So I was just surfing happily and then I received an email. Its subject line sent me to hell, back again, and to hell once more.
Important: Changes to Blogger FTP Service
Please don't tell me it's what I'm thinking. Please don't tell me it's what I'm thinking. Please don't tell me–
MY NIGHTMARE HAS CAME TRUE.
Read for yourself the damned email from Blogger.
Dear FTP user:
You are receiving this e-mail because one or more of your blogs at Blogger.com are set up to publish via FTP. We recently announced a planned shut-down of FTP support on Blogger Buzz (the official Blogger blog), and wanted to make sure you saw the announcement. We will be following up with more information via e-mail in the weeks ahead, and regularly updating a blog dedicated to this service shut-down here: http://blogger-ftp.blogspot.com/.
The full text of the announcement at Blogger Buzz follows. Last May, we discussed a number of challenges facing Blogger users who relied on FTP to publish their blogs. FTP remains a significant drain on our ability to improve Blogger: only .5% of active blogs are published via FTP – yet the percentage of our engineering resources devoted to supporting FTP vastly exceeds that. On top of this, critical infrastructure that our FTP support relies on at Google will soon become unavailable, which would require that we completely rewrite the code that handles our FTP processing.
Three years ago we launched Custom Domains to give users the simplicity of Blogger, the scalability of Google hosting, and the flexibility of hosting your blog at your own URL. Last year's post discussed the advantages of custom domains over FTP and addressed a number of reasons users have continued to use FTP publishing. (If you're interested in reading more about Custom Domains, our Help Center has a good overview of how to use them on your blog.) In evaluating the investment needed to continue supporting FTP, we have decided that we could not justify diverting further engineering resources away from building new features for all users.
For that reason, we are announcing today that we will no longer support FTP publishing in Blogger after March 26, 2010. We realize that this will not necessarily be welcome news for some users, and we are committed to making the transition as seamless as possible. To that end:
We are building a migration tool that will walk users through a migration from their current URL to a Blogger-managed URL (either a Custom Domain or a Blogspot URL) that will be available to all users the week of February 22. This tool will handle redirecting traffic from the old URL to the new URL, and will handle the vast majority of situations.
We will be providing a dedicated blog and help documentation
Blogger team members will also be available to answer questions on the forum, comments on the blog, and in a few scheduled conference calls once the tool is released
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We have a number of big releases planned in 2010. While we recognize that this decision will frustrate some users, we look forward to showing you the many great things on the way. Thanks for using Blogger.
Regards, Rick Klau Blogger Product Manager Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
This e-mail is being sent to notify you of important changes to your Blogger account.
Worst news I ever received on the www world, ever. (and how ironic is this – I am publishing this post via FTP)
I don't want to try Custom Domain because it totally mess up my blog the last time I tried. DNS is not something you can mess with just like that. And my blog was down for one whole week! So desperate at that time, I thought I have lost my blog forever. I also forced my Malaysian online friend to keep checking for me. IT'S A NIGHTMARISH EXPERIENCE.
But who am I to go against a giant like Google?
So I'm going to try this migration tool when it came out, and if I'm not happy or just mad desperate I'll move everything out. Only problem is, where to?
Can't I use the brownie points I score with Google to stay with FTP...?
OK, I know I haven't been a blogger for that long, only for 3 years but still, it's three years! And I have tried like other blogging platforms but I just can't think of using them because I (i) am stubborn; (ii) devoted to Google and (iii) think other blogging platform SUCKS.
TOPIC 01: LOOK ONLY AT ME, PART2 This song by G-Dragon is my new favourite. The lyrics are so heartbreakingly beautiful, I can't help but cry when I watch this video. I don't want G-Dragon to go to jail~ (wails)
I don't know, I lost faith in him sometimes. VIPs told me AllKPop is biased, full of haters, bla-bla, but am I that easily influenced? I want him back on scene. To stand tall and proud and declare to Korea, to the whole world, he has done nothing wrong.
But...I don't know. I really want to believe in him. I really want to be like one of those fearless DCGD members and stand by him. I'm so confused. So when I found this video on YouTube and watch it...I feel...ashamed. I don't even think ashamed is the right word to describe what I feel.
I'm OK now. I will stand by G-Dragon, even if he go to jail. Because, as another GDfan told me, support is all he needs.
