IF YOU LIKE “STUFFS” . . .

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If you are one of the few individuals who likes my blog “Stuffs”, along with me, you need to thank Bonjour Tristesse of the blogs ‘STUPID BLOG TRICKS’ and ‘BONJOUR TRISTESSE: FOREIGN INDIE AND CULT CINEMA’ for the fact that “Stuffs” is still a livin’, breathin’ blog.

Perhaps you’ve noticed the completely revamped look of ‘Stephen T. McCarthy STUFFS’. Yes, my blog has been redesigned but it wasn’t by design. The only way to save the blog was to upgrade it and alter its template.

In a nutshell, here’s what happened: I had recently been experiencing more than the usual number of ‘Blogger’ bugs, and then when I was attempting to post the blog bit VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA: “The Corner Of Ocean Ave. & Linnie Ave.” (Or, “An Ideal Place For Stream O’ Consciousness Experimentation”) I found that the Blogspot.com system refused to allow me to post the “Spirit Of Venice, California – Trailer” video at the bottom of my blog bit.

In an ill-advised attempt to correct the problem myself, I began “fooling” around (literally!) by clicking links and messing with my template, hoping something I clicked might correct the problem. Next thing I knew, “STUFFS” was hopelessly fouled up in so many ways I won’t even attempt to describe them all. We’ll just say it was an utterly useless Heap O’ Garbage.

After a day of desperate and futile fumbling, I threw in the towel. I posted a plea for help on Blogger’s “Help” page, and after a period of getting no response, I literally began composing my “Farewell To Y’All” blog bit.

I had several paragrahs of the final “Stuffs” blog bit written when suddenly I received a response; the Cavalry had ridden in to rescue “Stuffs” – and that one-person Cavalry was BONJOUR TRISTESSE.

We’ve all heard the expression “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks”, and that is a semi-true maxim. But it’s particularly accurate when it’s a techno-retarded old dog like me whose entire knowledge of computer science is this: An ability to “Cut And Paste” and the awarness of what a URL is (although I don’t know what the letters actually stand for).

After multiple back-and-forth comments to each other, and a little bit of experimentation, Bonjour Tristesse single-handedly saved “Stuffs” when I was pretty much resigned to the idea that the blog was a goner!

I don’t intend to blog forever, but I certainly wish to go out on my own terms. And I definitely hope that when I finally am dun bloggin’, all of the work I’ve put into my blog installments over the last few years will remain standing for awhile.

For a couple of days there, it really looked as if “Stuffs” was going to be abandoned as just a pile of junk on the side of the road; the visible aftermath of an Information Superhighway head-on collision with gigantic, alien bugs from cyberspace.

So, again, from me to Bonjour Tristesse, a very big THANK YOU for volunteering your own time to save “Stuffs”!

And from me to my readers: Please consider visiting and “Following” one or both of Bonjour Tristesse’s blogs . . .

‘STUPID BLOG TRICKS’

‘BONJOUR TRISTESSE: FOREIGN INDIE AND CULT CINEMA’

A Computer Illiterate but Extremely Grateful . . .

~ Stephen T. McCarthy

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