest Blogger blogs!), along the way helping Ann we discovered ways to improve them and moving forward Blogger will be much better equipped to handle cases like this.<br /><br />So Ann while I'm personally sad to see you go (if that is indeed the decision), I wanted to let you know that you will always have a home on Blogger and a team who cares about your experience with Blogger. That also (of course) goes for everyone. We love hearing from users, and anyone can bug me directly on Twitter (@electrobutter) if something is on their mind, or hit up the team via @blogger.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />-brett<br /><a href="http://twitter.com/electrobutter" rel="nofollow">@electrobutter</a>bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732625539085434081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90274764809468660452011-07-01T10:31:54.462-05:002011-07-01T10:31:54.462-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732625539085434081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62992095435761968982011-07-01T10:31:07.447-05:002011-07-01T10:31:07.447-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732625539085434081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66523290770662044252011-06-30T23:07:33.301-05:002011-06-30T23:07:33.301-05:00<>
Except it's XML, which is piggy. I r...<><br /><br />Except it's XML, which is piggy. I recently looked at a tweet, and it's hyoooooge. Comments can be longer, so in some cases the data will be bigger than the meta-data but they'll be bloated.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39425467725526712442011-06-30T23:01:00.996-05:002011-06-30T23:01:00.996-05:00Grab what you can and move, Professor.
I do not th...Grab what you can and move, Professor.<br />I do not think you are all that welcome at blogspot any more. Strange things keep happening when I am on this blog now. I don't think it is very stable.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653025261513705773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87779958217105956562011-06-30T22:34:41.787-05:002011-06-30T22:34:41.787-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.lowercasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005647523147840405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42795294955817263432011-06-30T22:32:16.434-05:002011-06-30T22:32:16.434-05:00@Charlie Martin
Okay, 1.8 GB, so 1800 MB, so 1,80...@Charlie Martin<br /><br /><i>Okay, 1.8 GB, so 1800 MB, so 1,800,000 KB.</i><br /><br />Ha! Your comment reminded me of <a href="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html" rel="nofollow">this.</a>BJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52710168731571047912011-06-30T22:20:31.903-05:002011-06-30T22:20:31.903-05:00I wouldn't think either the size or the commen...I wouldn't think either the size or the comments would be a problem. Couple of gig should be nothing, especially in google-land. And half of that XML is just a bunch of close-tags, anyway. Get yourself a JSON.<br /><br />Consider, though, whether you want to redirect hand-coded links to your own posts to your new site using whatever URL structure WP offers. Powerline just migrated MT to WP, and I notice a few broken links there: <a href="http://bit.ly/mdINbN" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mdINbN</a><br /><br />Agree Blogger's search function barely ever worked, as far as I can tell. I always had much better luck using plain google narrowed by "site:foo.com"sierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711996695204401808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3878072565394792922011-06-30T22:07:26.143-05:002011-06-30T22:07:26.143-05:00I appreciate the effort, but really no one reads o...<i>I appreciate the effort, but really no one reads old comments.<br /><br /></i>I also occasionally go back and read old comments. Some threads are historic! Let's Take a Closer Look at Those Breasts, for example.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-646673133893975462011-06-30T22:01:53.371-05:002011-06-30T22:01:53.371-05:00Go ask Althouse, when she's ten feet tall?Go ask Althouse, when she's ten feet tall?WestVirginiaRebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129174334939968181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62464400666559099262011-06-30T21:04:00.455-05:002011-06-30T21:04:00.455-05:00I was reminded of the old BBC show Yes Minsiter by...I was reminded of the old BBC show Yes Minsiter by the statement: "Two weeks ago, they told me that they had an "engineer" working "actively"on extracting my archive."<br /><br />The Private Secretary explained to the Minisiter of Administrative Affairs that there are two types of replies to correspondence to the Minister.<br /> <br />The Minister, Jim Hacker: What's the difference?<br /> <br />Private Secretary, Bernard Woolley: Well, "under consideration" means "we've lost the file"; "under active consideration" means "we're trying to find it".Vittorio Jano IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364060658455974583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33573043171041247642011-06-30T20:04:04.049-05:002011-06-30T20:04:04.049-05:00I just appreciate the oh-so-pleasurable surprise o...I just appreciate the oh-so-pleasurable surprise of the charming illustration. Remember the old days, when we read books? What a treasure the two or three included woodcut-style illustrations were? We chafed and groused that there were so few. We glanced at them often, lovingly examining every detail and finding the hidden meaning and the doubly-hidden <i>gestalt</i> that both indexed and unlocked our emotions regarding the story.<br /><br />Today our words and images are zephyrs in the exhaust of the intertubes, an ungrounded gaggle of chattering primates forever talking while always forgetting. Thanks for reminding us Miss Ann to hold on tight to some things that are past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83135519065819922792011-06-30T19:41:47.469-05:002011-06-30T19:41:47.469-05:00Google is better than most companies about putting...Google is better than most companies about putting in effort to let you extract your data and take it elsewhere. This blog is just beyond what Blogger was engineered to deal with.<br /><br />Nice to see they did get it extracted, and hopefully there aren't any hiccups with it.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138730966226244399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28895333999549248082011-06-30T19:38:47.390-05:002011-06-30T19:38:47.390-05:00GOOD LORD that is a huge text file.