TOPIC 02: BoA, YOU ARE JUST NOT MEANT TO BE This is not trying to offend BoA or her fans, I mean, I am her fan also. It's not because I know G-Dragon is her fan, but I have listened to BoA since her debut, so I have literally been her fan from the very beginning.
As you will soon see in the picture below, the BoA MOTO poster, which also happens to be my favourite BoA poster, had unattached itself from the wall. This had happened too many times for me to count, and I am fed up with waking up in the middle of the night to put it back up after hearing a loud ripping sound.
Favourite poster or not, it's just not meant to be stuck on my wall. I'm taking it down today and rolling it up into one of my poster tubes.
TOPIC 03: YUI IN DETROIT METAL CITY? When I first saw this thread on YUI-Lover Forum, my initial reaction was WHAT?!
Turns out I shouldn't have worried. (I was imagining YUI performing on the same stage with Krauser II...scary thought) Another YUI fanatic, michelle_upm, had been very observant to notice YUI's I Loved Yesterday promo poster in a scene from DMC the Movie.
DMC is not recommended for minors (i.e. below 18), as it has explicit content and death metal is not exactly the kind of music genre you want to expose children to.
TOPIC 04: tYUIf IS ON THE SAME LIST AS BIGBANG & XIAXUE? I know this is only one person (NANA, thank you!) but this means a lot to me, the one and only webmistress of The YUI Fanatic (or tYUIf in short).
I have been running this website/blog for over three years, and seeing it turning up first on the list on search engines, watching people from other countries visiting tYUIf for information is a very incredible feeling.
Maybe there are many others out there linking to me, I don't know, but still I want to say a big thank you to my visitors. Without you guys, tYUIf will not stand as tall as it is today. ^^
09.01.2010 - Mass! Download!
TOPIC 01: YUI'S ALBUM RUMOURS So this has been circulating on YUI-Lover Forum pretty much all the time since December, but I didn't post it up because. They. Are. Just. Rumours. Frequent (and observant) visitors will notice I have added it to my little section of YUI discography on the About page. I did mark it as a rumour, though.
Until a new album is confirmed by Sony Music Japan, I will not say anything further on this matter. I'll of course keep you guys posted.
TOPIC 02: HISASHI KONDO DIARY (07.01.2010) translation Many credits go to Kagesou and mrsean!
'Who said your whole life is affected by your teenage times?'
When I try to move forward without thinking, some people advised me that 'balancing things in life is important' and 'there's no point if you damage your body from doing what you want' I'm sure you have had people say that to you before too.
Of course,
That is correct
We all know that, but in life, sometimes, you just want to do things, knowing you're just going to ruin yourself trying to accomplish your dreams come before taking care of yourself I'm sure you've experienced that. If you're studying to get into a good university right now might be this time for you.
Today, I opened this article saying 'Who said your whole life is affected by your teenage times?' Of course you have to study, but friends, activities, the person you like, you want to challenge new things which might open new paths in life and you hear yourself screaming to tell you to do these things 'Even when you think you're rushing doesn't matter, just keep going just take everything you have and go for it cause if you cant do that, then its all a lie.'
I think thats the message YUI wants to tell all of us The sound of the last single, "It's All Too Much" had the image of the movie mixed with guitar rock!! This time, the acoustic guitar is strumming 16th notes throughout the song and notice the electric guitar only appears in the main riff and the chorus. As far as having a vocal melody in the intro, it has been missing since "Merry-Go-Round" had the working title "Harajuku Song". At any rate, I feel this new song was able to combine the image of the early days with the new one. (old YUI + new YUI)
And the great thing about YUI is, with the exception of the second half of the verse and the bridge, even though the basic chord progression stays the same, she has the ability to write melodies that don't give you that feeling. I really respect that! The band members for this recording recording were the well-known Odakura Yuu!! The rhythm section of Backy and Imamura Mai graciously joined us.
1) YUI recording acoustic guitar
The recording was very enjoyable, and turned out great. Thank you very much!
