Hunyo 10, 2011

When will this blog move out of Blogger onto the independent website at althou.se?

You may be wondering. We're ready to go except for the project of uploading all the old posts and comments onto the new Althouse. (The blog will still be called Althouse. It's just the URL that's changing to althou.se — instead of althouse.blogspot.com.)

Here's what's taking some time. I'm not just starting on a new site and leaving the old posts and comments back here. It will all be over there (and the old stuff will remain here too).  The Althouse blog will remain a single, unified opus at the new site. You'll be able to search, click on tags, and browse the archive and get everything all the way back to January 14, 2004, the day this blog began.

At this point in the process of exporting the blog, the great people who are doing all the technical work for me have done nearly all the posts, but there are a whole lot more comments to go. They've exported 23,549 out of 23,599 post, but only 15,262 out of 989,369 comments. It's a big deal to move that much stuff, but moving it all is important to me. Not just the posts, but also the comments. We could go to the new blog much more quickly if I exported only the posts, and preserved the posts with the comments Blogger site, but I don't want that. There are tons of wonderful comments, and they're all coming with me to "Sweden." I'm not going without them. Which means we can't go live until next week.

Isn't it cool that there are nearly 1 million comments on this blog? I wonder what the best comment of all time. The most momentous one for me is: "Meade, this is HUGE! Meade....?" (Explained here.)

I think I will be able to identify the millionth comment, by the way, so keep commenting.

71 komento:

Ipso Fatso ayon kay ...

First!!! oops I mean Millionth!!!!!

gerry ayon kay ...

Hmmm. I feel like I should stop posting to reduce your workload. ;)

Tank ayon kay ...

Wait a minute.

There has GOT to be a prize for the millionth shopper, I mean comment.

Really.

You should take suggestions.

Think how it would drive your traffic.

garage mahal ayon kay ...

Only fitting it should be me!

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Does knox have a tag?

sakredkow ayon kay ...

If it helps you don't have to bring my old comments.

Lem Vibe Bandit ayon kay ...

If it helps you don't have to bring my old comments.

AA is not like AA that way ;)

AllenS ayon kay ...

I wonder how many comments I've made. Also, what was my first comment about. Maybe we should leave some of then behind. Do we get to pick and choose?

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Here is Knox's tag.

Patrick ayon kay ...

Althouse & Meade, I had never read that article before. Sweet story.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

Just don't install a comment-meter, unless you want about a hundred nearly-simultaneous posts saying "Do I win?" once the meter hits 999,950.

It would be cool, though, if your techies could install a widget that would trigger virtual fireworks when the millionth comment is posted.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

The trouble with stirring up excitement about the millionth comment is that people will write a whole lot of short, insignificant comments -- like "Millionth!!!!" — and it will end up being something boring by someone who wrote multiple comments.

john ayon kay ...

So what's wrong with short insignificant comments?

AllenS ayon kay ...

Well, for some of us who have a hard time stringing more than a couple of words together, what else is there?

Scott M ayon kay ...

Don't narrow it down to one, over-arching comment of all time (so far). Go for a top ten. Then maybe list top ten commentators by posts. Some forums track that automatically for you.

Finally, open up a commentator-selected top ten commentators based on commentator votes.

I'm a little leary of the registration issue though. Given a small community like ours, one would hope to be able to hold on to one's nom de plume without suffering cyber mischief. Simply given name and email each time opens it up to all kinds of sideways crap.

Scott M ayon kay ...

So what's wrong with short insignificant comments?

HOWARD JOHNSON IS RIGHT!!!

sakredkow ayon kay ...

More koans. Less comments.

sakredkow ayon kay ...

I like the idea of a computer generated composite representative comment. Like they do with people's faces.

Original Mike ayon kay ...

Is

coketown ayon kay ...

Is there a prize for millionth comment? Like how Apple gives prizes for billion iTunes track downloaded, or billionth app downloaded, etc.

We'd hit a million a lot sooner if you restricted posts to: birtherism, abortion, race relations, and unions. Those tend to generate 200+ comments.

Original Mike ayon kay ...

the

Original Mike ayon kay ...

1M

Original Mike ayon kay ...

?

Original Mike ayon kay ...

Damn WV.

sakredkow ayon kay ...