WOW, Althouse...GOOD LORD that is a huge text file.<br /><br />WOW, Althouse. I wonder if Guiness should be consulted. How many text based files of non repetitious commentary gets into the billions of characters?<br /><br />Anyway, Althouse, your patience paid off. I wouldn't have waited like you did. Well done. See you on the other side.Dustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590811467601049788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88201821763985290912011-06-30T19:27:20.966-05:002011-06-30T19:27:20.966-05:00Rev, I worked at a publishing house for almost 35 ...<i>Rev, I worked at a publishing house for almost 35 years. I did a brief stint with computers in the early 80's. You set up a program to achieve the results that you want. It's not like manual lifting.</i><br /><br />Sure, and that's a fine approach when you're just trying to get a data dump from a non-enterprise system or from one that doesn't see a lot of use.<br /><br />When you're talking about a system that handles hundreds of terrabytes of data and requires 24/7 uptime, solutions like "well shit, just start a query running against the database and come back when its done" don't cut the mustard. For starters no sane DBA is going to let you try it.<br /><br />It takes time for whatever custom job is being run to get written, tested, approved and run. You can cut back on the time needed by taking the time and money to engineer a good export system, but my guess is that the folks at Blogger don't export enough massive blogs for that to be a good return on investment.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18674362415802129652011-06-30T19:17:58.044-05:002011-06-30T19:17:58.044-05:00What does blogger use as back up?
Isn't it li...What does blogger use as back up?<br /><br />Isn't it like banks?<br /><br />Somewhere there are not only digital records. But backup's, too.<br /><br />I can understand that Blogger has a stake in keeping you. <br /><br />What I find unbelievable, though, is that there's no way to purchase old records.<br /><br />What replaced micro-fish?<br /><br />Sure. Probably a mistake not to have some sort of backup system of your own? Wasn't that what we used to do with paper records?<br /><br />You know, if Blogger comes through, and shows you a way to retrieve your old records ...<br /><br />I hope you still stick with them. I haven't seen anything better than what this "page" provides.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51831124568943191332011-06-30T18:06:31.923-05:002011-06-30T18:06:31.923-05:00Okay, 1.8 GB, so 1800 MB, so 1,800,000 KB.
And 1 ...Okay, 1.8 GB, so 1800 MB, so 1,800,000 KB.<br /><br />And 1 KB is (very roughly) one page of typewritten text.Charlie Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506407851173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25594123373848824772011-06-30T17:56:04.167-05:002011-06-30T17:56:04.167-05:00Ann, you have a beautiful site!
If it's any c...Ann, you have a beautiful site!<br /><br />If it's any consolation, I've been to Professor Jacobson's site. And, I HATE the WORD PRESS system he uses. <br /><br />I've been to Glenn Reynolds site. And, I think his "pagama" stuff is grand. But he doesn't accept comments.<br /><br />Maybe, for Google, last night, was a problem?<br /><br />You know, a long time, ago, when I worked. We had land line phones. And, I'd hardly know there were problems. But I'd see the guy from AT&T in the closet. Which was full of wiring. And, he said it was what kept everything connected.<br /><br />For us? It's like skin.<br /><br />We don't particularly think of all the sysems our skin covers ...<br /><br />But I'd give Google a break.<br /><br />This page is so gorgeous! Brightly lit! Easy to comment. And, a joy to read.<br /><br />Maybe, not letting go of Blogger is a very good thing?<br /><br />In haste we make mistakes.Carol_Hermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16629820011087370488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49797208798236752892011-06-30T17:40:10.755-05:002011-06-30T17:40:10.755-05:00How funny to invoke Alice-- the other night when s...How funny to invoke Alice-- the other night when sleepless I brought up the Althouse blog & read one of my favorite parts. It felt like asking a parent to read about when Ann screamed at the false doormen, "How dare they!"- with the Cheshire cat of David Foster Wallace looking on impishly.urpowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843542966139343474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10897303029854007952011-06-30T17:31:27.054-05:002011-06-30T17:31:27.054-05:00Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues agai...Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again...The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31876697857317281592011-06-30T17:27:09.443-05:002011-06-30T17:27:09.443-05:00"Please register my vote as one who's gla..."Please register my vote as one who's glad the Professor here is making such an effort to maintain the comments."<br /><br />Mine too. I've written some absolutely brilliant shit here over the years, all for <i>free</i> and not even under my real name, so I'd hate to see all that brilliant shit get flushed.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14920939333399839632011-06-30T17:16:53.161-05:002011-06-30T17:16:53.161-05:00"Ann, it was a system outage following a main..."Ann, it was a system outage following a maintenance event. You immediately assume it's about you. Really, Ann, it has nothing to do with you. These are complex systems and things can go wrong."<br /><br />What in this post does that purport to refer to? I'm discussing the problem of oversized blogs, which is unrelated to that outage.<br /><br />Talk about immediately assuming crap! Get up to speed.<br /><br />It is true that:<br /><br />1. "Blogger suddenly deleted my blog, without explanation and without any information about what I could do about it." Yes, there was an outage, but the blog deletion wasn't something about which any information was given.<br /><br />2. I was disgustingly bullied by nitecruizr on the forum, and I remain angry about that.<br /><br />3. Google employees reached out to help me and I needed that help.<br /><br />4. I decided to get out of Blogger because I felt insecure.<br /><br />5. My blog was too large to extract from Blogger, a flaw in Blogger that I had not been warned about.<br /><br />6. I needed to contact the Google employees again for help, it was hard even for them to help, and in the end they did help.<br /><br />Now, is there any sensible point you have to make that's related to that. Otherwise you're having flashbacks to old discussions and you need to wake up to reality.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68883112839690384032011-06-30T17:11:06.784-05:002011-06-30T17:11:06.784-05:00Well, there is one other thing - how much do you p...Well, there is one other thing - how much do you pay Google for them to allow you to blog on their websites?Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611979723230966040noreply@blogger.com