The B-side recording, 'Muffler' is about a relationship from long ago, perhaps having fallen in love and the feeling of a time passing by this friend, who is wearing an unfamiliar muffler... It's winter, with New Year's and so on, I feel is a season for remembering (reminiscing about) your hometown (friends, family, etc) After working on the song for a bit, I asked the famous northa+, whom I have known for 20 years, to help me arrange the song. staying in the studio for a long time, talking on the phone really late at night, its a weird relationship, but I can really rely on her. After that, she dove into the song, layering the chorus, and YUI's idea began to blossom... also, working well with Yahagicchi, there was a wonderful atmosphere being created.
Finally, "It's All Too Much ~Acoustic Version~" I think it has a very different feel than the original song, and seems like you're listening it from another angle. Even the opening electric guitar riff from the single was played by another acoustic guitar, with the help of Kuro-chan. We tried to make this using 100% acoustic guitar. Please take a listen to this song, as well!
All three songs mixed by Tamanoi-kun! We requested Director Kubo do the MV.
Pretty soon you should be hearing these songs starting to be broadcast, right? Thank you very much.
Hisashi Kondo
oh and in Icchi☆-san's "Ai-no-aru" (There is Love) project series, This time, "Original Mug" While drinking something warm... Let's get through this winter.
dewa
TOPIC 03: I GOT AN OFFER FROM DURHAM! Just realised I haven't post this up on my blog. I am offered a place in the University of Durham! This actually happened on the 4th, so it's been like almost a week hahaha. Sorry guys, it just totally slipped my mind.
Well, the thing is I was talking to Amy Toh over the phone just now, because she was rejected by the University of Cambridge. From there we ended up talking about really weird stuff ranging from FaceBook to marrying the WuChun who I hate will all my life. OK, that was random.
Durham is offering me AAC, C for Geography which make me thank all my lucky, lucky stars. I'm still waiting, and hoping for offers from University of Leicester though. I really want to go there!
Lemme sing my little anthem again... Offers, offers, where art thou offers?
11.01.2010 - damn sleet, I want snow!
TOPIC 01: HISASHI KONDO DIARY (10.01.2010) translation Credits to Fujii Ituski for the translation!
A pleasantly cool sensation!!
Today, the sample for ⌈GLORIA⌋ arrived!!
Limited edition and regular edition!!
Icchi☆ Thank you!! It's almost time eh!!
Which reminds me!!
My Dokutsubo blog post on 7th January, the GLORIA/YUI report one,
Seems like people who are reading through their cellphones have been saying that there are too many pages.
I'm sorry?
I don't really know what's the cause of it.
Even though everyone took the trouble to visit Dokutsubo.
I feel like printing out the pages and personally mail them to everyone...
Also, for the many message mails and New Year Greetings, thank you very much!
And there were a lot of questions being asked as well.
I'll just answer one of them quickly!!
☆ Regarding the album release time frame
Since I have not talked about it in detail with YUI, nor Boss, nor Icchi☆
So I can’t answer that too specifically.
Currently, we're still undergoing pre-production, The song creation process.
(but honestly, it's like that throughout the year)
We're still in the state of catching up with everything Up till the recording process.
But no matter how rushing it is, I believe there is enough time till the goods have to be delivered.
Beyond this point, it will take at least 3 months but within this 1 year...
so ...can everyone accept this kind of answer?
"1 week after GLORIA’s release, an official notice about the album!!" I can tell you for sure that there would NOT be something like that...
I'm sorry.
Also, questions about tour and such Somehow... Even if you ask me...
So, the real information, I'm sure will be announced officially. Please wait for it patiently alright.
HISASHI KONDO
Was that too serious? Or a question that makes you laugh?
Questions on stuff that are difficult to talk about, There are quite a lot of them here for the past few days
"How can I debut as an artist?" Surprisingly, there are quite a lot of questions like this too.
About this, First thing you can try is by sending Icchi☆san a demo tape I suppose.
so ...can everyone accept this kind of answer?
I'm sorry.
Dewa.
TOPIC 02: YUI STAFF DIARY (11.01.2010) translation Credits to Kippei for the translation!
CD sample
Everyone. Good day!!
It's really [Cold]. Is everyone all right!?
Well, today we'll let everyone have a look at GLORIA CD Sample!
The entry postcard for ⌈Original.Mug&rfloor is included properly in a well designed package!
We'll be waiting for a lot of reply from the applicants.
Thank you for the comments on the airing of ⌈GLORIA&rfloor! Next week is finally the release.
