Category: old blogging

Well, the votes have all been cast, counted, counted again, recounted just to make sure, moved around in a Ryder lorry, been the subject of a court case, counted once again and then shoved into a dusty vault for posterity.
The results are in – the new name for this blog will be grayblogzuki, which polled 46% of the popular vote, twice as many as its nearest rival (attack of the 50ft grayblog). interestingly, “in the light of all that’s gone before…” didn’t poll ANY votes at all, which reinforces my feeling that it wasn’t a popular name. Several people also suggested that I should stick with grayblog – well, if you want to do that, then I won’t stop you – the URL isn’t changing after all!
and if you don’t like grayblogzuki, tough.

Richard has a rant about apostrophes. Perhaps he should go and take a look at this.

I am really struggling with the “veneer of cheerfulness” tonight. I can just about keep it going at the moment, and I’m determined not to get back to the ways of the old Grayblog. But those of who knew that blog, will know what I’m on about.
must stop thinking “if only…”

I definitely think there is a correlation between the weather and your mood. yesterday it was sunny and I was cheerful. today it is damp, grey and miserable, and I’m not. I mean, I know this isn’t rocket science, but I really think there is some truth in it.
Anyway, the votes for the blog name are trickling in, and there is a clear leader at the moment, although that could all change. If you haven’t voted, then vote now!

in view of the lukewarm reaction that the new weblog name has attracted, I’ve decided to put it to the test: here is an e-mail poll to ascertain the most popular name for this blog. Thinking with my marketing head, I’ll go with the popular vote as we all know that the best way to satisfy the customer is to give them what they want!
Please vote for your favourite name from those below. All votes in by 9am GMT 31 January (tomorrow) please.
>in light of all that’s gone before…. (i.e. the status quo)
>grayblog (why change?)
>grayblog II
>grayblogzilla (the home of Raymond Burr?)
>grayblogzuki (seems a popular choice in certain circles)
>swampgrayblog (50s B movie theme)
>attack of the 50ft grayblog (an arresting idea – could lead to a bit of a challenge of my abilities with PaintShopPro to come up with a background image for that!)
>it came from planet grayblog
>grayblog-o-rama

as usual, Robyn can be relied upon for pithy comment. She’s just quizzed me about the new name for this blog (it’s the name of Sam Brown’s latest single – the next line in the song is “I can deal with almost anything”, which seemed a positive sort of attitude), and then we got to bouncing around alternate name ideas: It Came From Planet Grayblog, Attack of the 50ft Grayblog, Swampgrayblog, Grayblogzilla and (Robyn’s favourite) Grayblogzuki. comments?

Welcome to “in light of all that’s gone before…”, a.k.a. “Son of Grayblog” or “Grayblog II”.
Regular readers of Grayblog may have begun to share my feelings that it was getting a bit too self-gratifying and had reached something of a dead-end. It was also pretty depressing.
In view of the fact that I am trying to be forward-looking and positive, I thought it was time to condemn Grayblog to a dusty corner of the web where few people would find it. If you particularly feel the urge to read the old archives, then mail me and if I’m feeling particularly magnanimous and I like you, then I’ll tell you where they are. Not that I’ve moved them – it’s just that they had a clumsy URL, and all the links are disappearing. Anyone who has links to the archive at their site will find that their links are not broken.

So, what does this new project promise?
– a new design (somewhen soon, I promise – sorry, it’s just a variant on the old design at the moment)
– at least a veneer of cheerfulness
– news, diary and such stuff
– links to interesting websites, including music, news, blogs, sillyness – the usual fodder
– no more Romanians – I think I’ll pick on the Chinese instead
– and, to quote Duckman: “things…..stuff…..more things and stuff”.

Keep the feedback coming in the usual fashion, and “thank you for your continued support”.