Coketown: A couple of good Sarah Palin posts and we're over.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

We'd hit a million a lot sooner if you restricted posts to: birtherism, abortion, race relations, and unions. Those tend to generate 200+ comments.

Just go all-Palin and get to 1M before the transition.

Mr. Bingley ayon kay ...

I love how y'all got together.

It's very very sweet.

Issob Morocco ayon kay ...

I think everyone's mind goes to Rep. Weiner when they read "Meade, this is HUGE!"

sakredkow ayon kay ...

If mine is the millionth post I would personally prefer my winnings in lump sum rather than annual payouts.

Wince ayon kay ...

I'm thinking something involving Rip Taylor and confetti.

On second thought, that'll just get Titus commenting more.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

I think everyone's mind goes to Rep. Weiner when they read "Meade, this is HUGE!"

No, I never took that as a nasal reference.

Phil 314 ayon kay ...

The Althouse blog will remain a single, unified opus

That sounds a wee bit over the top.

For the millionith comment you should give away a portfolio of your photos

or a landscape design by Meade

or some Morels

or an elevating desk

(which reminds me of that line from "Young Frankenstein", "Elevate me")

Carol_Herman ayon kay ...

Don't go.

I know you and Meade are angry. But it's on par with cutting off your nose to spite your face.

You leave "Althouse" ... and the value of the old name goes up considerably to a porn shop.

Of course, no one would stop you from having BOTH! Work it like a mirror. That way people can "traffic" ... and a porn shop will not.

Scott M ayon kay ...

"Elevate me"

Timeless.

edutcher ayon kay ...

Yes, all in one place is a very good idea, especially since Blogger hasn't proven itself to be entirely trustworthy.

And you should be very proud about 1,000,000, Madame.

Ann Althouse said

The most momentous one for me is: "Meade, this is HUGE! Meade....?" (Explained here.)

I would have thought it might have been, "Althouse said, 'Yes'. I'm the happiest man in the world!".

But, then, my most cherished memory of The Blonde is not when she agreed to tie the knot.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"I would have thought it might have been, "Althouse said, 'Yes'. I'm the happiest man in the world!"."

No. If I had to pick one of Meade's, it would more likely be the time he put on the green pants.

The Crack Emcee ayon kay ...

Ann,

How much is this costing you? I want to do the same, but it's me over here, and have to wait until I get the money.

Lincolntf ayon kay ...

Heh, remember the "co-bithdayist" thread? You guys had your first kiss on my B-day. I'll categorize that as better than sharing the day with Bess Truman, but you'll probably have to squeeze out some puppies to pass the prestige factor of Peter Tork.

Philip ayon kay ...

Who's hosting althou.se? Seems quite slow at the moment.

Robert ayon kay ...

In a phone interview, Ms. Althouse shot back, “If a male blogger found women to consort with by going into his comments, I think he’d be congratulated.”


Um, isn't that how Weiner used FB and Twitter to hook up (so to speak)?

Just sayin'.

edutcher ayon kay ...

Ann Althouse said...

"I would have thought it might have been, "Althouse said, 'Yes'. I'm the happiest man in the world!"."

No. If I had to pick one of Meade's, it would more likely be the time he put on the green pants.


As I noted above, it's not always the seemingly obvious one.

Patrick ayon kay ...

I'm more curious about what the millionth comment wv will be as opposed to who actually posts it. I think the prize should be lifetime free access to whatever the Prof. decides the Premium Access stuff is.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Ann Althouse said...
No. If I had to pick one of Meade's, it would more likely be the time he put on the green pants.


Shouldn't it be the first time he took off his green pants. Just sayn'

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Robert said....
Um, isn't that how Weiner used FB and Twitter to hook up (so to speak)?

Just sayin'.

But the Weenie was supposedlly married at the time. Doesn't that mean anything to you libs? Just sayn'

galdosiana ayon kay ...

Who's hosting althou.se? Seems quite slow at the moment.

How can you tell? All I see when I visit is a large logo that says "althouse"...

SteveR ayon kay ...

I remember the slow climb to one million page views, way back when (when "Knox" was Knoxgirl"). Hopefully you will have a way to indicate your combined views.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"How much is this costing you? I want to do the same, but it's me over here, and have to wait until I get the money."

It's pretty expensive, but it will also increase the income from ads. I will be able to pay for things out of the ad income and still make more money because of the better system of ads. But ad income is dependent on traffic, and my traffic is pretty high. I will come out ahead.

