I wanted to take just a moment and say thank you to... well..... you. The people who spend time here reading my poor offerings make this all worthwhile. For the most part, this blog is simply one shooter sharing his hobby with all those of like interest. It started out as that some years ago, and remains that. Along the way some great things have happened to this writer, and it's you folks I have to thank for it!
To those who click through on the ads, or shop through the Amazon links here, a special thanks. Doing so is a kindness towards The Fat Man, and costs my readers nothing while dropping enough coin in the pot to make some difference here.
Those pennies may make the difference between this blog existing or vanishing, as I'll explain. Blogger is changing it's format, once again, and at first glance it looks like they may be jumping the shark this time. The thing, Blogger is a free ice cream machine, so the owner (Google) is certainly free to do whatever they wish with it.
Like many things in life, progress comes with prodding... and Blogger is fixing to prod the Fat man right in the tender bits. Naturally, a response is in order, and maybe some growth.
I took those pennies that accumulated from advertising and Amazon sales, and put them towards both hardware and software to update my most reliable desk top PC (Hand built low these many years ago...), and I'll be larning myself how to do that web site building thing.
Yes... in the near future (Think months), Carteach0 the blog will be migrating to a dedicated website of it's own. All the old material will be moving over, bit by bit, and new and expanded goodness will be showing up as well. Thinking is a forum might be a good idea, as well as a 'Shooty Deals' section.
With the move will be a new name, and "Shooters to the Line" has already been registered with the intergalactic web site naming place.
Think good thoughts in The Fat Man's direction, as he learns web site design and hunts down a decent web hosting service. Keep on hitting those ads, and the Amazon links, as this 'free' blog is soon to be 'not-so-free' on this end.
Thanks folks!
6 comments:
Enjoyed it, and will follow the new one, just remember to give us the link so we can update :-)
Yikes, I hope you're prepared for slogging thru the thorn bushes and rough patches of the IT world !
Just as an aside, I am looking at putting up a website also. I did the Google blogspot thing a while back and put it away. You might want to check out Kompozer for building the webpages. It has turned out to be pretty intuitive and it is FREE ! Lots of good video's on it over on Youtube.
Carteach,
I just discovered your blog and have enjoyed reading the archives. I thank you for sharing and look forward to following you to your new location.
I hope that means a little corner will be available for haiku.
what changes is Blogger making that are causing the change? Seeing how I am using it too I might need to move on as well if it affects me..
I tried their new version, and it appeared to be a version of google-docs. Clunky, cludgy, and annoying to use.
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