Looking forward to it excitedly.
By all means, please take good care of us again!
Also today is the Coming of Age Day.
To those who is finally an adult Congratulations!!
Please take care, This year lets give it our best too~
Well then.
Adieu~~
13.01.2010 - Snow! Albeit only a little but still snow!
TOPIC 01: LISTEN TO ME • I am so awesomely single, it is depressing. • I am so against the idea of being in a relationship with any guy other than Jiyong oppa, it is depressing. • I am so damn depressing, it is depressing. • I don't need depression when I have my Jiyong oppa, but I still feel depressed. • Relationship can't be a good thing unless it is with Jiyong oppa, and that seems kinda depressing too.
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I really need those damn remedies, if they ever exist.
TOPIC 02: ...AND I STILL HAVEN'T FINISH SAYING CONGRATULATIONS! I am dumbfounded. (This topic is related to the first topic.)
I just, yes, just found out Leon Chua and Jolyn Sim, both my partners-in-crime during primary 5, USED TO BE TOGETHER.
A bit of explanation is needed here. I wasn't exactly quiet and innocent and all that during my primary school years, and primary five was my best year in primary school despite being labelled the most lazy person in class for refusing to do any work during class.
My so-called partners-in-crime had some bad, but unique traits of their own too. Leon used to be a crybaby. Jolyn (who literally shared the same name as me, but many years ago we were sworn enemies) did everything wrong. She got onto the wrong side of me, which is why we used to be sworn enemies.
Anyway. It was a short period of time but they were together. I'm not saying it's unfair or whatnot, I'm not asking Leon to be my boyfriend, thank you very much (I still can't get crybaby Leon out of my head), I'm not saying they can't be together.
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Sorry for abruptly cutting you off back there. It's password-protected to prevent any possible heart attack.
And yes. Sadly I am currently consumed with one of the seven sins now.
14.01.2010 - he heard me! *squeal*
I'm going to brag for a bit now, so GDfan/GDaddict can skip the next paragraph, if you please.
Hubbie heard me! He heard me he heard me he heard me~! I'm happy happy happy again. So very very very happy! I feel like singing GARA GARA GO! all day, lalalalala! BIGBANG rocks the night, oh eh oh~ (GD's voice is so damn sexy), listening to my mp3 rip of Music Station and SBS Gayo Daejun! OK, crazy mood over, people!
G-Dragon updated his Me2DAY at last, after a torturing thirty-nine days! He posted up a picture of a mountain, and teased us about BIGSHOW 2010. It! Is! A! Cause! For! Celebration! Ah, I'm getting dizzy from all the excitement. Ann, forgive me! It's G-Dragon's mini concert in room 5 of Jerred House tonight, like it or not!
Speaking of which, my Shine A Light badges came today! I pinned the I ♥ GD one onto my pencil case, announcing to anyone who will care Jiyong is mine mine mine, because he's just so damn fine~ Listening to Butterfly, I just want to melt whenever I hear this song!
Woo~ Whee!
15.01.2010 - Shout to the world in your wonderful voice SHINE A LIGHT! The rest of my Shine A Light mercs arrived today! The T-shirt, 5 pieces photos and pamphlet! I love all of them!
The photos are going onto the wall once I figured out how to minimise damage to them by blue tack, the T-shirt is going onto my hangers (with the white NII Qualified Heart Campaign shirt) and the pamphlet is going to be so love loved LOVE! Lovely photos of Jiyong inside ^^
There was another entry on Jiyong's Me2DAY, but it was posted by playful SeungRi. I love his Strong Baby days, because Jiyong looked so cool when he perform with his makanae.
TOPIC 01: SNOW!!! I woke up and went about my business without realising it has SNOWED until I went down for breakfast. I was wearing slippers. How how how suitable for walking in the snow. It was a miracle I didn't fall over at all.
Actually I want to say I am possibly the most stable person when it comes to walking in snow. Haha. More about this in a bit.
So when I got back from breakfast, it was still snowing. Bless the whatever factors that make this weather condition possible. I forgot what the factors are.
Of course, Pingu is the happiest at the snowing!
Pingu: You! Yes, you. Howcome you didn't tell me it's snowing outside one hah? I want you to take a picture of me at the window! Now!