Scott M ayon kay ...

I will come out ahead.

More Weiner references? I thought he was poverty-stricken so we all had to take pity...

Patrick ayon kay ...

Maybe you should just repeat the Meade, this is huge comment to the millionth.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

"Ann Althouse said.....
But ad income is dependent on traffic, and my traffic is pretty high. I will come out ahead."


Really.

Well maybe some of your stellar commenters who drive traffic through their witty comments might deserve some small renumeration.

I mean you can get Garage Mahal some road kill for his freezer.

Original Mike could use a new cheesehead.

Shouting Thomas needs a date with a fresh Filipina.

Titus needs some curry powder to pour on his husband.

And Jeremy needs someone to teabag him since he is so obsessed with it.

I mean it is only fair since you are cleaning up do to their efforts.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

"It will all be over there (and the old stuff will remain here too)."

You should not count on that second part. Do you have a contact guaranteeing an unused blog will remain?

george ayon kay ...

If the millionth commenter is a male the obvious prize would be a pair of short pants. Not sure what the female version should be though if you go in that direction. Maybe Meade could tweet at them in an entirely inappropriate fashion.

Phil 314 ayon kay ...

Well maybe some of your stellar commenters who drive traffic through their witty comments might deserve some small renumeration.

C'mon Tropper I'm sure the "plus size" game is doing well by you.

But if you were the millionith I'm sure you'd love the complete "Bewitched" or "I Dream of Jeanie" collection, with maybe a signed Joey Hetherton photo?

Or do you have all of that already.

And maybe the Professor could throw in a Packer jersey.

ampersand ayon kay ...

It would be cool, though, if your techies could install a widget that would trigger virtual fireworks when the millionth comment is posted.

Have you ever seen this?


Lady Liberty

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Oh I don't need anything Phil. I have everything I want.

It is the other poor suckers that post here that should get a little bakeesh if you know what I mean.

I mean nobody posts as much per capita as Lem after a few Bacardi Limon's. So I think the Professor should spring for a couple of cases for his late night forays when he posts about 600 comments on a thread.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Plus I already have my authographed Joey Heatherton album cover.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

I didn't notice an autograph on that pic. Even after zooming in.

Not really a drawback, though.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

Lem's just playing the exciting new drinking game, Have a Bacardi every time the Red Sox beat the Yankees. Not clear that his liver will last the season.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

The seasons young dude. The last time the Sox dominated the season series is the last time the Yankees won the whole magilla.

As an alternative door prize we can Big Papi email you a photo of his junk.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

The season is about the only thing that's young for the Yankees.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Now, now Chip don't underestimate the Power of the Evil Empire. Wait until the trading deadline when we see what the final roster will look like.

This is just foreplay.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

I know. Are you guys waiting unitl DJ gets to 3K before acquiring Reyes?

Trooper York ayon kay ...

The Yankees will never take Reyes on the team.

Mets=losers.

You never do well taking a loser on your team.

Chip S. ayon kay ...

David Cone worked out pretty well for you. Maybe it was the detox stint in Canada.

Trooper York ayon kay ...

Nah. It was the fact that his teamates molested his girlfriend.

The Yankees always do good with the victims or perps in sex crimes.

David Cone. Dwight Gooden. Luis Polonia. Joe Pepitone. Joe Diamaggio.

Maybe they should give Weiner a try out.

Jason (the commenter) ayon kay ...

I just noticed: Althouse (the blog) looks AMAZING on a mobile device.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"I just noticed: Althouse (the blog) looks AMAZING on a mobile device."

That's a new feature on Blogger. Anyone with a Blogger blog can get that. It just started today.

The new blog will adapt to different devices really well, but I haven't seen how it looks yet.

Meade ayon kay ...

"No. If I had to pick one of Meade's, it would more likely be the time he put on the green pants"

Wait a minute. What? Are you telling me that pic I sent you as a Direct Message somehow got on my PUBLIC Twitter feed? How could something like that happen?

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

I adored the Althouse & Meade story. Truly delightful.

marylynn ayon kay ...

I've only been hanging out here for a year or so, so didnt know the whole Meade and AA story. Really really heartwarming, and sweet. Hope i meet you two someday. Although the way i have come to avoid Madison like the plague not very likely ...

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Turned off that mobile feature actually.

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