Whither Blogrolling 2.0?

Thursday is a big day at Blogrolling HQ. Thursday marks the end of our second development cycle (or “sprint” for the Agilists out there).

If everything looks good, we will quickly be in a position to launch a beta of Blogrolling 2.0 fairly quickly. If not, we might need one more cycle of iteration to get it ready for limited public use.

The team is doing awesome work and I’m really looking forward to being able to share it with you. You can count on another update sometime on Thursday.

Heavy lifting done by the good folks at Tumblr

Thanks Blogrolling for getting things back in order.  We depend greatly on you.

WordPress is a great platform and only gets better.

So…

You don’t like Obama…

Will you still pray for him?  Will you ask God to guide him?

Will you still support Obama with respect?

What is the right thing to do?

We make our own beds…

What will you do?

Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa’s reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.

We should’ve known… ONLY women would be able to drag a fat-butt man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost! 

OK America… You have made your bed, now lay in it.

Today, BlogRush made this announcement…

After careful consideration, we have decided to shutdown the BlogRush service. If you have the widget code on your blog you will need to remove it.

When BlogRush launched in late-2007 it spread like wildfire all over the Web. Thousands of bloggers were talking about it and the service exploded to become one of the fastest growing free services in the history of the Web. During the first year of the service it successfully served 3.4 Billion blog post headlines and the BlogRush widget could be found on blogs all over the world; even up until the moment we closed down the service.

BlogRush didn’t grow without its fair share of problems — from security issues to abusive users trying to ‘game’ the system to much lower click-rates than expected. We also had some problems with trying to fairly control the quality of the network, and in the process made many mistakes in deciding what blogs should stay or go. All of these issues, ultimately, limited the service’s full potential.

Our team worked very hard to try and build a service that would truly help bloggers of all sizes get free traffic to their blogs. This was our primary focus. Not once did we ever try to monetize the service with ads or anything else. BlogRush never made a single penny in revenue. We wanted to be able to help our users FIRST and then worry about monetizing the service later. Unfortunately, the service didn’t work out like we had hoped. (It happens.)

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I had given BlogRush a try, several times and I never found any use for it.  Having said that, I am sorry it did not go on to become the dream of it’s creator.  As in his own words…

Last but not least I want to say that I hope the failure of this service doesn’t in any way discourage other entrepreneurs from coming up with crazy ideas at 4AM (like I did with this one) and from "going for it" to just try and see if something will work. Without trying there can be no success. And as we all know, ideas are worthless without action. The Web wouldn’t be what it is today without entrepreneurs trying all sorts of crazy ideas.

On behalf of the entire BlogRush team, we wish the best of luck to everyone with their own blogs, ideas, and crazy ventures.
Sincerely,
John Reese

 

Try something new John… I commend you for trying.

An almost equal tragedy is that we’ve become so desensitised to the suffering of others that we often let statistics like that float past us without a second thought.

Can I beg you not to just click past this post? Please take the time to read it through and let it touch your heart.

I’ve seen the desperation in the eyes of those who can’t afford to feed their families. My visit to Haiti in April this year with Compassion Australia was cut short due to rioting and looting brought about by the global food crisis. People in developing countries do not have enough food and even when food is available the cost is beyond the reach of the majority of the population.

The effects of the global food crisis have been further exacerbated by the global financial crisis.

Throughout November, Compassion staff and supporters are joining together in a practical and focused way to support families who are hungry and in desperate need of food because of the global food crisis. FAST for FOOD will help us focus on the need and provide practical ways to make a difference. Will you join us in making life more livable for those who are desperately in need?

By: Rodney Olsen  Please READ ON

Zane, the man under that big white hat, was one of the first blogs I had ever seen.  I tried to model my pages like Zane’s.  He has always been a good read.

Some five or more years later, I get to meet the man.   What a true pleasure it was to finally meet and sit down with BigWhiteHat.  I got to meet the whole gang and Zane has been truly blessed with a fine family.

Thanks Zane, let’s do it again soon.

Gib

Out the window and just ten feet from my front tire was a hole in the ground.  I watched for awhile but never saw anything.  Then, I caught another glimpse of movement.  I pulled out the camera and decided to try and capture the little critter on film.

I saw his nose stick out the hole but the above picture is all I got.  Then he ran across from one hole to the other.

I knew if I was patient, I could catch a good shot, but he was fast…

That’s when I found that there were more than just one rat in the rat hole. 

Thinking I could lure one out, I tossed a big piece of bread out near the hole…  Holy Toledo…

I got my picture!…  I think he was happy to give me the picture too…  LOL

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.

The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: ” Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.”

The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for 700 billion dollars.

They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys!

Now you have a better understanding of how the WALL STREET BAILOUT PLAN WILL WORK !!!!

Thanks, BEV

Click HERE to find out!

They have been such a good service.  I trust the offending hacker will get his just reward!

Gib

We still have all the members listed on the CBO site and none of our records have been effected.  As of today, the CBO has 75 members.

Here are some things the CBO has to offer…

• The monthly book Give-A-Way where a CBO member wins a free book.
• The CBO Spotlight where a member’s blog is featured on the front page of the CBO site.
• The NEW CBO Community site with games, Christian Chat rooms, member pages, profiles, music and more.
• The fellowship of many other Christian bloggers with the same interest and issues.
• The iPray section where members share praise, prayer and needs.

Come join the fun.

May God bless you and may He lead the CBO in the way it should go, all for His glory.

Ran that load up to Indiana last Monday, dead-headed up to the Green Bay area and grabbed a load coming back to Texas.  Looks as if I am running the same thing again this week, so I better post now before I get too tired again.

Things at the CBO Christian Bloggers Online have been doing very well.  We lost two members due to deletion of their domain names, but we still have well over 60 blogs on the roll in just two months.

Ok, back on the road…

Gib

DOW FALLS MORE THAN 675 POINTS AS HOUSE VOTES ON $700B FINANCIAL BAILOUT BILL!!!

HOUSE VOTES DOWN $700B FINANCIAL BAILOUT BILL!!!

DOW PLUMMETS MORE THAN 730 POINTS AFTER HOUSE REJECTS $700B FINANCIAL BAILOUT BILL

FREE FALLING…I’m FREE Falling………

Here is how to call the audible…

BLUE - 32  JOHN 3:16 ON TWO…  HUT 1 HUT 2…

Now THAT my friends is my kind of preacher! 

Click on the photo to see who my hero is….

Brother Darin’s blog Interactive Sermon has been a regular read for me for a very long time now.  Thanks Darin…