So rude one ah this stuffed penguin? I had half a mind to open a window and throw it out. Not surprisingly, she demanded I told no one the above picture was taken at the window. She didn't even want to be let out into her native weather conditions. Such a hypocrite.
Some shots of how winterly my school suddenly looked:
After school Ann and I went to town. Our first stop was the Salisbury Cathedral. It was my idea OK. I thought the cathedral might look magical covered in snow or something, but was a bit disappointed. On the way to town:
Pictures of the cathedral on a snow day's glory:
TOPIC 02: G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL Help me. AllKPop had confirmed my worst worst WORST fear. My hubbie is possibly going to JAIL for doing something tons of singers had done before.
I suddenly hold a grudge against J.Y. Park. Forget he was Rain's producer and Rain has a lot of respect for him bla-bla-bla. J.Y. Park did NOT go to jail for what he did, which was similar to what my hubbie did. SO TO HELL ALL HATERS, G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL.
TOPIC 03: YUI'S ⌈Muffler⌋ IS A GREAT 'CONCENTRATION MUSIC' YUI is a goddess. Her new single ⌈GLORIA⌋, due out this coming 20th, is packed full of everything inspirational. If GLORIA is motivating, Muffler is concentrating.
Unlike what most YUILovers suspect at first, Muffler does not sound sad but instead sound calming. Great as background music for studying and driving (as another YUILover stated).
If you haven't listen to Muffler yet, fret not. The song playing when you arrived on this page is - yes - none other than Muffler. I love this song to bits. You might also want to check out this post for the lyrics and the download links.
TOPIC 04: GET A CHANCE TO WIN ⌈GLORIA⌋ MUGS... ...when you buy the first-press limited edition of ⌈GLORIA⌋.
These ⌈GLORIA⌋ mugs are adorable and unveiled on the YUI Staff Diary today. Even though I am famous for openly hating the oh-so-girly-I-am-blinded PINK colour (plus it clashes with my new layout), it looks great on the ⌈GLORIA⌋ mug!
I want the blue one! ^^ More details about the ⌈GLORIA⌋ mugs and how to win them on YUI-Lover.
TOPIC 05: G-DRAGON SHINE A LIGHT CONCERT MERCS I totally recommend buying from either Korean eBay seller smile-spoon or DVDheaven. Here are the links to smile-spoon's eBay shop and DVDheaven so what are you G-Dragon fangirls waiting for?
When mine arrived (yes I've already preorder them) I will wear the I ♥ GD badge all the time to show my support for hubbie. And on a last note...
...G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL (TOPIC 06) He is totally NOT going to jail. If he really is going to jail then I am going to set up an anti-JYP club. Even though I love Wonder Girls. I am serious.
07.01.2010 - still not a good day
TOPIC 01: NOT SNOWING It didn't snow today, and the snow from yesterday had turned into rock. Hard. Ice. Overnight. It's wet and slushy everywhere. I want it to snow more. Was taking more pictures of the snow-topped buildings when I noticed something at the first floor window of the science block.
A Bunsen burner was on and burning with NO ONE IN SIGHT. The lab in question is Mr Brown's. What the gdlmdsfrbitrmj is dearest Mr Brown thinking?! He's not going soft in the head, right?
TOPIC 02: G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL
TOPIC 03: G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL
TOPIC 04: G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL
(she is totally convinced if she post this sentence up 20 times in 5 days he will not go to jail)
TOPIC 05: G-DRAGON DID NOT DRY-HUMP AIMEE LUCAS My hubbie is not an irresponsible person. He will never cheat on me. Therefore, he DID NOT dry-hump Aimee Lucas. Although that's what haters and netizens like to think. He was just holding her OK!
AND totally no way he was kissing her, either. SHOCKIMPULSE of AllKPop, get your facts right! AND G-DRAGON IS NOT GOING TO JAIL.
TOPIC 06: G-DRAGON IS NOT NOT NOT GOING TO JAIL
TOPIC 07: G-DRAGON IS NOT NOT NOT GOING TO JAIL
TOPIC 08: G-DRAGON IS NOT NOT NOT GOING TO JAIL
TOPIC 09: 2NE1 IS LEADING THE VOTE... ...on AllKPop for Best Rookie Girl Group of 2009.
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